Education Top Stories
By ALEX CONNELL
May 8, 2025
HOBOKEN, NJ – Hoboken Middle School’s Junior Thespians won six awards at the 2025 New Jersey Junior Thespians Festival, held May 3 at the Ocean County Vocational Technical School’s Grunin Performing Arts Academy. The festival brought together middle school theater students and educators from across ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Sixteen of Middlesex County’s brightest high school and college students are now New Jersey Governor's STEM Scholar graduates, among a 2025 class comprised of 111 students from across the state.These students completed a yearlong immersive STEM experience, and graduated on ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Sixteen of Middlesex County’s brightest high school and college students are now New Jersey Governor's STEM Scholar graduates, among a 2025 class comprised of 111 students from across the state.These students completed a yearlong immersive STEM experience, and graduated on ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Springfield Board of Education received only two bids for the conversion of the copy room at Jonathan Dayton High School into a biology lab.The school board ended up having to choose the higher of the two bids, awarding a contract to Academy Construction for $343,000.The ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – Hoboken Middle School student Felicity Dallara has been named the winner of the 2025 Hudson County Law Day Poetry Contest. Felicity’s original poem, inspired by this year’s national Law Day theme “The Constitution’s Promise: Out of Many, One,” was recognized for its reflection on the ...
UNION, NJ - The Union High School Army JROTC Drill Team captured its second consecutive national drill title at the 2025 All Services National High School Drill Team Championship held on May 3-4 in Daytona Beach, Florida. This event features over 100 of the very best JROTC drill teams from the ...
EVANSTON, IL – The National Merit Scholar Corporation (NMSC) announced its College-Sponsored Merit $2,500 Scholarship Winners, and the list included three Short Hills students.Dvita Bhattacharya, a student at Kent Place School in Summit, received a $2,500 scholarship paid by the NMSC’s own funds.
MONTVILLE, NJ – Student entrepreneur spirit was running high as Woodmont Elementary School held its TREP$ marketplace event on May 2. The event, held in the school gym, is the culminating event for a series of classes which taught the fifth graders how to be entrepreneurs. Each of the students had ...
PARKLAND, FL- Three Parkland students were named as 2025 Merit Scholarship Winners on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.The following three students were named winners:Thomas W. Clarke, PARKLAND Probable career field: EconomicsPOMPANO BEACH H. S., POMPANO BEACHApollo Lee, PARKLAND Probable career field: ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Thursday, May 1, Roosevelt Elementary School welcomed students from kindergarten through sixth grade, along with their families, for an exciting and interactive Family Math Night. The event, organized by 5th-grade math teacher Ms. Allison Purcell combined learning and fun with a ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison Board of Education will hold a Board of Ed meeting on Thursday May 8 at 7pm. The meeting will be held in person and on Zoom.To watch the meeting, click https://www.youtube.com/live/L20dxDr2ntk
EDISON, NJ - Eight students who either attended or currently attend Edison schools are members of the 2025 Governor’s STEM Scholars graduating class. Approximately 111 New Jersey students are part of this year’s class.The Edison students are as follows:Tanishka Dhake, a senior at John P. Stevens ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Press Association (NJPA) has honored Middlesex College’s student newspaper, “Quo Vadis,” with 15 awards for outstanding writing, design, and social media.The college’s student news staff earned five first-place honors in the 2024–25 NJPA’s college newspapers ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A South Brunswick High School senior is a 2025 Governor's STEM Scholar. Oluwadarasimi Ajewole is one of the 111 students from New Jersey to graduate from this program in 2025. She has numerous accolades and aspires to be a compounding pharmacist, according to her bio.“This ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—One Central Bucks high school senior has won a $2,500 scholarship in the second round of the National Merit Scholarship Program.Shreyas Trivedi, a senior at CB South, was one of 2,500 high school students chosen from more than 15,000 finalists in this round of scholarships.
CRANFORD, N.J. — After nearly three decades in public education, including eight years at the helm of Cranford Public Schools, Superintendent Scott Rubin announced he will retire effective Jan. 1, 2026.Rubin, who has led the district since 2018, shared the news in a letter to the school community, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Yesenia Medina-Hernandez often gets asked how much she is paid to be a member of the New Brunswick Board of Education by people who don’t realize it’s an unpaid position.“I don’t get paid,” she said. “That’s not why I’m part of this. How I get paid is seeing that our kids get the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named Hillsborough High School student Nikhil S. Shankar as the winner of a $2,500 scholarship in the highly-competitive nationwide program.The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Jessica Bao, a Chatham High School senior, has earned an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. “We are incredibly proud of Jessica's appointment to the United States Naval Academy," Doug Walker, CHS principal, said. "This achievement is a testament to her ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - Six Elysian Charter School students from the sixth-grade were selected for recognition at the 16th annual Morgan Book Project Awards Ceremony, hosted by the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. Their handcrafted manuscript books were featured in a special one-day installation ...
"At Oak Hill Academy, no one gets lost. Each child is prioritized individually…"Mary Ellen Harris, President, Golden Dome FoundationAbove photo: Founder and Head of School for Oak Hill Academy, Joseph A. Pacelli stands with students on the school campus.MIDDLETOWN, NJ: Oak Hill Academy (OHA), ...
MANASQUAN, NJ — The Manasquan Board of Education officially adopted the 2025–2026 school year budget during its latest meeting, approving a comprehensive financial plan totaling $38.29 million. The budget includes funding for general operations, special revenue programs, and debt service, and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Students and a staff member from five Coral Springs schools will be recognized on Thursday night during the 25th Annual Kids and Staff of Character Awards, hosted by Broward County Public Schools at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.The event, organized by the BCPS ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Sixteen of Middlesex County’s brightest high school and college students are now New Jersey Governor's STEM Scholar graduates, among a 2025 class comprised of 111 students from across the state.These students completed a yearlong immersive STEM experience, and graduated on ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – Congratulations to Marissa M. Mandola of Parlin, who has been awarded a National Merit Scholarship of $2,500. Mandola, a student at Sayreville War Memorial HS, plans to pursue a career in chemical engineering.Merit Scholar designees are chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 ...
"At Oak Hill Academy, no one gets lost. Each child is prioritized individually…"Mary Ellen Harris, President, Golden Dome FoundationAbove photo: Founder and Head of School for Oak Hill Academy, Joseph A. Pacelli stands with students on the school campus.MIDDLETOWN, NJ: Oak Hill Academy (OHA), ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Press Association (NJPA) has honored Middlesex College’s student newspaper, “Quo Vadis,” with 15 awards for outstanding writing, design, and social media.The college’s student news staff earned five first-place honors in the 2024–25 NJPA’s college newspapers ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Robert Benacchio, who was re-elected to the Westfield Board of Education in April, was re-elected as president of the board by his fellow BOE members for a second consecutive year on Tuesday.Benacchio was nominated by board member Leila Morelli.“Rob’s experience in all aspects of ...
READINGTON, NJ - Following committee meetings and discussions, the school board unanimously approved the 2025-2026 final budget totaling $45,123,952, a more than $3 million decrease from last year’s $48,924,405 revised budget.The proposed budget increases taxes by 3.2%, raising an estimated ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - The Hunterdon Central board of education approved the 2025–2026 final budget. The $78 million budget focused on several new academic priorities, including the expansion of work-based learning and dual enrollment, new magnet programs, embracing AI and a wellness curriculum ...