This project integrates Executive Functioning (EF) support into K-2 education to foster holistic development. By enhancing the existing Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum, students gain essential skills for success in academics and life through fun and engaging EF instruction.

This grant will fund Universal Design for Learning (UDL) training for Honors, AP, CP, and elective teachers, and Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) training for special education and co-teaching teams. The goal is to support students with diverse learning needs, including IEPs, Multilingual Learners, and those with 504 or I&RS plans.

Tony’s Brook near Ridgewood Avenue School offers 6th graders hands-on science learning. They will measure water quality and study biological indicators. The grant funds necessary equipment for these experiments.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) helps develop healthy identities, manage emotions, build relationships, and make decisions. New Jersey promotes SEL to improve school climates and support youth. This grant will create an SEL Space for students to decompress, address emotional challenges, and work through crises in a supportive environment.

Math Medic Core is an online platform following the Building a Thinking Classroom Model and the EFFL model, where students collaborate to understand topics before formal instruction. It addresses the lack of supplementary material by providing resources for Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and Pre-Calculus, benefiting multiple teachers and their students.

RAS music classes will use arcade synthesizers to teach 8-bit music production, enhancing the curriculum and helping students blend technology with musical expression.

Pre-K to Second Grade students at Linden Avenue School participated in the Wee Deliver program to enhance writing, reading, and communication skills.

Daily Dos Life Skill Boxes provide kits to teach various life skills including setting the table, sorting laundry, and tying shoes specialized instruction and practice.

Students had access to 3-D pens to render architectural designs for tower buildings, create windmills for sustainability projects, and design airplanes for aerodynamics studies.

Providing books and ancillary classroom materials presented students with additional resources selected to provide greater exposure to people of diverse backgrounds.

The Ridgewood Avenue School library purchased ten Kindles for student use. Not all students can access online reading sources at home, and the Kindles will enable them to maximize opportunities to reinforce literacy skills.

Students learned to build and control drones using Arduino boards, programming, and quadcopter parts.

Through Soft Starts third-grade students engaged in activities to spark enthusiasm, creativity, and social-emotional learning.

This grant established an age-appropriate environment for kindergarten literacy, providing suitable seating to encourage shared thinking and create a comfortable atmosphere

K-2 students at Linden Avenue School engaged in a shared reading initiative called March Book Madness. The event featured 16 picture books read aloud to students, who then voted for their favorites in a bracket-style tournament to crown a school winner.

Building on prior professional development, this grant expanded access to hands-on materials for implementing the Orton-Gillingham method and the Daily Five.