Tag: Edgar Middle School
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Eric LeGrand urges students to carry on
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A student at Edgar Middle School asked Eric LeGrand, a former football defensive tackle at Rutgers University, if he could go back to the tackle that left him paralyzed from the neck down and change anything, would he? LeGrand said he believes his injury, which occurred during a…
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Metuchen school receives grant to fund STREAM program
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Testing car speeds with speed guns and air resistance with parachutes are the types of activities that fourth-graders at St. Francis Cathedral School are experiencing through the school’s STREAM club. STREAM stands for Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. The school’s club is the recipient of a…
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Schools in Metuchen, Colonia receive sustainable grants
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EWING — Grants from Sustainable Jersey for Schools will boost health and wellness initiatives for two schools in Middlesex County. The grant funds will help Edgar Middle School (EMS) in Metuchen with equipment for its Walk and Bike to school initiative and help Colonia High School (CHS) students grow more produce…
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Grants to aid teachers, students in Woodbridge, Edison
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Three educators in Middlesex County will benefit from $2,500 Farmers Insurance grants for their students awarded by the company’s Thank America’s Teachers program. Mark Willenbrock, an instrumental music teacher at Colonia Middle School, Melissa McDonald, a fourth-grade teacher at St. James School in Woodbridge, and Deacon Richard Lutomski,…
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Metuchen schools encouraging students to pursue healthy lifestyle
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The move to promote a healthy lifestyle and highlight the anti-idling campaign this year was a success. Schools Superintendent Vincent Caputo said at a board meeting in July that assessing the district goals for the 2015-16 school year included a focus on the whole child. “There were fewer…