Education

SCHOOL TOUR – CJCP CEO Namik Sercan and Lt. Gov.-Elect Dale Caldwell during a tour of the CJCP campus. (Photo: CJCP). Lt. Gov.-elect Dale Caldwell stopped by Central Jersey College Prep Charter School on January 13. The visit, sponsored by the school and New Jersey Tutoring Corps, was highlighted by a discussion on education policy, the intersection between K-12 schools …

ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT – Schools Superintendent John Ravally will retire at the end of this school year, ending an 11-year tenure in the district. Schools Superintendent John Ravally has notified the Board of Education that he intends to retire at the end of June, ending an 11-year stewardship of district schools. Ravally notified school board members of his intention in a …

Bianca Bacchione of Somerset has been named to the 2025 spring trimester Dean’s List at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Florida Campus in Port Orange, Florida. Palmer College of Chiropractic, the first and largest college in the chiropractic profession, has campuses in Davenport, Iowa, and Port Orange, Florida. Jordan Richards, of Somerset, graduated from Susquehanna with Bachelor of Science in marketing. 

A township resident is among 16 Raritan Valley Community College students participating in staged readings of famous playwrights’ works. Anusha Khan of Somerset will join her fellow Arts & Design department students in reading scenes and monologues written by Neil LaBute, Federico Garcia Lorca, Theresa Rebeck, Deena Ann Rose, John Patrick Shanley, Sam Shepard, Tennessee Williams, and August Wilson.

BRONZE CERTIFICATION – SCVTHS received a plaque honoring the school’s Bronze Certification from Sustainable Jersey for Schools during the New Jersey School Boards Association Workshop. Pictured are (l-r), Randall Solomon, Executive Director, Sustainable Jersey; SCVTHS Superintendent Robert Presuto; SCVTHS Science Instructor Shannon Pisani; SCVTHS Special Education Instructor Mary Kreiss-Papalski; and. Caroline Ehrlich, Chair & Certification Standards Committee Chair, Sustainable Jersey. (Photo: SCVTHS). Sustainable Jersey for …

Submitted by Raritan Valley Community College. Local high school students will have the opportunity to learn more about Raritan Valley Community College’s Honors College at two upcoming Honors College Information Sessions, November 13 and December 11, both at 6 p.m.

Two township residents are among 22 Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School students honored by the College Board for their academic achievements. The students are Margaret Kim and Daniel Yuh, both of Somerset and members of the Class of 2026.

The township’s three public high schools achieved award-winning rankings in the 2025 U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of high schools. The ranking takes into account a number of criteria, including graduation rates, performance on standardized tests, enrollment in advanced placement courses, and how well they prepare students for college, according to the magazine.

Suhaib Jawad, of Somerset, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, has been named to the Honors List for the Spring 2025 semester. To qualify for the Honors List, a student must carry a 3.5 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0 and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 letter-graded hours (four courses). …

The school district and a charter school are recipients of state grants designed to improve literacy in elementary school students. Both grants were from the state Department of Education’s Funding for Optimal Comprehensive Universal Screeners, or FOCUS, program, through which $2.3 million was awarded statewide.