Education
By DAVID BRIGHOUSE
April 10, 2022
RAHWAY, NJ — Here are some of the events, meetings, and happenings in town this week. City: Monday, April 11, 7 p.m.: Rahway Municipal Council (Regular Meeting) and Special Improvement District Meeting. Click here for more information. Wednesday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.: Alcoholic ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Wednesday, March 30, children's author Tami Charles visited Rahway's Franklin Elementary School. Charles is the New York Times bestselling author of All Because You Matter, a picture book for young readers (pre-K through Grade 3), with illustrations by the award-winning illustrator ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Here are the recently announced Students of the Month at Rahway High School for the month of April. Kayla Morales: Grade 12 Brianna Libis: Grade 12 Anisha Dort: Grade 11 Micah Lawson: Grade 11 Amanda Puga: Grade 10 Makenzie Zweidinger: ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway Board of Education (BOE) meets this Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. for its monthly Caucus Meeting. The BOE meets in the student cafeteria of the 7th and 8th Grade Academy, located at 1139 Kline Place. Those wishing to attend the meeting virtually can do so by clicking ...
NEWARK, NJ — When Sarah Mae Lagasca, a music teacher at Arts High School, was asked to attend a “special assembly” Friday to showcase the school’s music department, her main focus was to prepare her students to perform at the event. That attention to students is just one of the many teaching ...
Dr. Patrick Holness, the vice principal over at Grover Cleveland Elementary School, is back. Author of the very popular TAPinto Rahway piece from a few weeks back, Where’s Waldo? (Or Is It, Where's Al-do?), and one of our newly favorite contributors, Dr. Holness has shared with us another great ...
SAYREVILLE – Beginning around 6:45 a.m., you start to see the build-up of cars and buses on Washington Road, as Sayreville War Memorial High School prepares for another school day. The traffic quickly increases and backs up, as the slow trudge to the high school becomes a bit more brisk. With ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Thursday, March 24, as part of their Women's History Month celebration, the students of Madison Elementary School prepared something very special: a play portraying the life and work of the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And in what Madison principal Tricia ...
RAHWAY, NJ — For the past several years, the Rahway Elks, Lodge #1075, located at 122 W. Milton Ave., has sponsored two Rahway High School (RHS) students to attend the annual New Jersey Elks Peer Leadership Conference. This year's attendees were junior David Villatoro Castro and freshman Nirvaan ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Friday, March 11, amidst the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, following Russia's February 24th invasion of its western neighbor, students at Rahway's Madison Elementary School decided to spread some good cheer and celebrate peace on the field behind their school. One of the school's ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway High School PTO will host a Pocketbook Bingo event on Friday, May 13 at the high school, located at 1012 Madison Ave. The event is a designer bag bingo fundraiser to support the Class of 2022's end-of-year barbecue. Sam Weakland, the president of the RHS PTO, said that ...
March is Music in Our Schools Month RAHWAY, NJ — There are some very exciting things taking place this year in the band program at the Rahway 7th and 8th Grade Academy. Two Academy Students Audition for Central Jersey All-Region Intermediate Band The Academy Band program is proud to ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway Board of Education (BOE) meets tonight for its regular monthly meeting. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of Rahway High School, located at 1012 Madison Ave. There is also an option to attend virtually. Those wishing to join the meeting via Google Meet may do so ...
RAHWAY, NJ — There will a Parent Academy workshop this Thursday, March 24, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the student cafeteria of the Rahway 7th and 8th Grade Academy, located at 1139 Kline Place. The event can also be attended virtually. The workshop, "Science All Around Us!", is described thus: ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Twelve Rahway High School (RHS) students have earned the Seal of Biliteracy award for 2022. The Seal of Biliteracy is "an award given by a school, school district, or state in recognition of students who have studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school ...
RAHWAY, NJ — There is no school on Monday, March 14, for all students in the Rahway Public Schools due to professional development for faculty and staff. Additionally, this Wednesday, March 16, there is a Coffee with the Superintendent event at 6 p.m. Meetings are currently held virtually. Click ...
RAHWAY, NJ —The clever staff of Grover Cleveland Elementary School in Rahway came up with a terrific way to celebrate Principal Al Giambrone’s recent birthday. Giambrone has been the principal at Grover Cleveland School for over fifteen years. If you’ve gotten to know him, he has quite a sense of ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Rahway High School (RHS) senior Shyanne Guillette may appear at first somewhat unassuming, but it's only her natural inclination toward modesty that conceals her accomplishments, ambition, and aspirations. Shyanne has had straight A's for her entire high school career and, in June, ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway Board of Education (BOE) meets this Tuesday, March 8, at 7 p.m. for its monthly Caucus Meeting. The BOE meets in the student cafeteria of the 7th and 8th Grade Academy, located at 1139 Kline Place. Those wishing to attend the meeting virtually can do so by clicking ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Friday, March 4, Dr. Patricia Camp, the superintendent of the Rahway Public Schools, issued a statement to the community, reminding residents of the new policy regarding the wearing of face masks in the schools for students and staff. As previously reported, on February 18, Camp ...
RAHWAY, NJ — For Women's History Month, the National Council of Negro Women-Rahway Section (NCNW) will once again hold an essay contest for students of the Rahway Public Schools with a theme of "A Woman of Significance." Last year's contest recognized two winners, Madison Elementary School 5th ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ — From Sophia Silvera’s point of view, the assignment should not have been controversial. Their Lincoln Middle School teacher proposed a debate among students on whether COVID vaccines should be mandated in schools. But like almost every other sector of society, the middle school ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway Board of Education (BOE) met on Tuesday, February 22, for its regular monthly meeting. Board members Najah Allen, Laura Giacobbe, Joanna Macaluso, Shanna Raysick, Bernard Robson, and Sean White were present. Three members were absent: Carlos Garay, Brittany Hale, and ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Head football coach John Fiore is leaving Montclair for new coaching job in Elizabeth, officials confirmed. Regarded as one of the leading football coaches in the state of New Jersey, Fiore, 53, who has been the Montclair High School head football coach since 2010, has cited ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Rahway High School (RHS) held its annual Honor Society Induction Ceremony on Thursday, February 24, before an auditorium of proud family members, friends, educators, and community members. In all, nine honor societies inducted over 150 new members. Two new honor societies—the National ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway indicated the university’s 2023 budget will not include a tuition increase – even as the university copes with shortfalls in revenue and other financial factors. Holloway, speaking at Wednesday’s Board of Governors meeting, said it will ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Here are the recently announced Students of the Month at Rahway High School for the month of March. Adam Clarke: Grade 12 Sidney Duverneau: Grade 12 Gianna Marchica: Grade 11 Lynn Vo: Grade 11 Isaiah Gurley: Grade 10 Anaya Francis: Grade 10 Matthew Eger: Grade ...
RAHWAY, NJ — There will be a two-hour delayed opening on Friday, February 25, throughout the Rahway Public School District, announced Dr. Patricia Camp, the superintendent of the district. As reported earlier by TAPinto Rahway, the National Weather Service is predicting 1-3 inches of snow and ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Rahway High School (RHS) will hold its annual Honor Society Induction Celebration tonight. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Rahway High School is located at 1012 Madison Ave. Those honor societies represented at tonight's ceremony include National Art ...
RAHWAY, NJ — There will be both a virtual and in-person preschool registration workshop this Thursday, February 24. The virtual workshop will take place from 10-11 a.m. The in-person event will take place in the evening, from 5:30-7 p.m. These workshops may be relevant to you if you are a Rahway ...