The third annual Faculty Field Day, held on September 3, 2024, centered around teacher wellness. The event began with a keynote address by Dr. Katie Peters, who emphasized the value of kindness and empathy. Following the keynote, teachers participated in various wellness activities, including yoga, yard games, walking, painting, cooking, and more. The day concluded with a lively pop-up performance by Appetite for Instruction, an all-faculty band featuring Marlaina Melker on vocals, James Sickinger on guitar, John Kubowicz on keyboard, Jeremy Gorin on saxophone, and Salvatore Coffaro on drums. Inspired, teachers and staff are ready to welcome their students to an exciting year!
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Welcome back! The Kearny School District is excited to kick off the 2024-2025 school year with you. From our preschoolers to our seniors, let's make this year one of learning, friendship and success! Fly, Kardinals, fly!
Good luck to Washington School 6th graders next year! Here is their last walk through Washington: https://youtu.be/VcSvHf58emM?feature=shared
Mr. Zimmerman's last time walking through Washington School: https://youtu.be/beUH4vkupzs?feature=shared
Washington School is saying goodbye to the best there is today. Words cannot express how much the Washington School community will miss Mr. Jon Zimmerman. He has been an amazing leader and friend to us for 13 glorious years. We wish him luck in his retirement and his mark on Washington will always be remembered and cherished. We like to say once at Washington, always at Washington. ❤️💙
Congratulations to our Washington School 6th graders who obtained awards during our annual 6th grade awards assembly!
Mrs. Donovan’s class from Washington released their butterflies and enjoyed some ice pops in the garden.
First graders diving into the colorful world of Frida Kahlo at Washington! Students from Mrs. O’Grady’s 1st grade class explored text features, aced trivia on her life and created stunning, unique portraits. We are so proud of their creativity and enthusiam! 🎨✨
Washington held their 1st Rock, Paper, Scissor’s Competition last week and the winning teacher earned a treat for their whole class. Mrs. Dasilva Brown received the most beads by the end of the day, winning a whopping 84 beads from other staff members!
Washington School PreK classes had so much fun at the Turtle Back Zoo a few weeks ago! They went on a train ride, feed giraffes, got to pet sting rays and see their favorite animals 🦒🐧🐵🐅🐍🐄🐖
Mrs. Bedoya's students are now authors! They were excited to publish a book of their work and there is even a copy in our school library for other students and staff to enjoy!
The second graders of Washington School took a field trip to Brookhallow farm. They fed goats, cows, sheep, geese, chickens, bunnies, llamas, donkeys, and horses! The kids took a tractor and train ride, and played at the playground and sandboxes around the farm. They had the best time!
Mrs DiGiovanni & Mrs Gryckiewickz’s first graders from Washington ended the year with a publishing party to celebrate the completion of their nonfiction books. They researched an animal using books from the library as well as safe search engines. Finally, they made nonfiction texts using various text features!!
The LLD program at Washington had a transition day! They got to visit the teacher and classroom they will have next year!
Washington School had a special visit from Plory from iReady. He came to hand out certificates and congratulate students who had shown the most progress this school year! Way to grow!
Washington School preschoolers shined bright during their Moving Up to Kindergarten ceremony! 🌟Join us in applauding our little stars on this very special milestone! 🎓✨
Washington School's PTA treated the kids and staff to a Fun Fair this past Monday. Check out all of the pictures in this video: https://youtu.be/FbVIzf_w_T0?si=UD0xu1b2bbaYK-5K
Washington School fourth graders visited the Kearny Library! The students enjoyed reading books with their friends and explored the Kearny Museum! They even got to relax in their outdoor patio! They had a lot of fun and learned so much about the history of Kearny!
Washington School loves Mr. Softee Day! Thank you to our PTA for getting us this sweet treat to close out the year! 🍦
