School Health Information
According to the COVID-19 Regional Risk Matrix, Bergen County has now been identified as a “orange/high risk” region, which requires public schools to follow new protocols. Below is updated and important information from the Department of Health that all staff, parents, and students must adhere to effective immediately.
Students and staff must stay home and notify the school nurse if they have:
Tested positive (viral test) for COVID-19
Potential exposure to COVID-19:
Close contact with a person with COVID-19 in the past 14 days. (Close contact is defined as someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated.)
Travelled to an area with high levels of COVID-19 transmission in the past 14 days:
If someone in a student or staff member’s household exhibits symptoms, students/siblings/staff member must also stay home from school until the symptomatic individual receives a negative test result. If the symptomatic individual tests positive, the students/siblings/staff member will need to self-quarantine and must contact the school nurse for further instructions.
OUT OF STATE REQUIREMENTS:
Traveling Out of State:
Families traveling to an area on the NJ travel advisory list will be required to have their child(ren) quarantine for 14 days upon their return to NJ.
Please notify your building administration if you will be traveling to such an area so that your child can be set up for temporary remote instruction.
Receiving Travelers
Families receiving guests from an area on the NJ travel advisory list are not required to quarantine their children.
Students only have to quarantine if someone in the house, resident or guest, becomes symptomatic and tests positive.
However, as a precaution, parents may choose to proactively self-quarantine their children.
Anyone who proactively chooses to self-quarantine must notify their school immediately.
If you have any questions on these protocols, please contact your school nurse directly as they are the most knowledgeable on our staff to answer your health and safety questions.
If the local health department calls, please answer the call and provide any requested information to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in our schools and community
In-person Learning Checklist
- 2 masks (1 on + a back-up)
- A fully charged, school-issued chromebook & charger
- Headphones
- Refillable water bottles
- Tissue packs
- Individual hand sanitizer
- Other materials according to their teachers
MS Next Phase Survey
YouthTruth
We'd love to hear from you! Please take ~15-20 minutes of your time to complete an anonymous online survey that will help us improve your child’s school and our district. We have asked YouthTruth – a nonprofit organization that supports hundreds of schools and districts across the country – to conduct the survey on our behalf. In addition to providing results that can be used to compare over time, this year's survey will also include additional questions aligned to our district goals regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as items related to hybrid and remote learning.
Please take the survey before it closes at midnight tonight by clicking this link ytsurvey.org/wwrsdfamily21.
Please note:
- The survey needs to be completed in one sitting.
- We ask that one member of each household fill out the survey.
- If you have more than one child who attends the same school, you may respond to the survey multiple times - one time per child.
- If you write any comments, please do not include your name or anything else that might identify you. Your responses are anonymous, and they will be combined with the responses of other parents and guardians before being shared back with school and district leadership.
We sincerely thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. Your response is incredibly valuable to us.
Middle School Athletics
Tryouts start Monday! They will run from Monday, January 25th through Thursday, January 28th. For details about times for each tryout, please check on the Google Classroom sites set up by our coaches. Email Coach Guy or Coach Hartwick if you have questions.
We can no longer accept medical clearances for basketball, but we can if your students would like to participate in Morning Sports Club. Morning Fitness Club does not require medical clearance.
PSO Information
Submit Your Box Tops and Make Money for Your School!
Did you know you can submit Box Tops electronically? In fact, although you can still hand in clipped Box Tops, the system has transitioned almost entirely to electronic submission. Download the Box Tops app, select Westwood Regional Middle School, and scan your store receipt within 14 days. The app will automatically find your Box Tops products and credit WRMS.
Shopping online or getting a digital receipt in store? You can still submit your Box Tops via the app or on the website, boxtops4education.com.
Need help? Read more at https://www.boxtops4education.com/emailgroceryreceipts or contact Sue Chevrier at chevsil@juno.com.
And don’t forget to click on the special bonus offers to earn even more money for our school!
Student Support
The Guidance Counselors are available every day to meet with students regardless of whether they are scheduled for in-person or remote learning. In an effort to maintain current safety guidelines, students are strongly encouraged to request meetings with their counselors by emailing them. Counselors will contact the student as soon as possible to schedule an online or in-person meeting. Counselors will continue to see students on an emergency basis, as well.
Counselors:
6th Grade - Ms. Fabrocini (caitlin.fabrocini@wwrsd.org)
7th Grade - Mrs. Androulakis (christie.androulakis@wwrsd.org)
8th Grade - Mrs. Sparno (jenny.sparno@wwrsd.org)
- District Head and Middle School Nurse - Mrs. Penn (deborah.penn@wwrsd.org)
- Part-time nurse and RN - Mrs. Galow (kenia.galow@wwrsd.org)
Assistant Principals:
6th Grade - Mr. Corso (michael.corso@wwrsd.org)
7th Grade - Mr. Albert (barry.albert@wwrsd.org)
8th Grade - Mr. Attanasio (michael.attanasio@wwrsd.org)
Kindergarten Registration
The Westwood Regional School District will open online Kindergarten registration for the 2021‑2022 school year on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. This is a pre-registration only; students will not be considered enrolled until parents/guardians submit the required documentation at an in-person registration appointment.
Be aware that your child must reside in the Borough of Westwood or Township of Washington and be five (5) years old on or before October 1, 2021 to enter Kindergarten next September.
For more information, click here. We look forward to welcoming your kindergartener!
Save the Date!
- 2/5 - End of Marking Period 2/Semester 1
- 2/12 - Report Cards available in Genesis
- 2/15-2/16 - No School
- 2/25 - Board of Education Meeting, 7:00 PM
- Monday, 1/25: A Day, Group 1 in-person, periods 1-5, lunch, 6-7
- Tuesday, 1/26: B Day, Group 2 in-person, periods 1-5, lunch, 6-7
- Wednesday, 1/27: A Day, Group 1 in-person, periods 7-3, lunch, 2-1
- Thursday, 1/28: B Day, Group 2 in-person, periods 7-3, lunch, 2-1
- Friday, 1/29: A Day, Group 2 in-person, periods 1-5, lunch, 6-7
WRMS
Email: shelley.laforgia@wwrsd.org
Website: http://www.wwrsd.org/westwoodrms
Location: 23 3rd Ave, Westwood, NJ, United States
Phone: 201-664-5560
Facebook: facebook.com/WRMiddleSchool
Twitter: @wrmscardinals