'Heroes and Cool Kids' teaches pupils life skills
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer
      JACKSON - Students in the Jackson School District are working hard to resolve behavioral conflicts and to set examples as positive role models for fellow classmates. In a Dec. 19 presentation to the Board of Education, teacher-advisers Melissa Pennell and Bea Gagliano explained how the Heroes and Cool Kids program works in Jackson schools with students who are in grades 6-12.
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Schools may apply for grant
      In an effort to influence more student leadership education in New Jersey schools, the Success for ALL Students Foundation is offering three grants of up to $10,000 for any qualifying New Jersey high school or youth organization that wants to participate.
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Kindergarten registration set
      JACKSON - Parents of children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 1 will have the opportunity to begin the kindergarten registration process for the 2007-08 school year. "It's hard to believe, but the students who will be registering this year will ultimately become the class of 2020," Superintendent of Schools Thomas Gialanella said.
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