Education Top Stories
By LAURA LAB
July 2, 2024
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- During the Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meeting on June 24, parents asked the members of the board to revise a policy that excludes graduating eighth-grade students from attending end of the year activities based upon academic failures. Michelle Quick addressed ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — After winning the 2024 National History Bowl competition, where the Livingston Lancers remained undefeated throughout the three-day tournament against the strongest 165 teams in the country, members of the Livingston High School (LHS) varsity History Bowl team, who also placed ...
WAYNE, NJ - The US Naval Academy will be welcoming a second member of Wayne’s Daly family to its ranks this fall. Detective Captain Dan Daly is the Wayne Police Department Public Information Officer, Director of the Township’s Office of Emergency Management, and now the proud father of two sons who ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - For the 9th consecutive year, the Montville Township Public Schools [MTPS] district has been honored by the National Association of Music Merchandisers [NAMM] Foundation. MTPS was awarded NAMM’s nationally recognized “Best Communities for Music Education” [BCME] designation. The ...
Princeton, NJ – Girl Scout Ambassador Troop 79106 meets Wednesday afternoons during the school year at Stuart Country Day School. But for some of the Scouts, the experience extends far beyond the school campus. Maya Dev, a rising senior at Stuart, traveled from Princeton to India for a week in the ...
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. – The South Orange and Maplewood School District (SOMSD) has been honored with three prestigious 2024 Publications and Digital Media Excellence Awards by the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA). These awards recognize some of the District’s achievements in writing, ...
NEWARK, NJ - Rutgers University–Newark Provost Jeffrey Robinson, an internationally known author and co-founder of The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, is now Rutgers-Newark Interim Chancellor. Robinson stepped into the role July 1 after former Chancellor Nancy Cantor ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – How has Paul Robeson inspired you? That was the question about the Rutgers-educated actor, activist, athlete and author posed to students at the Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts. Twenty-five students in grades 6-8 submitted essays, and the top 10 winners were awarded ...
NEWARK, NJ - Rutgers University–Newark Provost Jeffrey Robinson, an internationally known author and co-founder of The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, is now Rutgers-Newark Interim Chancellor. Robinson stepped into the role July 1 after former Chancellor Nancy Cantor ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – Ilana Whittaker, a Ridgewood native and a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), recently completed her senior thesis. Her project, ChordCraft: AI Chord Generator VST, was Ilana's Major Qualifying Project (MQP) that may help pave the way for the future of artificial ...
HAMILTON, NJ - While 21 camps are already full, there is still time to register for the Hamilton Township School District (HTSD) Summer Camp before the first session begins next week. Hamilton students from grades K-12, regardless of the school they attend, are invited to join the summer fun ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - Hoboken High School's 9th-grade student team were crowned the champions in the New Jersey STEAM Tank Competition State Finals for the High School Division. The STEAM Tank Competition, organized by the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) and its iSTEAM initiative, serves as ...
NEWTON, NJ—This article contains the names of the 164 Class of 2024 graduates from their graduation ceremony that took place on Palmer Field, on the evening of Monday, June 17 and additional photos. Newton High School Class of 2024 Graduates: National Honor Society * Emily ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Both the July Rahway Board of Education (BOE) caucus meeting and regular meeting will be held in the Rahway High School Performing Arts Center (high school auditorium), located at 1012 Madison Ave. The caucus meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 9, at 5:30 p.m. The regular meeting ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - Students from the Hunterdon Central Regional High School Class of 2024 will be attending college all over the country, at places like Rutgers University, Drexel University, The College of New Jersey, Cornell University, Harvard University and Syracuse University. We've got the ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — J.J. Perez and Meghan Kreinberg of Jonathan Dayton High School each received a scholarship check for $1,000 from the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (UCIAC) recently. Each year, athletic departments throughout Union County choose a male and female graduating ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association recently announced that Christina Locurto of the Somers High School Class of 2015 has earned three Keystone Media Awards for excellence in journalism. Locurto, a General Assignment Reporter with The York Dispatch, a Gannett newspaper located ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - The North Salem High School Class of 2024 will be attending 62 different colleges across 21 states! Arizona Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott) University of Arizona California University of California (Santa Barbara) Connecticut Fairfield ...
En español CAMDEN – Naimah Rutling, who has served thousands of people while working at the nonprofit emergency food provider Cathedral Kitchen since August 2019 – and as its executive chef since last August - says she could sit behind a desk every day instead of standing in a hot kitchen and ...
SOMERSET, NJ - Applications for the Franklin Township Youth Council (FTYC) are now available for students entering grades 7-11 who are eager to engage with and serve their community. The FTYC offers students an opportunity to become more involved with local youth, build community connections, ...
Princeton, NJ – Mozilla, the non-profit-backed tech company that created the free, open source web browser for Windows and Mac operating systems, has named Princeton University professor Arvind Narayanan one of 25 honorees for its second annual Rise25 awards. The honorees are people contributing to ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Xavier Clavijo, Hawthorne High School alumni class of 2023, was welcomed as the new Student Trustee at last week's William Paterson University Board of Trustees meeting. Xavier joined his grandfather, Pio Clavijo, at the meeting. His grandfather is a former WPU adjunct professor ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- Sayreville War Memorial High School's Class of 2024 entered the high school's athletic field as graduating seniors and left as newly minted alumni during the school's commencement ceremony on Monday, June 24. The ceremony entered to the familiar sounds of Elgars's "Pomp and ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Dr. Kevin Gilbert was appointed to the position of Acting Superintendent during a firestorm that included the Board of Education placing Dr. Ronald Taylor on administrative (terminal) leave, the Intentional Integration Initiative’s review, severe budget issues, and other ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - For the first time in the 150-year history of the Jersey City Public School District, twins took the top two spots in a graduating class. On June 24, Michael Lai was Valedictorian of Dickinson High School’s Class of 2024, while Kevan Lai was named Salutatorian. Family and ...
HOBOKEN, NJ- The Hoboken Public School District has announced that it has been awarded the Expanding Access to Computer Science in High Schools Grant from the New Jersey Department of Education. The grant, totaling $14,779, aims to enhance the district's efforts to provide additional computer ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - The Somers High School Class of 2024 will be attending 111 different colleges in 27 states! Alabama The University of Alabama Arizona University of Arizona California University of California San Diego State University Connecticut University of ...
EDISON, NJ - The township has unveiled a new historical marker at Oak Tree Pond to commemorate the Battle of the Short Hills. Mayor Sam Joshi, members of the township council, county stakeholders, school bands, choirs, and historical reenactors gathered to unveil the new sign on Wednesday. The ...
EDISON, NJ - A high school student from Edison Township is one of seven in the state to receive a scholarship for Advocacy and Support of Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation from the NJ Sharing Network. Anika Bhatnagar is a 2024 Middlesex Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences ...
KINGSTON, RI -- The University of Rhode Island celebrated more than 4,100 of its newest alumni during the University's 2024 Commencement. Nearly 4,000 undergraduate degrees and 800 graduate degrees were conveyed to students during the ceremonies which took place May 17-19, 2024. Among them ...