WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange celebrated Arbor Day with the planting of a Japanese tree lilac at Roosevelt Middle School, followed by a trip to “The Rock” to view the property that will be turned into an arboretum and locale for indigenous flowers and plants. Members of the Roosevelt Middle School Student Council, the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Roosevelt Middle School students Jacob Klausner and Oliver Adelson are finalists heading to the National MathCon Competition in Chicago, Ill., on April 23. The boys were two of the 564 national finalists who qualified to attend the competition out of 44,073 students. According to Roosevelt math teacher and Math Club adviser […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Twenty-seven lucky Edison, Liberty and Roosevelt middle school students enjoyed a trip to the Jets Training Camp facility in Florham Park on March 16 to taste smoothies, do a little dancing and learn about the “Fuel Up to Play 60” program that will be added to their schools beginning in September. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The District Jazz Concert, held Feb. 23 at Liberty Middle School, played to a full house of appreciative family and community members who came away in awe of the musical talent in the West Orange School District. Students in grades six through 12 performed in the annual jazz concert with their […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Middle School Honors Program, begun in September 2015, has undergone some changes for the 2016-17 school year thanks to a committed group of educators, administrators and parents, according to a district release. If your child is in fifth, sixth or seventh grades and a good candidate for an honors program, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The volleyball round robin that had been scheduled for Jan. 29 was canceled after damage to Roosevelt Middle School Gym made the space unsafe. “The gym roof leaked, causing a small area of the gym floor to buckle,” Superintendent of Schools Jeff Rutzky told the West Orange Chronicle in a Feb. 2 […]