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Local students achieve Dean’s List at The College of New Jersey
EWING, NJ (June 27, 2024) – The following students have earned the esteemed honor of placement on the Dean’s List at The College of New Jersey for the spring 2024 semester. To achieve this honor, a student must carry 12 or more credits that semester and earn a 3.5 (or above) grade point average:
CURE Insurance Arena celebrates 2024 graduations for thousands!
CURE Insurance Arena proudly concludes a remarkable season of celebrating academic achievements with the hosting of graduations for the Class of 2024. Over the course of just over a month, CURE Insurance Arena welcomed 42,010 family members, friends, and loved ones to celebrate the achievements of over 7,193 graduates from 2 colleges and 14 high schools. The ceremonies included students from Mercer, Middlesex, Bucks,
2024 Philly Live II: Day 3 PYB Standouts (Sun., June 30)
CoBL Staff (@hooplove215) — The second session of Philly Live 2024 has more than 220 high school teams playing over the course of three days, with hundreds of college coaches at all levels in town to watch. Here’s who stood out to the CoBL staff in Sunday games at Philly...
After Producing an Encouraging 2-Win Week, Post 218 Baseball Primed for Stretch Drive
NO QUIT: Princeton Post 218 American Legion baseball player Nano Sarceno launches the ball in recent action. Last Thursday, Princeton High rising senior Sarceno went 1 for 3 with one run to help Post 218 defeat Trenton Post 93/182 8-5. Princeton, now 2-13, plays at South Brunswick Post 401 on July 5, hosts Hamilton Post 31 on July 7, and then plays at Bordentown Post 26 on July 8. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
New Brunswick Middle Schoolers Challenged to Consider Robeson's Legacy
NEW BRUNSWICK – How has Paul Robeson inspired you? That was the question about the Rutgers-educated actor, activist, athlete and author posed to students at the Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Twenty-five students in grades 6-8 submitted essays, and the top 10 winners were awarded cash prizes provided by the Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance. The June 18 awards ceremony hosted by Kendall Hall of the nonprofit organization, Ubuntu Cultural Pavilion, marked a year-long educational journey that culminated with the essay contest. Jim Savage (President, Rutgers Class of '71) originally...
More Honors Roll Out for East Brunswick High School Grads
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Well, it looks like you just can't keep a good Bear down! East Brunswick High School graduates continue their academic achievement at colleges and universities around the nation. Here are some of our local academic heroes:CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Emma Perone graduated from Felician University in Lodi, NJ with a Bachelor of Science in Education with a minor in Biology. Emma had a 4.0 average in the Spring 2024 semester and was named to the Dean's List. Rose Byrne of East Brunswick graduated from Emmanuel College, Boston, where she received...
Sidwar stays close to home, commits to Rutgers
One of the Philadelphia Catholic League’s best, La Salle College High School’s 6 ‘3 quarterback Gavin Sidwar has pledged his commitment to Rutgers University. The three star QB held 10 notable division one offers, with Virginia Tech and Maryland also being seen as favorites for rising junior.
From prison to Princeton: Former inmate earns Ivy League coding internship
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) - A former inmate at a Tennessee women’s prison has turned her life around and is now interning at Princeton University, thanks to a coding class she took while behind bars. Mary McCrary spent a year and a half behind bars at the Debra K. Johnson...
Fisherman’s Mark holds inaugural ESL graduation
Fisherman’s Mark recently celebrated the graduation of its inaugural English as a Second Language (ESL) program. The ceremony at Town Hall in Lambertville marked the culmination of two rigorous sessions designed to empower adult learners with essential language skills. Fisherman’s Mark, a nonprofit known for its food pantry, early...
