WEST ORANGE, NJ — The following is an announcement from Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Rutzky regarding busing for the start of the 2016-2017 school year on Sept. 6. For in-district students, all bus passes will have been mailed to the parents/guardians of eligible students by Aug. 24. Please ensure that your child is at the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The RSVP Center of Essex and Hudson Counties is launching a Reading Buddies program, which will connect volunteers age 55 and older with elementary school students in Essex County. Reading Buddies seeks to introduce the love of books and increase the literacy of young children. Early literacy is linked with academic […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mt. Pleasant Elementary School was one of several West Orange schools that recognized Flag Day on June 14, and they did so in solemn fashion. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the United States flag on June 17, 1777. This was Mt. Pleasant’s 15th annual flag assembly, the first held in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange community knows how diverse it is, but it’s always nice to be recognized for it. Mt. Pleasant Elementary School was recently named by Public School Review as one of the “Most Diverse Schools in the U.S.” and a top-10 school in the state of New Jersey. Principal Julie […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Parents of third-grade students attending recorder concerts, take heart. The hours of practicing “Hot Cross Buns” and attending the prerequisite concert are going to pay off, perhaps sooner than expected. Third-grade students in the West Orange School District took a field trip on May 27 to West Orange High School for […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Seven students in West Orange have received awards from the New Jersey Parent Teacher Association 2016 National PTA Reflections Arts in Education Program. The theme of this year’s competition was “Let Your Imagination Fly.” In December 2015 the NJPTA held the Reflections Art Show at West Orange High School, displaying the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and the Art Educators of New Jersey welcomed 102 students from throughout Essex County to the Hall of Records in Newark for the Art Educators of New Jersey student art exhibit on March 28. This is the 12th consecutive year in which DiVincenzo has partnered with […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange elementary school parents and guardians are invited to an informational meeting to discuss the proposed K-5 report card revisions, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, and departmentalization, which will begin in September 2016 for grades three through five. All meetings will begin at 7 p.m. and […]