Education

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – The Board of Education (BOE) approved several staff hires as well as multiple retirements at its Thursday, April 29 meeting. The district is in the process of hiring several new staff members before the new school year begins.

Superintendent David Miceli extended the district’s well-wishes to those retiring. He noted that this year has been “a reflection ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – The Board of Education (BOE) recognized this year’s Teacher of the Year Award recipients at its Thursday, April 29 meeting. The Teachers of the Year are Jennifer Pasuit (NPHS); Kristin Jakubowski (NPMS); Sharon Licari (AWR); and Natasha Feliciano-Allen (SBS). High School and Middle School Principal Brian Henry presented the ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – Board Member Joseph Walsh provided a PowerPoint presentation of the 2021-2022 school budget at the Thursday, April 29 Board of Education (BOE) meeting. The operating budget is $44.5 million of which $39.7 million is raised by taxes. The budget in a nutshell is as follows:

2021/2022 School Year 
General ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — Superintendent of Schools Melissa Varley recommended the Board of Education approve Scenario 4 during Thursday’s meeting of the Board of Education. At the time she made her recommendation there were more than 200 people on the call. 

Later in the evening the Board of Education voted 4-2 to approve Universal Full Day Kindergarten (FDK), which only ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — After weeks of virtual rehearsals, followed by more in-person rehearsals, the curtain rose last weekend on The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The New Providence High School Spring Musical opened last weekend and there will be three more performances of the musical this weekend, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The AWR PTA hosted their first annual “It's  a No-Brainer” Kahoot! trivia night fundraiser. Over 70 families participated on Friday, March 25th in five (5) rounds of trivia.  Categories included sports, kids movies and the ever popular AWR trivia.  Each round had three prizes awarded for first, second and third place. All prizes ...

New Providence has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education.  It is the ninth consecutive year, and the tenth year overall, that New Providence has been recognized.

To qualify for the Best Communities designation, Kenneth Hess, Department Head of Music Education and Performing Arts, ...

The Union County Board of Commissioners today announced the County will hold a mobile clinic to vaccinate educators and school personnel on Tuesday, April 6th from 1-8 p.m. at Warinanco Park in Roselle.

Any educator or school personnel wishing to receive a vaccination must pre-register now at www.ucnjvaccine.org.

Teachers, all staff and school administration officials ...

Mobile Vaccine Operation At Warinanco Park in Roselle Will Run From 1-8 p.m.

UNION COUNTY, NJ----The Union County Board of Commissioners today announced the County will hold a mobile clinic to vaccinate educators and school personnel on Tuesday, April 6th from 1-8 p.m. at Warinanco Park in Roselle.

Any educator or school personnel wishing to receive a vaccination must ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – Superintendent David Miceli gave an update of the current enrollment numbers as well as an update on spring break travel guidelines at the Thursday, March 25 Board of Education (BOE) meeting.

The kindergarten registration has been slow this year, Miceli said. Only 35 kindergarten students for each elementary school have been registered so far. We expected the ...