Parents Are Teachers Too
Speech Therapist, Cheryl Jones, SLP, makes a point of inviting parents and guardians to engage with their child and help them improve their skills at home.
Growth Mindset and Career Readiness
Westbridge Academy has a schoolwide “Growth Mindset” approach to teaching, reinforcing, and correcting students. This Growth Mindset reflects the idea that success comes from effort, learning from mistakes, and risk taking,
Read Across America
This year, Westbridge Academy approached the event with a sense of fun and purpose. The school hosted a classroom door decoration contest that was scored by guest judges. Three authors, Kristine Lombardi, Henry Neff, and Jacqueline Resnick, came to the school to read to students
Social Learning through Video Gaming
At Westbridge Academy, educators leverage students’ love for popular games to help teach patience, empathy, humility, and respect.
Workshop – Featuring Baruti “Principal” Kafele
Thank you to our speaker Baruti Kefele and all our attendees at our recent Closing the Attitude Gap workshop. Principal Kafele challenged attendees to look at the underachievement of at-risk students differently and provided strategies for closing the “attitude gap.”
Read Across America 2019 at Westbridge Academy
Students at Westbridge Academy celebrated National Read Scross America Day by joining members of our local community to celebrate by reading together!
Direct Instruction Turns Non-Readers Around
Spearheaded by Tania Miller, Westbridge Academy’s Reading Specialist, the school has launched a new reading initiative, and the opportunity to receive one-on-one reading intervention to help increase their reading skills.
The Reflection Room: 1:1 Social and Emotional Learning
Sometimes, when a student is upset, they just need a safe place to stop, take a break, and reflect. The Reflection Room at Westbridge Academy was established this fall to offer an additional therapeutic layer of intervention for students. It offers a calm, supportive therapeutic environment away from the social and instructional pressures of the classroom where students can go to cool off, manage frustrations and take a break.
Helping Children Manage the Stress of Life
In order to help children cope effectively with stress, it is important to understand how a child is emotionally and mentally processing life. One useful framework that psychologists often use is Cognitive-Behavioral Theory (CBT), which looks at humans’ essential functions within three basic domains: thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
“My Journey” Project
The journey to graduation day begins early, and for students at Westbridge Academy, it includes a “thesis” unlike any other. As freshmen, high school students embark on “My Journey,” a writing project that spans across four years inspired by the New Jersey Department of Education’s Dare to Dream Conference.