Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School

Last night (April 24, 2024) W.O.K. Middle School hosted its Junior Rho Kappa Induction Ceremony! "Junior Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society is the only national organization for middle school students that recognizes excellence in the field of Social Studies." Great work W.O.K. scholars, thank you to Rho Kappa's Advisor and Social Studies Teacher Ms. Mathura, and W.O.K. Principal, Dr. Roy Wilson! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #wokmiddleschool #rhokappa #honorssociety #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Happy Administrative Professionals Day, Hillside Public Schools! "Administrative Professionals Day recognizes and celebrates the work of secretaries, administrative assistants, and other office professionals for their contributions to the workplace. Administrative Professionals Day is always observed on the Wednesday of Administrative Professionals Week!" Thank you for all that you do! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #adminstrativeprofessionalsday #professionalsday #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Hillside Public Schools Principals Meeting with Superintendent Glover to review instructional practices. Excellence in action! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #principalsmeeting #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Mrs. Awad's A Day class at W.O.K. Middle school (with 2 understudies from Public Speaking B Day) performed a scene and song from the famous musical production Annie for Mr. Lockyear's and Ms. Goglia's classes! The audience smiled from ear to ear during the performance! The cast stayed after the performance for a Q&A session, where they were asked great questions about their ambitions in theater and what they did to prepare themselves for the skit. Quite a few audience members even asked for autographs! It was a great educational experience for all involved and a wonderful way for our students to respectfully interact and learn from one another. #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #annie #theater #playproduction #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Today is National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Hillside Public Schools would like to say thank you to our Hillside Public Schools Bus Drivers for transporting our students safely every day. We appreciate you and the job that you do! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #busdriverappreciation #schoolsafety #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Attention all, please join us here at Hillside Public Schools on Sunday, April 28th, 2024, for an Autism Awareness and Acceptance Event! Taking place at Ola Edwards Community School from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. there will be a petting zoo, balloon artists, and more! See you there! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #autismawareness #autism #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Happy Earth Day from Hillside Public Schools! Let's all do our part to take care of the planet we call home. #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #earthday #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Happy Earth Month from Hillside Public Schools! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #earthmonth #earthday #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

On March 28th, 2024, W.O.K. Middle School held a "Release, Reflect, and Renew" session during 7th and 8th period, involving separate discussions for boys and girls. The "Release, Reflect, and Renew" session covered "crucial topics aimed at fostering personal growth" such as proper hygiene, relationships, friendships, and social-emotional learning! Shoutout to school counselors Ms. Stewart, and Ms. Gash, Principal's Secretary Ms. Ojeda, Senior Secretary Ms. Norman, Principal Dr. Wilson, And Vice-Principals Ms. Elie, and Ms. Scott-Jackson! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #wok #socialemotionallearning #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Hillside Public Schools District students, we have another challenge for you! March is for reading, and our district is challenging each of you to read 5 books by the end of the month. Let's get it, let's go!

"Thomas Edison State University (TESU) is a recipient of a grant from the Department of Education (DOE) and the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE). The grant, part of the State Dual Enrollment Pilot Program, aims to create and expand high-quality dual enrollment programs across New Jersey school districts...TESU has been selected to collaborate with Hillside Public School District for the Career Connections Carpenter’s Pre-Apprenticeship Program currently being implemented at Hillside. Under this partnership, TESU has formed an articulation agreement with Hillside Public School District. Through TESU’s commitment related to prior learning, TESU recognizes the Career Connections program as equivalent to 16 college-level credits, applicable toward a certificate, associate or bachelor’s program either at TESU or transferrable to another institution." This is amazing news, Hillside Public Schools in collaboration with @tesu_edu ! You can read the full article here: https://www.tesu.edu/news/1782285/tesu-awarded-grant-for-state-dual-enrollment-pilot-program?utm_content=280899951&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-95853528403&fbclid=IwAR14DSw-6WUh_CNjeJ0BgpQt8zBByHBrYkeCQ8HRvjVxExX1qxSI6plZ7aA #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #tesu #tesuedu #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

This morning (2/29/2024), W.O.K. Middle School hosted an assembly to award their 7th and 8th-grade scholars who made the honor roll for the second marking period! W.O.K. teachers and staff were also recognized for their hard work during the second marking period. Congratulations to all of our students, staff, and scholars, thank you, Dr. Wilson, Vice-Principals Ms. Scott-Jackson and Ms. Elie, our W.O.K. staff, parents, and families! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities #honorroll #awardsceremony

Good day from Hillside Public Schools, please see the BlackFact of the day for February 29, 2024! https://youtu.be/1SEpZ9VCEDM?si=kO5_up3MRvIkK4ai

Please join Superintendent Glover during the upcoming Hillside Public Schools District Strategic Planning Sessions! Thursday, March 7th, 2024 in the Hillside High School Media Center, and Monday, March 18th, 2024 in the Hurden Looker Elementary School Gymnasium, from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m! All Board of Education Members, Students, Staff, Parents, and Community Stakeholders are welcome to attend one and/or both remaining sessions! See the flyer for more details, thank you!

Good day from Hillside Public Schools, please see the BlackFact of the day for February 27, 2024! : https://youtu.be/PzTGR-nWTk0

Good day from Hillside Public Schools, please see the BlackFact of the day for February 26, 2024! : https://youtu.be/1ZcFqMKA7fc

Good morning from Hillside Public Schools, please see the BlackFact of the day for February 23, 2024! https://youtu.be/3jU1lviDnTM

The W.O.K. Middle School Auditorium was packed last night (2/21/2024) for the Black History Month "Black Art" Program! We had members of the Divine 9 Fraternities and Sororities representing, as well as phenomenal artwork done by a few of our W.O.K. students! It was truly an amazing celebration and showcase, thank you Ms. Mathura, Mr. Ferguson, Dr. Wilson, the Divine 9, the multicultural club, and everyone in attendance! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #wokmiddleschool #divine9 #blackhistorymonth #blackart #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Check out these awesome photos of our W.O.K. Middle School scientists at work! Students in Ms. Bhullar's and Mr. Lockyer's classes participated in the virtual lab (v-lab) titled "Is it Alive?" by Students2Science. The lab consisted of DNA Extraction, as molecular biologists, students used classical extraction and separation techniques to determine if the samples contained DNA! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Maplewood Shop is one of W.O.K. Middle School's most interesting class offerings! Here are a few photos from a recent Maplewood Shop class that took place on 2/8/2024! These are the future creators and engineers of America! #hillsidenj @hillsidepublicschools #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities #maplewoodshop