Education
By JENNA ELLIS
October 9, 2022
This Fall season the Highlander Marching Band will be hosting the 51st Annual Pageant of Champions Marching Band Tournament. The event will take place at Governor Livingston High School on October 16, 2022 at 12:30 pm. There will be 10 bands competing, and the Highlanders will close the show ...
TRENTON, NJ — In an effort to modernize school performance reports, the Senate Education Committee last week advanced legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton which would require school performance reports to include information about the positive placement of graduates. "Including ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- The nine member Robbinsville Board of Education (BOE) is once again facing a vacancy after Maxine Fox announced that she will not complete the three-year term she was elected to in November 2020. Fox's represents the second resignation from the Board in three months and the ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- The nine member Robbinsville Board of Education (BOE) is once again facing a vacancy after Maxine Fox announced that she will not complete the three-year term she was elected to in November 2020. Fox's represents the second resignation from the Board in three months and the ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway Board of Education (BOE) met on Tuesday, October 4, for its monthly caucus meeting. Personnel Matters The following motions related to personnel were unanimously approved by the Board of Education at its October 4th caucus meeting: The resignation of Rahway High ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- St. Bartholomew Students took part in an international art and literacy project, “Pinwheels for Peace,” to celebrate International Day of Peace on Sept. 21. The students planted pinwheels in front of the Convent on the Academy campus in a culmination of a week spent focusing ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - Students who formerly played the roles of Blackbeard, Medusa, and Malala Yousafzai were among the special visitors in sixth-grade English class this week. North Salem Middle School teacher Lynn Colwell invited her former students, now seniors at the high school, to share their ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ - About 75 people, including staff, parents and students, brainstormed Monday night on what building or equipment projects the Bernards Township school district should take over the long term. A brief Board of Education business meeting was followed by an informal session that ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- St. Bartholomew Students took part in an international art and literacy project, “Pinwheels for Peace,” to celebrate International Day of Peace on September 21. The students planted pinwheels in front of the Convent on the Academy campus in a culmination of a week spent ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - The sweet aroma of fresh baked baguettes and flaky chocolate croissants invited the eager tourists downstairs to see baskets of pastries and fruit platters arranged beside meticulously designed French Charcuterie boards. The continental breakfast welcomed the traveling Tuskers to ...
WARREN, NJ —The Watchung Hills Regional High School (WHRHS) referendum for a $7,951,710 bond proposal passed on Thursday, Oct. 6, according to results released by the district and Morris and Somerset counties. Somerset County results show 855 yes and 595 no votes for a total of 1450 votes cast, ...
WARREN, NJ —The Watchung Hills Regional High School (WHRHS) referendum for a $7,951,710 bond proposal passed on Thursday, Oct. 6, according to results released by the district and Morris and Somerset counties. Somerset County results show 855 yes and 595 no votes for a total of 1450 votes cast, ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Superintendent Search Committee, in conjunction with the search firm, Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, has scheduled a community forum for the public to meet the finalists among those who applied to be the next Paterson Superintendent of Schools. “The Search Committee ...
WAYNE, NJ – Twice per year, the Superintendent of Wayne Schools is required, by statute, to report “all acts of violence, vandalism, harassment, intimidation and bullying.” During this past BOE meeting, Dr. Mark Toback delivered his report for the six-month period between January 1, 2022 through ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Seniors Shane Donagher and Cara Baluzy were crowned Homecoming Royalty along with Honorary Royalty Nick Velazquez and Stephanie Bermeo on Oct. 7 in Suriano Stadium, where West Orange took on rival East Orange in the Homecoming Game. The revamped gender-neutral, non-binary ...
EAST ORANGE, NJ - The children gathered in awe in the parking lot of the YMCA. They excitedly looked at the giant mural that had been completed by local artist Hans Lundy with the assistance of his partner Malcolm. Together they painted this magnificent mural on the side wall of the recreation ...
FARMINGDALE, NJ – Nine emerging leaders from Monmouth and Ocean counties were honored by Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore at the Phenomenal Women Under 40 event on Wednesday, September 21st at the Girl Scouts’ Program Activity Center in Farmingdale. Over 175 guests gathered for the annual event ...
CAMDEN, NJ – When twins Yamel and Chanel Jerez moved from their native Dominican Republic to Camden, they were 15 years old and struggled to speak English, rather than Spanish, as juniors at Woodrow Wilson High School. The insecurity was a fear of saying something in English that was not correct ...
MADISON, NJ - The Borough of Madison is now accepting applications for the position of substitute School Crossing Guard. The position is a part-time position with a salary of $20.62 an hour. Interested applicants must complete a Borough Application and mail or hand-deliver it to the Clerk’s ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Preliminary results of Kenilworth Public Schools’ bond referendum show the majority of voters were in favor of the measure. As of Thursday night, the tally was 582 votes in favor of the referendum and 501 votes opposed. That figure includes votes at the polls on Thursday and 248 ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- St. Bartholomew Students took part in an international art and literacy project, “Pinwheels for Peace,” to celebrate International Day of Peace on September 21. The students planted pinwheels in front of the Convent on the Academy campus in a culmination of a week spent ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield school board members met Thursday for a special meeting at which they voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Diana Mitchell, who was hired by the district in 2019. RELATED: Plainfield Board of Ed Names Superintendent of Schools RELATED: Plainfield ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The residents of East Hanover voted in a special election on Thursday, October 6th regarding a school district bond question. The bond question passed with 61.78% of the vote (unofficial tally as of 10/7). The unofficial results were 640 voting in favor with 509 voting against, ...
SOUTH RIVER - The South River Public Schools Board of Education has scheduled a $33 million bond referendum for January 24, 2023 that would include a new Pre-K facility, a stadium and a turf field. If voters approved the ballot questions, the school district would borrow money to fund these ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield school board members met Thursday for a special meeting at which they voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Diana Mitchell, who was hired by the district in 2019. RELATED: Plainfield Board of Ed Names Superintendent of Schools RELATED: Plainfield ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Please see this message that was recently announced from Kenilworth Public Schools regarding the bond referendum vote. As of Thursday night, the tally was 582 votes in favor of the referendum and 501 votes opposed. That figure includes votes at the polls on Thursday and 248 ...
First in a series The Newark School District’s quest to reclaim two buildings that it sold five years ago in an effort to raise money and remove old and unused buildings from its portfolio has cost taxpayers more than $1 million in legal fees. The school district has paid two law firms more ...
WAYNE, NJ – Of all the students in the Wayne public high schools, only the seniors have experienced a Wayne eighth-grade trip to Washington DC. This trip had been an annual tradition for decades and a part of the middle school graduation celebration. But now it's in danger of disappearing ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield school board members met Thursday for a special meeting at which they voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Diana Mitchell, who was hired by the district in 2019. RELATED: Plainfield Board of Ed Names Superintendent of Schools RELATED: Plainfield ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The ACLU of Pennsylvania has filed a complaint with the federal government accusing the Central Bucks School District of fostering a “widespread culture of discrimination” against LGBTQ students in general and transgender and nonbinary students in particular. On Oct. 6, the ...