Just before spring break, Willow celebrated our annual International Day. Each year, Willow specials teachers (visual arts, handcrafts and architecture, music, world languages, and wellness) work together to create a whole-school experience where students explore and...
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Rooted in Action: Willow’s Earth Day 2025
The Willow School’s Earth Day Celebration was a vibrant and hands-on experience, emphasizing environmental stewardship and community connection. The day began with Morning Gathering led by our preschoolers whose presentation “One Seed” is an annual tradition of acting...
Willow Ethics Team Competes in Annual Middle School Ethics Bowl
Sally Zeiner, First Grade Teacher & Associate Head of School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, also leads the Willow Ethics Bowl Team. She shares a recap of the event and the connection to Willow's Virtues below. Congratulations to Willow’s Middle School Ethics Team who...
Willow Wins 2024 Students Change Hunger Awards
We are thrilled to announce that Willow has once again won two awards in this year's Students Change Hunger campaign, a fundraiser for The Community FoodBank of New Jersey. This year, over 80 schools and youth groups participated in the campaign. The campaign...
Willow Ethics Bowl Team Wins Second Place
We are proud to share that Willow's Ethics Bowl Team has earned second place in the NJ-NY Middle School Ethics Bowl. The Ethics Institute at Kent Place School hosted the competition on February 25, 2023. Willow students competed against 20 teams to make it to the...
Willow Dash Raises Over $8,600 for Local Food Bank
On January 10, students and staff ran laps around our campus for our second annual Willow Winter Dash, a fundraiser organized by Andy Pruzick, Willow's Middle School Co-Director and Wellness Teacher, and our middle schoolers for The Community FoodBank of New Jersey....
Willow Wins Two “Students Change Hunger” Awards
We are thrilled to announce that Willow has once again won two awards in this year's Students Change Hunger campaign, a fundraiser for The Community FoodBank of New Jersey. This year, 70 schools and youth groups participated in the campaign. The campaign collectively...
Why Should Children Learn a Second Language?
Your child’s early school years are a critical time for learning in so many ways. At this age, they are curious explorers navigating a new world and figuring out how to interpret, interrogate, and share all of their findings. Language is a critical tool in this...
Willow Wins Two “Students Change Hunger” Awards
On Friday, December 17, students and staff ran laps around our campus for our first-ever Willow Winter Dash, a fundraiser organized by our middle schoolers for The Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Students brought in non-perishables as an entry fee to the Dash, and...
Willow Students Create Coloring Book to Preserve Rainforest
One Willow School teacher’s trip to Costa Rica inspired a unique student-led project with lasting implications for an endangered rainforest. In December, Marissa Mizeski, the Willow School science teacher, visited the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. The Osa Peninsula is...