Week of Respect

The Week of Respect is scheduled for October 7-11, 2024.  The Week of Respect is celebrated by all schools in New Jersey.  The East Greenwich Township School District observes this week by providing age-appropriate activities and instruction focused on character development and bullying prevention.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is scheduled for October 23-30, 2024.  It is the nation’s largest and oldest drug prevention awareness program. Red Ribbon Week incorporates activities and lessons that raise awareness of drug prevention.

Great Kindness Challenge

The Great Kindness Challenge is scheduled for January 27-31, 2025.  The Great Kindness Challenge is a proactive and positive bullying prevention initiative that improves school climate and increases student engagement. The program encourages students to engage in as many acts of kindness as possible during the one week period to show that kindness matters.

SEL Day

SEL Day will be held on March 14, 2025.  SEL Day is an annual event on the 2nd Friday in March to showcase, promote, advocate, and support SEL in schools and communities across the world.

Rock Your Socks World Down Syndrome Day

Every year on March 21, people all around the world come together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day by wearing brightly colored, mismatched socks. March 21 is symbolic because people with Down syndrome have 3 copies of their 21st chromosome. Socks were chosen because the karyotype of Ds chromosomes actually looks like mismatched socks!

Awareness Day

Light It Up Blue Day is typically held on April 2, 2025.  This year, we will be holding our districtwide Light It Up Blue Day on April 1st to kick off the month for Autism Awareness and our Abilities Awareness Week.  Light It Up Blue is a day held in celebration of people with autism and those who love and support them.  On this day, we will join the thousands of landmarks, buildings, homes and communities around the world and come together on April 1st to shine a light on the autism community.

Abilities Awareness

Abilities Awareness will be held in the month of April.  This month is dedicated to increasing awareness of the abilities and strengths of people with disabilities, as well as promoting inclusion and acceptance of others.

School Sidekicks

School sidekicks will take place at least once a trimester between our two schools.  Each Jeffrey Clark classroom has been partnered up with a Samuel Mickle classroom.  Each marking period, these students will participate in team-building and inclusion activities.

NJ CAP Program

New Jersey Child Assault Prevention (NJ CAP) is a statewide community based prevention program. With a motto “All Children Deserve to be Safe, Strong and Free” ®, the CAP program seeks to reduce children’s vulnerability to abuse, neglect and bullying by providing comprehensive prevention workshops for children, parents and school staff. Our district’s Home and School Association sponsors this program to be held for our Beginners each year. It also includes a parent information night.

L.E.A.D Program

The Law Enforcement Against Drugs (L.E.A.D.) program is a collaborative effort by LEAD certified law enforcement officers, educators, students, parents, and the community to offer an educational program in the classroom to prevent or reduce drug abuse and violence among children and youth.  This program is held each year for our sixth grade students.