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March 29th, 2011

Research Demonstrates that Social Skills Instruction Enhances Students’ Academic Outcomes

NEW STUDY JUST PUBLISHED A research report published in the journal Child Development, found that students who participated in programs that taught social, emotional, and behavioral skills, improved in their grades and standardized-test scores by 11 percentile points when compared with nonparticipating students. The report analyzed 213 studies involving over 270,000 students in kindergarten through grade 12. …

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March 4th, 2011

Response to Intervention, A Special Presentation

A Workshop Sponsored by the Outreach Department Earn free CEUs and register at no charge! DATE: Friday, April 8, 2011 SCHEDULE: 8:30 am – 9:00 am  Registration 9:00 am – 12:00 pm  Presentation 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm  Lunch LOCATION: Westbridge Academy Auditorium 60 West Street, Bloomfield, NJ (Parking available on-site) About This presentation will …

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December 22nd, 2010

Holiday Giving

On Monday, December 20, 2010, members of VFW Post 711 visited the annual holiday party at Westbridge Academy in Bloomfield, which receives students from eight surrounding counties, and made a donation to the school. The visit, donation and holiday party are all annual traditions. Viviana Litovsky, the director of the school (left) receives the donation …

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December 17th, 2010

Virtual Servers and Desktops Save Real Dollars

We’re growing, and our technology is keeping pace. As Westbridge Academy grows, we need to give our teachers, specialists, and administrators with the appropriate tools to support their work. We were spending a lot of human time as well as resources implementing and maintaining  our computer servers,” reports Abraham Mathew, Supervisor for Special Projects. Because …

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October 15th, 2010

Westbridge Academy… Enjoying Culinary Arts

Project Achieve While staying true to its purpose and mission as it has for the past four decades, Westbridge Academy continues to provide a therapeutic learning environment for students in grades K-12. Only now the dining options have become a little tastier. Instructors from several academic areas, such as Community Based Instruction (CBI), World Cultures, …

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September 16th, 2010

Parents Get Instant Notice of School Closings

When it’s snowing outside, is school open? Parents at Westbridge Academy know right away, thanks to our Honeywell Instant Alert system. The system immediately notifies parents who sign up. And you can choose how you want to receive notification – by email or text message or both – about late-breaking school notices, such as snowdays, …

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September 16th, 2010

Successful Fundraising Golf Outing

On May 6th, 2010, Westbridge Academy held its annual Golf Outing, which marked a milestone for the school – Westbridge has helped nearly 3,000 students since its founding. The event helped build relations with people and businesses in the community and raise money for the school’s important work serving the region’s children. Thank you to …

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September 16th, 2010

Project Achieve Training Improves Teaching Effectiveness

When Westbridge Academy was founded nearly 40 years ago as a pioneering school for students with special needs, we made a commitment to set the highest standards for our own self-improvement as well as that of our students. That’s why we have implemented Project Achieve – a program that helps students develop better self-management skills. …

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September 16th, 2010

Westbridge Receives Horizon Grants to Improve Treatment of Depression

Given Westbridge Academy’s expertise in addressing a range of mental disabilities, the school was awarded a prestigious Horizon grant to improve awareness and assessment of depression. The grants give Westbridge the resources to acquire a series of videos, reading materials and testing tools, which are designed to raise awareness about the signs of depression. They …

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September 10th, 2010

Dare to Dream Program Empowers Students

When students have difficulty paying attention for any period of time, they may wonder how other students do it, and what would happen if they can learn to focus. At Westbridge Academy, we believe that students should aspire to move beyond their current situation. The Dare to Dream Student Leadership Conference gives them this rare …

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