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St. Joseph football won't look the same in coach's second stint | State of the Program
MONTVALE − St. Joseph has a new boss − same as the old boss − with a different approach. Augie Hoffmann is back as the head coach at his alma mater after working the last four years in college football with Rutgers and Columbia. Now, he inherits the task of bringing the Green Knights back to No. 1 in New Jersey. ...
Fair Lawn Senior Guidance Counselor Forced to Middle School Position
FAIR LAWN, NJ - A long-time high school guidance counselor said she has been moved from her high school position to the middle school against her will and for no apparent reason. Dena DeSantis, a Fair Lawn High School guidance counselor for 20 years, said she was reassigned to the middle school as a student assistance counselor, and it was something she did not seek, request or volunteer for.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER "While I understand the district's right to assign roles based on certifications, I last served as a part-time middle school...
Saddle River school superintendent fights one-year suspension of certificates
SADDLE RIVER — School Superintendent Gina Cinotti is seeking a stay while she appeals the one-year suspension of her teaching and administrative certificates. The suspension was ordered by the state Department of Education State Board of Examiners after a six-year investigation of charges filed against her by her previous employer, the Netcong School District in May 2018. ...
Paramus High School hires new principal, Dominick Miller, formerly at Roxbury HS
Paramus High School will welcome a new principal this coming school year. Dominick Miller, who most recently served as the principal of Roxbury High School for the past six years, will now join Paramus High School as its principal this fall. He is replacing Raymond Kiem, who is retiring after 10 years as...
Answering the big questions surrounding the Campanile vs. NJSIAA football transfer case
NJSIAA attorney Steve Goodell informed attorney Patrick J. Jennings that the state’s governing body for high school athletics will not retroactively punish any school found to have breached the transfer rule in a judge’s future ruling. This was one of the biggest requests in the July 10 hearing, when Jennings sought that Bergen...
Paterson schools lose a top exec to Ridgewood for higher salary
PATERSON — The city’s school business administrator, Richard Matthews, has resigned to take the same position in Ridgewood at a higher salary. Matthews, who has been the city’s school business administrator since 2017, would have been making $212,990 in Paterson this year. His salary in Ridgewood will be $221,400, under a resolution approved...
Ridgewood High School New Players Jazz Things Up with "Chicago", Playing July 25–28
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The Ridgewood High School New Players are mere days away from staging their last show of the 2023-24 season, and they are determined to go out with a bang. They will adapt Chicago, the legendary 1975 musical that has won a Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award, staging performances from July 25 - 28 at Ridgewood High School. It is an ambitious choice — as far as musicals go, Chicago casts a large shadow. It is one of the most seminal musicals of all time, with multiple successful Broadway runs and a feature film adaptation that...
N.J. school district names replacement for superintendent who died unexpectedly
A replacement for Montclair Public Schools Superintendent Jonathan Ponds, who died unexpectedly earlier this month, was appointed Monday by the district’s board of education, school officials said. Damen Cooper, who served at the district’s Director of Secondary Education, will assume his new role as interim superintendent effective immediately, according...
SOCSD Hosts K-5 Literacy Enrichment Camp
Summer learning is in full swing for our K-5 students!. Coordinated by K-5 Instructional Literacy Coach Kristy Nadler, the K-5 Summer Enrichment Program features fun and engaging educational activities focused on reading and writing. Students rotate through several stations each day that are run by William O. Schaefer Elementary School and Cottage Lane Elementary School teachers and staff along with Tappan Zee High School student volunteers.
CUNY campus’ mock student encampment for TV shoot enrages real-life anti-Israel protesters
A mock student protest encampment set up on a CUNY college campus for the filming of a TV show this week sparked real-life backlash from a small group of anti-Israel demonstrators upset by the depiction. The drama played out Monday and Tuesday at Queens College, which was transformed into the made-up “Kincaid College” for an episode of “FBI: Most Wanted,” a law enforcement procedural entering its sixth season on CBS. The made-for-TV encampment sparked a protest, with video from CUNY4PALESTINE, a campus anti-Israel group, showing a handful of demonstrators running up and positioning themselves in front of a group...
Ramapo Indian Hills school board chooses superintendent candidate, doesn't reveal name
OAKLAND — The Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education voted 5-4 to submit a draft contract for a third superintendent candidate to the Bergen County Office of Education for review. The regular session vote followed the May 28 hiring and June 27 rescinding of a $1.9 million, five-year contract for Ronnie...
High School Near Westchester Border To Permanently Close After 100 Years
A high school near the border of Westchester will cease operations and not re-open in September of 2024.St. Barnabus High School in the north Bronx said the decision was made "with a heavy heart.""Despite such a beautiful and successful celebration of our 100th anniversary, our school is unable to …
Wallington football bound for better things in 2024 | State of the Program
Wallington finished winless last season, but does not feel completely defeated. Nor should it. Life was never going to be easy last year with the Panthers moving up to a higher division and confronting that challenge with only four senior starters. ...
Damar Johnson transfers to Lincoln Park ahead of freshman season
MIDLAND — Highly touted freshman prospect Damar Johnson has officially transferred to the Lincoln Park program coming into his freshman year of high school. Athletic Director and head coach of the Lincoln Park boy’s basketball program Mike Bariski is excited to have Johnson join the school and also join the basketball program after he toured the Midland-based charter school earlier in the summer. ...
Test calling ISIS terrorists sparks trouble for NJ school superintendent
WAYNE — Parents are holding a school superintendent's feet to the fire after he apologized for a test question that called ISIS an Islamic terror group. The multiple choice question was part of a quiz in a seventh-grade class at Schuyler-Colfax Middle School in Wayne, according to the group Teaching While Muslim.
Lodi football learning quickly to make up for inexperience | State of the Program
Lodi’s summer roster is filled with unfamiliar faces, but it’s an attentive group eager to transform all that learning into success. “When we looked around in the summer and saw a lot of new faces, our initial reaction as a coaching staff, and mine definitely, was, ‘Boy, we’ve got a lot of work to do, a lot of teaching,’” veteran coach Mark Maggio said. “And we were talking to a group of young men that want to...
Mercy And Verizon Provide STEM Training For Kids From Under-Resourced Schools
Classmates and families looked on approvingly as Vincent watched the delivery of his palm-sized Clash of Clans-inspired Ninja figure from a 3D printer. Some onlookers used their phones to snap pictures of the student and his project. It was July 17, nearing the last day of the Verizon Innovative Learning...
HoLa Charter School in Hoboken Achieves Success with AP Spanish Exam
HOBOKEN, NJ - The Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (HoLa) have received their results for the 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Language and Culture exam. According to the results, 79% of 8th grade students passed, with 43% achieving a score of 4 or 5 out of 5. While students who take the AP course are ypically in their fourth year of high school-level study, HoLa students are excelling at them as middle schoolers.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER “These results demonstrate the hard work and commitment of our students and faculty,” said Jennifer Sargent,...
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