April 8, 2010 RSS feed / Schools

FRHSD adopts $177M budget for 2010-11

Residents will vote on $119.3 tax levy in April 20 election
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer

Positions now held by assistant principals, supervisors and teachers will not be accounted for in the Freehold Regional High School District’s 2010-11 budget. More...

Six farms quarantined in equine herpes investigation

On April 1 the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Health announced the quarantines of five Monmouth County farms and one Gloucester County farm as an investigation continues into a possible Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) outbr More...

Businesses show pupils’ art

FARMINGDALE — The National Association for the Education for Young Children (NAEYC) has designated the week of April 11-17 as the Week of the Young Child. Together with the local merchants of Farmingdale, St. More...

on campus

Sadia A. Rogers of Jackson has graduated from Penn State University, State College, Pa. Jessica D. Boyuka of Jackson has graduated from Penn State University, State College, Pa. More...

Museum Night features students’ art creations

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

Students in the Jackson School District are learning a lot about art, artists and art history these days. From Japanese sumi-e painting to fauvism to op art, the pupils are becoming well rounded as they work in a variety of mediums. More...

St. Aloysius pupils excel at competition

JACKSON — Pupils from the St. Aloysius School recently brought home Olympic gold and silver. The pupils from St. More...

McAuley Institute course at GCU examines life in the Gilded Age

LAKEWOOD — Shameful marriage woes, shocking business scandals, and excessive celebrity lifestyles are not just the makings of modern-day reality TV shows or grocery store tabloids. More...

Blood remembers 15 years of service to school board

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

HOWELL — Patricia Blood recently got a standing ovation from a crowd of more than 600 people at what she described as her most difficult meeting in her 15 years on the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education. More...

Christie puts state’s support behind charter schools

Gov. on NJEA: ‘This is all about greed and self-interest’
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and state Education Commissioner Bret Schundler showed their support for charter schools recently, telling a crowd of 400 educators that the Christie administration is a friend to the charter school movement. More...