STEM Festival (3-5pm) – A district-wide Festival is coming to Edgemont Park with a variety of STEM activity stations for elementary-aged families to enjoy. Reach out to WatchungPTAPresident@gmail.com or Katie Sanders at ksanders13@yahoo.com if you have ideas or would like to join the Watchung planning committee.
UPCOMING EVENTS
4/16 | AAPI Color Fun Run
When: April 16 9:30-11:30am Where: Brookdale Park – When you Register for the Color Run HERE and enter the code [WATCHUNG] at check-out, 10% of your race fees will be donated to our school.
3/13,20,27 | Munch Madness
Monday, March 13th kicks off our three-week food tasting event that will have twelve different vegetables “competing” to be our school’s favorite. This SignUp Genius provides opportunities to donate vegetables, chop veggies, distribute samples outside the cafeteria, and collect votes. Which veggie will be the victor? We can’t wait to find out!
3/26 | Watchung Family Ice Skating Day
Watchung Family Ice Skating Day WHEN: March 26th 12-130pm WHERE: Clary Anderson Ice Arena *More details to come
3/2-24 | Spring into Reading Read-A-Thon
On Read Across America Day, we will kick-off our Read-A-Thon. This is a great way to get kids hooked on reading, engage in some friendly competition between classes, and win prizes, all while raising funds for Watchung School PTA! Watchung students will see how many minutes they can read–or be read to!–from March 2-23rd, and collect Read More >>
Donate Books for Watchung Read-a-Thon
Watchung Read-a-Thon – donate books by 3/1 Donate your elementary school-aged books to help us create a Watchung Read-A-Thon Free Library! These books will be available for students to grab while walking through the front hallway, take home to read to boost their Read-A-Thon minutes, and return (if they like) for others to also enjoy. Read More >>
Recent News
Lunar New Year Celebrations at Watchung
On Friday, February 17th, we celebrated the Lunar New Year at Watchung. It began in the morning when Watchung parent Winnie Wu came in to present to our 4th and 5th grades. Winnie has come in a few times over the past few years and presented and each year she out does herself. Thank you, Read More >>
News from the STEAM Room!
December 3, 2022 | News from the STEAM Room! This week in STEAM class, we made Bouncy Glue with visiting scientist, Barb Feguson. Students learned about three common types of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. Then we made bouncy glue, which has properties of both solids and liquids. Read More >>