Cresskill Middle/High School

Come out and hear our new sound system at our football field this week! Our first home football game has been rescheduled to Thursday at 7 PM (moved from Friday) against Garfield. We look forward to seeing our community come out and support our great band, cheerleaders, color guard, and football team!

🍂September has arrived - Please consider supporting the CHS Project Graduation Class of 2025 fundraising efforts by ordering premium mums for the fall season by scanning the QR code or clicking on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfxGPA8d7546AdOlKTWs4GOAAvBD0CepPUdbS218UjuALLtQ/viewform

Thank you to our amazing parent groups from the Presidents' Council (HSA, KPA, PTA, PTO, DEIB) that came out and provided breakfast for our staff to welcome them back to school. Thank you for helping our teachers, custodians, secretaries, and administrators in kicking off a great new school year!

While our teaching staff is fully hired for the upcoming school year, we are still seeking great coaches, aides, and substitute teachers to make a difference in the lives of our students. Currently, the coaching positions available are MS Boys Soccer (Fall), MS Girls Soccer (Fall), Winter Track, MS Softball (Spring), and MS Track and Field (Spring). Per policy, parents of Cresskill students are not permitted to coach, but all those without children enrolled in the schools are welcome to apply by emailing bdelvecchio@cresskillnj.net.

Last night, our BOE adopted the 2024-2025 District and Board of Education Goals, which are now published to our website. We look forward to working with our community towards continuous improvement and excellence: https://www.cresskillboe.k12.nj.us/page/board-of-education-goals

Attached is the presentation from last evening to the Cresskill Board of Educaton on the NJGPA and Access for ELLs test results. All are welcome to view the presentation, and should you have questions, we look forward to assisting. https://shorturl.at/FpVCS

Greetings Cresskill Families! We have a quick summer update that we wanted to share with you as we move quickly towards our new school year. Here is the letter outlining some important changes and updates to expect in the upcoming year. https://shorturl.at/2Euye

Dr. Hughes recently spoke as a guest speaker with New Jersey School Boards Association on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Education. Learn about ways we are incorporating AI in thoughtful ways as a school district. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wOVdSza8YU

Congratulations to Glory Moon for this well earned and prestigious honor!! 👏🐾😀 https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/06/25/glory-moon-cresskill-named-charlie-mcgill-scholarship-winner/74160358007/

Thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate our strategic plan adoption last night. It was a great culmination of a community effort. For those that helped on the committees, please stop into the board office to sign our posters. The best hours to come are between 8-2:30 M-Th, 8-11:30 on Friday this week and next.

Thank you to our Student Organization President Eric Nam & Vice President Erin Park for attending their first BOE meeting as Student Representatives! 👏🐾

Tonight at 6:30 pm is the signing ceremony of our strategic plan, Pathways to Excellence, in the high school student center. All community members are invited, and cake will be served. Those that participated in the plan are welcome to sign the posters that will be hung in all of our buildings.

While July 4th, 1776 is observed as America's independence or freedom from the British, Juneteenth commemorates the first time in history when EVERY American was free! Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the final vestiges of slavery were finally stamped out when Union soldiers informed the last groups of slaves of their freedom. As Americans, Juneteenth is a time to celebrate freedom for ALL! Happy Juneteenth!

Community members are invited to help celebrate the completion of our strategic plan, Pathways to Excellence, on Monday, June 24th at 6:30 PM in the CHS Student Center. This event will be immediately before the BOE meeting. Link: https://tinyurl.com/3kuswamh

Congratulations Cresskill Class of 2024! We are so proud of you!

Livestream link for tonight's Class of 2024 Graduation ceremony, 6:30pm in the CHS Gymnasium: https://www.youtube.com/live/QgDze7BYmJY

As we approach the summer, please watch this important public service announcement for road crossing safety. Thank you to Mr. McCaffrey and Omri Kovar for working with the Cresskill Police Department to create this helpful video! https://vimeo.com/957850368

Congratulations to the Cresskill Middle School Class of 2024! The Moving On ceremony was a special gathering to celebrate this group and Semin did great job with her speech! 👏😀🐾

Please be advised that there is currently a phishing scam targeting school athletic teams in northern NJ, including our teams in Cresskill. The scam uses text messages sent to parents and community members that imitate online team fundraisers. Please do not click on any links or texts referring to "NIL" fundraising. This is not a school fundraiser. We do have in place safeguards to ensure that you can know what is a scam and what is a genuine fundraiser as we only approve contributions through our district pay app (PaySchools) or through checks made out directly to our business office for specific teams or activities. If you ever get a different link or request, it is not an approved way to directly donate to our programs. Here is a link to the letter for more information: https://shorturl.at/GY8kI

This is an important announcement from Cresskill Schools about a sports fundraising scam targeting our sports teams. If you get a request to support athletics through NIL club, it does not go to our students or programs. Please note that the only donation programs we allow are through the same pay app as our lunch program. Please share.