Education Top Stories
By TAPINTO BASKING RIDGE STAFF
February 11, 2025
CHARLESTON, SC -- College of Charleston congratulates over 3,750 students named to the President's List and the Dean's List for Winter 2024. Among the students named to the President’s List is Basking Ridge resident George Busnach. Busnach is majoring in Business Administration .Ella Richter of ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - A number of Somers students were recently honored for their outstanding academic performances at colleges across the country!Dean’s ListBinghamton UniversityMichael MaguireDelaware Valley UniversityKelsey ColluraFairfield UniversitySophia PappasMia ParisiJames Madison UniversityColin ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Board of Education has announced a comprehensive plan to transition the district to a middle school model, aiming to enhance student learning, streamline resources, and reduce costs. This initiative, in development since 2015, aligns with the district’s long-range ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Rahway's four elementary schools—Franklin, Roosevelt, Cleveland, and Madison—recently concluded their 2nd Annual "Souper" Bowl Food Drive, a community-wide initiative aimed at combating hunger. From January 17 to February 7, students, staff, and families collected non-perishable food ...
CALDWELL, NJ – White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed late last month that the Federal Aviation Administration authorized the reported drone activity within New Jersey and the Tri-State Area. In her first press conference, Leavitt, the youngest-ever press secretary, confirmed the ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Staffers from Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill’s (NJ 11th) office met with the seniors in Scott Riotto’s AP American Government and Politics classes on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. The discussion was held in the Montville Township High School [MTHS] Media Center. The role of public ...
OLEAN, NY — The Olean High School Sports Boosters will host their 41st Annual Endowment Raffle on April 26 at the Pulaski Club. The booster club promotes, sponsors and carries out projects to assist Olean High School's athletic program. Tickets are $100 each and offer 22 prizes to win:One $10,000 ...
GREEN BROOK, NJ – Green Brook Township Schools preschool program serves students at all stages of development, ages 3 to 5 and is open to both Green Brook residents and non-residents of surrounding areas. They use the state-approved Creative Curriculum to address language, social-emotional, ...
BARNEGAT - The Barnegat Township School District recently congratulated the High School Optimist Essay Contest winners: First Place-Catherine Warn Second Place-Christopher Haddad Third Place-Riley Fitzpatrick
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The Rotary Club of Hillsborough is sponsoring their annual post-secondary school scholarship program for Hillsborough residents. Now in its third decade, the program provides qualifying students with a $2,500 scholarship to help offset the cost of their post-secondary ...
TRENTON – The Senate Higher Education Committee has advanced legislation sponsored by its vice-chair, Senator Andrew Zwicker, which would limit the conditions under which higher education institutions may refuse to release a transcript to a student with an outstanding account balance. “With the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Board of Education has provided the public with a revised schedule of meetings for the remainder of the 2023/24 school year. The Board meets on Thursday evenings at the BOE offices 760 Route 18 North (behind Denny's.) Board of Education meetings will ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Sophomore Kailynn Durose first learned about the New Jersey Association of Student Councils (NJASC) through a presentation by EBHS’ student council at Churchill Junior High School. Inspired by this introduction, Durose attended NJASC’s Summer Leadership Training Conference as ...
GREEN BROOK, NJ – Green Brook Township Schools preschool program serves students at all stages of development, ages 3 to 5 and is open to both Green Brook residents and non-residents of surrounding areas. They use the state-approved Creative Curriculum to address language, social-emotional, ...
The Summit Area YMCA is excited to welcome families to enroll in its Fall 2025 childcare programs, providing a safe, nurturing, and enriching environment where children can learn, grow, and thrive. With a strong foundation in early childhood education, the Y’s programs inspire curiosity, foster ...
The Summit Area YMCA is excited to welcome families to enroll in its Fall 2025 childcare programs, providing a safe, nurturing, and enriching environment where children can learn, grow, and thrive. With a strong foundation in early childhood education, the Y’s programs inspire curiosity, foster ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Meera Iyer from Morristown Beard School and Bianca Diez, from Morris County School of Technology were named the Region 4 Finalists at the 2025 New Jersey Poetry Out Loud Region 4 competition, part of the National Poetry Out Loud recitation program. Iyer and Diez will represent ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Board of Education is expected to vote on a resolution involving significant changes to the district’s special education programs. If it is passed, officials have said, district-led forums and discussions will be held before the new policies go into effect in April.The ...
MEDFORD, NJ — While the Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) will be holding its annual Student Job Fair next month, it will once again have an expanded look. After debuting the new format in 2024, the LRHSD has expanded its annual Student Job Fair to also include a Career Fair, which will ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick High School graduates are continuing their success as students at advanced learning institutions across the country. Here are a few honors that they have achieved:*Aaron Wong of East Brunswick earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Fall 2024 at the Georgia ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Public School District Community Programs Department is again offering summer Kindergarten Readiness Academy and Summer Early Learning Academy programs to all East Brunswick residents, as well as surrounding communities. The Kindergarten Readiness Academy ...
RAHWAY, NJ — During the week of January 27-31, the preschool classes at the Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy held a Winter Literacy Week. Teachers, directors, and administrators were invited to be “Mystery Readers” for each of the four preschool classes. Many of the mystery readers came with ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield High School is starting the school week smelling much better than it did Friday, according to Acting Principal Bill Loughran.On Friday, Feb. 7, some students and faculty were moved to another part of the building after an “offensive odor” from a sewage pipe emanating from ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ – South Amboy residents have until Tuesday, Feb. 18, to register to vote in the Tuesday, March 11 referendum which, if passed, will allow the South Amboy Public Schools to borrow $35.6 million to undertake a comprehensive capital improvement plan at the two district schools.School ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The next Rahway Board of Education (BOE) caucus meeting will be held in the Rahway High School Performing Arts Center (high school auditorium), located at 1012 Madison Ave., on Tuesday, February 11.The meeting opens in public at 6 p.m. before immediately recessing to private session.
NEWARK - Black History Month opened with the annual raising of the Black Liberation Flag at Weequahic High School in Newark on Friday morning, Feb. 7.The ceremony included a libation to the ancestors, singing of the Black National Anthem ('Lift Every Voice and Sing'), a student speech explaining ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange African Heritage Organization/WOAHO is embarking on its first ever public campaign to raise funds for the organization's Holcomb Scholarship. “This is very exciting,” said Brent Scott, Vice President of WOAHO, Professor of Graduate Studies in Business at Mercy ...
WILKES-BARRE, PA - Zoe Morley, Basking Ridge, was named to the Dean's List at Wilkes University for the fall 2024 semester. To be named to the Dean's List, students must obtain a minimum 3.5 grade point average and carry at least 12 credits.Wilkes University opens doors for those willing to work ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The Consortium of Berkeley Heights, Chatham, Millburn, New Providence, and Summit School Districts recently hosted a powerful event as part of their ongoing Wellness Series: What You Need to Know. The evening featured a screening of Screen Agers: Growing Up in the Digital Age, ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ - Acting School Superintendent Mark J. Gerbino has reassured families and community members of the school district’s unwavering commitment to student safety and education in light of recent federal policy changes regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In a letter sent ...