Education

BEAUTY QUEEN AVIATOR – Jabili Kandula, Miss New Jersey USA 2024, speaks to members of the Franklin High School aviation club on March 19. It’s not often that a beauty queen visits Franklin High School. well, it never happens. Until march 19, when Jabili Kandula, Miss New Jersey USA 2024, spent about an hour with members of the FHS aviation …

EXPLAINING THE NUMBER – District Business Administrator Stephen Fried explains the preliminary Fiscal Year 2026 budget calculations at the March 18 Board of Education meeting. About $6 million in necessary reductions included in the preliminary Fiscal Year 2026 budget will impact school district programs and, to a lesser extent, staff, schools Superintendent John Ravally told the Board of Education at …

INTERIM ONCE AGAIN – Kelley Guerrero speaks at the March 18 Board of Education meeting after she was named interim Principal at Pine Grove Manor Elementary School. As she did just three months earlier, Kelley Guerrero found herself in front of the Board of Education on March 18, thanking them for naming her the interim principal of a district school. …

Chad Chavez of Somerset was named to the Champlain College Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester. Students on the Dean’s List have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the semester. Chavez is currently majoring in Communication. Charlotte Hunter, a resident of Franklin Park, was honored for academic achievement by being named to the Dean’s List …

ROBOT MASTERS – Members of the Franklin High School robotics club’s Rocket team pose with their creation at the February 23 VEX Robotics Competition, held at the school. Franklin High School’s cafeteria and gym were the venues February 23 for a robotics competition that drew about 200 participants. A total of 39 robots – including several from Franklin High School …

THE ANSWER MAN – Namik Sercan, Chief Education Officer at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, answers questions from parents attending the February 1 open house. Parents and students curious about the offerings at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School had their questions answered February 1 at the school’s annual open house. After attending an information session held in the …

Arris George, of Somerset, NJ, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham Campus, located in Madison, NJ, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must carry a 3.2 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0 and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 letter-graded …

Central Jersey College Prep Charter School has earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). Schools honored with an AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded access to AP computer science courses for female students in their communities. During the 2023-24 school year, 1,153 institutions achieved …

Kevin Fahy of Somerset is one of more than 900 Lebanon Valley College students named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester. Dean’s list students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.4 out of 4.0. Fahy is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in creative arts and English at The Valley and is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s …

NEW INTERIM – Kelley Guerrero speaks to the Board of Education December 19 after having been named interim principal at Franklin High School. A current Franklin High School vice-principal was named as the school’s interim principal at the December 19 Board of Education meeting. Kelley Guerrero has been the FHS 12-Grade vice-principal for the past two years. She steps into …