Education

RAHWAY, NJ — Dr. Patricia Camp, the superintendent of the Rahway Public Schools, has just been named the Union County Superintendent of the Year. The announcement was made on Tuesday evening at the Rahway Board of Education meeting.

Camp told TAPinto Rahway that she initially received the news at her regular roundtable meeting of Union County Superintendents on May 6.

"I was very ...

Editor's note: Article written and submitted by the Berkeley Heights Public School District

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - At the April 28, 2022 Berkeley Heights Board of Education meeting, members voted to approve the adoption of the K-5 Mathematics Program, Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life (Cengage Learning/ National Geographic 2022), slated to be implemented starting in September of ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Governor Livingston High School is pleased to announce the students who have been named to the Third Marking Period 2021-2022 Honor Roll.

Criteria to qualify for GL Honor Roll:

Honor​ ​Roll High Honor Roll: Student earns a weighted marking period GPA of 4.0 with no marking period grades below a B

Honor Roll: Student earns a weighted marking ...

MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ - FACT - Families & Community Together, is a CMO [Care Management Organization] that provides care management and wraparound services to children ages five up until their 21st birthday. FACT helps families and caregivers create a more stable and healing environment for children, address barriers to well-being, and maximize youth and family ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The board of education held its monthly meeting Thursday night, where – in addition to passing the 2022-2023 budget – the district also announced its plans to change its K-5 math programming from ‘GO Math!’ to ‘Big Ideas Math.’

Assistant Superintendent Marybeth Kopacz delivered a presentation at the meeting and said the decision was ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Thursday night, the board of education passed a $59.8 million budget for the 2022-2023 school year school. The budget is approximately $2.6 million higher than the 2021-222 budget and is $84,000 more than the tentative budget introduced in March. 

The owner of the “average” home with an assessed value of $315,824 can expect to pay an additional $87.18 a ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights Public School District is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Kobliska to the position of Principal of Columbia Middle School. The Board of Education voted to appoint Mr. Kobliska to the position at the April 28th meeting and he will step into the role in July 2022.

Mr. Kobliska joins the BHPS staff with 19 years of experience in the ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The French foreign language program appears to be here to stay in Berkeley Heights, thanks to pushback from members of the community. 

On Monday, April 11, Superintendent Dr. Melissa Varley announced the decision through the district’s social media accounts. 

“We have heard you. We will re-evaluate our plans for a new language and post and ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway was speaking recently with Berley Hanna Jr., the National Executive Committeeman of the American Legion Department of New Jersey. We ran into Hanna at an event, and he was telling us about an upcoming opportunity for high school junior boys: the American Legion Jersey Boys State (ALJBS).

As described on its website, Boys State "will return ...