Proposal for West Orange Summer School Presented to Board of Education

WEST ORANGE, NJ – An anonymous donation of $250,000 to create the Kelly Elementary School Library Media Center was announced by the school’s principal, Dr. Joanne Pollara, at the ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — A group of approximately a dozen West Orange High School (WOHS) students and many of their parents attended Monday’s board of education meeting to speak out against ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Orange High School (WOHS) freshmen recently participated in the school’s eighth annual intergenerational oral history project at Daughters of Israel (DOI) as ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – By a unanimous vote, the members of West Orange Board of Education (WOBOE) approved a 2018-19 preliminary school budget of $149,186,427 a special public board meeting on ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – Students in Paul Stefanelli’s third-grade class at Redwood Elementary School entertained and informed parents and guests during the annual Patriots v. Loyalists ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Orange High School senior Desiree Rivera recently received the Essex County School Boards Association Unsung Hero/Heroine Student Recognition Award at a ceremony held at ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Due to an Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that requires schools to ensure that the at least 95 percent of students to take annual state assessments, West Orange ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, the West Orange school district’s teacher evaluation model will shift from the current Marzano model to the Charlotte Danielson ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – New York Giants tackle Adam Bisnowaty paid a visit to students in the “Write on Sports” (WOS) after-school program at Edison Middle School (EMS) last week to help ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — In addition to the nearly 1800 West Orange High School students who stood on the turf on March 14 to honor their peers killed in the Parkland shooting, students at Edison, ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ —Golda Och Academy announced this week that it has appointed Rabbi Elliot Goldberg, who has more than 20 years of experience working in Jewish day schools, as the ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Public Schools will have a 90-minute delayed opening on Thursday. Buses will pick students up 90 minutes later than normal time.

According to an alert ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — In thanking parents, teachers and community members for speaking out at recent West Orange Board of Education (WOBOE), the board acknowledged that it has heard the ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Circle of Rainbow Sisters Seeking Spiritual and Wellness Connection (CORESSWC) is holding its annual fundraiser, "Women Who Rock the Kitchen,” on March 25 from 3 ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – After a long conversation at the last West Orange Board of Education (WOBOE) meeting that focused on Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Rutzky’s contract renewal, Rutzky ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — When a bus driver employed by the Hunterdon County Educational Service Commission, which performs certain bus runs for the West Orange School District, failed to perform ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - Liberty Middle School held a 17-minute walkout on March 14 in memory of the 17 students and teachers killed in the Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – Nearly 1800 students at West Orange High School (WOHS) stood on the field at Suriano Stadium in somber respect on Wednesday morning to honor their peers killed in the ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – With the one month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people being observed today, the West Orange Board of Education (WOBOE) ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Frequent complaints from many West Orange High School (WOHS) students and teachers about unusual tiredness, headaches and other symptoms prompted a student investigation into ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - Washington Elementary School first-grade teacher Patricia Villarosa, 64, of West Orange, died on Friday at University Hospital after being struck by a car on Pleasant Valley Way on ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Saniyah Williams, a fifth grader at Kelly Elementary School who loves math and participating in Girls on the Run with her turquoise and pink running shoes, also loves gym ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students across the West Orange School District were recently recognized for their “Pride in Education” essays in the annual competition sponsored by the ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Prior to a contentious debate regarding West Orange Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Rutzky’s contract renewal on Monday, the superintendent reviewed and the West ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ – After more than three hours of both contentious and supportive public comments regarding the performance and character of Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Rutzky, the ...