Education

SPRINGFIELD, NJ — With yesterday's announcement that in-person graduation ceremonies will be allowed starting in July, the path is now clear for Jonathan Dayton High School to potentially hold a ceremony, even if it will look wildly different from any other held in recent memory.

While nothing has been confirmed yet, and meetings are still ongoing, TAPinto Springfield spoke with ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Yesterday evening, Superintendent Michael Davino released an open letter on the Springfield Public Schools Website.

In the letter, Davino went over the timeline for graduation, along with the new end date for the school year and other information. The full text of the letter is below:

Dear members of the Springfield Public Schools community,

First and ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ — After being selected as a finalist earlier this academic year, one Jonathan Dayton High School student was named among the many winners in a nationwide scholarship competition.

Lillian Friedman is among the students chosen as one of the National Merit Scholarship winners nationwide. Each student received a scholarship worth $2,500 from the National ...

UNION, NJ – Kean University named a new president on Monday afternoon during a meeting of the Board of Trustees to fill the spot being vacated by outgoing president Dawood Farahi, who is stepping down at the end of this academic year.

Current New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Dr. Lamont Repollet has been named the 18th leader of the University.  Repollet was ...

NEW JERSEY -- While school districts across the state have been planning alternatives to traditional high school graduation ceremonies, any plans that school districts had in the works appear to violate Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No.107, which directs New Jersey residents to stay at home and prohibits public gatherings.

In a letter to school administrators, NJ State Police Colonel ...

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced today that all New Jersey schools would remain closed for the remainder of the school year in an ongoing effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

"We have a single goal in mind: the safety and well-being of our children, and of our educators, administrators and staff," said Murphy. 

The governor's ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ — The latest U.S. News and World Report annual high school rankings were recently released, and Jonathan Dayton high School in Springfield finds itself in a good position on the list once again.

The district came in 75th overall in the state of New Jersey, 190th in the New York Metro Area and 1,732nd overall nationally.

According to the blurb on the ...