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WHO WE ARE
The SBJC is a public New Jersey school district serving 300+ students throughout the Bergen County area. We have three main campuses and five annexes in eight towns. We also provide transportation, professional development, and related services.
If you're a parent or a member of a child study team that would like to find out more information about our program, you can click Learn More below or fill out our Request Info form for copies of our information packet.
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SBJC's Teacher Recognition Selection for 2018-19
The South Bergen Jointure Commission is proud to announce our Teacher Recognition Selection for the 2018-2019 school year. We congratulate Sarah-Ann Rizzolo, Theresa Gallagher, and Mary Payoczkowski for being selected. Your hard work and dedication to our program has been acknowledged by your peers, your students, your students’ guardians, and your administration. We thank you for your service.
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April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day
World Autism Awareness day is a designated day for the celebration and recognition of people on the Autism Spectrum, with the purpose to increase the understanding and acceptance of a condition that affects many people globally. On April 2nd, we celebrate the members of our communities, families, and world who live with Autism for their diversity and unique talents.
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Dr. Kuchar Presents at the 2019 National School Board Association Conference in Philadelphia
SBJC Superintendent Dr. Michael Kuchar presented this weekend at the 2019 National School Board Association Conference in Philadelphia! You can view the entire presentation, "Growing Your Own: Using Social Capital to Recruit, Develop, and Retain a Diverse and Competent Teaching and Administrative Team," by clicking Read More below.
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South Bergen Bridge Competition
SOUTH HACKENSACK, New Jersey -- With only their hand-drawn or digitally-made blueprints and a few boxes of unopened K’NEX kits in front of them, students from twelve Southern Bergen County districts had just one hour to build a bridge that could withstand both an earthquake and some weighted plates. The South Bergen Bridge Competition, coordinated by the South Bergen Jointure Commission and hosted by South Hackensack Memorial School, had over one hundred middle school students...
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Pups Visit the Lodi Campus
March 5th, 2019 -- The SBJC Lodi Campus had a very special visit with three pups from the Bright and Beautiful Pet Therapy Group. Click Read More below to meet Napoleon, Duncan, and Nugget!
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New Jersey Devils Healthy Hat Trick Program Visits Lodi Campus
The New Jersey Devils brought an action-packed school assembly to our SBJC Lodi Campus. Goldin Martinez of "Get Focused" hosted the event, and was accompanied by N.J. Devil, the official mascot of the New Jersey Devils. The duo entertained students with a fun and interactive experience about the importance of: Healthy food choices, Physical fitness and the FUNdamentals of hockey; better known as the NJ Devil's Healthy Hat Trick.
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SBJC WorkShop: Ordering 3D Files
SBJC STARs have created a step-by-step guide to show you how to use our WorkShop website to place a 3D printing order using Google Forms. The WorkShop is open to SBJC Staff and students, as well as member districts of the South Bergen Jointure Commission. Expand to watch the video. Visit the WorkShop website to learn more about our 3D printing service.
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SBJC Presents: Hidden Dangers Workshop
POAC’s Hidden Dangers Program educates parents, family members, and professionals working with children and adults with autism and other special needs and disabilities about issues relating to safety, emergency preparedness, and crisis intervention. It is presented in a format that addresses a variety of special needs and levels of functioning across the life span.
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SBJC Students Take 4th in South Bergen Robotics Competition
Organized by the SBJC, 12 districts faced off in the VEX IQ Robotics Next Level Challenge at Garfield Middle School on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. And we're proud to say that our SBJC students placed fourth overall! Bogota, Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Garfield, Hasbrouck Heights, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, Rutherford, South Bergen Jointure Commission, South Hackensack, and Wallington all competed in the event. Rutherford Union School won the event with 111 points, taking home the championship trophy for the third year in a row. Becton Regional High School's Robotics Club officiates the event.
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SBJC Announces Professional Development Partnership with Felician University
The SBJC is excited to announce that we have recently partnered with Felician University to develop and offer a professional development training series that will take place throughout the 2018-2019 school year. The training series, Promoting Effective Best Practices for Children with Autism, will be led by Dr. John Burke, the Executive Director of the International Center for Autism & Disabilities Research in Education through Felician University's School of Education.
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Students Participate in Cyber Coding Competition
As part of SBJC's effort to expand our students' learning opportunities in STEAM, the SBJC Lodi Campus signed up to participate in the Cyber Robotics Coding Competition. Cyber Robotics Coding Competitions are online student coding competitions, run at the district, state or regional level where students and schools compete online to showcase their coding skills.
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SBJC’s Lodi Campus receives BCUA environmental grant for garden program
For the past eleven years, the Bergen County Utility Authority has been awarding grants to Bergen County schools to assist in establishing or advancing recycling programs. And for the past ten years, Dr. Mark Raum, SBJC physical therapist, has won the SBJC funding to grow a Lodi Campus recycling program.
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SBJC Professional Development Offerings 2018-19
The South Bergen Jointure Commission works in collaboration with its participating districts to offer full and half-day workshops for teachers and support staff throughout the school year. The South Bergen Jointure Commission encourages and welcomes participants from both Jointure affiliated and non-affiliated districts. On-site daytime, after-school and evening trainings for teachers, administrators, related service providers and paraprofessionals, as well as parent trainings, may also be provided upon request.
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Staff Basketball Game
SBJC staff played an epic basketball game in our first-ever Staff Basketball Competition.
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Night of the Arts
Students artwork was on display at our Lodi Campus's annual Night of the Arts.
