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UPDATED: Weehawken Advances to State Sectional Softball Championship
**THIS STORY CONTAINS A NEW VIDEO Top seeded Weehawken High School advanced to Saturday’s NJSIAA Section 2, Group 1, softball championship game by defeating Whippany Park 3-0 on Thursday afternoon along the Hudson River waterfront. Weehawken will face #3 seed David Brearley High School of Kenilworth. Thursday’s game once...
Head of swanky NYC prep school accused of ripping antisemitism task force as ‘power play by Jewish families’
The head of a swanky Manhattan prep school allegedly ripped a newly created antisemitism task force as a “joke” and nothing more than a “power play by Jewish families” to have him ousted, according to a new lawsuit. Collegiate School’s top administrator, David Lourie, is accused of deriding the task force after it was set up by the school’s board of trustees to weed out any potential antisemitism on the Upper West Side campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks, papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court allege. The claims were laid bare in a wide-ranging gender...
NYC teacher’s groups push anti-Israel walkout by hundreds of public school students
Hundreds of New York City kids walked out of school Friday and staged a pro-Palestinian protest that was promoted by several radical teacher groups. The students were seen at the Department of Education headquarters at the Tweed Courthouse in Lower Manhattan starting around 2:30 p.m. They were seen waving signs calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and describing Israel’s military offensive on the region following the Oct. 7 terror attack as “genocide.” The walkout was organized by Teachers Unite and a handful of other groups, including NYC Educators for Palestine, the Palestine Youth Movement, Al-AWDA NY, Movement of MORE Rank-&-File Educators, and Desis Rising Up and Moving, according to a protest...
12-year-old Long Island prodigy heading to college
FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg brings us the story of 12-year-old Suborno Bari, who is heading off to become a student at New York University this fall, despite being quite a bit younger than is fellow incoming classmates.
Hochul meets with Israel's new NY consul general day after alleged hate crime outside yeshiva; pair discuss safety of Jewish students on campuses
“Today I met with the Governor of New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul. I thanked her for her consistent and unwavering support for the State of Israel and the Jewish communities,” ambassador Ofir Akunis, X Thursday afternoon.
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates 120 new doctors at the Apollo
Sign up for our acclaimed free weekday newsletter Editorially Black. Get the top Racial Equity stories of the day from America’s most influential oldest continuously published Black newspaper, serving the nation’s largest Black and brown community. Sign up to stay connected. The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM)...
North Jersey high school box scores for May 31
Here are the high school box scores for events involving North Jersey teams for May 31. This file will be updated all night long. 2B: (IH) Mikayla Amoruso 1, Audrey Amoruso 1. RBI: (IH) Audrey Amoruso 1. LP: Audrey Amoruso. Note: Jefferson scored winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning.
NYC Parents Outraged by DOE’s Summer Remote-Learning Simulation
New York City parents are not happy with the Department of Education (DOE) after being asked to log on alongside their children for a remote learning simulation during summer break. The move is set to help the system better prepare for this form of learning following a technical meltdown on a snow day in February 2024. Families are being asked to voluntarily log into their school systems on June 6 for a non-instructional activity during a pre-scheduled time slot. Administrators warn that the more people who participate, “the more accurate and useful” the data from the event will be. According to...
Hoboken High School to Add African-American Studies to Curriculum this Fall
HOBOKEN, NJ - Hoboken High School (HHS) announced it will introduce Advanced Placement (AP) African-American Studies to its curriculum starting in the fall. The move, which the district says is a significant milestone in the school’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and academic excellence, was approved by the Hoboken Board of Education at the May 2024 meeting.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The AP African-American Studies curriculum is said to cover topics including the African diaspora, the Civil Rights Movement, African-American literature, and contemporary issues facing the African-American community. It will involve students analyzing primary sources,...
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Graduates Poised to Help Fill Physicians Shortages Nationwide
NUTLEY, NJ - At a time hospitals and health systems nationwide continue to face staffing shortages, 102 medical students from Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM) are saying “yes!’” to a career as a physician as they prepare to graduate June 6th and officially begin their medical careers in residency programs across the country. The medical students, whose experiences were uniquely shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, include 75 students who came from the 2020 cohort of the medical school and 27 who completed their education in three years.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER HMSOM...
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