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Orientations, BBQs, & Ice Cream! A Strong Start to the 2026–27 School Year

Two smiling boys in white t-shirts stand in the foreground, one holding a plate with a burger, while other students and a grassy slope are visible in the background.

The 2026–27 school year is off to a fantastic start! From welcoming new students to strengthening connections across our community, the first few weeks have been filled with meaningful moments, new friendships, and plenty of Knight pride.

🤝 7th & 9th Grade Orientations led by our WE Lead mentors and UKnight peer leaders

🛡️ 7th Grade Welcome Knight welcoming the Class of 2032

🛡️ MS Tailgate with backyard games, delicious cheeseburgers, and cheering on our football knights

🍦 Community Ice Cream Social bringing together students from Pre-K through 12, senior citizens, families, and friends with more than1,000 scoops of ice cream!

🍔 Attending the Fairfield Senior Citizen BBQ connecting with community members and discussing our Bond Referendum

We’re building a strong, unified community as we begin a new school year – and there’s plenty more to come!

Check out some photos from our first few weeks - click each one to expand to full view.
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A group of people sit at tables in the foreground, facing a woman presenting at the front of a room with a screen and a clock on the wall in the background.
A young man wearing a black t-shirt and backpack stands in profile against a background of a brick wall and a window.
Two women in black t-shirts sit together and smile against a white brick wall.
Four girls wearing matching %22WE LEAD MENTOR%22 black t-shirts smile for a photo in a gym with other people and a red wall in the background.
Three smiling adults stand together in a hallway featuring a nurse's office and an AED sign in the background.
Two boys play a video game on a monitor in the foreground, with a white wall and a brown table in the background.
A smiling man in a red polo shirt and a woman in a black and white patterned top stand together in a room with display boards and wooden doors in the background.
Two smiling men stand side-by-side in the foreground against a background of large windows looking out onto a green outdoor area.
Three people stand beside presentation boards in a room with wooden doors and neutral walls.
A group of men and one woman stand together on a tiled patio with lush green trees in the background.
A smiling young girl with a red bow holds a black tray in a school cafeteria with a cow-print table behind her.
People gather around a cow-print table filled with small treats inside a brightly lit school hallway.
Three people wearing white %22We Remember%22 t-shirts smile for a photo in front of a brick building.
A woman in a white t-shirt and a man in a navy suit stand behind a podium featuring a %22Freestyle Fridays%22 sign, set against a background of a building and greenery.
A young boy in black athletic wear raises his arm in the foreground, with a chain-link fence and green foliage in the background.
Two women in white commemorative t-shirts smile together in the foreground, with a grassy field and a chain-link fence in the background.
Two smiling young women in white shirts stand in the foreground with a crowd of students gathered in the sunny background.
Two smiling boys in white t-shirts stand in the foreground, one holding a plate with a burger, while other students and a grassy slope are visible in the background.
Six women in white shirts stand around a sign for the West Essex Regional School District Board of Education in front of a brick building.