iPads: the future of education?

Maggie McNee and Alexis Lyczkowski

May 18, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized

This year, 8th grade students in Woodbridge Township received iPads to enhance their education and interaction with technology and many students have mixed emotions about the device, as well as teachers. The iPad initiative is a new program that Woodbridge Township started for the 8th grade students thro...

Cafe Night talent bash

Emma Ferreira, Spring Author

April 18, 2018

Filed under Student Life

Cafe night was hosted on March 27,2018. Many students of the audience said the show was “Amazing and more than expected”. One of the teachers who put Cafe Night together Mrs. Liastro says, “The show went smoothly everyone did well. Everyone was super enthusiastic about performing, this was defi...

Woodbridge Middle School has 17 minutes of silence for Parkland shooting memorial

Emma Ferreira and Ashantae James, Spring author

April 18, 2018

Filed under Student Life

On March 14th 2018,outside of WMS students gathered for a moment of silence and showed solidarity for the tragedy at the Parkland High School and for the lives lost. The students bowed their heads down for seventeen minutes to show respect for the seventeen deaths. WMS students participated ...

“Not in our school”: Bullies being dealt with at the Anti-Bullying Play

Romani Rodriguez, Spring Author

March 26, 2018

Filed under Student Life, Uncategorized

This March an Anti-Bullying Play in the auditorium left people in awe when sixth, seventh, and eighth graders came out with amazing acting skills. The play included real life situations like a bigger kid bullying a smaller kid. The play also showed girl bullies so it can relate to girls as well. �...

Friends across the world

Grace Terrell, Spring Editor

March 20, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Student Life

As the new semester rolled in, so did exchange students from China. Woodbridge Middle brought in the second half of the year with twenty-six student mentors. 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students and teachers had the opportunity to work with exchange students in their classes for an entire week. Woodbridge...

Student makes her stamp on WMS with cultural sculpture

Nicole Galicia, Spring Editor

March 16, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Student Life

Through the power of paper mache and months of hard work eighth grade student Rayna Jagasia created a liberating sculpture of an Indian goddess for her art class. Mrs. Donewitz, Jagasia’s art teacher for the first semester, assigned the class to make paper mache figure sculptures of whoever they...

Cafe Night Time to show your talent

Emma Ferreira, Spring Author

March 16, 2018

Filed under Student Life, Uncategorized

Come to Woodbridge Middle School Auditorium to see the diverse talents our students have to offer like singing,dancing, comedy, and a dj. This would be a perfect year to come see Cafe night, Ms.Masperi says “We have more exotic talents this year than ever before, this year we have people performin...

Cesar Kai Karate Academy chops their way to WMS

Anginette Ipanaque, Spring Editor

March 14, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Student Life

Nagashi uke! Or as we say in English, ‘sweeping block!’ School counselors invite Cesar Kai karate academy on February 23rd to discuss anti-bullying to 6th graders. The Cesar Kai is a karate academy that teaches children self-defense and goes around to schools teaching them different topic; leadership,...

Our new National Junior Honor Society members!

Anginette Ipanaque, Spring Editor

March 6, 2018

Filed under Special Recognition, Student Life

WMS NJHS welcomes the brand-new members of the NJHS with their yearly induction ceremony. On March 28th at 2:00pm come meet the fellow students! The National Junior Honor Society has been around in WMS for seven years. At the ceremony Dr. Crowe, Dr. Zega, and Mayor McCormac attend to congratulate...

WMS Building a Promising Future

Jayden Pena

February 1, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Student Life

Woodbridge Middle School is an old school, so it’s time that it is upgraded. WMS is getting renovations to the school in the future. WMS is a school in need of improvements so WMS will have renovations to the rear basement. The renovations will expand the gym and it will add more classrooms to the...

Unique multilingual students contribute to the cultural tapestry of WMS

Victoria Hrabkovsky and Alison Carrasco

February 1, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Student Life

People’s nationalities vary, and although there are many people with the same nationality, there are many vernaculars represented in the nation. Regarding this fact, many students speak different languages other than English, especially in WMS. After our interview, A shocking statistic reveals that in four W...

WMS winter concert was snow joke

January 30, 2018

Filed under Band, Student Life

The WMS Winter Concert showcased band and chorus on December 13. Mr McGuire and Ms. Benkert conducted a plethora of songs for the annual concert. The chorus and music teacher, Mr. McGuire, is one of the newest teachers at WMS. He expressed his enthusiasm, “I was really happy with how the music came,...