Fair Lawn Public Schools

On Thursday, January 26, the Supervisor of School Counseling and Student Wellness, Mrs. Gupta, kicked off an assembly at Memorial. The Fair Lawn High School Guidance Department teamed up with Memorial’s guidance counselors to present to our 8th grade students about high school requirements, upcoming high school scheduling, and all the exciting programs and clubs available to them next year at FLHS. Go Cutters!!

Memorial Middle School continues to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the construction of our Dream Towers as we continue our “Do Something Challenge”. Students and staff used this opportunity to have meaningful conversations and to reflect on what it means to drive positive change through the power of connection. We have already received hundreds of clouds, with each cloud representing the dream of a Memorial student or staff member, and more clouds are still being added.

Congrats to our FLHS CUTTERS Basketball teams! Both won their county tournament games yesterday! Our girls won at Ramsey and our boys beat Rutherford on our home court. Good luck in the next round! Go Cutters!

Thank you to Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Fair Lawn neighbors, for spending six days leading inspirational science experiments with our Fair Lawn fourth graders. Our students had the chance to see themselves as scientists!

Students in our middle school Innovations Lab class work on a STEM engineering and design project.

We would like to thank all of the volunteers from ThermoFisher for visiting Westmoreland School. Our 4th grade students were absolutely captivated by the demonstrations, experiments and hands-on, strawberry DNA extraction. Thank you to Ron Durso and Lindsey Zarwi for developing this community partnership and bringing this experience to our students!

Early dismissal for all students PK-12 on January 25, 2023 for staff professional development.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for… BOOKS! So great to see so many smiles at the Lyncrest Ice Cream Social/Book Fair tonight! Our PTO volunteers are the cherry on top!!!

We are pleased to provide the Board Brief below from last evening's regular monthly meeting of the Fair Lawn Board of Education. Our next scheduled regular monthly meeting is February 23, 2023 at 7:30pm in room 19 at Thomas Edison School.

Congrats FLHS Band/Orchestra honored musicians! From left: Theodore Medina (State, Tuba); Joshua Ben-Nun (County, Trombone & Euphonium); Nathaniel Furman (Region, Piano); Shune Okada (County, Piccolo); Yuma Okada (State, Piccolo); Paul Sanogo (Region, Double Bass).

The Fair Lawn Board of Education is paperless! Scan the QR code below to get the January 23, 2023 monthly meeting agenda. **Please note the LOCATION CHANGE to our monthly meetings, which will now be held in Room 19 at Edison School, 37-01 Fair Lawn Avenue. Access the agenda on our website at: https://go.boarddocs.com/nj/flps/Board.nsf/Public

The Fourth Grade at Warren Point welcomed scientists from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Students had a great time extracting DNA from strawberries. Thank you to the team at TFS, Ms. Zarwi and Mr. Durso.

Happy Lunar New Year! 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. Memorial’s World Culture Club celebrated Lunar New Year this week as they demonstrated the dragon dance. It is believed that the dragon dance drives away evil and ushers in good luck for the community.

TJMS welcomed Chris Singleton on Thursday, January 19th to share his mission of unity. " Everyone should feel celebrated." Thank you Chris for reminding us that we can't control everything in our lives, but we can control how we respond to things. Pictured from left to right: Vice Principal Michael Grubman, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Camille DeFranco, Superintendent Nicholas Norcia, Chris Singleton, Principal Michael Weaver and Vice Principal Jenna Renna.

All Fair Lawn middle school and high school parents and guardians are cordially invited to an evening with Chris Singleton. WHEN: Thursday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Memorial Middle School Auditorium No Registration Required Chris Singleton is a former professional athlete drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2017. Chris became a nationally-renowned speaker and best-selling author with a message of resilience, forgiveness, and unity following the loss of his mother in a racially motivated mass shooting. Chris has shared his message "Love is Stronger than Hate" with NFL and NBA teams and multiple Fortune 500 companies across the country. He shares his message with over 100 organizations and over 30,000 students annually. Please use the following link to learn more about Chris Singleton prior to his visit on January 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkhhwOrCZ9

This morning it was Lyncrest’s turn to have Thermo Fisher Scientific work with our 4th graders! We became scientists and extracted DNA from strawberries! Did you know strawberries yield more DNA than any other fruit???

We would like to thank the Tyszko family for their continued support and efforts to help others in memory of their son, Peter, who died on January 17, 2022 of complications from sarcoma. In the spirit of giving, they have organized what will become an annual blood drive which will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2023 in the TJ gymnasium. To learn how you can participate and schedule an appointment, please see the following link @ Peter Tyszko Community Blood Drive.

Thank you to Mr. Durso and Mrs. Zarwi for bringing ThermoFisher Scientific to Forrest School. The 4th grade students had a blast extracting DNA from strawberries.

Fair Lawn Public Schools will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2023 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Milnes held its monthly Character Assembly where we celebrated the students who exhibited the character trait, Trustworthiness. We also kicked off our "Soup"er Bowl canned good collection now through February 15th. The cans collected will be donated to the Fair Lawn Food Pantry.