Welcome New Families | The Wardlaw + Hartridge School

Welcome New Families | The Wardlaw + Hartridge School
Summer Programs
The Wardlaw+Hartridge School is happy to have you as a part of our community. Bookmark this page and use it as a resource as you prepare for the coming school year.
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SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
beginning June 15, 2026 through august 21, 2026
Mon-Thu 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
NEW PARENT RESOURCES
New Parents will find a wealth of information throughout our website. We have linked some of the most used pages on our site for you below.
ITEMS THAT REQUIRE ACTION
All newly admitted students must submit a USA-based Medical examination form or Sports participation form (PPE) as contained in the enrollment pack. See below for links to forms needed.
PEOPLE TO KNOW
Getting to know everyone at a new school can be overwhelming. We've compiled a list of some of the people you will want to get to know or who you might need to contact.
Parents Resource
Calendar
Sage Dining
After School Program
Athletic Eligibility
Tuition Payment Portal
Tuition Refund Plan
Ram Shop
2026-2027 New Family Orientation Info
The Parents Resource page on our website is where you will find tons of information from enrollment, dress code and transportation to uniforms and and health forms.
Visit page
Bookmark the calendar page for quick access to the daily calendar and a one-page calendar download so you can keep important dates posted on the frig!
Calendar Dates
ONE-PAGE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR
2026-2027 CHinese calendar
Sage Dining operates our campus dining hall and provides meals for our students.
Read their Welcome Letter to families.
Bookmark this page for weekly menus and more.
Visit Sage Dining Services
Download the Sage mobile app.
Sage Apple App Store
Our after-school program, Encore, is available for children in Grades 1-8.
ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY AND SPORTS REGISTRATION
Blackbaud Info Letter from Our CFO
Blackbaud Tuition Payment Portal
Blackbaud Tuition Management FAQs
If you have questions, please contact Marian Tumolo at 908-754-1882, Ext. 128 or via email
mtumolo@WHschool.org
Your financial obligation to the school is for the full annual tuition as stated in the school’s enrollment contract. The school cannot refund tuition or cancel unpaid obligations if a student is forced to withdraw during the academic year.
If your student withdraws, the Tuition Refund Plan will pay benefits (subject to the terms of the policy and the amount insured) to the school, which provides substantial assistance in meeting your financial obligation.
See The Dewar Tuition Refund Plan
The Ram Shop offers gently used
uniforms and gym clothing including but not limited to pants, shirts, sweaters, shorts and more, all for $5 each.
RAM SHOP HOURS
As the school year approaches the WHPA wants to ensure you have access to shop! For any questions, please contact
ramshop.whpa@gmail.com
Ram Shop is located one level down from the Laidlaw Gym. Payments can be made via Cash or check made out to the WHPA.
Welcome to The Wardlaw+Hartridge School community! More information on our new student orientation for the 2026-2027 school year is coming soon.
Orientation designed for students to meet with teachers and peers from their division and for parents to have an opportunity to learn more about school life from their child’s division head. This is a wonderful and exciting time for students and their parents to begin a new journey in a new division. All parents and returning students are expected to attend their portion of orientation.
After a brief greeting and welcome, you will meet with your division head for a divisional introduction of approximately one hour.
The student portion of orientation will remain the same with students coming to campus for an opportunity to meet and speak with their advisors, teachers, friends, and enjoy a tour of campus. Your child’s divisional office will share the particulars of their divisional orientation plan with you.
If you have not already done so, please review the links below to become more familiar with our school.
ave the Date
Please join us at the All School Welcome Back BBQ on
September 8, 2026 at 5:30 p.m
. behind the school. There will be delicious food, face painting and balloon art for the Lower School students.
If you have any questions, please contact the Admission Office (
admission@WHschool.org
or 908-754-1882, Ext. 155) or your child’s divisional office directly.
Looking forward to seeing you on campus next week.
Best regards,
Gerard R. Gonnella, W+H ‘89, P '29, P '31
Director of Enrollment Management, Financial Aid & International Student Program
Medical Forms
Transportation Forms
How to Order Uniforms & Spirit Wear
How to Access the Parent Portal
Athletic Registration
Record Release Form
PE Uniforms
Text Books
Laptops
Summer Assignments for Middle School
Summer Assignments for Upper School
Click Here to Access Health Forms and Info
REQUESTING TRANSPORTATION
If you would like to request transportation, please complete the form through our SchoolAdmin portal using the link below to connect to the portal. The Director of Auxiliary Services will be in touch with you soon.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO FINALSITE ENROLLMENT TO REQUEST TRANSPORTATION
AID-IN-LIEU
Most towns do not provide a township bus to transport students to W+H. However, if your town provides busing to the students in your town’s public school, then they charged you for it in your taxes. Since they are not providing your child with busing to W+H (whether you need it or not), they should reimburse you the amount that you paid (about $800 - $1000 per year). This payment to you is called aid-in-lieu.
The
B6T form
linked below makes you eligible to get the aid -in-lieu. Who is eligible?
• Any student that lives at least 2 miles (grades K-5) or 2.5 miles (grades 6-12) but not more than 20 miles from W+H. It doesn’t matter how you get to school (car, W+H bus, carpool, etc.)
