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Here's when Middlesex County schools open for 2024-25. Check your district calendar
While returning to the classroom may not be high on your child's to-do list yet, Middlesex County schools are readying to reopen for the 2024-2025 academic year. We peek at when Middlesex County students are expected to head back to school and offer a quick link to the school calendar for each district....
Hillsborough school board adopts revised 2024 budget
The Hillsborough Township Public Schools was thrown a lifeline – not the lifeline they wanted – but something that was placed in front of Schools Superintendent Michael Volpe. “I know what you have hired me to do,” Volpe said at a budget presentation in June. “You hired me...
Madison High School Dramatic Dodgers Announces Fall Drama
The Madison High School Dramatic Dodgers will be presentingSteel magnolias by Raobert Harling on November 14, 15 and 16. Save the dates!CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The production will take place at the Madison High School Auditorium more information to come...... Get your local news delivered to your inbox for FREE each day. Sign up to get all the news as it happens at www.TAPinto.net/enews and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MadisonTAP/ and on Twitter at @MadisonTAP to get all the news as it happensDOWNLOAD THE FREE TAPINTO APP FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS. AVAILABLE IN THE APPLE STORE AND THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE. Celebrating Something Special? Showcase Your Wedding, Christening, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Graduation, Reunion and MORE on TAPinto Milestones For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
High School Spring Athletes Honored at Scotch Plains Council Meeting
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Athletes from the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School spring season were honored by the Scotch Plains Township Council during its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 16. Proclamations honoring the high school's boys tennis, boys volleyball, and spring track teams were read by Councilman Matt Adams and Deputy Mayor Ellen Zimmerman. Several players from the boys volleyball team were in attendance, as well as Noah Ricca of the spring track team.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER These three teams had successful 2024 seasons, with the boys tennis team winning the first round...
New Principals at Lord Stirling, Livingston Schools In Busy Summer For New Brunswick
NEW BRUNSWICK – The new principal at Lord Stirling School most recently served as the vice principal at McKinley Community School. U7h7uun Kevin Jarido, replacing Ken Redler as the principal, started in his new position July 1.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Jarido’s move to the elementary school on Redmond Street is one of many within the New Brunswick Public School District this summer, as administrators within the city’s 12 public schools engage in a sort of game of musical chairs. For instance, Tanisha Cooley will step into the role as vice principal at McKinley...
Only a few days left to VOTE for all-time greats of Elizabeth HS sports
On Tuesday, NJ Advance Media released the second installment of this summer’s Mount Rushmore series. This project highlights the most influential figures in Elizabeth High School sports history, including the best players and coaches. There are now three days left before the poll closes at noon on Monday. If...
TAP into Piscataway Fall Internship Opportunity
PISCATAWAY, NJ - Writing for the town paper looks great on resumes and transcripts, and right now, TAPinto Piscataway is interviewing college students and high school seniors for the TAPinto Internship Program. We are looking for bright, inquisitive, energetic and creative interns to join our internship program that provides in-depth training into journalistic concepts.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Interns will be trained to become better writers, gain confidence in interviewing people and discover the world of online news journalism. They will write on a variety of topics depending on interest areas and will also take photos. Students will receive a monthly lesson in journalism and be assigned articles to write. In addition, each article submission will be edited and notes for improvement will be provided for each article. This is an unpaid internship program. However, it is an excellent learning opportunity with flexible schedules.DOWNLOAD THE FREE TAPINTO APP FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS. AVAILABLE IN THE APPLE STORE AND THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE. Space is limited. To apply, email Ken Simmons at piscataway@tapinto.net by Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 with a statement about your interests in the field of journalism. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
New Directors Join Summit Public Schools Administrative Team
Summit, NJ -- After thorough search and interview processes, administrators at Summit Public Schools have selected Gregory Margolis as the next Director of Special Services and Heather Rocco as the next Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Formal Board of Education approval of both positions is anticipated at the Board of Education meeting on Thursday, August 22, 2024. Margolis has served as Director of Special Services for Hanover Township Public Schools for the past 18 years. In this role, he supervised and evaluated the Child Study Team, related service providers, special education teachers, and special education aides, developed...
Livingston Students Win STEM Ambassador Award with STEM Surge Program
LIVINGSTON, NJ — A group of Livingston students recently received the prestigious STEM Ambassador Award at the East CACS Symposium for their outstanding contribution to promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education through an innovative program they established called STEM Surge. The award, presented to the STEM Surge team during the symposium held at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy in Piscataway, recognizes the program's commitment to inspiring and empowering the next generation of STEM leaders.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER In a joint statement, founders Claire Cheng, Kailin Kang, Benjamin Sun, Annie Jiang,...
Seton Hall University Names 11 Students from Piscataway to Spring 2024 Dean’s List
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ -- Seton Hall University officials announced students who qualified for the Spring 2024 Dean's list, and congratulated them for their outstanding academic achievements. After the close of every semester, undergraduate students completing all courses with a GPA of 3.4, with no grades lower than "C", qualify for the Dean's List.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The following students from Piscataway were named to the list: Talynn Diaz Talea Lewis Karis LoPiccolo Cameran Lowery Nicholas Morgan Sanjana Patel Shivani Patel Vidhi Patel Ayaz Rabbani Gabriella Robinson Navita Sivakumar One of the country's leading Catholic universities, Seton Hall has been showing the world what great...
