On Monday, November 4th, after classroom lessons and activities were held with our students to understand the history, mechanics, and current events surrounding the elections, Westbridge students participated in a mock presidential election. A mock election teaches students about civic responsibility, the importance of staying informed, and the impact each vote can have in a democracy. Through this activity, students learned about citizenship, government, the electoral process, mechanics of voting, from registering and making informed choices to casting their votes and understanding the electoral outcomes.
WESTBRIDGE ACADEMY is a New Jersey State Approved Private Special Education School in Bloomfield, NJ for students with emotional, behavioral and learning challenges in grades K-12.
WE ARE WESTBRIDGE! Continuing to Learn, Continuing to Grow.
Recent Posts
Curriculum Developments
This year we are further developing our curriculum to include an enhanced selection of electives designed to engage students in activities they find personally interesting and rewarding.
New Student Podcast Makes News
A group of students and teacher Griffin Charyn are producing a monthly podcast of coming happenings around the school and publishing it for the Westbridge community. Students write the news, read the news, edit audio tracks and music, and produce the entire podcast, from start to finish.
From the Executive Director’s Desk: What Happens in the “Extra Mile”
This year is Westbridge Academy's Golden Anniversary, celebrating 50 years of providing high quality educational and therapeutic services to thousands of students for whom we went the "extra mile." Moments like this give us the opportunity to reflect, and ask, what happens in that extra mile?
ESY Food Truck Race
Event day photo gallery. WBA's extended school year theme related to the Culinary Arts and culminated in our First WBA Food Truck Race. Staff created cross curricular plans to ensure all content areas were covered. Students attending ESY were surveyed during the school year as to what foods they would like to make for their food truck.
REACH for the Future
REACH – for Education, Achievement and Career Hopes – is designed for students ages 14 and older. It helps them explore, consider, and prepare for a wide range of post-secondary options, including higher education.
Welcoming Students on the Autism Spectrum
When a student on the spectrum needs more than a public program can offer, or has outgrown a more traditional “autism school,” districts and parents are increasingly turning to Westbridge Academy for the next step.
Check Out Westbridge News!
Westbridge Academy students are making their own news! A group of students are producing a monthly podcast of coming happenings around the school community and publishing it for the school community. Students write the news, conduct interviews, read the news, edit audio tracks and music, and produce the podcast, from start to finish. Here’s the November 2024 edition.
Unmute the audio. Play the video. Enjoy!
WESTBRIDGE ACADEMY is a New Jersey State Approved Private School in Bloomfield, NJ for students with emotional, behavioral and learning challenges in grades K-12.
Founded in 1973, we provide high quality individualized academic and therapeutic supports in Elementary, Middle and High School, Community Based Instruction, Transition Services, and Extended School Year programs.
With a 6:1 student to teacher ratio, WESTBRIDGE ACADEMY classrooms are specifically designed to provide personalized instruction, with curricula targeted to meet each student’s academic and social/behavioral needs. Everyone associated with Westbridge Academy is committed to the Core Values we’ve carefully developed over our 40-year history, including Self-Sufficiency, Self-Worth, Caring, Supportive Environment, and Collaboration.
WESTBRIDGE ACADEMY has an open enrollment process, and accepts students throughout the school year. If you think a student can benefit from our specialized services, contact us. We communicate openly and honestly with school district child study teams to understand student’s issues and performance, and where appropriate, we’ll meet with the student and parent to understand their frustrations and aspirations. Tours of our School are always available. Learn more about Referral and Admissions.
A Culture of Caring…
Our Core Values permeate everything we do at Westbridge Academy, from our academic instruction to our social and behavioral teaching, to our therapeutic approach to each and every student.
