ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — This year, the EZ Ride Bike & Pedestrian Program team hosted more than 450 events in 300 communities, including safety presentations, poster contests, bike safety presentations, walk assessments and walk-to-school days to promote safety and biking. Approximately 40,000 students attended these events. The result: 154 schools and municipalities were recognized as […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Public Schools and the city of Orange were acknowledged as recipients of the Safe Routes to School awards for schools and municipalities. Oakwood Avenue Community School and Lincoln Avenue School each received a bronze certificate, and Forest Street Community School and the city of Orange each received a gold certificate. […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Superintendent of Schools Gerald Fitzhugh II and Human Resources Executive Director Shebra Jones visited district schools on Dec. 10, making a special presentation to the nominees for the Governor’s Educator of the Year award. Accompanied by the school principals, they gave each nominee a certificate and balloon, congratulating them for their […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Public Schools Bridge Team Summer 2016 did an amazing job in the District of Columbia. Seventeen elementary-, middle school- and high school-aged youth traveled to compete in the Youth North American Bridge Competition and 11 are traveling back to Orange with first-place trophies. Two-hundred youth filled a room for three consecutive […]