Two South Brunswick H.S. Students Get National Merit Scholarships
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Two students from South Brunswick High School are among more than 800 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities that were announced earlier this week. Bhargavi Karthikeyan and Arav Ravula of South Brunswick High School were both selected.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Karthikeyan, who will be studying Non-Profit Management, received a National Merit Scholarship to Northeastern University. Ravula, who will study Computer Science, received a National Merit Scholarship to the University of Maryland. This year’s competition for National Merit Scholarships began when high school juniors took the 2022 Preliminary...
Plainfield High School’s Micah Gordon Lands D-I Binghamton Hoops Offer
Class of 2027 Plainfield High School (N.J.) point guard Micah Gordon has received an offer from Division I Binghamton University Bearcats Men’s basketball program, today he wrote via x. In addition to the Bearcats’ offer, the 5-foot-10 Gordon holds ones from Hampton, Quinnipiac and Seton Hall, per VerbalCommits.com.
Madison To Hold July Board of Ed Meeting July 23
MADISON, NJ - The Madison Board of Education is scheduled to take place July 23. The public session will take place at 7pm. YouTube Live Link:https://youtube.com/live/FqQhcR13GJwCLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Zoom Webinar Links:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84172062871?pwd=gFIAcHNh89lfrArERYaSdhPKiaCjeF.1 Passcode: 757090 Get your local news delivered to your inbox for FREE each day. Sign up to get all the news as it happens at www.TAPinto.net/enews and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MadisonTAP/ and on Twitter at @MadisonTAP to get all the news as it happensDOWNLOAD THE FREE TAPINTO APP FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS. AVAILABLE IN THE APPLE STORE AND THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE. Celebrating Something Special? Showcase Your Wedding, Christening, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Graduation, Reunion and MORE on TAPinto Milestones! For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
PHS Junior Claire Tang Branches Out as World Literacy Youth Ambassador
BOOKS FOR BOTSWANA: Claire Tang, left, Princeton High School junior and recently appointed World Literacy Foundation youth ambassador, and her classmate Emma Liu stand with boxes of books about to be shipped to a school in Botswana for an African library book drive they helped to organize. (Photo courtesy of Claire Tang)
BHPS Staff Attend UNESCO Education, and Climate Change, Learning to Act for People and the Planet Event
On July 11, 2024, two Berkeley Heights Public School staff members had the privilege of attending the prestigious UNESCO, Education, and Climate Change, Learning to Act for People and the Planet event at the Scandinavia House in NYC. Dennis Dagounis, GLHS Assistant Principal/District Green Team Coordinator, and Lara Mendenhall, AP Environmental Science Teacher/Environmental Club advisor, attended the event which is of great significance in the field of education and climate action and provided a platform for insightful discussions and knowledge sharing. The event featured a new analysis from the GEM (Global Education Monitoring) report and the Monitoring...
Sayreville Student Graduates from the University at Albany
ALBANY, NY -- Leslie Ann Polanco of Sayreville, NJ has graduated from the University at Albany during the 180th commencement ceremonies. Polanco earned a Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude in Criminal Justice. More than 4,650 students in the Class of 2024 were celebrated during UAlbany's 180th commencement festivities. Among the graduates were an estimated 2,934 undergraduates and 1,719 graduate students, including recipients who completed their degrees during summer 2023, fall 2023 as well as winter 2024. The graduates join the ranks of more than 200,000 UAlbany alumni worldwide.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET...
Bayonne Summer Baseball Team Tops Oratory Prep, 7-1
SUMMIT, NJ -- Two big innings offensively, and seven solid innings by its pitchers and fielders, propelled the Bayonne baseball team to a 7-1 victory over Oratory Prep Thursday night in the High School Developmental League. Mike Boehm and Andrew Farber finished with two hits apiece for the Bees, who broke a scoreless duel with four runs in the top of the fourth inning.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Boehm led off the fourth inning with a single down the left field line. After a wild pitch and a hit batsman, Farber laid down...
Rahway Public Schools Team Joins the BELLE Leadership Academy
RAHWAY, NJ — NIEER, the National Institute of Early Education Research, is building a pipeline of Latiné early childhood education leaders through the Building Early Learning Latiné Educators (BELLE) leadership academy. This year, a team of Rahway teachers and administrators have been accepted to Cohort IV, which begins in the Fall of 2024. During this year-long partnership, BELLE hopes to develop a shared expertise centered on a reflective coaching model approach,CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER As the organization puts it, “Through the support of the cohort model, with embedded mentors and implementation of the DLL [dual...
HV Arts Council Awards Annual Student Scholarships
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS: Hopewell Valley Central High School 2024 graduating seniors Rose Andreski and Jacob Brown were recently awarded scholarships by the Hopewell Valley Arts Council. (Photos courtesy of Hopewell Valley Arts Council) The Hopewell Valley Arts Council has awarded its annual scholarships to two Hopewell Valley Central High School 2024...
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