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Montclair Students Take Top Honors in Statewide Piano Competition
Several talented Montclair students earned top awards at the 54th Annual Statewide Piano Competition. The Music Educator’s Association of New Jersey organized the event earlier this month. Ethan Hadis and Lily Karacas, students of local piano teacher, composer and Professor Emeritus (Westminster Choir College) Dr. Thomas Parente, won 1st...
Honor Roll: MVPs from Rd. 1 of N.J. baseball’s sectional tournaments
The first round of the NJSIAA Tournament produced its share of great games and tremendous individual performances that led to thrilling victories. Players delivered at the plate, in the field and on the mound. The NJ Advance Media baseball staff has taken a look at all of the opening-round games....
NJ school board elections could get some younger voters
Bill would allow 16- and 17-year-olds the vote in school races. Newark last year was the first municipality in New Jersey to pass an ordinance allowing for 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in school board elections, effective in 2025. Now there is a bill that would allow the young voters for school boards statewide.
School Budget Planning Described As “Mission Impossible”
JACKSON – Dressed in black T-shirts with writing that proclaimed New Jersey had failed the school district and schools around the state, the Board of Education stood united during a public forum concerning its proposed spending plan. Parents, residents, students and school district staff came out to a special...
Bordentown Regional School District to Receive Supplements Funds
BORDENTOWN, NJ — The Bordentown Regional School District will receive additional state funding under a bill recently signed by Governor Murphy to offset the cuts caused by calculations under the School Funding Reform Act. Under the new law, Bordentown Regional School District (BRSD) will receive $726,718 to help ease the impact of $1.6 million in state aid cuts announced in March.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The legislation establishes a Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program in the Department of Education to provide grants equal to 45 percent of a school district's State school aid reduction...
Jackson, Lacey students win big at NJ High School Film Challenge
Imagine you have been tasked with creating a 3-minute short film. Any genre, with whatever cast and crew is available. You have to include three specific elements in your film:. 1.) Prompt: Last Chance. Must be integrated somehow as part of the story. 2.) Character Name: TJ. Must be the...
Princeton Hires Delran Assistant Principal as New Johnson Park Elementary Principal
Princeton, NJ – An assistant principal at Delran Intermediate School in Delran, New Jersey, has been selected to succeed Angela Siso Stentz as principal at Johnson Park Elementary School. Christopher Sheridan will begin his new duties this summer. Stentz will remain at Johnson Park through the end of the school year before assuming her new role as assistant superintendent for human resources for Princeton Public Schools. Sheridan, who has 17 years of experience as an educator, was chosen by a committee of PPS administrators, teachers, and parents. “We are excited to welcome Chris Sheridan to Princeton Public...
Trenton launches effort to get kids tested for lead poisoning after elevated levels found near school
TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — The city of Trenton has launched a new campaign to get more kids tested for lead poisoning, after hundreds of students may have been exposed at a local elementary school.On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency was still replacing soil and continuing remediation work outside the Grant Intermediate School, where elevated levels of lead were found on the playground in January. A few weeks earlier, Mayor Reed Gusciora requested testing by the Environmental Protection Agency."The big concern is children. Kids tend to put things in their mouth more than others and we don't want them eating any of...
Ann Marie Miller to Receive 2024 Governor's Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Arts Education
(BURLINGTON, NJ) -- Arts Ed NJ is proud to honor Ann Marie Miller with the New Jersey Governor's Award in Arts Education for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Arts Education. The award recognizes individuals who have made a significant and sustained impact on advancing arts education across New Jersey.
CHS senior and record-breaking runner Mae Dowling named top scholar athlete in New Jersey
MAPLEWOOD, NJ __ Columbia High School senior Mae Dowling has been named a top scholar athlete in New Jersey. The runner was named a N.J. State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year, according to a press release sent Tuesday by the South Orange & Maplewood School District. Dowling ran cross country all four years of high school. In her freshman and sophomore years she also participated on the swim and lacrosse teams before deciding to run cross country and track all year.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER “I am very grateful to receive this...
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