Tag: Freehold Regional High School District
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FRHSD superintendent: District facing ‘devastating’ reduction in state aid
Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools Charles Sampson focused his comments during a recent meeting on an issue that will be a factor in the development of the 2019-20 school year budget. Sampson spoke during the Board of Education’s annual reorganization meeting held on Jan. 7 at the district’s headquarters in Englishtown. “The…
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High school district partners with NJIT for career and technical education programs
The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has approved two new agreements with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to provide opportunities for students involved in two of the district’s career and technical education programs. The first agreement provides a post-secondary dual enrollment agreement for students in the district’s Web and Digital…
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Freehold Township High School event supports Embrace Kids Foundation
Freehold Township High School students have participated in a fundraiser that generated thousands of dollars to benefit the families of children who are dealing with the effects of cancer and other health issues. The “Dance For The Kids” (Dance FTK) was a four-hour dance-a-thon modeled after the annual Rutgers Dance Marathon. The event raised money…
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Howell H.S. will become International Baccalaureate school
The Freehold Regional High School District has announced that Howell High School received its final authorization to become an IB World School. Howell joins fellow district school Freehold Township High School as one of 17 schools in New Jersey to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. The Class of 2021 will be the first…
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Freehold Regional will join lawsuit suing state over school funding
The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education is joining a lawsuit that targets the New Jersey Department of Education in a fight for additional state funding. During a meeting on Nov. 19, board members voted 8-0 to take the action. Rebecca Policastro, the communications and district projects coordinator for the FRHSD, said board…
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Four board members will retain seats on FRHSD panel
Four seats on the nine-member Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education were on the ballot on Election Day, Nov. 6. Four current members of the board ran unopposed to continue their service on the panel. Freehold Borough representative Heshy Moses received 9,597 votes from voters in Freehold Borough and Freehold Township to win…
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Students continue tradition of painting Halloween scenes on Freehold windows
FREEHOLD – Students from the Freehold Regional High School District continued a tradition that stretches back to the mid-20th century when they converged on downtown Freehold Borough on Oct. 12 to paint Halloween scenes on the windows of borough businesses. The students came to town on a brisk morning to create colorful creatures and scenes…
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Freehold Regional students will present fall plays
The stages are set and the lights are beginning to dim at the Freehold Regional High School District’s six schools as the fall drama productions get underway. Howell High School, 405 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road, Howell, presents “Summer Brave,” a play by William Inge. “Summer Brave” is a revision of Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1953 play “Picnic.” Set…
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Referendum’s defeat will be felt in Freehold Regional High School District
On Oct. 2, the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) asked the public to vote for FRHSD: Ensuring Excellence. Sadly, with the defeat of our referendum, we lost an opportunity to enrich the school experience for all of our students by failing to build upon years of deliberate and prudent financial stewardship of the organization.…