Education Top Stories
By TAPINTO STAFF
September 12, 2024
EAST HANOVER, NJ - Sophia Duarte of Hanover Park High School is a Semifinalist in the 2025 Merit Scholarship Program.Sophia was one of over 1.3 million juniors from about 21,000 high schools who took the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served ...
𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐒, 𝐍𝐉 -- At precisely 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2024, a solemn silence descended upon School No. 8. Standing outside on the school's turfed playground, with heads bowed and miniature American flags clutched tightly in their hands, the elementary students—most of whom were not ...
EVANSTON, ill - The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) has announced the names of more than 16,000 semi-finalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship ProgramAnuthra Abeysinghe was the only student named from Madison High School. These academically talented high school seniors ...
Leer en españolNEWARK — Former Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera used tree branches as his baseball bats when growing up in a Panamanian fishing village.Rivera would climb a tree and select the straightest branch he could find, Rivera told students at Newark Vocational High School on Tuesday. Baseball ...
EVANSTON, IL — Eleven super-smart Woodbridge high school seniors are among the nation’s 16,000 semifinalists honored in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.The Illinois-based National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced the names of high-achieving semifinalists in its coveted annual ...
BLOOMINGDALE, NJ - BLOOMINGDALE PTA will be hosting a Color-A-Thon. Color-A-Thon will be October 6th at 10 AM. Color blasting lasts between 30-40 minutes. Event registration closes on September 19th. $30 to register a FREE t-shirt included and color packet. Register here: ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Governor Livingston High School College Jumpstart Program was held for the sixth summer this past June. Due to the popular demand of the program, it was offered in two separate sessions to accommodate the interest from students. Thirty-four GLHS Class of 2025 seniors ...
EVANSTON, ill - The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) has announced the names of more than 16,000 semi-finalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.The three Morristown High School students are: Andrew Brahms, Sarah Carroll and Miles Gorman. These academically ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - Continuing a decades-long decline in enrollment, Katonah-Lewisboro schools opened their doors this month to 27 fewer students than they did just a year ago.Districtwide, the headcount on Sept. 4, the official start of the 2024-25 school year, showed 2,780 total students, down ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - Food Truck Friday is back in Watchung. The Watchung Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) announced the long-awaited return of Food Truck Friday, originally started by the PTO at the height of the COVID pandemic.The One-Night-Only Fall Event of Food Truck Friday is set for Friday ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Public Schools held a groundbreaking for Phase II of the Hub Stine Sports Complex renovation on May 29 of this year. It is now almost complete.Phase I of the Hub Stine Sports Complex renovations, which was officially opened in last fall, included constructing two ...
UNION, NJ – A special guest speaker at Battle Hill Elementary School Wednesday morning gave a first-hand account to third- and fourth-grade students of his experience at the World Trade Center site on September 11, 2001.“It was a crazy day,” said Principal Mark Hoyt describing the terrorist attacks ...
EVANSTON, IL - On September 11, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Nine of them attend East Brunswick High School.East Brunswick High School students who have been ...
Join the HFEE - Holmdel Foundation for Educational Excellence -for an evening filled with fun, community spirit, and the unveiling of the 2024-2025 Annual Gift. Show your pride for Holmdel, your college, or your favorite team as the communinty comes together to support a great cause.Tickets can be ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Eleven academically gifted students from Livingston High School (LHS) have been named among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP), giving the seniors an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ __ Improvements are coming to make bus routes more efficient and aides are being assigned to some buses as the South Orange and Maplewood School District works through transportation issues at the start of the school year.Superintendent Jason Bing said he has been personally riding ...
Princeton, NJ – Editor’s note: TAPinto Princeton asked each of the six candidates for Board of Education to submit a brief (500-word limit) letter to introduce themselves and explain why they are running. We are printing the letters in the order that they arrived. Between now and the election, we ...
Princeton, NJ – Editor’s note: TAPinto Princeton asked each of the six candidates for Board of Education to submit a brief (500-word limit) letter to introduce themselves and explain why they are running. We are printing the letters in the order that they arrived. Between now and the election, we ...
STAFFORD – There is a big day at the pollls coming up for Stafford Township residents.The Stafford Township Board of Education is asking the taxpayers to vote on Sept. 17 on a $75.7 million bond referendum that would fund long-lasting building improvements to support students, staff and community ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Twelve high school seniors from the Central Bucks School District have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.More than 16,000 high school seniors from across the United States were named semifinalists in the program’s 70th year. The semifinalists will ...
Linden, NJ – Danie Orelien , Director of the Multilingual Learners Department at Linden Public Schools, recently took center stage as the guest speaker at a conference held at Montclair State University. The event, which focused on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Amid grumbling from some members of the public, the Central Bucks School District Tuesday night chose a new member for its school board.The board chose Chalfont-based architect Daniel Kimicata to represent region 5, which includes Chalfont and parts of New Britain Township. He ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP - Today, the National Merit Scholarship Program released their list of Semifinalists for 2025. These academically talented high school seniors have completed the first step in an opportunity to continue in the competition for 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 ...
WARREN, NJ — Warren Township honored the fallen from the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks with a ceremony Wednesday and remembered those lost 23 years ago, including Warren residents: Keith Coleman, Brian Dale, Hashmukhrai Parmar and Sheryl Rosenbaum. Nine Warren children lost a parent during the ...
EVANSTON, IL — The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has announced its 2025 finalists, and 18 Millburn High School (MHS) students are on the prestigious list.They are among 16,000 semifinalist students who are eligible for Merit® Scholarship Awards. All winners of Merit® ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Governor Livingston High School College Jumpstart Program was held for the sixth summer this past June. Due to the popular demand of the program, it was offered in two separate sessions to accommodate the interest from students. Thirty-four GLHS Class of 2025 seniors ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Three high school seniors from a private school in Coconut Creek are among the 16,000 semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.The North Broward Preparatory School students are Kelin Levine, Hrishi Patel, and Sofiia Shyshkovtsova, according to an ...
PARKLAND, FL - Six seniors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are among the more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The students from the school serving Coral Springs and Parkland are: Analyse Armstrong, Melissa Azzarito, Ella Maurice, Elle ...
CLARK, NJ — We asked readers if they'd like to send any opening day Back-to-School photographs with us that we could share with the community.We had many proud parents (and a few students themselves) reach out to us with their pictures.We thank sincerely Janine Cannici for contacting us initially ...
BORDENTOWN, NJ — A Bordentown Regional High School student has made it to the Semifinal round in the competition to receive a coveted National Merit Scholarship.Sameer Sharma is among an elite group of 16,000 Semifinalists from around the nation who are high school seniors applying for the 70th ...