Tag: Freehold Regional High School District

  • Sampson honored by peers

    Sampson honored by peers

    Charles B. Sampson, superintendent of schools in the Freehold Regional High School District, has been named the 2017 Monmouth County Superintendent of the Year by the Monmouth County Superintendents Round Table. “It is an honor to be named Monmouth County Superintendent of the Year by my peers. I am proud to work alongside such a…

  • AAUW honors high school seniors

    AAUW honors high school seniors

    The six highest ranking female seniors from the Freehold Regional High School District were honored during a recent meeting of the Freehold Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The awards that are presented to the young women are named for Rose Fishkin, who was a member of the branch, a Cornell University…

  • Donahue promoted to principal of Colts Neck High School

    Donahue promoted to principal of Colts Neck High School

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has promoted Colts Neck High School Assistant Principal Brian Donahue to the position of principal. The board took the action on April 24 and said Donahue will become the building’s principal effective July 1. The position at Colts Neck opened after…

  • Young filmmaker preparing for Philadelphia project

    Young filmmaker preparing for Philadelphia project

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A teenage filmmaker from Freehold Township is planning to create his newest movie in Philadelphia. Avery Cohen, a senior at Freehold Township High School, is beginning work on the film “Unsighted,” which he intends to start shooting in Philadelphia in late July or early August. According to Avery,…

  • Freehold Regional budget will raise taxes in 7 towns

    Freehold Regional budget will raise taxes in 7 towns

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has adopted a $201.9 million budget for the 2017-18 school year that will be supported by the collection of a combined $135.75 million in taxes from residential and commercial property owners in the district’s eight sending municipalities. Taxpayers in seven of the…

  • High school district sets April 24 for budget hearing

    High school district sets April 24 for budget hearing

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer April 24 has been scheduled as the date for a public hearing on a $201.9 million budget the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has introduced for the 2017-18 school year. According to district administrators, the budget will be supported by the collection of a combined $135.75 million…

  • Student struck by vehicle near high school

    Student struck by vehicle near high school

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A Freehold Township High School student is expected to recover after being struck by a vehicle on a street in front of the school. Just after 3 p.m. March 28, a male student was struck by a vehicle on Elton-Adelphia Road in front of the high school,…

  • Marlboro H.S. students will compete in national event

    Marlboro H.S. students will compete in national event

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – An exceptional victory in a state competition will send a group of Marlboro High School students to a national event in Washington, D.C., in April. In January, Marlboro’s We the People team won its first We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution state competition. The victory was…

  • High school musicals take the stage in FRHSD

    High school musicals take the stage in FRHSD

    The auditoriums of the Freehold Regional High School District schools are alive with the sound of musicals. Upcoming performances include the following: • Manalapan High School presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories…