Education
By LINDA LAMPERT
November 8, 2022
RAHWAY, NJ — Sixth-grade students from Franklin Elementary School in Rahway participated in the 24th annual Prevention Links "What's Your Anti-Drug?" Poster Contest. This local contest is part of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign in honor of Red Ribbon Week. Students created many ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — It may have been a completely new roster for St. Bonaventure, but head coach Mark Schmidt continued his winning ways with a new lineup to start the season. The Bonnies started on the right foot Monday night, taking down Saint Francis University in the season opener, ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - Giant post-it notes decorate the middle school library with colorful drawings and inspirational phrases. One poster depicts an ocean scene with a three-dimensional pyramid and a headline that reads, “SCSD Nurtures the Mind, Body and Spirit.” Below the headlines is written “Whole ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – The superintendent search process is getting ready to move to the next phase. Paraprofessional staffing concerns are being addressed. School board election timing may be reconsidered in the near future. Elementary students shared about a fun program held in October. Those are the ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — The university's women’s basketball team had 29 turnovers in a 77-61 loss to Bowling Green Monday. The loss puts the Bonnies at 0-1 and Bowling Green at 1-0. Bowling Green’s guards flustered the Bonnies with their full-court press and their physical, attacking defense. The ...
WARETOWN, NJ - Months ago, the Township of Ocean Board of Education announced its intentions to seek voter approval for a tax increase to meet budget shortfalls. Tomorrow’s referendum question comes with its share of misconceptions according to local officials. Superintendent of Schools Dr.
HAMILTON, NJ -- Greenwood Elementary School principal, Dr. Nicole Dickens-Simon was recently honored with The Kidsbridge Center for Tolerance award for her leadership in social emotional learning, empathy, and character education. “Dr. Dickens-Simon is an outstanding leader and well deserving of ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - This weekend Elizabeth High School Senior, Lucas Reguinho, became the school’s first cross-country state champion. The City of Elizabeth’s Mayor Chris Bollwage took to Twitter to congratulate the student-athlete stating, “Congratulations to Lucas Reguinho for being the ...
MEDFORD, NJ — Lenape High School is celebrating its November Students and Employee of the Month. Each month, one student from each of the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes is selected to receive the honor. November 2022's Students of the Month are Freshman Madeline Guerry, Sophomore ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Cedar Grove voters on Election Day will be choosing two candidates from among four to fill two seats on the Board of Education. Polls open at 6 a.m. on Nov. 8 and will close at 8 p.m. Early voting has been underway since Oct. 29. The seats currently held ...
CLINTON, NY — Plainfield resident Favour George-Ikechi is serving as an emergency medical technician (EMT) at Hamilton College this year. George-Ikechi, a sophomore, is a graduate of Union County Teams Charter School. The Hamilton College Emergency Medical Service (HCEMS) is a New York State ...
WAYNE, NJ – The eight Wayne residents who are running for three seats on the Board of Education this year were gracious enough to provide a last-minute answer to the following question: Why is this Board of Education Election so Important? They were asked to answer in five sentences or ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – The Ridgewood Board of Education public meeting will be held on Monday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in the board office, 49 Cottage Place. The meeting agenda can be found on the district's website and includes the approval of field trips, new hires, volunteers, and select salary revisions ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - On Tuesday, November 8, Hasbrouck Heights and Wood-Ridge residents will head to the polls to elect members to their Boards of Education. There are five candidates running for three seats in Hasbrouck Heights. In alphabetical order, they are: Lori Cintron, Helen Tejeda-Ramos, ...
Red Bank, NJ: The Count Basie Center for the Arts is now accepting submissions for its Count Basie Center Teen + College Film Festival, with the mission to locate, showcase and recognize New Jersey student filmmakers from 7th grade all the way through college, announced in a press ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — University women’s basketball head coach Jesse Fleming had his best year as head coach of the Bonnies in the 2021-2022 season. The team went 12-16 overall and 4-12 in Atlantic 10 conference play. “We showed some really good strides last year,” Fleming told reporters ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Chatham Superintendent Michael LaSusa is set to give an update on the potential school reconfiguration plan, according to the agenda for the Chatham Board of Education meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday in the CHS Auditorium. The full BOE agenda can be viewed HERE
Chatham, N.J. – The Governor’s STEM Scholars have announced the admission of Sumuk Anand, Rachel Guhathakurta, and Nicholas Hagedorn of Princeton High School into its 2022-‘23 class. The cohort is made up of 128 high school and college science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students from ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - As the nation attempts to understand the drop in math and literacy assessment scores nationwide, the East Brunswick Board of Education reviewed the required standardized assessments taken by district students last year. There had been a two-year pause in some testing due to ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Three South Brunswick High School students have been named New Jersey Governor’s STEM Scholars, which highlights students who have excelled in STEM and introduces them to the industry. “The Governor’s STEM Scholars believes that maintaining a pipeline of talented ...
WARREN, NJ -- Warren Township students benefit daily from the district's creative, dedicated, and driven educational staff. However, there is something extraordinary about student-to-student teaching. Grade 5 students in Ms. Nancy Andrews REACH class Alina Shah, Michelle Zhang, Kiernan Melia, ...
MONROE TWNSHP., NJ - The New Jersey School Public Relations Association (NJSPRA) has named the Summit Public Schools a winner in the 2022 School Communications Awards Contest. The Hilltop City District received third place in the Video category. Laurene Callander, Communications Officer of ...
UNION, NJ - Union High School's October Students of the Month have been announced. Each department was asked to select two students for the honor. The students' names were announced over the loudspeaker, and they went to the office to receive their certificates and photos were taken. The ...
READING, PA — Felicia Oyekola of Plainfield gained experience as Club Vogue volunteer during Albright College's 2022 New York Fashion Week runway show on Fifth Ave, NYC. A graduate of Plainfield High School, Oyekola is studying fashion: design at Albright. Produced by alumnus R. Scott French '87 ...
WAYNE, NJ –Fourth and fifth grade students at Wayne’s JFK Elementary School were given a chance to learn the basics of entrepreneurialism and open their own one-night store at the JFK Marketplace on Friday night. Despite inflation, a weakened dollar and the threat of a recession, business was ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spotswood High School announced its first two Students of the Month last week. Denys Pidkaminnyy was named Spotswood High School's September Student of the Month. Diya Patel was named the Chargers' October Student of the Month. Pidkaminnyy and Patel are both members of the Chargers ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Hazel Elementary School held a successful ESL (English as a second language) event on Oct. 27, providing an opportunity for the Hazel community to gain knowledge and obtain tools and resources to help their children succeed at school and at home. For families who do not speak ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – On Saturday afternoon, Ridgewood continued their dominating, undefeated season with a 3-0 victory over West Orange in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 final. The Maroons have now won back-to-back sectional titles under Head Coach Pete Kay and have advanced to the Group 4 ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Coming on the heels of another recent visit by a children's author with Rahway connections, Madison Elementary School welcomed Philip Blugh to the kindergarten classes this past Friday to read to the students. Blugh has two sons of his own who attend Madison. One is in ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — Recognizing the many revenue-generating operations of the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey (ESCNJ) to offset the cost of tuition, the specialized commission has selected its first-ever Deputy Superintendent to handle all business and marketing activities. Following ...