Schools

NEW VICE PRINCIPAL – Tamara Hollinger addresses the Board of Education after she was appointed as vice principal at Franklin Middle School – Hamilton Street campus. Franklin Middle School’s Hamilton Street campus will have a new vice principal when school starts in September. The Board of Education at its August 24 meeting named Tamara Hollinger to the post. Hollinger, who …

The University of Hartford is pleased to announce Alayah Johnson of Somerset has been named to the Dean’s List for Spring 2023. Chidilim Menakaya of Somerset graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Biology (BS) from Tufts University. Kean University honors graduates recently took center stage at Honors Convocation, an annual celebration for students graduating with the highest levels …

GRIEVING MOTHER – Najmah Shah, the mother of a 6-year-old township girl killed on a school bus earlier this month, speaks to the Board of Education at its July 27 meeting. The mother of a 6-year-old girl killed on a school bus earlier this month had two questions for the Board of Education at its July 27 meeting. Najmah Nash …

Updates: The New Brunswick woman charged in the death of Fajr Atiya Williams was released on July 25 after her detention hearing. Superior Court Judge Christopher Edwards ordered the woman released with the conditions that she have no contact with children or with the girl’s parents. Montauk president John Mensch issued the following statement on the incident: “We at Montauk …

A member of the Franklin High School Class of 2023 is one of 10 recent graduates awarded scholarships for their work in promoting organ and tissue donation and transplantation. The awards were presented by the Sharing Network Foundation. The scholarships are funded by four funds: Hearts for Emma Partner Fund – created in celebration of Emma Rothman’s life-saving heart transplant …

Ailipati Delixiati of Somerset has earned a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Delixiati was among more than 5,300 undergraduate and graduate students to be presented Georgia Tech degrees during the Institute’s 264th Commencement exercises May 5 – 6, 2023, at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Harshika Gelivi of Somerset made the Dean’s List …

Ava DeLauro of Franklin Park 08823 was named to the Dean’s List at Lehigh University in the Spring 2023 semester.  List status, which is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses, has been granted to Ava DeLauro in the Spring 2023 semester. Centenary University recognized 18 students, …

More than 250 newly minted Franklin High School graduates returned to the school late in the evening of June 23 to celebrate their new status. The event was Project Graduation, the annual party for graduates that always occurs the night of graduation. The evening begins at 9 p.m., and runs through 4 a.m. Participants can’t leave, and many bring sleeping …

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE – Students make their way into the gymnasium for the FHS Class of 2023 commencement exercises. There are now 609 more young men and women who can call themselves graduates of Franklin High School. The threat of bad weather forced the Class of 2023 commencement ceremony indoors to the gym on June 23, but impending rain didn’t …

NEW PRINCIPAL – Jennifer Stein, the newly named principal at Franklin Park School, speaks after her appointment at the June 20 Board of Education meeting. The Board of Education named a new school principal and vice-principal at its June 20 meeting. Jennifer Stein was named the new principal at Franklin Park School, and Angela Pape was named the new vice-principal …