Board ratifies new deal with FRHSD teachers
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has approved a new contract with the Freehold Regional Education Association (FREA), which represents teachers in the district's six high schools.
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Supt. plans to present report on ice hockey
Parents, players have been lobbying for sport's approval
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      On May 19, Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools James Wasser will present the Board of Education with a report on the feasibility of sanctioning five interscholastic ice hockey teams in the district.
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Creative thinking leads teens to $25,000 prize
High Technology H.S. students develop game to get children moving
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
      After putting their innovative minds together, five local young men crafted MoovDisk and won a $25,000 prize. MoovDisk is an interactive game that is designed to get children active.
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Students saluted for artwork
      FREEHOLD - Twenty-five sixthgraders received U.S. savings bonds recently in recognition of their award-winning artwork in the annual Fair Housing Poster Contest, sponsored by Monmouth County's Fair Housing Board and the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders.
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Teen names lake, receives award
      JACKSON - Nicole Way, a ninthgrade student at Jackson Liberty High School, is the winner in the Whispering Grove "Name the Lake" contest. She is the author of the original name, Iosca, of the lake situated on the site of Whispering Grove, a new residential community in Jackson.
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Howell Middle School North to perform 'Aladdin Jr.'
      HOWELL - Seventh-grader Ethan Riepe and sixth-grader Alina Zimmerman will play the roles of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine in the Howell Middle School North Drama Club's production of Disney's "Aladdin Jr." The show will be presented May 15- 16 at 7 p.m. at Howell Middle School North, 501 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road.
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Senior has made most of high school career
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      LAKEWOOD - In a search to escape what he said was the "monotonous, dull" scholastic life East Brunswick High School had to offer, Armand Rook Reyes, 17, transferred from that Middlesex County school to Lakewood High School as a freshman four years ago.
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Lakewood H.S. to induct hall of fame members
      LAKEWOOD - One woman and five men will be inducted into the Lakewood High School Alumni Hall of Fame on May 18 at theWoodlake Country Club in Lakewood. The luncheon is open to the public, and tickets are available through the alumni association. This year marks the 14th annual induction ceremony.
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High Tech H.S. offers enrichment courses
BY NICOLE M. ANLLO Staff Writer
      High Technology High School on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft will host a series of summer courses for Monmouth County middle school students. The Summer Enrichment Program for academically motivated students is available to children who will be entering the sixth, seventh and eighth grade in September.
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