Education
By KATIE MANGEL, NEW PROVIDENCE BOARD OF EDUCATION
April 26, 2024
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - New Providence Board of Education announces appointment of new Superintendent of Schools The New Providence Board of Education proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Lauren Zirpoli as the new Superintendent of Schools, effective July 1, 2024. With a career spanning almost 20 ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - New Providence Board of Education announces appointment of new Superintendent of Schools The New Providence Board of Education proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Lauren Zirpoli as the new Superintendent of Schools, effective July 1, 2024. With a career spanning almost 20 ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- The Lakeland Board of Education has approved the district’s 2024-25 proposed $191 million budget which comes with a 4.7 percent increase in the tax rate for district residents who live in Yorktown after seeing their rate go down by 0.6 percent last year. The Lakeland School ...
NEWARK — The starkest examples of young people disconnecting are of students who stop attending school completely, the CEO of Newark Youth Opportunity Network said. In more subtle examples, youths attend school only two or three days per week, Robert Clark, the CEO and founder of the ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Rahway High School (RHS) has announced its Students of the Month for May. They are: 9th Grade: Ryan Billups 9th Grade: Leonardo Delgado Caceres 10th Grade: Jordan Ene 10th Grade: Samoane Francois 11th Grade: Maya Carrillo 11th Grade: ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ - St. Stanislaus Kostka School (Sayreville), in partnership with Mathnasium of Sayreville, hosted a Math Family Night on Tuesday, April 23 for students in grades kindergarten to fifth grade. Families came out to play math games as they went around the gym to ten games that were run ...
CLARK, NJ — On Thursday, April 25, several Arthur L. Johnson (ALJ) High School students attended the All In Climate, Culture, and Character Development Workshop at Central Regional High School in Bayville. The conference featured Jostens education specialist Dr. Phillip Campbell and educator and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Suck in your gut, shimmy into your old Scarlet Knights hoodie and get ready to party like it’s 1999. Or 2011. Or 1976. Thousands of alumni from graduating classes spanning the decades will make the pilgrimage to the Banks of the Old Raritan on Saturday for Rutgers ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Board of Education trustees are gritting their collective teeth through this budget season as they deal with a nearly a $900,000 state aid shortfall and then news of a possible restoration of more than half those funds. "It goes without saying that any restored funds would be ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The students at Franklin Elementary School in Rahway recently completed a month-long donation drive to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a leading organization dedicated to blood cancer research and patient support. Through their tireless efforts, the students were able ...
Linden, NJ-Linden Public School’s Math and Multilingual Learners Departments, along with School #6, collaborated in hosting a successful Multilingual Math Extravaganza. Dani Orelein ( LPS Director of Multilingual Learners) said," This event is centered around the exciting theme of the Math ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Suck in your gut, shimmy into your old Scarlet Knights hoodie and get ready to party like it’s 1999. Or 2011. Or 1976. Thousands of alumni from graduating classes spanning the decades will make the pilgrimage to the Banks of the Old Raritan on Saturday for Rutgers Day. It’s a ...
UNION, NJ – Two Union High School students are among the national recipients of a 2024 Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship, which awards students with up to $40,000 in paid tuition for college, and a paid internship offer at Amazon. Jailen Perez and Aviel Hernandez, both Union High School ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Wednesday night's Plainfield Board of Education budget meeting, Superintendent Rashon Hasan presented a plan entitled F.W. Cook School: Reimagined. Before giving the details of the STEM program, the Superintendent explained that it is the brainchild of Cook School Principal ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Harding Elementary School is proud to perform Willy Wonka Jr. on Friday, April 26, 2024, at 7 p.m. in the Harding School Auditorium. The show is directed by third grade teacher Mr. Joseph Mills who spearheaded the yearly elementary school production 21 years ago. Mr. Mills ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - April 24 was a very special lunchtime for Joyce Kilmer Fourth Grader Calvin Corrigan. Corrigan was the grand prize winner in the fifth annual Pomptonian Healthy School Lunch Challenge. On Wednesday, his recipe, a Berry SPUDtacular Brunch, was featured on the lunch menu along with ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The New Providence Alliance in conjunction with the New Providence Mental Health Advocacy & Education Committee are hosting a free workshop for parents on April 29th at 7 p.m. at the New Providence High School Media Center. The workshop titled “Mindful Parenting” will ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Taxpayers in the Central Bucks School District will see a tax hike for the 2024-2025 school year. The question is just how big that increase will be. At a Wednesday night meeting of the district’s operations committee, officials explained that to meet the requirements of contracts ...
MADISON, NJ – Drew University has partnered with Stevens Institute of Technology to provide Drew students with an opportunity to pursue a 4+1 Dual-Degree in software engineering, announced the colleges in a joint statement. The program will launch in the fall 2024 semester, joining a roster ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Sripriya Challa of Scotch Plains, a student at Academy for Information Technology (AIT) at the Union County Vo-Tech school district, has been awarded the National Merit Scholarship sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb. Sripriya says that her probable career field is computer ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Yorktown residents will see a 2.07 percent increase in their tax bills when they arrive later this fall if voters approve the proposed budget when they go to the polls next month. Yorktown School District residents living in the towns of Cortlandt and New Castle would see ...
NEW JERSEY - U.S. News & World Report has announced its 2023-24 Best Public High Schools, which evaluated nearly 18,000 U.S. public high schools. The top-ranked schools are those whose students 1) earned outstanding scores in math, reading, and science state assessments; 2) took and earned a ...
CRANFORD, NJ — If you are a Cranford resident looking to attend a vocational school, you are in luck. The 2024 U.S. News Best High Schools Rankings have been released, and it puts three vocational schools from Union County among the state's best. The study arrives at its conclusion by gauging a ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - At a meeting attended by several hundred residents at the JMPAC at Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School on Wednesday night, East Brunswick Superintendent Dr. Victor Valeski took to the podium to explain the current budget proposal facing the township's public schools. All ...
CAMDEN — Some Camden City School District students are likely still reminiscing about spring break or looking ahead to summer vacation. Dyannis Rosario, a 10th grader at Creative Arts High School, told TAPinto Camden she has something even more thrilling to think about: her upcoming trip to Puerto ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - The Somers Board of Education on Tuesday, April 16, formally adopted a 2024-2025 spending plan of $110,810,731, which represents an increase of $4,581,907 or 4.31 percent over last year’s budget of $106,228,824. If the budget is approved by voters, the current property tax levy of ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ - Sayreville War Memorial High School students Riva Barbaria (senior) and Lillian Heidelburg (junior) were named Unsung Heroes during the Middlesex County School Boards Association's Unsung Hero Dinner at Old Bridge High School. This honor is awarded to a junior and senior from ...
PATERSON, NJ - Eastside High School unveiled its highly anticipated cosmetology program with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. The program is designed to equip students with essential academic, technical, and practical skills. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, attended by students, faculty, local ...
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Preston Saraiva, a resident of Cedar Grove N.J., was named to The University of Alabama Dean's List for Fall 2023 semester. Dean's List members must have an academic record of 3.5 (or above). The UA dean's and president's lists recognize full-time undergraduate students.
HOBOKEN, NJ - Cuts have been made to the Hoboken Public School District's (HPSD) tentative budget, shaving the tax hike down to 14.99 percent for the 2024/2025 school year. Property owners in Hoboken were initially facing a 24.35 percent tax hike when an $88.3 million budget was first ...