Tag: Hopewell Valley Regional School District
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School board elections return incumbents and welcome newcomer
Incumbent school board members – Board President Anita Williams Galiano, Vice President Andrea Driver, and Pamela Lilleston – return to the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education has been certified by the Mercer County Clerk’s Office. When sworn in to start their three-year terms representing Hopewell Township on the school board in January, they will…
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‘They are having fun and that is what it is all about’
Hopewell Valley Central High School (HVCHS) can add Special Olympics Unified Champion School to the school’s list of achievements after earning the distinction this year. The Special Olympics recognizes a school as Unified Champion School if they demonstrate commitment to inclusion with meeting 10 standards of excellence. Under those standards are activities such as Special…
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‘Here together in support’
Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD) is not immune to the impact on families and students from the Israel-Hamas War and the war in Ukraine. Superintendent Rosetta Treece delivered a new message to the school community at the school board’s Oct. 16 meeting in response to emails she received after her first message speaking to…
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‘Eager to jump in’
Toll Gate Grammar School has a new leader in charge of guiding the school for the remainder of 2023-24 year. Melissa Lauri was named interim principal of Toll Gate following the resignation of former principal Jane-Ellen Lennon, which was effective Sept. 29. “It has been a pleasure to step in as interim principal of Toll…
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Hopewell Valley Regional School district to focus on mental health training, grading consistency, diversity
Consistency in grading, more mental health training and diversity among staff are just some of the goals the Hopewell Valley Regional School District has for the 2023-24 school year and beyond. During a work session in August, the school board established goals in the areas of academics; civic engagement and building community; diversity, equity and…
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Hopewell Valley’s school district offices receive a piece of World Trade Center steel
On Sept. 11, a piece of steel recovered from the World Trade Center following the terrorist attacks was moved from Fire District Headquarters to the Hopewell Valley Regional School District Administration Building in Pennington. The motorcade carrying the steel made stops at Hopewell Valley Central High School, Timberlane Middle School and Toll Gate Grammar School…
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New principals excited for start of the school year
Bear Tavern Elementary School students start the 2023-24 school year with a new principal. Jay Billy, who comes from Ben Franklin Elementary School in Lawrence Township Public Schools, is leading the school now after succeeding former principal Chris Turnbull. Turnbull transferred within the school district to lead Timberlane Middle School (TMS) as its new principal. Billy…
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‘A deeper dive’
Small percentage of Black and Hispanic student are not graduation ready, according to the NJGPA Data from the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) has highlighted that Hopewell Valley high school juniors who identify as Black or Hispanic have a higher percentage of not being graduation ready than other ethnicities. The NJGPA percentages are higher…
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‘Very big shoes to fill’
Ben Franklin Elementary School Principal Jay Billy will leave the district in August for neighboring Hopewell Valley Regional School District From one elementary school to the next. Ben Franklin Elementary School Principal Jay Billy resigned to become the new principal at the Bear Tavern Elementary School in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Billy’s resignation…
