School News

MacAfee Road school was awash in science April 28, with the inauguration of the school’s annual Science Fair Spectacular. School visitors visited classrooms during the day with demonstrations and experiments. In the evening, student displays and experiments were on exhibit for parents and friends to see. There was also the ribbon-cutting for the new gate and fence and other improvements …

BRANCHBURG – Nine Franklin Township students were among 57 from Somerset and Hunterdon counties recently honored at the 27th annual Paul Robeson Youth Achievement Awards reception at Raritan Valley Community College. The National Council of Negro Women and RVCC initiated the Paul Robeson Youth Achievement Awards program to pay tribute to the outstanding attainments of students in the two counties. …

More than 130 students, staff and parents of Franklin Middle School celebrated the school’s many cultures at the annual Multicultural Dinner Night. Organized by Spanish teachers Paola Kushi and Fanny Olarte, the night featured food that was prepared by parents and teachers and donated by local restaurants Sophie’s Bistro and Moe’s Southwest Grill, as well as some performances by middle …

Lynn Smith, a Cinema & Photography major at Ithaca College, was one of over 150 IC students to be named to the Empire 8 President’s List. In order to be considered for the President’s List, a student-athlete must earn a 3.75 grade point average or higher while participating in a conference-sponsored sport. In addition, the student-athlete must display positive conduct …

April is Autism Awareness Month, which means the MacAfee Road School Autism Awareness Committee has been busy. The first week of the month hadn’t even ended yet, and the committee had already raised $750 for the Family Resource Network’s Autism Family Services program. That was accomplished by a Pajamas Day, where students could pay at least $1 to be able …

By Brianna Rao. The Franklin High School Model UN Team placed second in a recent Model UN conference in New York City. In individual efforts, Abolee Raut, a junior, won the Award of Distinction in the event, held in mid-March. The win, she said, was “one of the best experiences of my Model United Nations career and definitely shows the …

Hundreds of pieces of original artwork created by Franklin High School students went on display to the public March 22 in the annual Youth Art Month exhibit. The pieces represented the full gamut of visual arts, from drawings, to paintings, to sculpture, to computer animation and video. “It’s an opportunity for our students’ work to be showcased, to show all …

Update: Cedar Hill Prep had the most wins in the tournament, with three of the top four teams and seven of the top 10. Original Story: A record number of students participated in the winter Garden State Debate League tournament, held March 18 at Cedar Hill Preparatory School on Cedar Grove Lane. A total of 48 teams from six schools …

Franklin township residents are making waves at colleges and universities. Here’s the latest: Students at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham Campus, located in Madison, have been named to the Dean’s and Honors Lists for the Fall 2016 semester: Danah Lassiter, Amy Slobodzian, Gabrielle Kissi, Katlin Gagliardi, Ashley Krushinski, Anthony Casisa and Mark Carr, all of Somerset, and Dylan Coker and Salma …