Education

TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey State Department of Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson recently announced the immediate availability of up to $20 million in grants to assist child care centers and youth camps in meeting health and safety guidelines in response to COVID-19 (coronavirus). Child care centers were ordered to close on April 1.

On Friday Murphy declared they can reopen ...

TRENTON, NJ - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy used part of his daily press briefing Friday to “give a huge shout out” to administrators, educators, staff, and volunteers for the Paterson Public Schools for their efforts to “help provide for the greater needs of their students and families,” since the COVID-19 pandemic began March. 

In addition to conducting classes ...

PATERSON, NJ - The union that represents the more than 3,000 education professionals within Paterson’s public schools has announced the awarding of scholarships to two students through the The Paterson Education Association (P.E.A.) Philanthropic Fund.

Given annually to students that exhibit academic excellence, and have a desire to the field of education, the scholarships are funded by ...

PATERSON, NJ - Soon to be Passaic County Community College (PCCC) graduate Marie Febrillet has been named a recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, PCCC President Dr. Steven Rose announced.

Graduating with a 3.8 GPA and an associate’s degree in Liberal Arts/Communication, Febrillet is the first PCCC student to win the highly competitive ...

PATERSON, NJ – College Achieve Paterson is expanding and becoming a K-9 school for the 2020-21 school year. This September, the public charter school will launch its ninth-grade academy bringing their overall enrollment to about 1000 students. 

Dr. Gemar Mills, the school’s Co-Founder and Chief School Administrator, said he’s excited to be able to take another step ...

PATERSON, NJ - Paterson Public Schools’ graduation seniors will have the opportunity to participate in two graduation ceremonies under a plan that will be put forward to the Board of Education Eileen Shafer said Thursday.

The announcement came during a press conference called by Mayor Andre Sayegh to announce the formation of the COVID-19 Task Force which is bringing together government, ...

TRENTON, NJ — Schools should consider screening visitors with noncontact thermometers and excluding anyone with a fever exceeding 100.4 degrees, according to graduation ceremony guidelines released by the state Department of Education (DOH).

The guidance, released on May 27, outlines three options for K-12 school commencement ceremonies: virtual, drive-thru/drive-in and ...

PATERSON, NJ – International High School senior Abbey-Gale Brooks, a student in the School’s prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB) Program has been accepted at the University of Pittsburgh, Paterson Public Schools officials have announced.

Brooks, who was named to the first all-Passaic County Girls Winter Track Team for the 200-meter dash last year, will begin studying ...

NEW JERSEY — (Updated 11:48 a.m.) Amid increasing pressure from students and their families, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday that schools will be allowed to have in-person graduation ceremonies, something that would have previously been prohibited under the state’s COVID-19 social distancing orders.

The graduation ceremonies, Murphy said, will be permitted to begin July 6 as ...

PATERSON, NJ – Paterson Public Schools officials are seeking input into the naming of the new middle school currently under construction on Union Avenue and the Peace Center that opened last fall at Eastside High School.

“Public school facilities belong to the public, and it is only right that the members of the public have a voice in the process of naming these two very special ...