Education

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - Mayor Al Smith and Tom Strowe, Project Coordinator for Redevelopment, spoke to members of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Chapter of Junior State of America (JSA) about downtown redevelopment on October 18.

JSA is a national organization that was founded in 1934. It was created by and for young people interested in what happens around them – from ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The five schools that comprise the Union County Vocational-Technical Schools (UCVTS) campus went into lockdown for about two hours on Friday afternoon when an unidentified individual who admitted carrying a pocket knife entered the complex. Located on Raritan Road in Scotch Plains, the VoTech school district is comprised of Academy for Allied Health Services, ...

EDISON, NJ -- Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author Sonia Nazario made an enlightening presentation to Upper and Middle School students in the Berry Performing Arts Center and later met with Upper Schoolers in a small group discussion in the Center for Global Learning during an appearance at Wardlaw+Hartridge on Oct. 12. 

Ms. Nazario, who is best known for Enrique’s ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Three of the four candidates running for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education -- newcomer Alfonse Akins, and current BOE members Deb Brody, and Tonya Williams -- outlined why they should be elected at Candidates Night on Tuesday evening at the school district offices. Karen Kulikowski, who is also up for re-election, was unable to attend.

The face-off ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Following an incident of racist and anti-Semitic graffiti being spray-painted onto the back wall of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (SPFHS), student leaders organized a rally to condemn hateful acts and  encourage the understanding and embracing of diversity.

Among the audience, which filled about one-third of the high school auditorium, were Scotch Plains ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- The field will be down to four at the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE) candidates forum on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. following the withdrawal of Sean Keagan Foley.

Foley, a psychotherapist at Resolve Community Counseling Center and Executive Director at Union County Young Democrats, announced his decision via ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- A candidates forum for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education contenders will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the BOE offices on Cedar St. (behind Evergreen School). 

Five contenders, including three incumbents and two newcomers, vie for the three seats to represent Scotch Plains on the SPFK12 Board of Education. No Fanwood ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Students at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School have organized an event to address issues of hate and racism in our community on Tuesday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the SPFHS auditorium.  

Michael Dieu, a senior who has been his grade’s Student Council President for the past four years, announced the event on the Scotch Plains/Fanwood ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains police are continuing their investigation into the inflammatory graffiti spray-painted onto the back wall of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School on Friday. 

"The Scotch Plains police takes incidents like this very seriously," said Captain Paul Belford of the Scotch Plains police department, adding that SPPD is updating the Union ...

EDISON, NJ -- Stan DeLaurentiis of Plainfield, a senior at The Wardlaw + Hartridge School in Edison, is eager to test his skills at the upcoming Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition, a large-scale international contest sponsored by Confucius Institute Headquarters. The competition is being held in Kunming City of southwest China's Yunnan Province.

This event is well-known in ...