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WARRIOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION – Members of the Franklin Township Warrior Education Foundation appeared at the September 26 Board of Education to talk about the 2023-24 Foundation grants. A variety of classroom projects made possible by grants from the Franklin Township Warrior Education Foundation were highlighted at the September 26 Board of Education meeting. The projects ranged from creating an autism …

BIDDING ADIEU – Orvyl Wilson, the district’s Director of School Management, speaks to the Board of Education September 26 after his upcoming retirement was announced. After nearly a half-century in education, the only person to have served as principal in both Franklin High Schools is set to retire. Orvyl Wilson, who started his educational career in 1976 as a teacher …

COMMENDED STUDENTS – Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School students Siona Misra, Aishani Patel, Kris Chaudhary, and Armaan Kapoor with TEECS Lead Person Oguz Yildiz. (Photo: TEECS). Four students at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School were recently named “Commended Students” in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. The students, Siona Misra, Aishani Patel, Kris Chaudhary, and Armaan Kapoor, received Letters of …

Folukemi Fakinlede of Somerset received the MSN degree in Nursing at Wilkes University’s summer commencement ceremony. Wilkes University awarded more than 300 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees during its summer commencement ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 8. Kean University is proud to recognize 3,959 undergraduate students who were named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List, including the following local residents: Mariah Frater …

REASSURING THE COMMUNITY – Schools Superintendent John Ravally, seen here in a recent Board of Education meeting, sent a letter to parents in the wake of the Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia. As he has in the past in the wake of school shootings, schools Superintendent John Ravally on September 4 sought to assure parents and students that the …

ON THE JOB – Hillcrest Elementary School’s new principal, Lorri Vaccaro, said the district’s diversity is one reason she chose to come here. New students were not the only ones who celebrated their first day in Hillcrest School on September 5, the new principal did, too. Lorri Vaccaro, who took the helm of Hillcrest on July 1, declared her first …

Students, staff and parents of Franklin Park School gathered on the campus September 4 for a festival to welcome in the new school year. School officially starts for most students on September 5, but there were a number of students who seemed to be ready to return a day earlier. Representatives from a number of township-based organizations were on hand. …

Arris George, of Somerset, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham Campus in Madison, NJ, has been named to the Honors List for the Spring 2024 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 …

More than 30 ICNA Relief USA volunteers have packed 1,200 backpacks full of school supplies. The backpacks were filled during the organization’s 2024 Back2School Mega event with pencils, notebooks, and folders at the organization’s Somerset office. The backpacks will be distributed to underserved school children at various locations across New Jersey, including Somerset, Edison, Atlantic City, Jersey City, Elizabeth, and …

GOLD MEDAL WINNERS – Members of the gold medal winning SkillsUSA Quiz Bowl team from SCVTHS (l to r): Arnav Khanna (Hillsborough), Aarnav Shah (Bridgewater), Vir Trivedi (Hillsborough), Pari Malla (Branchburg), Lily Boguslavsky (Bridgewater), Daniel Yuh (Somerset), Krish Vyas (Hillsborough). Six township students were among the students from Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School who won medals in the SkillsUSA Championships, held …