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Chargers Girls Soccer Knocks out Piscataway in First Round of Greater Middlesex County Tournament
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The third-seeded Spotswood High School girls varsity soccer team opened the Greater Middlesex County Tournament with a first round victory over 14th-seeded Piscataway High School on Saturday. Spotswood knocked out the Chiefs with a 5-2 victory to move on to the quarterfinal round on Wednesday.Theodora Xipolias got the Chargers rolling when she scored on a feed from Violet Tharney. Tatum Jones made the score 2-0 when she buried a pass from Dani Lyons. Piscataway narrowed the Chargers lead to one when Amelia Lopez scored. Spotswood netted three unanswered goals in the second half...
Arik Samson's Response to BOE Candidate Question 3: Academic Achievement
I have touched on the proficiency issue in my answer to question #2. In order to achieve proficiency we need to focus on two things. First, good teachers, which need to be properly compensated in order to retain them. In that answer I also touched on where I see fit the budget lion share should go: teachers compensation and didactic material, not administration. As it was pointed out, the school administration has been steadily growing, while student rolls have not.
What We're Reading: One Proposed Princeton Apartment Building; Two Opposing Views
Princeton, NJ – In a lot of towns, a letter to the editor from two acclaimed historians condemning a proposed new apartment complex in a historically significant neighborhood would have been the last word on that subject. The historians are James M. McPherson, who won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1989 for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, and Sean Wilentz, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln (2005), whose interests also include social history. Wilentz is the author of Bob Dylan in America and...
Football: New Providence Routs Bound Brook, 41-14
BOUND BROOK, NJ -- New Providence scored seven touchdowns in the first half and coasted to a 41-14 football victory over Bound Brook on Friday night.AJ Whithead rushed for two touchdowns for the Pioneers (6-2), giving them a 6-0 lead with a 3-yard TD run in the opening quarter. TJ Munn scored on a 1-yard sneak and Jack Fitzgerald kicked the extra point to extend that lead to 13-0 before the quarter was done.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERFitzgerald caught a 29-yard TD pass from Kevin Reilly in the second quarter. Ryan Bournique recovered a Bound Brook fumble in the end zone, and Gianni Carreno scored from a yard out for New Providence in the second quarter.Whitehead finished with 71 yards on five carries. Daniel Porretto caught two passes for 52 yards.New Providence will play at home against Delaware Valley next Friday night. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Dr. Foregger's Response to BOE Candidate Question 3: Academic Achievement
Dr. Foregger's Response to the Third in Our Series of Questions to the 2024 Berkeley heights BOE Candidates. 1. As BOE Members, what are your plans for continuing the work of the current majority in opening up the discussions on proficiency?
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