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The PCAST program allows students to focus on aspects of themselves that will help them into adulthood. 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 …

Members of the Franklin High School Winter Guard. Photo submitted by Pam Attanasio. Submitted by Pam Attanasio. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only do that with your support. …

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. Don’t Miss …

This example of Rangoli art was on display at the Central Jersey College Prep annual art show. More than 500 pieces of art were displayed May 3 at the annual Central Jersey College Prep Upper School Art Show. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …

Eric Siegal, the school district’s science supervisor, speaks about the Health Care Professions Academy April 17. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

CJCP students learn about different types of light switches during the program. Fourth graders at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School on April 16 learned different ways they could help save energy. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only …

Representatives from the military, business and colleges and universities were on hand to speak to students about their offerings. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

Tricky Tray attendees review the baskets available at the March 30 event. “March Madness” descended on Franklin High School March 30, in the form of the annual Franklin Middle School PTSO Tricky Tray. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the …

Somerset County Freeholders Shanel Y. Robinson, Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh and Director Brian D. Levine, with Principal Oguz Yildiz, present citations to Gagan Voona and Levant Yildiz, students at the Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School in Franklin. Photo: Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Two students at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School on Pierce Street received acknowledgement recently for …