Education

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 …

STUDENTS HONORED – The National Merit Scholarship Program has recognized the following SCVTHS students for their achievements: (front row) National Merit Semifinalist Saanvi Trivedi of Hillsborough, Commended Students Pranavi Prayaga of Piscataway, Malavika Malanthara of Franklin Park, Kushi Rao of Hillsborough, Margaret Kim of Somerset, Rohini Routray of Hillsborough, and Shagun Srivastava of Hillsborough. (back row) Commended Students Lily Boguslavsky of Bridgewater, Shreya Patro …

Four students in local schools were among the more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program announced September 10 by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The high school seniors will compete for 6,930 scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered in the Spring of 2026. Local student semifinalists are: Adwita Jagannathan from Central Jersey College …

WISH LIST GRANTED – The Triple B Foundation’s Jenny Breedy and Makeda Fryson, left to right, with Hillcrest Elementary School principal Gloria Vaccaro, talk about the donated supplies. The Franklin-based Triple B Foundation granted the wish list of another school’s faculty on September 9 with a donation of sensory supplies. The supplies are designed for neurodivergent students. The foundation in …

NEW V-P – Kira Sikorski speaks to the Board of Education after being named the new vice-principal at Franklin Park School on July 24. A 22-year school district veteran was tapped July 24 to be the next vice-principal at Franklin Park School. Kira Sikorski, a 1st Grade teacher at the school, has held many positions during her tenure in Franklin, …

ADDRESSING GRADUATES – Franklin Middle School – Sampson G. Smith campus principal Rebekah Solomon speaks during the 8th Grade Promotion ceremony at Franklin High School on June 25. Franklin Middle School 8th Graders on June 25 got a taste of what assembling in the Franklin High School gym will be like at the 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony. The 470 students …

School supplies are being collected for distribution in the annual “Project Backpack” drive sponsored by state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17). The drive is meant to get school supplies in backpacks to students throughout the 17th Legislative District. “Over the last 10 years, we have distributed well over 10,000 backpacks to students across the 17th Legislative District thanks to our friends, …

GRADUATION SPEAKERS – Valedictorian Semra Suslu and Salutatorian Ansh Parikh during the CJCP graduation ceremony on June 18. Central Jersey College Preps’ Class of 2025 was told to be “leaders with integrity” at its graduation ceremony on June 18 at the Mettlers Road campus. The graduates heard from Jeannine LaRue, who during her career has been an elected official, lobbyist, …

POET LAUREATE – Princess Dumbuya, Franklin High School’s first Poet Laureate, reads from her book at the June 10 publishing party. Princess Dumbuya, Franklin High School’s first Poet Laureate, was all smiles June 10 in the high school library. Dumbuya, a Senior, welcomed guests to the publishing party of her book, “A Bouquet of Verses,” an anthology of poems written …

Central Jersey College Prep (CJCP) announced that for the fifteenth straight school year, 100 percent of its senior class will be graduating on time this Spring and that every member of the Class of ‘25 has also been accepted to a college or university next fall, continuing an unprecedented senior class streak for CJCP which began in 2011.   This …