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Ying Hua International School students and residents from three Brandywine senior citizen homes gathered Sept. 20 to spell out the word “peace” at the school. (Photo: Brandywine Living.) Residents of three area senior citizen’s homes joined with students at Ying Hua International School in Kingston Sept. 20 to celebrate International Peace Day. The students and seniors from three Brandywine Living …

Students in two township schools have been named semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Awards program. John Guirguis of Franklin High School and Zhaoyi Xiang of Rutgers Preparatory School are among 16,000 students nationwide who were named semifinalists. The two will now be able to compete for the 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $31 million, that will …

Klara Elizabeth Deak of Somerset was named to The University of Alabama Dean’s List for summer 2019. A total of 477 students enrolled during the 2019 summer term at UA were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). Shellann Worthen of Somerset …

Franklin High School faculty and staff prepare for the opening day “clap-in.” School bells rang out across the township Sept. 5, signalling the start of a new school year. “Clap-ins” – where faculty and staff form gauntlets and applaud students as they arrive off buses – were held at Franklin High School and the Franklin Middle School campuses, and students …

Michael Diana of Somerset was among the 11 University of Scranton undergraduate students awarded President’s Fellowships for Summer Research in 2019. The fellowships, administered by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, offer each student the chance to partner with a faculty mentor to complete a research project during the summer. Each project was proposed and designed by the student …

Newly minted MacAfee Road School principal Karen Adams speaks to a student at the school PTO’s Ice Cream Social. MacAfee Road School parents and students got a chance to meet each other and their new principal Aug. 29 at the PTO’s annual Ice Cream Social. The event was held at Inman Park. While usually a way for new MacAfee parents …

Members of the Franklin High School Junior Classical League came up winners in a recent national tournament. Club advisor Jennifer Jones accompanied the students to the tournament, held the week of July 25 at North Dakota State University. Jones said in an email that the Franklin team: won 13th for its publication.won 6th for its scrapbook.helped New Jersey win 2nd …

Louis Solomon is flanked by FHS principal Frank Chmiel and 9th Grade vice-principal Rebekah Solomon at the Board of Education meeting. The Solomon family’s position as educational leaders in the township was reinforced Aug. 22 when the Board of Education approved Louis Solomon to be a vice-principal at Franklin High School. When he starts in early September, Solomon will be …

BRIDGEWATER – Girls in grades 7 and 8 are eligible to apply for the Commission on the Status of Women’s fourth annual STEM program, set for Oct. 26 at the Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School located on Vogt Drive. The deadline to apply for the event, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., is Oct. …

The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that Casey Conley and Steph Spada, both of Somerset, were named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List. To be included on the Dean’s List, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades during a semester and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average. Part-time students qualify …