Education
By TAPINTO NEW PROVIDENCE
May 2, 2022
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - In honor of Earth Day 2022, New Providence High School students calculated their pre-pandemic paper usage and quantified the number of trees necessary to offset that amount. They raised money through community outreach and in-house bake sales to purchase 300 indigenous trees ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Here are some of the events and meetings in town this week. City: Tuesday, May 3, 7-8 p.m.: Rahway Municipal Council (Pre-Conference Meeting). Click here for more information. Wednesday and Thursday, May 4-5: Free Rabies Vaccine Clinic. Click here for more ...
SHAMONG, NJ — The Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) Board of Education unanimously approved a five-year employment contract with the Lenape District Support Staff Association (LDSSA) at the Board's April 27 meeting. The LDSSA members, made up of district bus drivers, mechanics and ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — Their inspiration is the 2011 movie “Footloose,” a musical about teens rebelling in a town that has banned dancing. But “Cutloose” is the title the St. Bonaventure University Dance Team chose for the stage show they will perform Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Regina ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - Alumni and former staff of Glenfield Middle School in Montclair are being sought for an all-class reunion being planned for June 12. In celebration of its 125th anniversary, the reunion/community event is being planned to mark the milestone. According to a release from the ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Dan Erhardt, a former resident of South Plainfield and graduate of Montclair State University (MSU), was recently honored by his alma mater. During a ceremony held April 28, Erhardt, who currently serves principal of a Somerset-based special needs school, was named the ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton Board of Education approved two expenditures totaling $440,000 with funding to come from capital reserve funds. The funds will go to purchase a 54 seat school bus for $140,000 and retrofitting the high school fire alarm system for $300,000. Several personnel items were ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The PWay 5K Race/Walk made its official return on Sunday as over 200 hundred filled the parking loop at Piscataway High School to raise money for a good cause. Runners and walkers followed a 3.1 mile loop from the parking lot along Behmer Road to Sydney Road and into Green Acres ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The school district hosted two events this week at Plainfield High School that incorporated hearing about students' STEM achievements, and learning best practices to take care of oneself, offering free screenings, resources and more. The district's first-ever multidisciplinary ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - Blue skies and sunny weather made for perfect visits to the farm. Smells of soil, compost and the wet, cold noses of farm animals greeted eager and excited students. In late April, Somers Intermediate School fifth graders traveled to Yorktown’s Hilltop Hanover Farm for their ...
OLEAN, NY — The Trooper Ross M. Riley Memorial Torch Run Leg of the 2022 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics New York will begin Wednesday at 8:45 a.m. from Lincoln Park and continue along West State Street to the St. Bonaventure University campus. The end of the run will be followed ...
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - The Florham Park School District has announced that it has hired a new Principal for the Brooklake School. Mrs. Kerri Waibel will be the new Principal, effective July 1, 2022. Mrs. Waibel was approved at the special Board of Education meeting last week. Currently, Mrs.
LUMBERTON, NJ — A school nurse at the Burlington County Special Services School District (BCSSSD) has been named the 2022 School Nurse of the Year by the New Jersey State School Nurses Association (NJSSNA). Rosanne Rowe was recently given the honor, which is fitting, as her colleagues say that ...
WATCHUNG, NJ — Watchung’s Board of Education at its last meeting adopted the $14,840,322 budget for 2022-23. The tax levy totals $12,536,093, a 2% increase. The budget includes a 21 % increase in state aid totaling $887,252, and the district is expecting an additional $150,000 in extraordinary ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Piscataway High School's annual PWay 5K Race/Walk makes a return after the COVID-19 hiatus today. It's not too late to join the action. On-site registration is now through race time, 9:00 a.m. Stop by the PHS Bus Loop by the Patton Building for fitness demonstrations, ...
CALDWELL, NJ -- Grover Cleveland Middle School held National Junior Honor Society induction on Wednesday. The following students were inducted: Ryan Anderson Alexis Capaccio Emily Chomko Roselyn Goodgold Julia Kornberg Angelica Parathath Benjamin Pedrazzi Matthew ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – Rowan College at Burlington County, New Jersey’s top-ranked community college, is going stigma-free. The college joined with the Burlington County Commissioners, the Burlington County Department of Human Services, and the Burlington County Coalition for Healthy Communities and ...
Three Millburn High School students presented their research at the prestigious 60th National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (NJSHS) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. NJSHS is sponsored by the Department of Defense Tri-Services: U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force. Here are the students and their ...
Red Bank, NJ: The Red Bank Public Library has opened the doors to its new Labor and Literacy Lab, a free resource for job-seekers and for anyone who wants to improve their computer skills. The Lab is part of the statewide Hub & Spokes Project, and was made possible through American Rescue ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — Cuarteto Latinoamericano, one of the world’s most renowned string quartets, will perform the narrated program “Mexico: A Musical Journey” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the university’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. This is the seventh and final concert of the 2021-22 ...
OLEAN, NY — Dr. René Hauser has been named dean of the School of Education at St. Bonaventure University. Hauser’s appointment came after a national search. In January, she replaced Dr. Latoya Pierce as interim dean, who had taken on that role in June 2021 after the retirement of Dr. Lisa ...
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Two nationally prominent and distinguished citizens will receive honorary degrees from Bloomfield College on May 20, 2022 as part of the private, four-year College’s 149th commencement, President Marcheta P. Evans, Ph.D., announced today. Judge Jose L. Linares (Ret.) The ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The board of education held its monthly meeting Thursday night, where – in addition to passing the 2022-2023 budget – the district also announced its plans to change its K-5 math programming from ‘GO Math!’ to ‘Big Ideas Math.’ Assistant Superintendent Marybeth Kopacz ...
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Two nationally prominent and distinguished citizens will receive honorary degrees from Bloomfield College on May 20, 2022 as part of the private, four-year College’s 149th commencement, President Marcheta P. Evans, Ph.D., announced today. Judge Jose L. Linares (Ret.) The ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The board of education held its monthly meeting Thursday night, where – in addition to passing the 2022-2023 budget – the district also announced its plans to change its K-5 math programming from ‘GO Math!’ to ‘Big Ideas Math.’ Assistant Superintendent Marybeth Kopacz ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Third Floor - a band so named because the four members assembled their guitars and drums on the third floor of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center to rehearse - were rocking the crowd on the College Avenue lawn. Students swayed, a woman waved and two kids who taken a ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills softball improved to 10-0 after shutting out Verona on Saturday, 4-0. Kaysen Shikar and Amanda Medina each allowed just one hit in the circle for the Warriors. Ella Stevinson won the team MVP. “Warriors are keeping it rolling to a fantastic 10-0 record,” said ...
WEST WINDSOR, NJ -- Mercer County Community College Board of Trustees announced on Friday that Deborah Preston, Ph.D. has been chosen as the seventh president in the history of the higher education institution. Preston comes to the college with 30 years of experience in higher education most ...
HAMILTON, NY -- Saniya Dalvi, a Scotch Plains resident and a member of the Colgate University Class of 2023, has earned the Fall 2021 Dean's Award with Distinction. Dalvi is a Anthropology and Neuroscience major and a graduate of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. Students who receive a term grade ...
OLEAN, NY — Madison LaVallee’s "Soft Power: Yearning to Stretch" is on exhibit in the Center Gallery on the second floor of College Center at SUNY Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus through May 26. LaVallee, who is is in her first year as a full-time instructor at JCC, ...