Education Top Stories
By KATYA ELLENIS AND ANNA CECALA, SENIORS AT MOUNT ST. DOMINIC ACADEMY
January 8, 2025
CALDWELL, NJ – What happens when high school students step away from the noise of everyday life and spend three days exploring the timeless question, 'Where is God in my life?'During the 11th Annual Kairos Retreat, which took place at the Liebenzell Retreat Center in Schooley’s Mountain, 59 juniors ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - The Hasbrouck Heights Board of Education swore in three trustees and elected a president and vice president at the 2025 re-organization meeting Tuesday night in Keifer Auditorium.Interim Board Secretary Robert Brown presented the official results of the top three candidates ...
UNION, NJ – At Tuesday night’s reorganization meeting, the Union Board of Education elected a new president and vice president.Dicxiana Carbonell was the sole nomination for Board President and was unanimously elected to the role.Kimberly Scott-Hayden was nominated as Vice President, with no other ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The Board of Education reorganized on Tuesday evening, installing three elected trustees and electing a new president and vice president.On January 7, Jennifer Ehrentraut (incumbent), Giselle Vega and Abigail Goff (incumbent) were sworn-in, joining the nine-member board. Members ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The South Plainfield Board of Education (SPBOE) this week held its 2025 organization meeting. Last November, three residents ran unopposed for three at-large seats on the SPBOE and, at the start of the Jan. 6 meeting, Business Administrator Alex Benanti announced the official ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At the Plainfield Board of Education's Tuesday reorganization meeting, the board welcomed a new member while bidding an outgoing commissioner farewell after three years on service.Dr Lamont Harris ran with incumbents Hanae Wyatt and Victor Webb under the slogan Empowerment Through ...
HACKENSACK, NJ - The public school district will observe a half-day on Friday, January 10, 2025 “to provide the community with time to process and reflect on the profound loss of its beloved Principal Lillian Kelly Whitaker, whose leadership touched so many lives within our school family,” ...
Princeton, NJ – The current superintendent of schools for the School District of the Chathams in Chatham, New Jersey, will be the next superintendent of the Princeton Public Schools. The PPS Board of Education will vote on the appointment of Michael LaSusa as the next superintendent at a special ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – The City Council held a moment of silence for Principal Lillian Whitaker, who passed on December 31.“She will be missed by many,” Mayor John Labrosse said at the January 7 council meeting. “She always had a smile on her face and wanted to talk.”“She took the school (Nellie K.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N - The time to apply is now! High school seniors wishing to apply for the Adele DeLeeuw Scholarship should obtain applications now from their school guidance office. Submission deadline is Friday, March 7th, 2025.To date, the Adele DeLeeuw Scholarship Fund, a fund of the ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - The latest Super Tuesday video was released from the Superintendent of Kenilworth PublicSchools, Jeremy Davies. “Welcome back, Kenilworth, and Happy New Year” Davies said. “As 2025 begins, we have some important updates for college-bound seniors and families regarding FAFSA forms.
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – The Ridgewood Board of Education met on Monday night for the first meeting of 2025. The initial session also convened the board’s newest construction, as Mary Lou Handy was officially sworn in after running unopposed in November’s election. Sheila Brogan was confirmed as the board’s ...
Princeton, NJ – The current superintendent of schools for the School District of the Chathams in Chatham, New Jersey, will be the next superintendent of the Princeton Public Schools. The PPS Board of Education will vote on the appointment of Michael LaSusa as the next superintendent at a special ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Kindergarten Registration for the Montville Township Public Schools 2025-2026 academic year opens Tuesday, January 14, 2025. All children of residents of Montville, Pine Brook, or Towaco, New Jersey, who have reached the age of five on or before October 1, 2025, are eligible for ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ – The South Amboy Public Schools Board of Education is asking the community to vote on a $35.6 million referendum that would fund additional classroom space to ease overcrowding and make critical health and safety repairs to both school campuses in the City.If South Amboy voters ...
KINNELON, NJ - Kinnelon Library will be hosting an ‘Understanding Ai’ class. Join the library on Thursday February 6th at 6:30 PM. The class is in person. For more information visit: https://www.kinnelonlibrary.org
SPARTA, NJ – The first of many reorganization meetings took place at the Mohawk Avenue School on Monday night as four new members took their oaths of office.Roque Martinez, Emily Serafino, Rebecca Williams and Michelle Hinkle were sworn in by board of education attorney Kate Gilfillan. Martinez, ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison Board of Education will hold their re-organization meeting on Tuesday January 7. The meeting will take place at 7pm.The meeting will take place in person or virtually.Watch via YouTube https://youtube.com/live/dA1EgQIZFrs or via Zoom ...
WARREN, NJ --The Warren Township Board of Education swore in three members to three-year terms at its last meeting, Patrica Zohn was unanimously selected as board president and Laura Keller as vice president.Business Administrator and Board Secretary Christopher Heagele provided the Somerset County ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Academy of Our Lady of Peace will host its 29th annual Tricky Tray, “Moonlight Masquerade,” on Friday, March 21, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Westin Governor Morris, located at 2 Whippany Road, Morristown.This highly anticipated event features an unforgettable evening, showcasing ...
WARREN, NJ-- The time to apply is now! High school seniors wishing to apply for the Adele DeLeeuw Scholarship should obtain applications now from their school guidance office. Submission deadline is Friday, March 7th, 2025.To date, the Adele DeLeeuw Scholarship Fund, a fund of the Plainfield ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Academy of Our Lady of Peace will host its 29th annual Tricky Tray, “Moonlight Masquerade,” on Friday, March 21, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Westin Governor Morris, located at 2 Whippany Road, Morristown.This highly anticipated event features an unforgettable evening, showcasing ...
PARAMUS, NJ - The Board of Education reorganized Monday evening (January 6), installing three members and choosing new leadership.Christina Kardasakis, an incumbent, and Micheline Attieh defeated four other individuals for two 3-year terms on the Board of Education, while Laura Siclari successfully ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham Superintendent Michael LaSusa announced that he has accepted the superintendent's position in another district in a digital message to the “school community” on Tuesday morning.LaSusa said he will stay at Chatham through the end of the school year and that “I anticipate my ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - The time to apply is now! High school seniors wishing to apply for the Adele DeLeeuw Scholarship should obtain applications now from their school guidance office. Submission deadline is Friday, March 7.To date, the Adele DeLeeuw Scholarship Fund, a fund of the ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - John Jay High School’s Winter Concert Series is a community treasure! The trio of free concerts feature Katonah-Lewisboro’s most accomplished student musicians, conducted by music educators who bring out the best in young people. Each concert is held in John Jay High School’s ...
CLARK, NJ — The Clark Public School District’s next Parent University program will be on “Empowering Parents: Helping Your Child as a Reader.” It will be held on Wednesday, January 29, at 6 p.m. in the Arthur L. Johnson High School Instructional Media Center. Join some of the district's elementary ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The township Board of Education has reappointed Daniel R. Harris as its 2025 president for a second year.At the school board’s 2025 reorganization meeting, Mayor John E. McCormac administered oaths to re-elected board members Susan Bourdan and Jenny Perez. Meanwhile, NJ Assembly ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - Hunterdon Central Regional High School announced its 2024–2025 Teacher and Educational Services of the Year recipients, and honored them both in front of the board of education. Social studies teacher Adam Leonard received the honor of Governor’s Educator of the year while ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N - The time to apply is now! High school seniors wishing to apply for the Adele DeLeeuw Scholarship should obtain applications now from their school guidance office. Submission deadline is Friday, March 7th, 2025.To date, the Adele DeLeeuw Scholarship Fund, a fund of the ...