Updated 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
Social Emotional Learning Workshop
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!
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)
PSO Information
Thank you to the PSO for the mask lanyards!
We are a Box Tops school! Even though Box Tops has gone digital, there are still some products out there that have unexpired traditional clips. If you see the traditional clip on the box, you can still get credit for those as long as they are not expired! Please have your student turn those in by the new main office and keep scanning your receipts!
Save the Date!
- 12/8 - Social Emotional Learning (SEL) virtual parent/guardian workshop, 7 PM
- 12/16 & 17 - *Revised* Picture retakes (weather permitting)
- 12/17 - Board of Education Meeting, 7 PM
- 12/24 - 1/1 - Winter Recess
- Monday, 12/7: B Day, Group 1 in-person, periods 1-5, lunch, 6-7
- Tuesday, 12/8: A Day, Group 2 in-person, periods 1-5, lunch, 6-7
- Wednesday, 12/9: B Day, Group 1 in-person, periods 7-3, lunch, 2-1
- Thursday, 12/10: A Day, Group 2 in-person, periods 7-3, lunch, 2-1
- Friday, 12/11: B Day, Group 1 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