Education
By CHARLIE CANGIALOSI III
October 7, 2022
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 ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ - A junior at Piscataway High School is one of just 369 students in the world to achieve a perfect score on the 2022 Advanced Place Computer Science A exam. Tyler Tran took the test in May as a 10th-grader and was hoping to achieve a score of 5, the highest score available on AP ...
SPARTA, NJ – Two Sparta High School students have been named Commended Students in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship program. Andrew Reza and Clair Xue have received their letters of commendation from principal Edward Lazzara. “We are very proud and excited to recognize and celebrate our ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - West Orange High School has named Richard James Tibang and Tyler Harwood as Valedictorian and Salutatorian of the Class of 2023. Valedictorian - Richard James Tibang (goes by James) James was named Valedictorian with a GPA of 4.7937. He is a member of the Tri-M (Music), ...
PENNSAUKEN, NJ — Seventeen-year-old Briyana Barnes, a chef's hat perched atop her head, told government leaders and other visitors to the Pennsauken campus of Camden County Technical Schools that the school's culinary program is leading her to a career as a professional chef. "I also can bake, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – It’s a question Broward County school officials have wondered as the new Cornerstone development is built in downtown Coral Springs: what impact will the complex’s residents have on enrollment at overcrowded Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School? The answer: they don’t ...
MAPLE SHADE, NJ — The Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) will conduct a seven-week GIVE TO GOODWILL clothing drive from now through November 18. In keeping with the "better together" theme, Cherokee, Lenape, Shawnee and Seneca high schools will try to surpass last year’s cumulative total ...
SPARTA, NJ – Spart Board of Education has announced meeting changes. The meetings will now be held at the Mohawk Avenue School auditorium. ‘ The October meeting has been moved to October 20, beginning at 7 p.m. it was previously scheduled for October 27. The November meeting has been moved ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - In an effort to go above and beyond a new state law requiring student representatives on boards of education, Hunterdon Central Regional High School is assembling a group of students to help determine what that representation will look like. A team of five students announced at ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Officials this week thanked students at Essex County West Caldwell School of Technology for building cornhole boards for Roseland Day, a community festival scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8. Pictured: Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (seventh from left) and ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- The Cedar Grove School District has been ranked No. 11 in Essex County in an evaluation of the “Best School Districts in New Jersey” ranked by the school search platform Niche. Niche gave the district an overall grade of B+. The rankings for 2023 released by Niche give ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - What happens when a student’s passion for a subject and hard work are combined? For John Jay High School senior Oliver Berke, it resulted in a perfect score on the Advanced Placement United States History Regents exam — a feat achieved by only nine students in the world in ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- Have you retired from a career in education but miss being into the school building with the students? Then, Hamilton Township School District has a new school home for you. Hamilton public school district is looking to hire retired educators for available full-time ...
NUTLEY, NJ -- New Jersey ranked 6th on the list of Best & Worst States for Teachers for the year 2022, according to a new study from WalletHub that analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 24 key metrics. Among the factors examined were teachers’ income growth potential to ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ -- The West Orange High School (WOHS) graduating Class of 2023 will select their top two choices for "Homecoming Royalty," to be announced at 7:00 pm prior to the start of the West Orange/East Orange football game at Suriano Stadium. WOHS is making the move to a gender-neutral, ...
BARNEGAT TWP.– Barnegat Township School District leaders were honored by the New Jersey School Boards Association on Monday evening. The Barnegat Board of Education has achieved Board Certification, which recognizes “mastery of the unique aspects of group process.” “By meeting the Academy’s ...
SPARTA, NJ - Walking into Mrs. Slavin’s second grade classroom is fascinating. Multi-colored baskets filled with supplies lay on desks, waiting for students to put them to use. Above the door a sign proclaims “Coffee Toffee Sundays For Sale” while another reads, “You deserve a donut today.” This ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - Marching Band Competition season has officially begun! This year the Highlander Marching Band presents their 2022 field show entitled “Rach and Roll.” The show includes music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Linkin Park, Jeff Chambers, and Sy Hovik; percussion parts are written by Jeff ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - Marching Band Competition season has officially begun! This year the Highlander Marching Band presents their 2022 field show entitled “Rach and Roll.” The show includes music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Linkin Park, Jeff Chambers, and Sy Hovik; percussion parts are written by Jeff ...
Parsippany, NJ – Registration for the 4th Annual Congressional App Challenge for students in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District is now open, announced Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) “In New Jersey, we’re proud to have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in ...
Parsippany, NJ – Registration for the 4th Annual Congressional App Challenge for students in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District is now open, announced Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) “In New Jersey, we’re proud to have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in ...