Big Wins for Piscataway Boys Basketball at Summer Tournaments
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Although the school year and high school sports seasons have ended for 2023-2024, Piscataway’s boys basketball continues to compete, even during the summer. The Chiefs traveled to Essex County on Saturday where they beat Orange, 55-36 in the East Orange Summer League championship.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Donald Nwaigwe, a rising junior at PHS, was named the finals MVP. The win comes off a tough 44-41 loss to Hunterdon Central in their first game of the New Jersey Basketball Coaches Association’s (NJBCA) Boys Jersey Live 2024 tournament at Montgomery High School in Skillman on June 22. Vaughn Turner, a rising senior, led Piscataway in scoring with 13 points. The Chiefs went on to defeat Trenton Central High School, 76-43 in their second game of the morning. Turner took home top-performer honors again, this time with 25 points.DOWNLOAD THE FREE TAPINTO APP FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS. AVAILABLE IN THE APPLE STORE AND THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE. The annual NJBCA tournament is an invitation-only high school basketball showcase featuring the premiere teams and players in the state. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Sapling from Anne Frank’s chestnut tree takes root at Raritan Valley Community College
BRANCHBURG – Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) has dedicated the planting of a sapling from the original tree mentioned in Anne Frank’s Diary in honor of Anne Frank and the late Margit Feldman, co-founder of RVCC’s Holocaust institute and a survivor of the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps.
A New Era in Education: Blanquita B. Valenti Community School
In early 2020, a search for the perfect place to build the new Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey/Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center led the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) to 165 Somerset St., home of the overcrowded Lincoln Annex School. In exchange for the property, DEVCO negotiated with the project’s major partner, RWJBarnabasHealth, to commit $55 million to build a new school at nearby 50 Jersey Avenue on land donated by the chair of the RWJ University Hospital board and developer Jack Morris.
Great School Design and Student Achievement: They Go Together
Factors like proper lighting, acoustics, air quality and furnishings can affect the quality of education. When a school district is navigating a big construction project, it must focus on the budget, the timeline and keeping the public informed. What sometimes gets lost is this: School design has a huge impact...
Learn How to Optimize E-rate Funding During Upcoming July 16 Webinar
Are you looking to kickstart the beginning of the E-rate season? The New Jersey School Boards Association’s upcoming webinar on Tuesday, July 16 at 1 p.m. will provide you with the opportunity to get ahead of the E-rate season and set your school up for success. The New Jersey...
President’s Message: Career-Focused Learners
The New Jersey School Boards Association has convened a committee to review and update the findings and recommendations of its 2018 task force report on “the non-college bound learner.”. The importance of this review is two-fold. First, the Association has authored a number of task force reports on important...
New Jersey College Asks Bondholders To Borrow Against Mortgage
Rider University, a small college outside of Trenton, New Jersey, is trying to raise additional funds to help an ongoing liquidity crunch. College officials asked bondholders for permission to borrow against the mortgage on the school’s main campus in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, according to a bond filing dated Friday. If approved, the move would free up much-needed cash for Rider in the short-term.
Class is in Session for “School of Rock”
ROCKING OUT: Members of the cast of “School of Rock” are ready for shows July 12-21 at the Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor. Can a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher transform nerdy fifth graders at an elite prep school into contenders at the Battle of the Bands? The answer will be revealed when Thank You 5 Productions brings School of Rock to the stage of Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC) Kelsey Theatre, July 12-21.
22 Tigers Earn Academic All-ECAC Honors
Twenty-two members of the Princeton women's hockey team earned ECAC Hockey All-Academic recognition for their academic performance over their Princeton career or over the past three semesters. For the second consecutive year, Daniella Calabrese earned Princeton's Commissioner's List honor, holding the team's top GPA. Below are Princeton's honorees, including their...
Show Them the Money: Districts Strive Even Harder to Attract Candidates
Whether it’s a veteran teacher or someone entering the profession, school districts in New Jersey are getting back to recruiting basics by showing candidates the money. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is taking a particularly innovative approach by using district funds to offer a stipend to student teachers through The New Teacher Program, which will begin at the start of the fall semester for the 2024-2025 school year.
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