WEST ORANGE, NJ — While parents and students are rushing around to get supplies together for the coming school year, so are teachers. In the West Orange School District, teachers from across the district have created Amazon wish lists containing various items expected to enhance the learning experience for students during the upcoming school year. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Nikhil Badlani Foundation unveiled another piece of traffic safety–related art on June 22, this time in the front hallway of Kelly Elementary School. To make the collage that illustrates various traffic safety issues, Kelly art teacher Nicole Siebert worked with students to draw and decorate the mural after the NBF’s […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — More than 100 students and teachers, including from four New Jersey schools, were recognized with Touchdown Awards for their commitment to health and wellness through the Fuel Up to Play 60 program on May 27 at MetLife Stadium. Fuel Up to Play 60 empowers students to work with educators and partners […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kelly Elementary School Principal Joel Castillo and staff welcomed Mayor Robert Parisi to the school on Wednesday, March 23, when the mayor stopped by to read to children. The event was part of “Read Across West Orange,” a local version of a national program designed to encourage reading. Students posed questions […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kelly Elementary School students, staff and families conducted their biggest “Souper Bowl” food drive for the Holy Trinity–West Orange Food Pantry ever in February. The event was coordinated by the Kelly Student Council students, who asked everyone to bring in canned items and wear their sports jerseys. Stephanie Coia’s second-grade class […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Local author Tiberah Berhanu visited Kelly Elementary School on Nov. 17 to read her new book, “My Uncle Is an Alien,” to third-grade students. Students in Jennifer Imperial’s and Jaclyn Gill’s third-grade classes gathered around Berhanu as she read her first children’s book to them. The book revolves around the question: […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert Parisi greeted students as they arrived for school during National Walk to School Day on Oct. 6. The event was celebrated locally at Kelly Elementary School and recognizes the benefits of biking and walking to school while raising awareness for street safety. During the event, groups of walkers, referred […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Tiberah Berhanu was talking to her brother about his citizenship application when she noticed that her son looked concerned. The next day, when she asked why he was upset, he asked her if his uncle was an alien. Berhanu explained what they were talking about and then turned the conversation into […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students from preschool through senior year returned to school in West Orange on Sept. 9, many for the first time in nearly 18 months. Mask protocols were in place in all schools. After months of planning, the district hopes to return to some level of normalcy. Though Hurricane Ida caused some […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Rotary continued its charitable efforts with donations of backpacks to Redwood Elementary School students on Aug. 17 and Kelly Elementary School students on Aug. 18. Redwood Principal Kimya Jackson and Kelly Principal Joel Castillo were on hand to greet the Rotarians and soon-to-be-returning students, who were able to select […]