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Suzanne J Schatz received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, Shuwen Zhang received a Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography and Nicolas Frank Accardi received a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations, General Business at the University of Rhode Island’s 130th Commencement on Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22, 2016. The township residents were among about 3,300 undergraduate and 700 graduate …

Incoming Franklin High School freshmen weren’t the only ones nervous on the first day of school Sept. 1. Joining the ranks of having first-day jitters was the school’s new principal, Cheryl Clark. Clark and other school officials were outside in the light rain, welcoming students as they came off buses and made their way into the building. “Good morning, welcome!” …

Madeline Smith qualified for Belmont University’s Summer 2016 Dean’s List. Eligibility for the summer session is based on a minimum 9-hour course load over 10 weeks and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C. Belmont Provost Dr. Thomas Burns said, “This achievement indicates that these students have placed a high priority on their work …

Submitted by Cheryl Zanone. Emily Amon, a 4th Grade Teacher at the Franklin Park Elementary School, was among 22 educators selected by the New Jersey Science Teachers Association to attend a week-long professional development workshop held at Rowan University in Glamssboro. The workshop was entitled, “Preparing Elementary Teachers to Implement the Next Generation Science Standards.” The NGSS and the New Jersey Model …

One side effect of the new Franklin Middle School schedule, administrators say, is that it will relieve students of the need to carry backpacks through the school. And that suits FMS principal Reginald Davenport just fine. “I have a real problem with kids carrying backpacks all day long,” he said. “I don’t want anything to happen in the classes. It’s …

Come Sept. 1, Franklin Middle School students will be greeted with a new schedule, one designed to decrease hall congestion and allow teachers to focus on students. The schedule will divide the roughly 1,100 students in grades 7 and 8 into four “teams” in each grade of about 125 students each. Each student team will have assigned to it an …

Township resident Kiana Smith was awarded the Davison Prize at Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Prize Day on May 27. The Davison Prize is awarded each year to a student who is to return to the Wilbraham, Mass. Academy for the following year and who has shown in his or her school relationships a marked capacity for leadership, cooperation and helpful …

Iqra Asghar of Franklin Park, NJ, class of 2018, was named to the Tufts University dean’s list for the Spring 2016 semester. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater. Brandon Pugnet of Somerset has been named to the 2016 spring semester Dean’s List at Lafayette College for outstanding academic achievement. To qualify for …

Elementary school students gathered in a park in Somerset Mews July 20 learned a few lessons in what to do in case of a fire. The two dozen or so students were there as part of the school district’s summer “Books in the Park” program, which for 14 years has been encouraging youths to read through lending them new and …

Andrea Circelli and Nicole Salvatico were named to the Spring Dean’s List at Wilkes University. To be named to the Dean’s List, students must obtain a minimum 3.4 grade point average and carry at least 12 credits. Victoria Seamon has been named to Alvernia University’s Dean’s List for the spring 2016 semester. Seamon is studying Occupational Therapy. To be eligible …