NEW BRUNSWICK – Several Franklin High School students took home awards Oct. 26 at the inaugural “Y Vote Essay and Video contest awards ceremony, held at the Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University. One student received an Honorable Mention for her essay, while a team of students won 3rd Place in the video competition of the event, which was sponsored by …
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A group of MacAfee Road Elementary School students represented their classmates Oct. 25 when they delivered about 200 hand-made cards to patients at the St. Peter’s University Hospital’s breast cancer center. The students made the cards as part of the district’s observation of Breast Cancer Month. The visit was made possible by MacAfee school nurse Titilayo Ashiavor, who worked on …
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Overall discipline problems decreased in township schools between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years, the Board of Education was told on Oct. 18. The district saw “significant” declines in the number of students “written up” for violations and in the number of students suspended in that time period, Orvyl Wilson, the district’s director of school management, told the board. The …
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Franklin Park School PTO is hosting a “Sip and Paint” fundraiser Oct. 19 at the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, 121 Pinegrove Ave. The event, which will begin at 6:30 p.m., is to raise money for the school and to make a contribution to a local breast cancer organization. “The proceeds raised for the students will help us purchase new …
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The start of a new school year brought with it a new school to the district. The Claremont Road Elementary School officially opened its doors to students Sept. 20. The school has about 700 students and can fit up to 1,000. The Kindergarten through 5th Graders – Pre-Kindergarten starts Sept. 24 – hopped off of their school buses at the …
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Franklin High School students and faculty were welcomed to the first day of the 2018-19 school year Sept. 20 with cheers, clapping and shouts of encouragement. Faculty, administrators and parents lined up at the back entrance and entrances to the “B” and “C” wings to give the greetings. More than 100 people took part in total. Blue and gold balloons …
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With just about two weeks to go before the start of the school year, a group of MacAfee Road School families he a meet-up at a township park Sept. 7. The occasion was the second annual MacAfee Road School Play Date and Ice Cream Social at Harvey J. Inman Park, off John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Organized by the school’s PTO, …
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The Franklin High School Warriors Marching Band broke its annual band camp Aug. 31 with a soggy performance for friends and family. Gathered on the high school’s side practice field, band members previewed their new show, with the theme “Rise to Royalty.” The show is based on the story of King Arthur and Excalibur, the King’s magical sword. The rain …
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Anthony Michael Zapata of Somerset has received the following from The University of Alabama: Bachelor of Arts Communication. UA awarded some 5,436 degrees during spring 2018 commencement May 4-6. Brigid Moynihan, a member of the class of 2021 from Somerset, has been named to the spring 2018 Dean’s List at Loyola University Maryland. In order to qualify for the Dean’s …
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The idea has been studied, but abolishing snow days in favor of online learning won’t happen in township schools, a district official said. The idea became a topic of conversation last month after officials of Anderson County School District 5, in South Carolina, decided to require online assignments when schools have to be closed due to inclement weather. Every student …
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