WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School Student Council will present its annual Black History Month Dinner on Friday, Feb. 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Tarnoff Cafeteria at West Orange High School, 51 Conforti Ave. The snow date is Feb. 18. The event will feature guest speaker Reggie Miller, whose […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The newly-formed Science Olympiad team at West Orange High School had the opportunity to attend its first regional competition at Union County College in Cranford on Jan. 10, and the experience proved to be exciting and valuable. West Orange seniors Derek Lim and Abraham Dada built the team with the help […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 12th annual Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network Winter Guard Competition will be held in the Tarnoff Gymnasium at West Orange High School, 51 Conforti Ave., on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 4 to 9 p.m. West Orange High School will host the event, similar to the Marching Band Invitational held in the fall. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Bianca Trinidad was named the winner of the 11th annual Poetry Out Loud competition at West Orange High School on Jan. 4, and Elijah Chilton was named runner-up, with only two points separating the two seniors. Trinidad recited “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain,” by Emily Dickinson, and “Dear Reader,” […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School Music Boosters will hold a wine and beer tasting fundraiser at Wine Legend, 235 Prospect Ave. in West Orange, on Friday, Jan. 20, from 8 to 10 p.m. The event will help to raise funds for the award-winning wind ensemble’s trip to perform as an invited […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Education Fund presents “Bowling for $cholarship Dollars” on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Eagle Rock Bowling Lanes, 424 Eagle Rock Ave. in West Orange. Check-in begins at 7:30 p.m. Join West Orange High School Principal Hayden Moore for the fourth annual scholarship appeal for the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A brand new CPR/AED, or automated external defibrillator, instructional kit valued at $649 was delivered to to West Orange High School by the American Heart Association on Dec. 21. Katie Kinney, CPR schools manager for the AHA, contacted health and district physical education supervisor Kevin Alvine in October to offer the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert Parisi revisited one of his favorite places at West Orange High School — woodshop — to collect 25 handmade wooden toys for township children. Parisi shook hands with several of the students, who were happy to participate in the three-week project. Cars, helicopters, trains and more with working parts […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Betty Maddalena Foundation, formed in 2011 following the death of beloved West Orange educator Betty Maddalena, has donated 63 Stand2Learn desks at a cost of $14,000 throughout all schools in the district. The initiative was begun by Christine Aker, a learning disabilities teacher consultant in West Orange who is also […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School choir members traveled to several West Orange senior citizen locales for the annual “Assisted Living” Holiday Tour on Dec. 20, 2016. Seniors from Green Hill Retirement Community, Woodland Valley Senior Apartments and the Jewish Community Center were treated to a holiday-themed performance from the choir members. Two […]