Woodbridge Community Information

Condos in Woodbridge, NJ

• Wyndmoor

Popular Eateries

Bev's Melting Pot 405 Pearl St.	Cafe On Main 10 Woodbridge Ctr. Dr.
Ferro's Cafe 1 Woodbridge Ctr.	Iris Cafe 581 Main St.

Recreation

Woodbridge provides an outstanding summer camp for youth. Activities at the camp include crafts, games and other outdoor programs. Included in the week long list of activities is one morning of swimming at the Bow Tie Municipal Pool, and a field trip. Past field trips include Liberty Science Center, Water Works, Trenton Thunder, Sandy Hook Nature Trail and other exciting places.

School District

The Woodbridge Township School District serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district's 16 elementary serve 5,953 students in Grades K through 5, with 478 certified staff members and 6 guidance counselors. Enrollment in the district's five middle schools is 3,336 students, with 281 certified staff members including 10 guidance counselors.

The high schools offer more than 150 courses including Advanced Placement, college preparatory, business, vocational and cooperative work/study programs.

For the 2004-05 school year, Matthew Jago Elementary School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.

History

The Township of Woodbridge is the oldest original township in the state of New Jersey. It was settled in the early autumn of 1664 and was granted a charter on June 1, 1669 by King Charles of England. Dally, in his history of Woodbridge, records that it was so called in honor of Reverend John Woodbridge of Newbury, Massachusetts.