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Wandell School students showcase media projects, Noetic Math success and SEL work at board meeting
Summary
Students and teachers at Wandell School presented a year-end showcase — student-produced videos, Noetic Math contest results (including a top‑10% national placement), and the school’s social‑emotional learning (SEL) ‘WANDel Way’ — to the Saddle River board.
At the Saddle River School District board meeting at Wandell School, staff and students presented year‑end student work, including student-produced videos, Noetic Math contest results and a social‑emotional learning showcase.
The meeting host congratulated a fourth‑grade student who won first place in the Partnership for a Drug‑Free New Jersey art contest, saying the school was "incredibly proud of him," and highlighted a packed schedule of short student presentations and awards.
Gifted‑and‑talented staff described the school’s results in the Noetic Math contest, saying that thousands of students nationwide participate and that several Wandel students finished in high national percentiles; one student, the presenter said, finished in the top 10% nationally. The presenter asked the board for additional funding to expand Noetic participation: "Can I please have some funding so that I can do this with many more grades next year?" the presenter said.
The school’s SEL team described the WANDel Way, a character‑education approach that emphasizes self‑awareness, self‑management, responsible decision‑making, relationship skills and social awareness. Teachers and peer leaders outlined how morning announcements, school‑wide read‑alouds and monthly gathering assemblies are used to build school community and student leadership. A coordinator said peer leaders help run assemblies and classroom activities and that the program is expanding into classroom features and teacher/student interviews.
Organizers said a planned student video could not be shown because of a technical sign‑in issue; they said they would attempt to play it at the end of the meeting and distribute it via the school’s weekly newsletter if necessary.
The board thanked the teachers, peer leaders and parent volunteers for the year’s activities. There was no formal action associated with the presentations; the meeting proceeded to committee reports and routine consent votes.
