WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Completing the next phase of the five-year curriculum plan, as well as an analysis of the short-term and long-term options for facility and staffing needs required to implement a full-day kindergarten program and in-district special education services, were among the major 2016-2017 district goals approved by the Caldwell—West Caldwell Board of Education at its ...

WEST CALDWELL, NJ — The morning after the nation observed the 15th anniversary of September 11th, James Caldwell High School invited “Thunder Dog” author and inspirational speaker Michael Hingson, a blind man whose service dog safely escorted him out of the collapsing World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, to give a presentation.

Hingson, who was also joined by a small group ...

NORTH CALDWELL, NJ — When West Essex Regional School Districts opens its doors on Sept. 6 for the 2016-2017 school year, the district will welcome 18 new staff members. From Aug. 22 thru 25, the new teachers attended an in-district orientation at Kean University, where they were officially welcomed by Superintendent of Schools, Barbara Longo, Director of Curriculum and Instruction ...

WEST CALDWELL, NJ — When the online version of New Jersey Monthly’s ranking of the state’s best public high schools was officially revealed on Sept. 1, the statistics proved why James Caldwell High School jumped from No. 52 in 2014 to No. 34 in 2016.

The bi-annual ranking listed JCHS at No. 52 in 2014 after being at No. 46 two years prior. This year, based on several changes ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — More than 100 local scouts participating, more than twice the number from previous years, volunteers from packs in West Orange, Livingston, West Caldwell, Verona, East Orange, Maplewood, Montclair, Short Hills, Millburn and Newark recently collaborated on the annual CubMobile Derby in Maplewood.

In the CubMobile Derby, Scouts use gravity to race down the hill at Memorial ...

WEST ESSEX REGION, NJ – After being ranked at No. 52 in 2014, up from No. 46 in 2012, James Caldwell High School jumped to No. 34 when “New Jersey Monthly” magazine published its bi-annual “Top 100 Public High Schools” ranking this week. On the other hand, West Essex High School, ranked at No. 25 in 2014 and No. 16 in 2012, fell to No. 55 in 2016.

The online ...

WEST CALDWELL, NJ—Caldwell-West Caldwell Superintendent of Schools James Heinegg outlined the parameters for a referendum on possible expansion of school facilities in the regional district at a board of education meeting on Tuesday.

Heinegg noted that one of the district’s proposed goals for 2016-2017 is to develop a proposal to submit a plan for new facilities in ...