Private Prep instructors will help prepare our seventh graders to take secondary school standardized tests.
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Nurturing curious, confident children on 14 acres of natural learning spaces in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Nurturing curious, confident children on 14 acres of natural learning spaces in Bergen County, New Jersey.
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Private Prep instructors will help prepare our seventh graders to take secondary school standardized tests. |
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The Seedlings brings your young child together with peers for an interactive weekly experience. Your child will take part in the special joy of early learning at EMS through movement, music, reading, interacting, and community building.
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Away on Muenster Field. 40 Upper Mountain Avenue, Montclair NJ
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Teacher Appreciation Week
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What changes when the backpack gets heavier, and the conversations get shorter? For current middle school parents, it can feel like navigating a map that’s being redrawn in real-time. This series explores how we move from being our children’s managers to becoming their consultants. We will discuss:
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Private Prep instructors will help prepare our seventh graders to take secondary school standardized tests. |
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The Seedlings brings your young child together with peers for an interactive weekly experience. Your child will take part in the special joy of early learning at EMS through movement, music, reading, interacting, and community building.
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Our second graders and their families are invited to the instrument petting zoo, where students will be introduced to the music faculty and instruments offered at EMS.
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For more details and the Zoom link, check out our weekly newsletter. |
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EMS Grandparents + Special Friends are invited to a morning of activities. A light breakfast will be served. |
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Join our environmental science teacher on campus for a fun and informative workshop in our EMS garden. Gardening gloves and boots are highly encouraged! This event is rain-or-shine.
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Bring your children and their bikes or scooters to meet us for a bike loop at Saddle River County Park. Feel free to bring your own bike, or hang out with the other parents at the playground/picnic table area. Potluck-style snacks are appreciated, but not necessary. Recommend: bring a water bottle. For more details, check out... |
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This event is designed to help parents and caregivers prepare students academically and socially for the transition to their next grade. Please RSVP.
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Private Prep instructors will help prepare our seventh graders to take secondary school standardized tests. |
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This event is designed to help parents and caregivers prepare students academically and socially for the transition to their next grade. Please RSVP.
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Come see the power and creativity of the Chilton House community on full display, and enjoy the company of your fellow families. We promise you will be inspired and impressed! A light breakfast will be served. |
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How is EMS preparing students for a world reshaped by AI while preserving the integrity of deep, human-led learning? Learn more from an expert-led panel featuring industry leaders, EMS faculty, and student voices. For more details and to reserve your seat, see Dr. Beck's email or our weekly newsletter.
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This longstanding tradition is all about community spirit, friendly competition, and good old-fashioned fun! Rain date: Monday, May 18. |
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This event is designed to help parents and caregivers prepare students academically and socially for the transition to their next grade. Please RSVP.
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Private Prep instructors will help prepare our seventh graders to take secondary school standardized tests. |
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This event is designed to help parents and caregivers prepare students academically and socially for the transition to their next grade. Please RSVP.
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Open meeting to vote on the proposed board for the 2026–2027 school year. Location TBD. Please check out our weekly newsletter for more details.
For more details and the Google Meet link, check out our weekly newsletter. |
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This event is designed to help parents and caregivers prepare students academically and socially for the transition to their next grade, and to allow them to meet with Morrow House leadership and our fifth-grade teachers. Location: Russell Berrie Music Room, Morrow House
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Away on Muenster Field. 40 Upper Mountain Avenue, Montclair NJ
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New EMS families will meet with members of the leadership team, our board of trustees, faculty, and current families. Drinks and light hors d’oeuvres served. |
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This event, open to families of rising kindergarten students (year 2 of the 3s/4s program), is designed to help parents and caregivers prepare students academically and socially for the transition to their next grade. Location: Chilton House Music Room
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Following a project-based learning unit on games, the 3s/4s students present their student-designed and constructed games to their families with support from our eighth-grade students. |
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Students in Leadership Lab 7 compete to produce thoughtful ethical analyses of complex moral dilemmas. |
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Sixth-grade families are warmly invited to join us in the Russell Berrie Music Room. Come explore student performances, visual and digital art, writing, and more — and enjoy a light breakfast with delicious Greek-inspired treats! |
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A culminating celebration of the kindergarten year. Families are invited to watch an exciting circus performance followed by a casual reception. |
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Accustomed to a challenging academic environment, EMS students welcome the demands of competitive secondary schools and are often placed in advanced sections where they perform very well. See where our students have been accepted.
