WEST ORANGE, NJ — The sixth annual “Musical Celebration and Tribute for Nikhil” was held May 16 at Liberty Middle School, bringing together students, faculty and local musicians to celebrate the life of Nikhil Badlani and the work of the Nikhil Badlani Foundation. Nikhil, who died following a car crash in June 2011, would have […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and the Essex County Division of Senior Services recognized the writing talents of eight Essex County residents during the annual Essex County Senior Legacies Writing Contest celebration luncheon on Wednesday, May 24. The Legacies Writing Contest encourages Essex senior citizens to write essays about the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Fifty-five Bloomfield High School student-athletes volunteered to do a “MURPH” workout to honor fallen American Military last week. Each student and many faculty donated $10, all of which will be given to Troopers Assisting Troopers program (helping those returning home from combat). At the conclusion of the workout, the athletes walked down […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School technology and engineering supervisor Ryan Del Guercio received a New Jersey Clean Communities Education Award at the 14th annual NJCC Awards Dinner at Pleasantdale Chateau on May 25. Del Guercio received the award for his innovative “Liter of Light” curriculum that teaches students about solar power, light-emitting […]
Editor’s note: The following article was written by Etai Barash, a junior at Golda Och Academy. It was published in The Flame, the school newspaper at GOA. WEST ORANGE, NJ – Students may have seen their humorous “Relax! It’s just a club” sweatshirts roaming the halls in school, but Golda Och Academy’s junior varsity girls’ […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Outstanding students in the world languages program at West Orange High School were recognized in a ceremony on May 17 that inducted juniors into their respective language honor societies as seniors received their cords for graduation. Tarnoff Cafeteria was filled with family and friends as world languages supervisor Mary Quiroz described […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, May 19, the South Orange Middle School music department traveled to the High Note Music Festival in Jackson, N.J. The students of the SOMS choral department did a stellar job representing the academic, artistic and personal rigor and discipline set forth by the district’s mission statement. The select choir […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — At Daughters of Israel, the Slobodien Pavilion Dining Room recently underwent a complete renovation as a result of the Kram Challenge Grant. Daniel Kram had been an active board member and volunteer at Daughters of Israel for more than 40 years. Before his death almost a year ago, he came up […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — JCC MetroWest in West Orange sent its Mini Maccabi athletes to compete in basketball and soccer at the Mini Maccabi games held at the Rockland JCC on Sunday, May 21. JCC MetroWest took home the gold in boys’ basketball, winning every game played that day. In addition, JCC MetroWest had one […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In a moving afternoon of solidarity and friendship, NCJW/Essex sponsored a Lunch and Learn with the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, a national organization focused on building relationships between Muslim and Jewish women. The program, “Creating a Movement of Muslim & Jewish Women Changing the World,” attracted more than 150 people and […]