Tag: Edison High School
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School referendum on the horizon as Edison officials address overcrowding
EDISON – To address the current severely overcrowded needs in the Edison Public Schools, a referendum is on the horizon. Jeanne Perantoni, principal and CEO of SSP Architects, Bridgewater, proposed a referendum for September during an Overcrowding Taskforce Committee meeting on March 18. “The need is here. There is no benefit to delay a vote…
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Already overcrowded, Edison schools face more glaring capacity problems in the next five years
EDISON – In five years, the Edison Township Public Schools will face even more glaring capacity problems, according to George Sundell, who presented the district’s demographic/enrollment projection study. “The biggest capacity problems will be at [James] Madison Intermediate, [John] Marshall, and Lincoln [elementary schools],” he said. Sundell, principal demographer of Sundance Associates, based in Cherry…
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Breakfast with Santa at Edison High School Dec. 8
Edison High School DECA and the Class of 2021 are hosting Breakfast with Santa from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 8 at the high school, 50 Boulevard of the Eagles, Edison. Admission is $6 per child and $3 per parent. Participants can take home a picture with Santa. There will also be craft projects for…
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Metuchen Edison Women’s Club will sell luminaries as fundraiser
The Metuchen Edison Women’s Club will sell decorative luminary sets during the Edison High School Holiday Bazaar, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 17 at the school, 50 Boulevard of the Eagles, Edison. Each set contains 10 candles for $7. The fundraiser will help local families in need, community…
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Students accept awards in political essay, video contests
Seventeen students from nine area high schools accepted awards in the “Y Vote Essay and Video Contest,” sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Greater New Brunswick Area. The league sponsored the contest with the goal of motivating young people to get involved in the political process and exercise their right…
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Long-time music educator Winston Hughes remembered in Edison
EDISON — Winston Hughes, who passed away last week, set the bar for every music teacher in the township, according to Board of Education member Theresa Ward. “For 40 years, he was head of the music department and part of the music department in Edison High School,” Ward said at a board meeting on Oct.…
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Edison High School Eagles soar during 59th commencement ceremony
EDISON — In a time of uncertainty, Edison High School salutatorian Christopher Kozak called on his fellow Eagles to reach new heights and move to their next chapters of life with kindness. “We have grown up in a society where we have seen too much not to react. … Apathy is no longer an option,”…
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Edison parade grand marshal is three-decade member of VFW
EDISON – Michael Meehan, a three-decade member and chaplain of VFW Post 3117, served as grand marshal of the 56th annual Memorial Day Parade in Edison. Meehan served in the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division during the Korean conflict and, after rotating stateside, served in the 11th Airborne Brigade. As a civilian, Meehan had a nearly…
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Edison man’s organ and tissue donation has helped countless people
EDISON — In April 2015, Jonathan Baksh waited in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew his driver’s license. On the form he checked the box to become an organ donor. “He told me ‘Mom, I want to be like you’,” Sally Yabra recalled her son telling her as she stood in line…
