WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education unanimously approved a new teacher-evaluation model at its March 26 meeting that will take effect beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. The Charlotte Danielson Teacher Evaluation will replace the district’s current method, the Marzano model. The BOE also approved spending $13,500 to contract the services […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Edison Middle School will perform its spring musical, “Willy Wonka Jr.,” on Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21, at 7 p.m. The school is located at 75 William St. The show is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which became the smash movie […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council unanimously voted to eliminate street parking on Brook End Drive at its March 27 meeting, after delaying the vote at its March 13 meeting. Representatives from Alaris Health, located at 5 Brook End Drive, had asked the council at the March 13 meeting for the opportunity […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — FAMILYConnections’ “A Taste of NJ’s Best” will be Wednesday, May 2, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. This popular evening of music and delicious food will benefit more than 4,000 area children, adults and families. This year’s event honorees include Short Hills’ Beth Berns, a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Felix Plata comes to the West Orange School District as the new world languages supervisor with an 18-year career in the Passaic school system, working in ESL, world language and literacy disciplines. For the past three years, Plata worked as the world languages supervisor for the Passaic School District. He is […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Rachel Coalition will host its annual Women to Women luncheon on Tuesday, April 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. The luncheon will feature a presentation by Melissa Dohme Hill, who was brutally attacked by her high school ex-boyfriend, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students in Paul Stefanelli’s third-grade class at Redwood Elementary School entertained and informed parents and guests during the annual Patriots vs. Loyalists debate on March 15. Parents and family jammed the classroom to hear students debate the reasons for choosing the side of the patriots or the loyalists during the American […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Business owners, nonprofits and social media marketers who want to learn the latest on how to leverage social media to drive traffic, generate leads and more sales will enjoy April’s West Orange Chamber of Commerce Biz 2.0 guest speaker Julbert Abraham. Abraham, known as the “LinkedIn Guy,” specializes in helping small […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Township historian Joseph Fagan recently donated a German Army WWI regimental history book to Jonathan Casey, director of archives at the National World War I Museum and Edward Jones Research Center in Kansas City, Mo. The book was published in 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany, following the war and came to West […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Roosevelt Middle School, located at 36 Gilbert Place in West Orange, will present its spring musical, “Once on This Island Jr.,” from April 27 through 29. Show times are 7 p.m. on April 27 and 28, and 2 p.m. on April 29. “Once on This Island Jr.” is an original theatrical […]