Tag: Academy Learning Center

  • Academy Learning Center holds a day of collaborative friendship

    Academy Learning Center holds a day of collaborative friendship

    MONROE – There are only few things in life more important than friendship. That’s why 14 years ago, lifelong friends Melissa Macwhorter, an Academy Learning Center (ALC) teacher, and Abbe Fleming, a fifth grade teacher at Woodland Elementary School, created a special day to bring together two schools from Monroe. As part of the Educational…

  • Monroe scout creates wheelchair-accessible nature trail

    Monroe scout creates wheelchair-accessible nature trail

    A wheelchair accessible Nature Trail for Academy Learning Center (ALC) students has been completed courtesy of Greg Braun, a Monroe Township High School junior. Greg coordinated efforts with his fellow Boy Scout Troop 3 members and ALC staff, and secured donations to construct the project to demonstrate his leadership skills in his effort to become…

  • Four candidates seek seats on Milltown Council

    Four candidates seek seats on Milltown Council

    MILLTOWN — One incumbent and three newcomers are vying for the two, three-year seats available on the Borough Council in the upcoming election. Republican incumbent Ronald Dixon joins GOP newcomer Stacy D. Sullivan as they face Democratic candidates Trina Jensen Mehr and Felipe Zambrana, Jr. Ronald Dixon, 71, who is a 12-year resident of the…

  • Conversation with bank manager leads to lifelong lessons for students with autism

    Conversation with bank manager leads to lifelong lessons for students with autism

    MONROE Academy Learning Center’s (ALC) Rena Brenman found banking at the Monroe Township BCB Community Bank so pleasant that she decided to tell the branch manager about the experience. While speaking with Branch Manager and Business Development Officer Vincent Davis, Brenman mentioned the Community-Based Instruction (CBI) program she works in at ALC in Monroe. Davis,…