WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sixty-five West Orange High School students completed studies on July 27 in algebra, English, U.S. history, biology and chemistry, to comply with graduation requirements. The minimum passing grade was 60 percent, or a D. This year’s course offerings, taught by district teachers, were: algebra I with Lori Bollotta, algebra II with […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The first-ever “Summer Book Dash” at West Orange High School on July 30 provided children going into kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to take home a wide variety of free offerings, and several hundred readers, novels and story books were happily taken. Organized by English language arts supervisors Beatrice Hanratty […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In a continuation of a seven-year tradition, the Timothy Groves Memorial Scholarship has once again been awarded to seniors at West Orange High School. This year, 12 seniors benefited from the scholarship, which the Shauger family founded with the West Orange Scholarship Fund in 2014. The 2021 Groves Memorial Scholarship recipients […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The June 21 end-of-year Board of Education meeting featured its semiannual Parade of Honors recognitions for the notable achievements of staff and students. Roosevelt Middle School students Rhianna Giuliano and Violet Kohlstein won the Outstanding Community Service Award for their environmental health work; Liberty Middle School students Natalia Feliz, Justin Lopez […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A pollinator garden? An apiary? A soon-to-be orchard, learning space and more? Welcome to The Rock, located on Mt. Pleasant Avenue directly across from Summit Street and right past the West Orange Recycling Center. Not too many people know about The Rock, as it’s fondly called, but they should. West Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — For the 2020-21 school year, 21 West Orange High School students have excelled in multilingual language proficiency and have earned the prestigious Seal of Biliteracy. “Students earn the Seal of Biliteracy by demonstrating English language proficiency on state and local assessments to meet graduation requirements, as well as oral, reading, listening […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — From the graduation choir belting out the loudest tune to parents crying tears of joy, West Orange High School held a large graduation under sunny skies at Suriano Stadium. It was an atmosphere of happiness and great cheer after a difficult year of remote learning. As all 584 graduates crossed the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Sunday, July 4, West Orange will celebrate the Fourth of July in style with festivities featuring food, fun and fireworks, starting at 1 p.m. at West Orange High School campus on Conforti Avenue. Rain date is Monday, July 5; the weather hotline for the event is 973-243-1115. Bring your appetite […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Married West Orange teachers Jennifer and Erik Studnicky are embarking on the dream of a lifetime as they depart in July for a one-year teaching opportunity at the American School of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. Jennifer Studnicky has worked in the West Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On June 19, the Library Media Center at West Orange High School was filled with fashionable women of all ages dressed in shades of pink and green, celebrating not only the unveiling of the portrait of West Orange–born educator Anna Easter Brown, but the day itself. The West Orange School District […]