(January 11th--Jersey City) Chef Rene and Chef Christina of Bambino Chef inspired students to think more about their food choices and demonstrate how to create quick and healthy meals. Chef Rene and Chef Christina discussed a variety of health-conscious decisions that students can start thinking about right away. The chefs identified the building blocks of healthy meals and...
Category: Explore Middle School
One-Man Show “The Right Dream” Performed at Explore Middle School
(November 30th--Jersey City) “The Right Dream”, a one-man Living Voices performance, was presented to the students at Explore Middle School. “The Right Dream” follows the story of a young African American boy, Raymond, portrayed by Brian Simmons, growing up in a small town in Mississippi on the brink of the American Civil Rights movement. Living...
Explore Middle School Kicks of 2nd Thematic Unit with Trip to the Liberty Science Center
(November 16th, 2018--Jersey City, NJ) Explore Middle School students and staff attended a trip to the Liberty Science Center sponsored by the BASF Company. Students attended the trip, led by the science department, to kick-off their next thematic unit, “phenomenon and the engineering design process”. For this unit, students will take into account different phenomena...
Explore Student Council Honors Local Veterans
(November 21st, 2018--Jersey City, NJ) Explore Middle School student council members visited the newly renovated Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2294 Samuel R. Shelton Post in Jersey City. Commander Tony Goodson, a former technology teacher at Explore and Vietnam War Purple Heart Recipient, led the assembly. In honor of Veteran’s Day, Chef Mario and...
Human Rights Art Gallery Created by Explore Student Body
(November 26th, 2018--Jersey City, NJ) Explore Middle School held a Human Rights Art Gallery as the 1st culminating project of the school year.Human rights served as the 1st thematic unit for the students and the language arts department headed this unit by creating project-based lessons and activities focusing on a variety of human rights. The...
Explore Middle School Students Encouraged to ‘Choose Kindness’ at Anti-Bullying Presentation by Professional Speaker Kerry Magro
JERSEY CITY -- Students at Explore Middle School attended an anti-bullying presentation by professional and motivational speaker Kerry Magro. Magro, who is on the autism spectrum, encouraged students to “choose kindness” and shared his own powerful story of being bullied growing up during his visit to the school this month. The roughly 50 minute presentation...
Explore Middle School Participates in “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer”
(October 28th, 2018--Jersey City, NJ) Explore Middle School participated in the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk at Lincoln Park. Principal Krone and Supervisor Velazquez welcomed staff, students, and parents as they gathered together early Sunday morning to walk. Administrative Assistant, Michelene Calabrese noted that it is always important for the staff to participate in...
Explore 6th Graders Celebrate Chemistry Week with Ms. Cynthia Reyes, BASF Corp.
(October 26, 2018--Jersey City, NJ) To celebrate Chemistry Week, Explore parent and Human Resource Specialist for BASF Corporation, Cynthia Reyes, met with the 6thgrade students to complete a lab experiment. The students participated in a “Chemistry Caper” challenge where they learned about a simple chromatographic process that is used to separate the components of a...
Commissioner Cosmo Cirillo Joins Explore Middle School for Student Council Election
(October 22nd, 2018--Jersey City, NJ) Explore Middle School held its 1st Student Council election on Friday, October 19th, which included a visit from Commissioner of Public Affairs for West New York and Town Administrator for Guttenberg, Mr. Cosmo Cirillo. Supervisor and Social Studies teacher, Ms. Jamie Velazquez is leading the Student Council with 6th-grade advisor...
Explore Students visit Bayonne Bridge Art Gallery
(October 5th, 2018--Jersey City, NJ) The Explore Middle School students spent their first “field trip week” visiting The Bridge Art Gallery in Bayonne as a pivotal part of the preparation for their thematic unit project. Each marking period at Explore, students focus on a thematic unit. At the end of each marking period, the students...