Superintendent Dr. Howard Lerner and a young student enjoy reading a Dr. Seuss book together to the class.
Students and staff at the Brownstone school celebrated Read Across America Day with entertaining and educational activities. Students came to school dressed in red and white and bearing a favorite book from home. A breakfast of Green Eggs and Ham with bagels started the festivities. At one o’clock, everyone stopped, dropped everything, and read! Invited guests read to classes, and the Cat in the Hat stopped by to visit with the students. After watching the “Cat in the Hat” movie, each student received a Certificate for their participation in a very special Read Across America celebration.
The Brownstone School in the past five years has gone through a remarkable transformation under the auspices of the new principal, David Perez and his highly qualified clinical and teaching staff. Brownstone is a highly specialized program for students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mood Disorders and other impulsive behaviors that require a challenging and rewarding environment. Through a coordinated and consistent effort the staff at Brownstone helps students to overcome obstacles which impede their academic success and the ability to establish relationships.
Our goal for all Brownstone students is self-regulation. We believe that only through self-monitoring can students make themselves available for instruction. Therefore, the desire to learn must come from within. By utilizing our behavior management model, curriculum, experienced clinicians, technical support staff, and social skills programs, we are able to help meet the social, emotional and behavioral needs of all our students.
In addition, all middle school graduates are transitioned on to other Bergen County Special Services High Schools. This allows them to continue to have their needs meet in a supportive and less restrictive setting within our district.
Our mission as educators is to provide high quality educational services to students. Commensurate with the District's vision, we strive to offer structured, challenging, and educational activities within the frameworks of approved state curriculum in all academic areas, including social and behavioral goals
