Board honors retiring teacher, dancers, poet

Board honors retiring teacher, dancers, poet

WEST ORANGE — To end Black History Month on a high note, the West Orange Board of Education recognized the award-winning Step teams, a published poet, and a beloved mathematics teacher retiring after three decades of teaching at Edison and Roosevelt Middle Schools during the Feb. 26 meeting. Conflict Resolution and Student Affairs Coordinator and […]

District administrator to be honored

District administrator to be honored

Claire Keller, the director of student achievement for the Bloomfield School District, will be recognized March 19 as a leadership model at the annual National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators Conference in Washington D.C. AFEPA provides support to educators working with federally funded programs. Keller, who was selected by her peers to receive the […]

CHS security tighter after Code Yellows

CHS security tighter after Code Yellows

Stressing the importance of having and using ID cards, improving communications, and making sure doors can’t be propped open are among the steps being taken in the wake of two Code Yellow incidents at Columbia High School. South Orange & Maplewood School District Acting Superintendent of Schools Kevin F. Gilbert spoke at the Board of […]

Art steals accountant from numbers

Art steals accountant from numbers

By Mirvetk Tonuzi Special to the Record-Transcript For Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts instructor Williams Coronado, the journey from envisioning a career in accounting to embracing artistry was transformative, influenced by early exposure, familial inspiration, and a quest for self-discovery. “From a young age, I was exposed to artistry through […]

Remembering the Cowboys and Rams

Remembering the Cowboys and Rams

On display in the lobby of the Tarnoff Gymnasium at West Orange High School today are many artifacts relating to the school’s history. The exhibit showcases memorabilia from two former high schools in town that merged to become the high school of today. In 1984 the West Orange Cowboys and the West Orange Mountain Rams […]