School News

An 8th Grader at Cedar Hill Preparatory School in April placed in the top 25 speakers at the east coast regionals finals of the Middle School Debate League. Zoe Rivera placed 20th in the finals, which were held April 16 at Stonebridge Middle School in Allentown. In total, 270 students representing 29 schools and five states competed in the event.

Submitted by Cedar Hill Prep School. Cedar Hill Preparatory School students won a local solar car competition, and also achieved high scores on the National Spanish Exam.

Saying that it’s the state’s obligation to “maximize” every child’s “God-given potential,” Gov. Chris Christie on May 16 said that New Jersey’s commitment to charter school expansion “will be strong” for at least the rest of his term. Christie made his statements at the Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School on Cortelyous Lane, after touring the school with its principal, Oguz …

The Princeton Hyatt Regency was once again the venue for the Franklin High School prom. More than 500 students reportedly participated in the evening, which included a cocktail hour, dinner and dancing.

The school district’s top teachers and educational support professionals were honored May 13 in a ceremony at the Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School in Bridgewater. Each of the district’s nine schools celebrated one teacher of the year and one educational support professional of the year during the breakfast program.

It’s a pretty safe bet the students and teachers at Hillcrest Elementary School will have good results the next time they visit their dentists. That’s because the school is collecting used oral care products in a contest through which the school could win a new playground.

Hillcrest School students will receive bottled water for the time being, in the wake of preliminary test results that show “slightly elevated” levels of lead in water from the school’s drinking fountains. As a result, all water fountains in the building have been ordered shut off by principal Albert Fico, according to a May 2 letter from him to parents.

By Merideth Benevento. The Goddard School in Somerset is always looking to support the families in our school and the people in the community as often as we can. This past Sunday, May 1st we sponsored the Reavey Family in the March of Dimes, March for Babies Walk in Johnson Park. This is the March of Dimes signature fundraising event …

What started out as an idea borne during a night on the school roof came to fruition April 21, with the ribbon-cutting of the new Pre-K and Kindergarten playground at MacAfee Road School. With students, staff and community members looking on, schools Superintendent John Ravally and two MacAfee students cut the ceremonial blue and gold ribbons marking the official opening …

Two robotics teams from Cedar Hill Preparatory School will be among the United States’ representatives in Leipzig, Germany at the end of June when they compete in the RoboCup Junior World Championship. The teams from the Cedar Grove Lane school won the RoboCup Junior USA Championship, held April 17 at Horace Mann School in New York City, for Best Overall and Best …