Cresskill Public Schools

Our curriculum team recently posted the updated parent curriculum documents for all of our classes. The link is located under "For Families" on the elementary school websites and can be found here: https://shorturl.at/5WGif

Our curriculum team recently posted the updated parent curriculum documents for all of our classes. The link is located under "Guidance" on the high school website and can be found here: https://shorturl.at/5WGif

Come out and hear our new sound system at our football field this week! Our first home football game has been rescheduled to Thursday at 7 PM (moved from Friday) against Garfield. We look forward to seeing our community come out and support our great band, cheerleaders, color guard, and football team!

Thank you to our amazing parent groups from the Presidents' Council (HSA, KPA, PTA, PTO, DEIB) that came out and provided breakfast for our staff to welcome them back to school. Thank you for helping our teachers, custodians, secretaries, and administrators in kicking off a great new school year!

While our teaching staff is fully hired for the upcoming school year, we are still seeking great coaches, aides, and substitute teachers to make a difference in the lives of our students. Currently, the coaching positions available are MS Boys Soccer (Fall), MS Girls Soccer (Fall), Winter Track, MS Softball (Spring), and MS Track and Field (Spring). Per policy, parents of Cresskill students are not permitted to coach, but all those without children enrolled in the schools are welcome to apply by emailing bdelvecchio@cresskillnj.net.

Last night, our BOE adopted the 2024-2025 District and Board of Education Goals, which are now published to our website. We look forward to working with our community towards continuous improvement and excellence: https://www.cresskillboe.k12.nj.us/page/board-of-education-goals

Attached is the presentation from last evening to the Cresskill Board of Educaton on the NJGPA and Access for ELLs test results. All are welcome to view the presentation, and should you have questions, we look forward to assisting. https://shorturl.at/FpVCS

Greetings Cresskill Families! We have a quick summer update that we wanted to share with you as we move quickly towards our new school year. Here is the letter outlining some important changes and updates to expect in the upcoming year. https://shorturl.at/2Euye

Dr. Hughes recently spoke as a guest speaker with New Jersey School Boards Association on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Education. Learn about ways we are incorporating AI in thoughtful ways as a school district. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wOVdSza8YU

Thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate our strategic plan adoption last night. It was a great culmination of a community effort. For those that helped on the committees, please stop into the board office to sign our posters. The best hours to come are between 8-2:30 M-Th, 8-11:30 on Friday this week and next.

Tonight at 6:30 pm is the signing ceremony of our strategic plan, Pathways to Excellence, in the high school student center. All community members are invited, and cake will be served. Those that participated in the plan are welcome to sign the posters that will be hung in all of our buildings.

While July 4th, 1776 is observed as America's independence or freedom from the British, Juneteenth commemorates the first time in history when EVERY American was free! Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the final vestiges of slavery were finally stamped out when Union soldiers informed the last groups of slaves of their freedom. As Americans, Juneteenth is a time to celebrate freedom for ALL! Happy Juneteenth!

Community members are invited to help celebrate the completion of our strategic plan, Pathways to Excellence, on Monday, June 24th at 6:30 PM in the CHS Student Center. This event will be immediately before the BOE meeting. Link: https://tinyurl.com/3kuswamh

Congratulations to our MMS graduates. We are so proud of the people you are becoming and wish you an amazing time at CMS! Go Mustangs and Cougars!

Congratulations EHB graduates! We are so proud of the people you are becoming!

Please be advised that there is currently a phishing scam targeting school athletic teams in northern NJ, including our teams in Cresskill. The scam uses text messages sent to parents and community members that imitate online team fundraisers. Please do not click on any links or texts referring to "NIL" fundraising. This is not a school fundraiser. We do have in place safeguards to ensure that you can know what is a scam and what is a genuine fundraiser as we only approve contributions through our district pay app (PaySchools) or through checks made out directly to our business office for specific teams or activities. If you ever get a different link or request, it is not an approved way to directly donate to our programs. Here is a link to the letter for more information: https://shorturl.at/GY8kI

This is an important announcement from Cresskill Schools about a sports fundraising scam targeting our sports teams. If you get a request to support athletics through NIL club, it does not go to our students or programs. Please note that the only donation programs we allow are through the same pay app as our lunch program. Please share.

We are planning two key changes next year to better support our extracurricular programs financially at the middle and high school levels. Please take a moment and read this important notice: https://shorturl.at/QBYeF

Our STEAM Night is going on until 8. Come out and see the amazing robotics, art, and hands-on activities all while supporting our programs.

Our humanities supervisor, Grace Chun, was recently highlighted by News 12 for her work in learning about and promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander history. She is part of a special cohort in the state to ensure visibility and representation of AAIP in our classrooms and schools. In Cresskill, we believe our curriculum should contain "mirrors" where students can see themselves represented and "windows" that allow them to see the experiences of others. We are grateful for the work our entire curriculum department is doing to bring awareness of the diverse world we live in. Here is the article and video: https://newjersey.news12.com/educators-gather-at-fdu-for-program-to-learn-how-to-teach-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-history