Tag: Hillsborough High School
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Hillsborough teacher has research work published online
Hillsborough High School Social Studies teacher Robert Fenster’s work, “American Painting, Poetry, Progress, and Prose in the Nineteenth Century,” was recently published online. His project is the culmination of research following his month-long Reese Teacher Fellowship at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. Fenster’s fellowship project focused on curating materials for teachers…
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School board sets tentative date for referendum vote
In roughly five months, Hillsborough residents will be asked to make the first of two important decisions for the Hillsborough Township Public School District, as officials announced the date of the first referendum vote. During the Oct. 8 school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Jorden Schiff announced that ballots will be open on March 12, 2019.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Two pupils start school year as National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists
A pair of students at Hillsborough High School are among a group of approximately 16,000 of their peers across the country, as officials announced Wednesday that they were semi-finalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship program. Curtis Chen and Smay R. Shah join a rare group of students to advance in the yearly competition for…
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HILLSBOROUGH: High schoolers worked with African-American museum for final exam
As the 2017-18 school year was winding down at Hillsborough High School, a group of sophomores worked to help improve a nearby African-American history museum as part of an unorthodox final exam. Students in Scott Kallens’ United States History I Honors class researched, developed and presented proposals for ways the Stoutsburg African American History Museum…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher accused of sexual misconduct had more than 200 phone calls with student
Kenneth Shindle, a 28-year-old man and Hillsborough High School teacher, and a 17-year-old female student were found to have shared more than 200 “after hours phone calls” in a span of five months, according to complaint filed in Middlesex County Superior Court. Shindle faces two second degree counts of endangering the welfare of a child after…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Class of 2018 to cross threshold into college, work force
The Class of 2018 will take their final steps as students of Hillsborough High School next week when they accept their diplomas at the Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton during this year’s graduation ceremony. On Tuesday, June 19, at 3 p.m., hundreds of students sporting caps and gowns will be joined by their friends and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: High school teacher arrested for inappropriate sexual conduct with a student
A 27-year-old Plainsboro man and tenured Hillsborough High School English teacher Kenneth Shindle was taken into police custody by local and county law enforcement yesterday for alleged inappropriate conduct with a 17-year-old female student. According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Plainsboro Police Chief Guy Armour, an investigation into the alleged misconduct started…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Woodshop teacher teaches kids the value of handiwork with a little help from the township
Modern curricula throughout the United States generally leans closer to the technological side of things. Coding languages, web-based learning modules and lesson plans that incorporate cellphones are more likely to enter the classroom than older, more analog methods of learning. Yet at Hillsborough High School, there’s at least one classroom where the high-tech gadgetry pupils…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Pair of high schoolers among the list of 2018 National Merit Scholarship winners
Months after they were recognized by school district administrators for being among the 16,000 pupils from around the country to reach the semi-final stage of the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program, officials announced Catherine Nguyen and Diana Voronin won corporate-sponsored awards. The teens were among the 1,000 students across the country to win the award,…
