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ROBOTIC COMPETITION – TEECS robotics club members guide their robot in a competition on January 31. The Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School VEX IQ Robotics team, X-Stream, enjoyed success recently at a competition in Livingston. The team on January 31 placed first in the skills qualification matches and finished 4th overall in the finals. This VEX IQ Robotics Competition, hosted …

CULTURAL EXPLORATION – TEECS students discuss the traveling museum exhibit during the recent Muslim Heritage Month celebration. (Photo: TEECS.) Student inventions, Muslim culture and history, and appreciation for the school were recently highlighted at the Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School. During the day on January 31, TEECS hosted a special Tiger Tank showcase for its K–3 students. The showcase was a …

LENDING A HAND – Elizabeth Avenue School students and staff pose with Franklin Food Bank Executive Director Derek Smith after the students presented Smith with a $650 donation. Elizabeth Avenue School students and staff were all smiles December 17 as they continued their tradition of helping the Franklin Food Bank with a $650 contribution. The ceremonial check was presented in …

FRANKLIN’S FAMOUS – Members of the Franklin High School Madrigals show the commendations they were awarded December 9 by the Township Council for being named NBC’s “Star Choir” for 2025. The Franklin High School Madrigals’ victory tour continued on December 9 when they received a commendation from the Township Council. The Madrigals, performing under the name, GoldN’Blues Choir, was named …

WORDS OF WISDOM – Rod Brundidge, a Franklin High School vice-principal, speaks to Road to Success students at their annual Thanksgiving celebration. Thanksgiving came two days early for students enrolled in the school district’s Road To Success program. Road To Success is an alternative high school program, the mission of which is “prepare enrolled students to graduate high school and …

WINNERS! – The Franklin High School GoldN’Blues Choir – also known as The Madrigals – will perform in the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting ceremony, broadcast on NBC. (Photo NBC 4 New York.) Franklin High School’s GoldN’Blues Choir – also known as the Madrigal Choir – on November 25 was selected to sing for NBC’s broadcast of “Christmas in Rockefeller Center,” …

The Franklin Township school district is one of 31 throughout the state which recently received a state grant to help train teachers to improve student literacy. The District received a $50,000 Reading Intervention for Secondary Engagement (RISE) grant for secondary and high school students. The District will use its grant “for professional development to enhance the knowledge of our secondary teachers …

NEW FPS PRINCIPAL – Angela Pape speaks to the Board of Education October 28 after being named the new principal at Franklin Park Elementary School. Angela Pape was named the new Franklin Park Elementary School principal by the Board of Education at its October 28 meeting. A 13-year veteran of Franklin schools, Pape replaces former FPS principal Jennifer Stein, who …

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 …

RIBBON-CUTTING – Jimmy Lee of Joy Systems and MacAfee Elementary School’s Wilma Rosikiewicz, surrounded by MacAfee students, cut the ribbon on the school’s new book vending machine before the unveiling. MacAfee Road Elementary School is the latest school in the township to offer a unique way to instill a love for reading in their students: a book vending machine. Joining …