Education

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS – More than $11,000 in scholarships was awarded to Franklin students by the Warrior 4 Life Scholarship Foundation. More than $11,000 in scholarships were officially handed out to nine Franklin students June 23 by the Warrior 4 Life Scholarship Foundation. The students and their families gathered at the Township Performance Gazebo on DeMott Lane for an informal photo …

WORDS OF ADVICE – Central Jersey College Prep’s Class of 2024 Valedictorian, Nehal Bajaj, speaks during the June 18 commencement ceremony. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School’s Class of 2024 was exhorted to step out of their “comfort zone” as they face life’s challenges during their commencement ceremony on June 18. “You will, in your day, be challenged to embark …

SSP Architects and FirstBank announce the 4th annual “Tee Up for Teachers” golf outing, hosted at the Heron Glen Golf Course in Ringoes on June 24. This event, organized to benefit the Franklin Township Warrior Education Foundation (FTWEF), aims to provide vital grants to educators of Franklin Township Public School District, fostering innovative educational programs beyond traditional budget constraints. Reflecting …

Sponsored Content. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School (CJCP) announced today that for the fourteenth straight year, 100 percent of its senior class will be graduating on time this Spring and that every member of the class of 2024 has also been accepted to a college or university next Fall, continuing an unprecedented senior class streak for CJCP which began …

Cory Pelzer of Somerset received the BA in Psychology from Wilkes University. The University awarded over 700 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 77th spring commencement ceremonies held on Saturday, May 18, in the McHale Athletic Center in the Simms Center on Main, 169 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Jay H. Kapadia of Somerset was among seven members of …

PROPOSED BUILDING – An artist’s rendering of the proposed multi-purpose building at the Rutgers Prep campus on Easton Avenue. Representatives from Rutgers Preparatory School on Easton Avenue have begun seeking the round of necessary approvals for a proposed new multi-purpose building. Their first appearance was at the May 7 Historic Preservation Advisory Commission meeting, where they gave commissioners an advanced …

GRANT RECIPIENT – Schools Superintendent John Ravally said the grant money will be used to develop ready made lesson plans. (File photo). District teachers will be able to spend more time teaching and less time planning curricula with the help of a $200,000 state grant. Franklin was one of 18 school districts across the state sharing in nearly $2 million …

WARRIOR MENTOR – Marco Collazo, a mentor with Operation Great Expectation, talks about the program at the February 22 Board of Education meeting. A high school mentoring program with claims of reducing the number of “behavior infractions” in schools was given a pat on the back by the Board of Education at its February 22 meeting. The program – operation …

SAYING GOODBYE – Nishita Desai and Michael Smith said their goodbyes at the December 21 Board of Education meeting. The Board of Education December 21 said goodbye to two of its members who did not seek re-election in November. Nishita Desai and Michael Smith were first elected to the Board in 2017. Schools Superintendent John Ravally said that he wanted …

AWARD WINNER – Amie Gallagher, Director of the Raritan Valley Community College Planetarium, center, receives the Thomas Fangman Award from New Jersey Science Convention representatives Coleen Weiss-Magasic, left, and Angela Best, right. (Photo: RVCC). Submitted by Raritan Valley Community College. A township resident was recently honored by a statewide science organization. Amie Gallagher, Director of the Raritan Valley Community College Planetarium, has been honored …