TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher has announced that 202 New Jersey schools are participating in the 2021-2022 school year’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program — the highest number since the program began in 2008. FFVP will be offered in 16 counties, including new additions Gloucester and Somerset, during the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Twenty-two current East Orange high school students have been accepted into the Kean University Scholar Academy, a dual-enrollment program that offers qualified students the opportunity to earn college credits while still attending high school. The first cohort began learning earlier this summer, when select students from throughout the state attended a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — After a tumultuous year of uncertainty, fear and virtual lessons, East Orange Campus High School celebrated its resilient Class of 2021 at a commencement ceremony at Paul Robeson Stadium. On June 23, a sense of accomplishment, pride and new beginnings were felt by all 365 graduates and their many family members, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — On Wednesday, June 23, Mayor Ted R. Green announced the winners of the East Orange Father’s Day Student Essay Contest. The contest, which launched in early June, tasked students in grades 3-8 to submit a one-page essay describing why they love their dad or father figure. The first-place winner received a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Eighth-graders at the Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing Arts graduated on June 18 at Paul Robeson Stadium and are looking forward to the next stop on their academic journeys. Reflecting on their middle school years, students recently shared some favorite memories from their tenure at Tyson. “I was dancing […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Marrying lessons with hands-on projects is what teacher Paulette Thompson does best. Thompson, a mild cognitive impairment teacher for grades six through eight at the Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing Arts in East Orange, had her students plant hostas as part of a culminating activity for a science lesson. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Twenty-two East Orange high school students have been accepted into the Kean Scholar Academy, a dual-enrollment program that offers qualified students the opportunity to earn college credits while still attending high school. The first cohort starts this summer, when select students from throughout the state will begin a four-week summer orientation […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Students at Cicely Tyson Elementary School recently learned a great deal about financial literacy. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, students made the decision to participate in charitable giving. Student Sanai London gave a brief overview of her group’s experience with the Money Smart Program during the pandemic. Sanai shared concepts […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — It began with an artist’s sketch. William Coronado, a grades 6-12 art instructor at Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts, decided to create a wall mural as a tribute to the school’s matriarch, award-winning actress of stage and screen Cicely L. Tyson. The disruption caused by the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Six months in, COVID-19 continues to plague the nation, and children are continuing their virtual learning at home. As many school buildings in New Jersey remain closed, Cicely Tyson Elementary School in East Orange held its back-to-school night in the schoolyard. Able to reconnect with students and parents after months of […]