Students from the Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School pose with their creation. Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School 3rd Grade robotics team is competing through April 25 at the Junior FIRST Lego League World Expo. The league is for students in grades Kindergarten through 3rd to show off their talents in building a Lego creation that moves. Don’t Miss Out! No …
Read More »‘High School Heroes’ Teach Financial Literacy To Hillcrest School Students
Rutgers University student Tara Lyon and Franklin High School students Payal Patel and Stan Lysenko (left to right) teach Hillcrest School 3rd Graders about financial literacy. Hillcrest School students got a reprieve from their regular curriculum April 9 to spend the day learning about financial literacy. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …
Read More »Township Resident Wins National Scholarship
Obianuju A. Enworom, left, won a $2,500 National Achievement Scholarship award.Photo: Mt. St. Mary’s Academy Obianuju A. Enworom, a senior at Mt. St. Mary’s Academy in Watchung, is one of 700 students nationwide to win a National Achievement Scholarship. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …
Read More »FR&A Photo Gallery: Franklin Park School Dance Troupe Has Audience Dancing
They’re only in the 3rd and 4th grades, but one could tell by the looks on their faces April 3 that members of the Franklin Park School dance troupe love their art. The dancers gave a year-end performance before their fellow students and faculty at the school, followed by an encore in which school principal Nicole Scott – joined by …
Read More »FR&A Photo Gallery: Franklin Park School Literacy Night
Activities designed to bolster reading and writing skills were offered to Franklin Park School students at the school’s annual Family Literacy Night April 1. The Pre-K to 4th Grade students spent about a half-hour in each of three activities during the night which tested their skills in in things such as creating stories on-the-fly to writing persuasive essays. Don’t Miss …
Read More »Rep. Holt Presents New U.S. Flag To Franklin Middle School
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (with microphone) presents a new U.S. flag to Franklin Middle School principal RaShawn Adams. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) stopped by the Franklin Middle School March 31 bearing a gift. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are …
Read More »FHS Students Take Top Prizes In AT&T Student Innovation Competition
Franklin High School students Ajita Singh, left, and Tom Kowalsky talk about their recent wins in the AT&T annual Student Innovation Competition. Ideas for devices that check surgically implanted mechanisms and provide a way to find lost items took the top two prizes in the fourth annual AT&T Student Innovation Competition. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …
Read More »Rutgers Prep 3rd Graders Create Piece Of Jersey Shore
Rutgers Prep students play the bottle ring toss at the 3rd Graders’ Argo Boardwalk on March 11. Rutgers Preparatory School students brought a little bit of the New Jersey shore into school March 11 with the opening of the 3rd Graders’ Argo Arcade. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …
Read More »Township Residents To Strut Their Stuff In Immaculata Fashion Show
Immaculata alumni Sarah Maffei of Franklin Park and Trevor Socarras of Somerset hit the runway at the 2013 Immaculata High School Spartan Club fashion show fundraiser. The gala event has been funding technology upgrades at Immaculata for the last several years.Photo: Immaculata High School. Eight township residents will hit the runway in the Immaculata High School Fashion Show and Luncheon …
Read More »FR&A Slide Show: MacAfee Road School Students Present ‘Living Museum’ For Black History, Women’s History Months
Students at MacAfee Road School on Feb. 28 celebrated Black History and Women’s History month with a “Living Museum” program. During the half-hour presentation, students in the Kindergarten to 4th Grade school portrayed luminaries raging from Ameila Earhart to Boker T. Washington. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …
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