Actors will learn and explore the art of performing through the use of poetry and scripts. Through analysis of poetry students will identify key strategies to engage an audience. They will then dive into the world of performing through the use of scripts. Performers will practice their acting, speaking and presentation skills to build a dramatic performance. The culminating activity of the unit involves students crafting an original script scene to perform for the class. 

This course will provide students with important skills as they transition into Middle School.  Organization, communication, time management, and others will be practiced and polished during the expanse of this course.  

Students will investigate how the global environment impacts Wyckoff, Bergen County, and New Jersey. Initially, students will determine if NJ’s slogan “Garden State” is relevant by considering the history of NJ and the current conditions in the state. Next, students will explore pollution and waste management. This includes the history and remediation of the Passaic River, the Meadowlands, and the Ringwood Mines Superfund site. To understand one option to reduce solid waste, students will design and test a composter. Students will also take part in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife Trout in the Classroom conservation program by raising rainbow trout for release.

The students enrolled in grade 6 Spanish study topics which include getting acquainted, the family, the weather, counting, days and months, pastime activities, telling time, colors and shapes, basic commands used in a classroom, and familiarization with Spanish speaking countries. There is also a cultural component which study includes learning about foods eaten in Hispanic countries, and music and art in the Hispanic World. Basic grammar is addressed at this level.

Students enrolled in this course study the alphabet, family, weather, time, the calendar, numbers, and the geographical features of Italy. This course also provides cultural study which includes the euro, learning about Italian students’ school/social 

habits, Italian holidays, and the arts. Grammar is studied at an introductory level.

The students enrolled in this course study greetings, the family, weather, expressions of time, the days and months, café foods and beverages, the physical features of France and the main cities of (map reading). This course also provides cultural study, which includes learning about francophone countries, the euro, cafés, and French holidays & traditions. Grammar is studied at the beginning level in this course.