Amistad Commission’s National History Day Stipend,
Board approval is required to receive stipend
Upcoming Events:
October 18, 2025 – Afro Latino History Day (Grades 4–12), 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. at Pleasantville High School
February 2026 – NJ Amistad History Day (Grades 4–5) at Stockton University
March 7, 2026 – National History Day Regional Competition (Grades 6–12) at Rutgers–Camden Campus
*Please see your building administrator.
Grants due: October 17, 2025
The Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation is proud to award financial grants (up to $1,000) to schools and teachers nationwide, educating students about anti-hate, respect, and kindness through Holocaust education. These school funding grants can be used to fund Holocaust-related learning materials, field trips, Holocaust survivor speakers, and other learning resources.
Through the expansion of Holocaust education, facts, and examples of genocide, we hope that students will learn about the dangers of hatred and discrimination, and how these lessons can lead to kindness, respect, and inclusion in our society today.
October is National Farm to School Month! Join us and thousands of schools, early care and education sites, farms, communities, and organizations across the country as we celebrate food education, school gardens and lunch trays filled with healthy, local ingredients.
National Farm to School Toolkit (document)
K-2 Hispanic Heritage Resources
Sesame Street: Hispanic Heritage Compilation
Hispanic Heritage Month - Disney Channel Video
Rosie's Rules Compilation | Hispanic Heritage Month
Interactive/Shared Read Aloud
Lucia the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza
Pedro The Brave by Leo Broadley
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina
3-5 Hispanic Heritage Resources
Discovery Education:
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Teacher Choice Board Gr. 3-5
Interactive Read Alouds
Separate is Never Equal (Sylvia Mendez) by Duncan Tonatiuh, Queen of Tejano Music (Selena) by Silvia Lopez, Roberto Clemente by Jonah Winter, Harvesting Hope (Cesar Chavez) by Kathleen Krull, Frida by Amy Novesky, Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx
6th-8th Hispanic Heritage Resources
Hispanic Heritage Month Theme: (2025) “Collective Heritage: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future"-Lesson & Assessment
2025 Hispanic Heritage Month Vocabulary
Discovery Education: Hispanic Heritage Month
🍎K-8 ELA Instructional Guides (Lesson Plans)
K-2 Magnetic Foundations (Padlet)
Literacy Tasks Padlet (Padlet)
New Jersey Literacy Universal Screening Session (i-Ready)
i-Ready Learning Cohorts (Folder)
ELA Newcomer Parallel - Located under Instructional Guides