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The Franklin High School library was the setting May 14 for a year-end presentation of an innovative, yet not new, program aimed at special needs students. Funded by the state Department of Education’s Office of Special Education, the Person Centered Approaches in School and Transition (PCAST) is a project of Rutgers University  – The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities. The …

Submitted by Pam Attanasio. Most people are familiar with the Franklin High School Color Guard, part of the award-winning Franklin High School Warrior Marching Band, that performs at football games and competitions in the fall. You are probably not familiar, though, with the Franklin High School Winter Guard, an indoor color guard that performs to pre-recorded music. The Winter Guard …

Thomas Vanderbeek, a University of Richmond received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship grant. He will assist in teaching English in a German school in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. Vanderbeek will graduate in May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and German Studies. During his time at UR, he studied abroad in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. “This opportunity will …

In what may be the last such ceremony, the end of renovation and new construction work at Elizabeth Avenue School was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 8. School principal John Haney and school’s Superintendent John Ravally led the celebration, thanking Board of Education members old and current, staff, teachers, parents and students for the nearly two-year project. Included in …

More than 500 pieces of art were displayed May 3 at the annual Central Jersey College Prep Upper School Art Show. The pieces were done by the school’s middle and high school students. Most of the art on display was done in pastels, watercolors, pencils and charcoal, said Melissa Gibbs, the school’s art teacher. There were also some 3-D pieces …

Students who enroll in the inaugural year of Franklin High School’s new Health Professions Academy will take a minimum of 10 college credits with them when they graduate in 2023, a group of parents was told on April 17. And while those 10 credits – which eventually could expand to more than 30 – will be for health-related professions, they …

Fourth graders at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School on April 16 learned different ways they could help save energy. The assembly on sustainability was presented by members of a team from Legrand, a worldwide manufacturer of electrical components which has offices in the township. The team came in at the invitation of the school’s new Green Club, which is …

Nearly 100 representatives from colleges, businesses and military branches were expected at the annual College Fair and Career Night held April 4 at Franklin High School. Jackie Schumacher, an FHS guidance counselor, said that attendance by those wishing to woo students has been increasing over the past few years. “We have representatives from colleges, universities, technical schools, military programs and …

“March Madness” descended on Franklin High School March 30, in the form of the annual Franklin Middle School PTSO Tricky Tray. Hundreds of baskets lined tables set up inside the school cafeteria and in the events lobby. The baskets were comprised of a wide variety of items, from toys to travel certificates to household appliances. Money raised through the Tricky …

Two students at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School on Pierce Street received acknowledgement recently for winning a robotics competition. Gagan Voona and Levant Yildiz received citations from Somerset County Freeholders Shanel Y. Robinson, Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh and Director Brian D. Levine. The students are state champions of the VEX IQ Challenge, a contest sponsored by the Robotics Education …