Education Top Stories
By AL SULLIVAN
February 2, 2025
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A pilot program to shorten meetings of the Jersey City Board of Education will continue after being reviewed by the policy committee.Trustee Natalia Ioffe said the committee was split on some issues, but decided to do away with the virtual caucus meeting in favor of a pre-meeting ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - The Wood-Ridge Board of Education approved several personnel appointments at Monday's meeting, including a new Director of Special Services, music teacher, and spring sports coaches.Elizabeth Termanini was approved as the full-time Director of Special Services at a prorated salary ...
Union, NJ – During last week’s Township Committee meeting, school district administrators took the opportunity to express their gratitude for the ongoing collaboration between the township and the school district. This partnership has been especially evident in the wake of the recent relocation of ...
NEWTON, NJ – Newton area alumni have earned accolades and degrees from their colleges.Amanda Scanlan, a communication sciences and disorders, was named to the President’s List for the fall 2024 semester at James Madison University. Alix Wojcik was named to the President’s List for the fall 2024 ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School (CHS) student representatives Oliver Nesin and Asa Glassman and Superintendent Jason Bing shared several pieces of good news. Nesin announced, “We want to recognize CHS Junior, Leo Panagopoulos for his non-profit project, ReStrung, where he's been restoring ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ - Piscataway residents have earned the Dean's List, President's List, and Honors List at area colleges and universities. The following students received the honor for the Fall 2024 semester: Diya Desai, a Pre - Physician Assistant major, was named to the Dean's List at Hofstra ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The New Jersey Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (NJAHPERD) is dedicated to advancing quality health education, physical education, recreation, dance education, and athletics through professional development, programming, advocacy, and collegial ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Tuesday, January 14, Roosevelt Elementary School celebrated its students’ musicianship with the first Music & Movement Performance led by music teacher Ms. Baker. This performance allowed students to showcase their creativity and passion for music and dance. Ms. Baker worked ...
NEPTUNE CITY - The Neptune City School District was proud to announce this Wednesday (1/29/25) the installation of a new electronic sign at the Woodrow Wilson Elementary School.This new sign was paid by a grant to the district with no cost to taxpayers, and can be instantaneously programmed over ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Gale Bradford was appointed as the 2025 Berkeley Heights Board of Education President during the board’s meeting on Monday, January 27, at the Gov. Livingston High School cafeteria. The appointment came after a voting deadlock at the January 7 reorganization meeting, marking ...
MADISON, NJ – Students from Scotch Plains and Fanwood were named to both the Honors List and Dean's at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Campus (Madison, NJ) and Metropolitan Campus (Teaneck, NJ) for the Fall 2024 semester.To qualify for the Honors List, a student must carry a 3.5 or better ...
BERNARDSVILLE, NJ - As part of his AP Euro class, Social Studies teacher Jay Hogge took his students to La Bohème, an opera composed by Giacomo Puccini.Opera brings together all of the art forms including, dance, orchestra, vocal music, acting, and more. This rich opportunity complements their ...
WOODLAND PARK, NJ - Preschool registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open in Woodland Park. The Woodland Park School District offers free, full-day preschool for children who will be three or four years old by October 1. Transportation must be provided by the family. The program operates ...
LEXINGTON, KY – Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School alumna Billie Sherratt was named to the Fall 2024 University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Dean's List. This accomplishment is a sign of Billie's hard work and commitment to learning.More than 2,000 undergraduate students have qualified ...
HEMPSTEAD, NY – Rebecca Platt of South Amboy achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during the fall 2024 semester, earning a spot on the Provost's List at Hofstra University. Rebecca's major is Anthropology.Hofstra University's primary mission is to provide a quality education to its students in an environment ...
ROSELLE, NJ - The Roselle Board of Education recognized the achievements of students and educators, as well as honored retiring staff members, at its monthly meeting on Monday. The board recognized three students who achieved perfect scores on the 2024 New Jersey Student Learning ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Please see the following message from John Perillo, Principal of David Brearley Middle High School.Dear 7th and 8th Grade Parents/Guardians, I am writing to inform you of an important update to our cell phone policy for middle school students. While our core requirement that cell ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - The North Salem Central School District has a new director of facilities.Appointed to the administrative post was Michael Grundig. He officially took over for Dr. Joannes (John) Sieverding late last month.Asked if Sieverding had retired, a district spokesperson responded that he ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The New Providence School District continues to hold a series of Strategic Planning Community Forums during the 2024-2025 school year to aid in the development of the New Providence Board of Education Strategic Plan for the next 3-5 years.Superintendent Dr. Lauren Zirpoli and ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Superintendent of Kenilworth Public Schools, Jeremy Davies recently posted a video to the Board of Education's YouTube channel regarding what Harding students can as the school will celebrate Global School Day of Play on Feb. 5. “We're back with another weekly update to get ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Career educator Mike Volpe, superintendent of Hillsborough Schools. says he's worked harder and accomplished more in the past two years than he ever has in 25 years as a classroom teacher, coach, school principal and administrator.“I knew that when I took the job in Hillsborough ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Sherrill reintroduced the bipartisan Expanding Access to High-Impact Tutoring Act. This bill will improve the academic achievement and recovery of students through the creation and administration of high-impact tutoring programs in K-12 schools. The legislation is ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Throughout the school year, Livingston High School (LHS) names “Lancers of the Month," which includes students, faculty, and staff who model the qualities and values that define LHS by empowering the Livingston Public Schools (LPS) community to learn, create, contribute, and ...
SOMERSET, N.J. — Central Jersey College Prep Charter School (CJCP) has received the College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for increasing female participation in AP Computer Science Principles (CSP), according to a press release from the school.CJCP is among 847 schools ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham Board of Education has announced that it will elevate assistant superintendent Emily Sortino to the position of superintendent to replace Michael LaSusa, effective July 1, 2025.LaSusa announced on Jan. 6 that he was leaving the district after 24 years, the last 13 as the ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Board of Education of Parsippany-Troy Hills has a new President for 2025. Alison Cogan has been elected by her peers as the new President, taking over from Andy Choffo who will assume the office of Vice President.Her message is listed below:It is an honor to serve as ...
BLOOMINGDALE, NJ - Bloomigdale PTA will be hosting February Events. 2/6: Ellis Island Day (3rd grade) 2/6: Family Game Show Night @7 PM2/7: WTB (7th/8th gr) Teen Canteen @ 7-9 PM 2/10: Gertrude Hawk Chocolate Sales begins 2/12: Valentines Day Classroom Celebration 2/13: Dine2Donate with Pizza ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Teacher Maureen Moran has been chosen as the VFW’s New Jersey State Elementary School Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year. Moran is a grade 2 teacher at Cedar Hill Elementary School in Montville Township, NJ. Cedar Hill is one of seven schools in the Montville Township Public ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey elementary teachers may soon find furry friends in their classrooms. The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill establishing a pilot program to place therapy dogs in elementary school wellness programs. School districts including Barnegat, Clifton and ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—At a town hall to discuss the fate of three Central Bucks elementary schools, district officials said they’ve heard the community say that it doesn’t want to replace them with one giant school, or what Superintendent Steven Yanni said residents were calling a “mega-school.”At the ...