Schools

Submitted by Arthur Westneat. Franklin High School’s Class of 1965 celebrated 50 years since their graduation at a dinner/dance held at the Hotel Somerset, Saturday evening, September 26.  Attending the reunion were 60 members of the class and 39 guests. In his welcoming remarks on Friday, Franklin Township Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Ravally recognized the importance of this milestone for …

Sefa Kploanyi, a third-year Touro College of Pharmacy student, recently won first place in the 2015 Student National Pharmaceutical Association Conference in Orlando, Fl. Kploanyi, a township resident, won the prize in the Kroger Clinical Skills Competition with teammate Justice Kwansa. The two competed against students from 20 other pharmaceutical schools. The pair each won $1,000, an iPod, a $195 Amazon …

The fundraising drive for MacAfee Road School’s new playground received a huge boost Sept. 17 in the form of a $15,000 donation from Investors Bank. The ceremonial check was presented to school principal Bill Grippo by three representatives from Investors – vice president and Somerset branch manager Michael Harris, senior vice president and regional manager Jacqueline Pena and senior loan …

More than 450 “thank-you” cards and letters written by MacAfee Road School students were delivered to township first responders on Sept. 11. The event was the school’s first official commemoration of the 14th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. On hand were representatives from the township police department and several fire departments, East Franklin, …

A group of Cedar Hill Preparatory School students who raised money for the Franklin Township Food Bank were honored for their work at the Sept. 8 Township Council meeting. The students raised the money – $275 – during a dance at the school last June. The dance was part of the students’ “Give n Get” community service program. A ceremonial check …

Students arriving at Pine Grove Manor School for the first day of the 2015-16 school year weren’t just greeted by their teachers and administrators. Also on hand on Sept. 3 to welcome the students was the newly minted schools Superintendent, John Ravally, and Board of Education president Ed Potosnak. Oh, and Tuxedo, the school’s mascot, complete with a new superhero cape. …

MacAfee Road School students June 12 were rewarded for once again exceeding their reading goal in the “Grow A Garden Of Readers” program. Last year the prize was given by the school’s principal, Bill Grippo, who spent a night on the school’s roof. This year, Grippo and 10 of the school’s teachers took turns getting dunked by their students. “Just wait till next year, …

Alumni from the past 10 years of Sampson G. Smith theater productions gathered at the school May 30 for a reunion and to announce a scholarship named after one of their own. Director Terri Seggio, who has led SGS productions for the last decade, said the evening had two goals: “one was to celebrate 10 years of excellence at Sampson G. …

The Princeton Hyatt was the scene May 15 for Franklin High School’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” senior prom. Students were “dressed to impress” as they arrived at the venue in their cars and limousines. After the preliminary “cocktail hour,” the students entered the hotel’s ballroom, where they enjoyed dinner and dancing. The FR&A tagged along for a while. Here are some samples …

The Board of Education May 12 accepted the Franklin Middle School principal’s resignation, but decided in closed session to change the special meeting’s agenda and not appoint an acting principal for the school. The board did not announce that the agenda had been changed before voting on it, and afterword members and a district administrator would not say what led …