• Anyone who lives in a town that provides busing to their public school students but does not provide to W+H.
• Any student that will be attending W+H for the 2024-25 school year. If you are not sure, fill it out anyway, because later will be too late.
Do I need to fill out this form if my child is not taking the bus?
YES! This form may get you aid-in-lieu payments from your town.
Who do I send this form to?
Please return the form to W+H. The school must process the forms before they are sent to the townships. They can be properly scanned (no phone pictures) and emailed to
bjunger
@WHschool.org
or brought to school and given to the teacher or the receptionist.
More details in letter here
NJ DOE B6T form for transportation 2026-2027
W+H uses Lands End for its uniforms.
Read more about our specific school dress code and find the lastest coupon codes here
. Click the button below to go directly to Lands End to purchase uniforms.
ORDER HERE
Visit the W+H Swag Store with Lands' End to purchase fun Spirit Wear!
ORDER SPIRIT WEAR
W+H parents can created an account with Lands' End and opted in to receiving promotions and sale price notifications by email. Sign up using the link below.
Create Lands' End Account
Instructions for PCR Parent Portal
Login Page
High school athletics
ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY AND SPORTS REGISTRATION
As part of our Athletic Department injury policy, we are asking that all student athletes complete SWAY concussion testing.  This will give us a baseline measurement as to where you are currently.  If you were to sustain a head injury, we would be able to measure a post injury test against your baseline to see where you are at.  This is one step to ensure we are doing everything possible to offer the best care to our student-athletes. Please follow the instructions below to complete your assessment.
Download the app called Sway Medical
Apple app store download (click here)
Google play store download (click here)
Scroll down to the bottom and click where it says "enter code."
Enter code GDTMC
Enter your information
You do NOT need to create an account or go through COVID protocols.
When you get to the symptom questionnaire, you can click "next" in the top right and then "skip symptoms"
Finish the whole assessment
Who needs to take the assessment
Every student-athlete who is new to the school
Every student-athlete in 6th grade
any student-athlete in 7th grade who did not complete the baseline test in 6th grade
Every student athlete in 8th grade
Every student-athlete in 9th grade
Every student athlete in 10th grade who did not complete the baseline in 9th grade
Every student athlete in 11th grade
Every student athlete in 12th grade who did not complete the baseline in 11th grade
Feel free to reach out to
Ryan Oliveira, Head Athletic Trainer
, if you have any questions.
It is important that all new families request a complete school record
(including health records) from their child(ren)'s previous school.
Download the form here.
For more information about ordering gym clothes for your child,
click here.
The New Jersey Nonpublic School Textbook Law
(N.J.S.A. 18A:58-37.1et seq.) requires the board of education in each public school district in New Jersey with state funds to purchase and loan textbooks, upon individual request, to all students attending a nonpublic school located in the public school district. In order to be eligible, students must be enrolled full-time in kindergarten through grade twelve in a nonpublic school in New Jersey which complies with compulsory school attendance requirements and with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
Edison township gives us state funds to purchase textbooks for our students. The amount we receive depends on the number of students we have attending each year. The number of students is determined by how many of these forms we submit to them.
Please fill out these forms so we can continue to purchase books and pass these saving onto you. Currently we use the funds to purchase all our textbooks for our regular (not AP or elective) Math and Science classes because those are the classes that are required of all our students (K- 12), and therefore all students are receiving these benefits.
Please return to Brian Junger at
bjunger@WHschool.org
Individual Student Request for Load of Textbooks
To purchase a laptop from W+H please use the form below.
LAPTOP PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Please visit the
Middle School Academic
page for Summer 2026 assignments in June.
Please see the main
Upper School Academics page
for the 2026 Summer Assignments for each department in June.
Upper School
Middle School
Early Childhood & Lower School
Across All Levels
Christine Cerminaro
, Head of Upper School
Alissa Folkes,
US Administrative Assistant
Ms. Linda Schneider, MS & US Learning Specialist
Kirstin Rogers,
Head of Middle School
Ms. Eileen Valentine, MS Administrative Assistant
Ms. Linda Schneider, MS & US Learning Specialist
rin Leonard
, Head of Lower School
Kiara Cerda, LS Administrative Assistant
Dari Olitt, LS Learning Specialist
CORINNA CRAFTON, Head of School
Faculty and Staff Directory
Ms. Angie Farese, School Nurse
Brian Junger, Director of Auxiliary Programs
Mrs. Marci Bowman, School Receptionist
Explore Our Campus
Welcome New Rams!
upper school
Middle School
Early Childhood & Lower School
New Family Ice Cream Social
New Student Welcome
New Student Orientation
Back to School BBQ
New Parent Reception
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Get involved and get to know other parents through the Wardlaw+Hartridge
Parents' Association. Volunteer today!
W+H PARENTS' ASSOCIATION
Learn more about all of our Signature Programs from Service Learning to Early Childhood Enrichment and so much more.
Signature Programs
Ram Athletics includes 18 Varsity sports plus Junior Varsity and Middle School teams and athletic training.
Rams Athletics
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