Education
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
April 30, 2022
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, ...
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 ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - As the Class of 2022 counts down to graduation, The Somers Record is proud to highlight a different group of seniors in each issue. For more information about participating, contact editor Tom Walogorsky at walogorsky@halstonmedia.com. Eli Yates What three words would your ...
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 ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - Due to the change of the day of observance for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, all Elizabeth Public Schools will be closed on Monday, May 2 instead of Tuesday, May 3 in observance of the holiday, the district announced in a letter sent to parents and guardians Thursday. School offices will ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- Jonathan Dayton High School was rated No. 89 in New Jersey by U.S. News on Apr. 26. Students at JDHS have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. U.S. News reported that the high school's AP® participation rate is 64%. The total minority enrollment ...
PARKLAND, FL- Parkland and area Broward County residents will have a chance to learn about the new student-outcomes based approach to education that the state and county will be implementing next year. Parkland resident and School Board Member Lori Alhadeff will be among a number of key leaders on ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The New Providence School District was pleased to recognize the 2021/2022 school year recipients of the Certificate of Excellence in Arts and Music at the Board of Education meeting on Monday, April 25, 2022. Students who excel in art and design routinely think “outside the ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Boys & Girls Club of Hawthorne has been able to create and run an early childhood technology education program for their preschoolers thanks to annual grants from the PNC Foundation. “We are so thankful for the funds. Because they have been generous enough to give us the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Butterfly Effect of Kindness is spreading throughout Churchill Junior High School. Mrs. Merton and Mrs. Weinstein have initiated this project with the hopes of it spreading throughout their building, the local community, and even globally. This idea was originally ...
WOODLAND PARK, NJ - The Woodland Park Board of Education recently held a public hearing for and adopted its 2022-2023 school district operating budget. The total budget is $20,160,842. The local tax levy, the amount to be raised by taxation is $17,788,517, which is up $348,794 from the current ...
LBI Region, NJ - The New Jersey Pinelands Commission and Stockton University announce the 6th Annual Pinelands Summer Short Course that will be taking place on Thursday, July 21, 2022. For those not familiar, the Pinelands National Reserve, created by the National Parks and Recreation Act of ...
On Friday, May 6, the Princeton community will honor Robert A. Ginsberg, who retired on January 1 after dedicating a significant part of his professional life to Princeton Public Schools (PPS). Organized by the Princeton Parent Teacher Organization Council and the Johnson Park Elementary School ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Andrea Woodring made a presentation about the curriculum review and approval process at the April 26 Montville Township Public Schools Board of Education meeting. Her presentation focused on the controversial health curriculum, ...
BARNEGAT, NJ - Lillian M. Dunfee School prekindergarten students celebrated Arbor Day on Friday, April 29th with the planting of two trees. Danielle Fernandez, LSW, serves as the school’s social worker and community parent involvement specialist. She said the tree planting was considered a ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — St. Bonaventure University celebrated its 12th consecutive year of being a certified Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus USA on Friday by planting a white birch tree next to the Administration Building on campus. “This is a very special Arbor Day, the 150th anniversary of the ...
OLEAN, NY — The Olean Public Library's annual trustee election will take place at the library, 134 N. Second St., on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Three positions are open, due to the expiration of the terms of office of Lanna Waterman and Linda Edstrom and the resignation of Michael ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — “Calm and caring,” with dedication that is “contagious,” Westfield native and Washington Elementary School fifth grade teacher Matthew Cognetti is the 2022 recipient of the Rotary Club of Westfield’s Philhower Fellowship in recognition of outstanding teaching at the elementary ...
HAMILTON, NY - Three Short Hills residents have received the Fall 2021 Dean's Award for Academic Excellence at Colgate University. Amanda Margolis of Short Hills, who is majoring Religion at Colgate. Sophie Krantz of Short Hills, an International Relations major at Colgate. Madison ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Thursday night, the board of education passed a $59.8 million budget for the 2022-2023 school year school. The budget is approximately $2.6 million higher than the 2021-222 budget and is $84,000 more than the tentative budget introduced in March. The owner of the ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Thursday night, the board of education passed a $59.8 million budget for the 2022-2023 school year school. The budget is approximately $2.6 million higher than the 2021-222 budget and is $84,000 more than the tentative budget introduced in March. The owner of the ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- In the wake of the state of New Jersey updating its guidance for sex education standards, the Cedar Grove Schools Superintendent and Board of Education addressed the concerns of parents at the April 26 Board of Education meeting. The state standards offer guidance on when ...
HAZLET, NJ - The Hazlet Board of Education has a full plate next week. For the May 2nd AGENDA, the budet, along with a host of employee contracts and professional appointments are set for approval. They hold their meetings at Raritan High School. The public portion begins at 7:30PM. The big ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Dr. Paul Semendinger is retiring after 14 years as Hawes Elementary School’s Principal. Monday evening’s Board of Education meeting was bittersweet as faculty and parents congratulated Dr. Semendinger (affectionately known as Dr. Sem) on his retirement. “I have no doubt that the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Masks - which have been a mainstay in the classrooms of the district's schools over the past two years - will be optional for its 9,782 students starting Monday, May 2. Masks will also be optional for all staff members and visitors, according to a message from School ...
ISELIN, NJ —The Plainfield High School Air Force JROTC, or Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, held its military ball and dining-in on Thursday, April 14, to foster camaraderie and salute the accomplishments of the program's participants under the instruction of Chief Yasmeen Wilson and Master ...