Elizabeth Avenue School staff members perform in the school’s “Reader Theatre” on March 2. Elizabeth Avenue School teachers and students capped off “Read Across America Week” March 2 with an assembly that featured staff performances. Read Across America is an annual celebration of the birthday of children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Don’t Miss Out! No …
Read More »MacAfee Students’ Message To Florida High Schoolers: You’re Going To Be OK
Some of the MacAfee Road School students who are writing letters to students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl. Counterclockwise, starting in foreground: Sam Bocchino, Sydney Bobbitt, Patrick Ziegler, Jayla Davis, Laila Lewis and Duayne Hunt. Students at MacAfee Road School have a message for Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas high schoolers: We’re sorry, and you will be …
Read More »Township Residents Speak Out On Giving Teachers Guns, Overall Safety
Editor’s Note: In light of the vigorous discussion about guns in schools and school safety in general following the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Florida high school, we became curious about the opinions of township residents – especially high school students – about those topics. We sent Arnav Tolat, our chief Franklin High School correspondent, to speak with his …
Read More »FR&A Video: Pillar College Hosts First Open House
Pillar College welcomed the community on Feb. 23 in its first open house. About 60 people visited the evangelical college, located on Apgar Road, during the event. 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 …
Read More »Township Schools, FTPD Start ‘School Security Initiative’
Additional Franklin Township Police Officers have been deployed to the district’s elementary schools as part of a new “School Security Initiative” announced on Feb. 22. The program is effective now, said FTPD spokesman Phil Rizzo. 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 …
Read More »Franklin High School’s First TEDx Event Explores ‘Innovation Within’
Board of Education member Nishita Desai, Sneh Patel, Arnav Tolat and Jerijah McCray, left to right, at the Franklin High School TEDx event. Photo: PJ Parker. By PJ Parker. 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 …
Read More »‘Disturbing Images’ In Middle School Students’ Edited Video Prompt District, Police Action
Two Franklin Middle School students face school disciplinary action after they modified a school-assigned video to include what district officials regarded as “disturbing images.” District spokeswoman Mary Clark said the students used some video footage created during a school assignment to create a new video, an action which schools Superintendent John Ravally labeled as “poor judgment” in a message to …
Read More »FR&A Video Story: Scenes Of A Grieving Community And A Message For Franklin Township
Editor’s Note: Normally, we would not cover a story outside of the township unless it involved a Franklin resident. But a trip to south Florida for a family gathering found me about a 20-minute drive from Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Fl., the scene of last week’s horrific mass killing in which a gunman murdered 17 students and …
Read More »Warriors On The Move In Higher Education
Amanda Lake, a resident of Somerset, was honored for academic achievement by being named to the Dean’s List at Delaware Valley University for the Fall 2017 semester. Briana Johnson of Somerset was named to the Cedarville University Dean’s List for fall 2017. This recognition requires the student to have a 3.5 GPA or higher for the semester, and carry a …
Read More »Central Jersey College Prep To Weight Lottery For Low-Income Students
CJCP’s chief educational officer, Namik Sercan, far left, addresses parents during the Feb. 11 open house. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School is planning to weigh its upcoming enrollment lottery in favor of children from low-income families. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …
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