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WHRHS Graduation 2024: Watchung Hills Graduates Under Sunny Skies( with videos and 100s of pics)
WARREN, NJ - The Watchung Hills Class of 2024 walked across the stage and completed their high school careers during the 67th annual commencement ceremony at Tozier Field on Thursday. SEE POMP WALK IN https://youtu.be/HpLGojEf1eM?feature=shared Senior members of the Advanced Chorus sang the “Star Spangled Banner.” SEE HERE https://youtu.be/UPZww6CAypU?feature=shared Annie Liu delivered the Salutatory Address and Daniel Li delivered the Valedictory Address. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Principal William Librera delivered the Commencement Address and commended the resiliency and unity of the class saying, “every day you’ve showed me what it is to be a Watchung Hills...
Elizabeth High School Senior Dies Week Before Graduation: 'Promising Future Cut Short'
Anthony Cruz passed away on June 11, according to his obituary. A GoFundMe launched for his mother, Sandra Santos, said he was on the brink of graduating from high school and embarking on a new chapter in life. "His achievements and plans for further education had made his mother incredibly...
Plainfield Public Schools Celebrate Outstanding Students at Scholarship Awards Ceremony
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Last week, Plainfield Public Schools hosted the Clearinghouse Scholarship Awards Ceremony at the Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School. This special event honored 58 exceptional award recipients, including six from the Superintendent's Scholarship Award, who have demonstrated exemplary performance and a strong commitment to continued educational success. The Clearinghouse Scholarship Program, a collaboration of individual sponsors, was the driving force behind this initiative. Through the program, sponsors create scholarships, determining the criteria and scholarship amounts by their organization's values and goals.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER During the ceremony, one hundred thousand...
Watchung Hills Graduation 2024 is Today June 13
WARREN, NJ — Happy Graduation Watchung Hills Class of 2024! Expect traffic delays around Watchung Hills Thursday morning. Important information and livestream link:CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER ➡️TICKETS FOR GRADUATION: As our graduation ceremony is held outside, tickets are not needed, seating on the stands is first come, first served. ➡️PARKING: Carpool if possible as parking is limited. Students cannot drive on campus. Please feel free to drop off your student and then park.DOWNLOAD THE FREE TAPINTO APP FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS. AVAILABLE IN THE APPLE STORE AND THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE. Weather permitting, parking on Mountain...
Attorney: former Columbia High School Principal Frank Sanchez cleared by grand jury
MAPLEWOOD __ Charges against Frank Sanchez, former Columbia High School Principal, have been dismissed by an Essex County grand jury. A press release from Sanchez' lawyer sent Thursday said the charges "were reviewed and expeditiously dismissed" by the grand jury on Wednesday.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER "From the outset of this ordeal, we were convinced that what occurred on March 9, 2023 at Columbia High School should never have resulted in criminal charges being filed," lawyer John J. McMahon said in the press release. Sanchez, was placed on administrative leave from his role in...
Bridgewater-Raritan announces high school student dies
The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District has announced that a high school student has died. In an email to students, parents and guardians, the district said it had learned of the death on Monday evening. "We are unable to give out any specific details of the student or the circumstances, though...
Berkeley Heights Board of Education Honors Educators of the Year and School District Retirees
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Educators of the Year for the 2023-2024 school year, one from each school in the Berkeley Heights School District, were honored along with the District’s soon-to-be retirees at Monday night’s Board of Ed meeting at Governor Livingston High School. Each honoree was introduced by both Acting Superintendent Rob Nixon and the president of their school’s PTO. Educators of the YearCLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center’s Educator of the Year is Karen Twill, Kindergarten teacher. “Mrs. Twill stands out as a beacon of knowledge …...
Fifth-Grade Teacher at Somerville's Van Derveer School Recognized for Project on Local Black History
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Somerset County has announced the winners of the Somerset County Historic Preservation and History Awards for their excellence in preserving local history, including Davie-Lyn Jones-Evans, a fifth-grade teacher at the Van Derveer School in Somerville. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that support the preservation of Somerset County’s history and historic resources through preservation or restoration projects, publications, leadership efforts, or education.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Jones-Evans' project, “At Home with History,” focused on the history of Somerville’s African American community. Jones-Evans used her collection of published works to educate readers, along with her students about Somerville’s...
Chatham High School Reflects on the Class of 2024: A Graduation Eve Story
CHATHAM, NJ -- On Thursday, the Class of 2024 is rehearsing for their graduation at the Chatham High School gymnasium. And as the eve of graduation comes to an end, administrators, faculty, and students reflect on the graduating class as they prepare to wave goodbye. The Class of 2024 has seen Chatham High School through many lenses. They first entered CHS back in 2020: well within the Covid-Pandemic. “The students were thrown into high school after their 8th grade was cut short,” says Principal Douglas Walker and Assistant Principal Connor Henderson. “They had to manage their transition...
4 Madison Students Graduate From Area Colleges, Universities
MADISON, NJ - Four Madison residents have earned their degrees from area colleges and universities this spring, announced school officials. Matthew Leone has graduated from Rhodes College with a Bachelor of Arts in Business. The 175th Commencement Exercises of Rhodes College took place on campus May 11, 2024. The college conferred 406 degrees, including the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science in Accounting, and Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Health Equity.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Leah Noto and Specner Gould have graduated from The College of Charleston. Noto has graduated with a Bachelor...
Piscataway Muslim Students Demand Answers Over Edited Yearbook Photo
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Supporters of Palestinian students at Piscataway High School filled the Board of Education meeting room on Thursday demanding to know why a yearbook photo featuring members of the Muslim Student Association posing with the country’s flag was edited to remove it before publication this school year. “I was told that the Muslim Student Association (MSA) took a group picture for the yearbook, and they had the Palestinian flag in the background,” said parent Khaled Zayed, a Palestinian-American who has urged the Piscataway Township Council to pass a resolution calling for ceasefire in the ongoing...
Westfield football hires longtime assistant and alum as new head coach
It isn’t often the Westfield High School football team needs to fill a head coaching vacancy. But with Jim DeSarno being promoted to athletic director after 18 years at the football helm, the 127-year-old program needed to make a change. It’s only fitting the 13th head coach in the storied program’s history would...
Prom 2024: New Dorp High School (78 photos)
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South Plainfield High School senior wins Marisa Tufaro Memorial service scholarship
Lindsay Oller was 6 years old when a cardiologist gave her some bad news. “I was told I would never be able to play sports again,” she said. Oller was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia – a rapid, irregular heartbeat – and various procedures failed to correct it.
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