Friday, May 18, 2012
The districts were honored this week.
The NJ Department of Education this week named Princeton Public Schools among 10 outstanding second language programs in the state. Four districts, including Princeton, were recognized for world language programs. Six districts were recognized for bilingual and English as a Second Language programs. “Helping English language learners master English proficiency skills and helping all of our students learn second languages is crucial to ensuring all of our students are ready for the demands of the 21st century,” said Acting Commissioner of Education Christopher Cerf. “We are pleased to recognize these outstanding programs and educators, which will serve as exemplars for others to learn from and model.” The districts were recognized at a …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The state requires public school districts to pay the transportation costs for students attending private and parochial schools.
New Jersey public school districts have been paying to bus parochial and private school students for years. A report in The Asbury Park Press puts the annual cost at $77 million a year for about 90,000 students of religious and other private schools, money that comes out of local budgets funded by property taxpayers. According to the Press, districts are required "to spend up to $884 on transportation for each student attending a private school, be it on a school bus or a parent driving the child to class." The state is one of only a handful that pay for private-school busing, with 34 banning all public funding for private schooling. Patch wants to know what you think. Respond to our poll and offer your thoughts in the comment section …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The segment, filmed at Princeton University, aired Thursday morning on NBC.
The TODAY Show hosts predicted they would be the greatest rowers to have never held an oar. The Princeton University Crew team members would be “dazzled,” by the Rainbow Warriors, Al Roker predicted. Matt Lauer looked out over Lake Carnegie and wasn’t so sure. “I generally prefer water that is chlorinated and bright blue,” he said. Thursday’s “TODAY Takes On” segment, filmed in Princeton on April 26, featured hosts Lauer, Roker, Ann Curry and Natalie Morales as they took on a rowing challenge against members of Princeton University Crew. The Princeton rowers, equipped with core balance, strength and cardiovascular endurance, towered over their competition. The TV hosts began to reel off their own ailments: two shoulder surgeries, bad …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
U.S. News released its 2012 annual rankings on Tuesday.
Princeton High School has been ranked as the 10th best high school in New Jersey and 196th nationwide, according to the latest ranking of Best High Schools by U.S. News. PHS was named a gold medal winner- one of 500 given nationally- by the publication for its achievement. U.S. News evaluated data on nearly 22,000 public high schools from 49 states and the District of Columbia, but excluded Nebraska due to lack of data. Schools were evaluated on several criteria, including college readiness, math proficiency, English proficiency and student/teacher ratio. Princeton Regional Schools Superintendent Judy Wilson said the district regularly ranks among the top schools in U.S News’ report. “Of special note is the fact that only three of the …
The segment, featuring all four hosts of the TODAY Show competing in a race on Lake Carnegie, will air on Thursday morning.
What do you get when you mix Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Ann Curry, Natalie Morales, Princeton University Crew and Lake Carnegie? A feature on NBC’s “TODAY Show,” which will feature Princeton University during a segment called “Today Takes On” on Thursday May 10 between 8 and 9 a.m. EDT, University Spokesman Martin Mbugua said. All four of the show’s hosts visited Princeton on April 26 to get a lesson in competition from members of the Princeton crew team. The hosts learned to row and then showed their "talents" in a race against some Tigers on Lake Carnegie, led by coxswain and Princeton University sophomore and member of the university’s heavyweight crew team Jason Kopelman. Kopelman and Kelly Pierce, a senior member of the Tigers open …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Mercer superintendents worried that extra tests will undercut ability of good teachers to engage with students.
Princeton is among the Mercer County school districts taking a wait-and-see approach to Gov. Chris Christie's proposed changes in state graduation requirements, saying the added testing may not be necessary. Princeton Superintendent Judy Wilson said she is reviewing the reforms outlined by the governor and Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf on Tuesday to determine the impact on local students. Under the reforms, the state's public high school students will have to pass 12 statewide assessment tests before graduation. The changes will be phased in over the next five years beginning with the 2012-2013 school year and will take full effect in 2017, when today's fourth-graders enter high school. Christie and Cerf, who presented …
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt visited the College of New Jersey to urge Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1.
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U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) today joined undergraduates and the presidents of several New Jersey colleges at The College of New Jersey in Ewing to ask Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1. “We have 58 days left to fix this – 58 days to prevent students from facing higher costs when they start classes next year,” Holt said in a news release “On Monday night I hosted a student financial aid workshop. We had an overflow crowd of students and parents from across Central New Jersey. No one there asked how we could make it harder to attend college. They need help, not a $1,000 hike in the cost of attending school.” Holt says if Congress fails to act, interest rates for more than 7 million students who receive…
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
New Jersey Association for Jazz Education held the competition on April 28.
The Princeton High School Studio Band placed first at the state championships of the New Jersey Association for Jazz Education on Saturday, April 28. In addition, the PHS Jazz Ensemble placed fourth, its highest finish at states. Under the leadership of band directors Joe Bongiovi and Scott Grimaldi, individual band members also were recognized with outstanding soloist awards. Frank Rein and Marc Stern received outstanding soloist awards and Alex Anderson won the soloist award honoring a senior with a $1,000 scholarship.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
To earn high school diploma, end-of-course exams are coming, but may take awhile.
Not content with a single donation, the students plan to start a microfinancing program for the region.
When 15-year-old Menelaos Mazarakis heard that his Spanish teacher Martha Hayden was offering a chaperoned trip to Peru last summer, he jumped at the chance to go. Menelaos, or “Mene,” a sophomore at Princeton High School, had no idea that his world was about to change. During the month-long visit Mene and five other students from PHS visited Taray, a village located one hour north of Cuzco which had been ravaged by a mudslide in January 2009. For more than a week, the students helped rebuild part of Taray's village school while taking in the devastation. Mene built bookshelves at the school. “We used an Incan construction model so weren’t allowed to use any power tools and everything was crafted by hand,” he said. “We first shaved …
william kramer
8:47 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
You SHOULD run for BOE just so you can run your own disclaimer. One of the many unspoken perks of the office. more ›