WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School Student Council has continued its fundraising efforts and recognition of Black History Month with a campaign on its Instagram page. Each year, the Student Council holds a large Black History Month dinner and event featuring guest speakers and student performances. Due to the recent COVID-19 surge, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Club continued to impress as students took home six gold and six silver awards from the virtual fall conference on Nov. 22. Students competed in fashion, culinary arts, interior design and child development categories by submitting their projects virtually. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After a two-year absence, the West Orange High School Winter Concert rang in the holiday spirit on Dec. 9. From traditional, classical, popular and hip-hop tunes, the vocal groups from the high school delighted concertgoers and evoked memories of past holidays. The evening included performances by the Tenor and Bass Choir, Treble Choir, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School junior Maura Baker had the unique opportunity to deliver the student keynote opening speech at the 2021 New Jersey School Boards Association virtual workshop, held Oct. 26 to 28. Baker is the second WOHS student elected to the New Jersey Association of Student Councils as a State […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Tri-M Honor Society at West Orange High School welcomed 25 new members to its ranks in a ceremony held in the school’s library media center on Nov. 16. “We are very proud of the students in the Tri-M music honors society and all of the students who participate in the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Italian language program in the West Orange School District has been named the recipient of a $14,500 grant from the Italian American Committee on Education. The education materials grant will be distributed to West Orange High School, Liberty Middle School and Roosevelt Middle School for use in the Italian language […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It was an exciting Veterans Day morning on Nov. 11 as a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter landed on Conforti Field at West Orange High School. A team of National Guardsmen arrived with the helicopter, brought in from Lakehurst as part of the Air Force Jr. ROTC training program. After disembarking, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School’s emotional rendering of “The Laramie Project” will be held on Nov. 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. in the high school’s auditorium, 51 Conforti Ave. The play is based on Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project’s 18 months of journal entries and interviews with more than […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange 2021 Diwali celebration lit up the sky at The Rock, a 6-acre parcel acquired by the township in 2013 using Open Space funds, on Nov. 1 as the community gathered to celebrate the holiday, which this year runs from Nov. 4 through 9. Diwali originates from the Sanskrit […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Several West Orange High School students received letters of commendation for outstanding performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in 2020. Their selection placed the students among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2022 National Merit Program and among 34,000 commended students nationwide who have shown exceptional academic […]