School News

Nicole Sury Bevere received an early birthday present on Nov. 30: She was named the first principal of the Claremont Road School. The announcement that Sury Bevere – whose birthday is Dec. 1 – was hired to head the district’s newest school came during the monthly Board of Education meeting. Sury Bevere is currently the principal at Franklin Park School. …

MacAfee Road School students went for a walk on the afternoon of Nov. 29. All of them. At the same time. The occasion was the Kids Walk to Cure Diabetes campaign, for which the students in the pre-K to Grade 4 school raised about $1,100. The event was organized by Alyson Samarel, the school’s phys ed teacher, and TT Ashiavor, …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots and infielder Scott Kelly have launched the “Hit A Home Run” school program this off-season to bring a special message to students.   “Hit A Home Run” was designed as a straightforward plan to help kids visualize ways to eat right, exercise, make smart choices, and be a good teammate. Kelly leads the program using …

Franklin High School’s Model UN Club hosted its seventh – and largest – conference Nov. 4. The conference attracted 375 students from 17 high schools throughout New Jersey, said Lou Guglielmo, the club’s faculty advisor. The one-day event is seen as a “tune-up” for the more involved, multi-day Model UN conferences that are held during the remainder of the school …

The Franklin Reporter & Advocate brought our live-stream camera to the Franklin High School Homecoming football game Nov. 3, where we caught up with the four Homecoming King and Queen finalists. Also announced at the game’s halftime were the Junior Homecoming Prince and Princess. The winners were to be announced at the Nov. 4 Homecoming Dance. Regarding the game, the …

A blue ribbon celebrating the end of a construction project was cut for the second time in two days Nov. 2 at Sampson G. Smith School. This time, the celebration was for the completion of multi-million dollar construction to the school, including renovations to three science labs, creation of a second gym, locker room renovations and new office space. The …

Warrior Pride was in full effect Nov. 2 at the second annual Franklin High School Homecoming Bonfire. The unseasonably warm weather amplified the heat thrown off the tower of hay and wooden pallets set afire in a fenced-off field next to the football stadium. The evening began with a congratulatory dinner in the high school for fall sport athletes. The …

Students, faculty and staff cheered Nov. 1 as a blue ribbon was cut at the entrance of the newly renovated Sampson G. Smith School’s cafeteria. The approximately $850,000 project is another step toward parity between what next school year will be the two township middle schools, a district official said. Like the Franklin Middle School cafeteria, Sampson’s now features an …

Franklin High School experienced an increase in the number of student suspensions and the number of students pegged for policy violations in the 2016-17 school year, according to a report presented Oct. 19 to the Board of Education. Conversely, FHS experienced a sharp decrease in the number of students who skipped class, according to the latest Violence, Vandalism, Substance Abuse …

Faculty, staff and students at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School threw a little party for themselves Oct. 10, on the occasion of the grand opening of their new school building. The school, which for the past several years has been housed on Schoolhouse Road, has some more breathing room in its new digs at 101 Mettlers Road. The 93,000-square-foot …