Tag: Howell K-8 School District
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Energy Savings Improvement Program comes to fruition in Howell school district
HOWELL – The Ardena Elementary School, Route 524, has become the first building in the Howell K-8 School District to generate power using solar energy. Because of that improvement, the school will have air conditioning for the first time in April. The Ardena school is the oldest building in the district. A ribbon cutting and…
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Howell K-8 representatives will visit sister school district in Taiwan
HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District is a sister school district with New Taipei City, Taiwan, and the Board of Education is planning to send a pair of administrators overseas to visit the Asian nation. Howell Superintendent of Schools Joseph Isola made the announcement at the Jan. 23 board meeting. “We serve as a…
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Howell school superintendent touts district’s energy savings efforts
HOWELL – Superintendent of Schools Joseph Isola has reported that the Howell K-8 School District has made significant strides as it seeks to save energy. Isola addressed the issue in a Jan. 24 letter to the school community and said, “You may have noticed activity at our schools over the last several months. The Board…
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Howell superintendent tells school board to be aware of consolidation talk
HOWELL – Joseph Isola, the superintendent of schools in the Howell K-8 School District, has instructed Board of Education members to keep abreast of legislation regarding school district consolidation. Speaking at the board’s Jan. 23 meeting, Isola said he would like the board’s Legislative Advocacy Committee to consider the issue. The committee consists of board…
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School gets new playground equipment
HOWELL – Newbury School has new playground equipment five months after a fire destroyed the school’s playground equipment. An investigation into the cause of a fire on the playground at the school on Newbury Road yielded inconclusive results. Shortly after 11 a.m. July 8, firefighters from the Southard Fire Department and the Freewood Acres Fire…
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Howell teachers receive classroom grants from First Financial Foundation
HOWELL – Two teachers in the Howell K-8 School District have received grants from the First Financial Foundation. Ramtown School third grade reading teacher Danielle Farley received an Erma Dorrer classroom grant for the 2018-19 school year, according to a press release. Farley submitted a grant application to purchase a one-year license for the Raz-Kids…
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Howell school board amends smoking policy to account for new products
HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education has amended a policy regarding students who smoke in school. According to the policy, “smoking” means “the burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from, or the possession of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco or any…
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Howell school board president hopes to refresh district’s strategic plan
HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education is considering refreshing its strategic plan moving forward as it prepares for a reduction in the district’s state aid. Under the initial funding proposal outlined by Gov. Phil Murphy in March, Howell was scheduled to receive $33.54 million in state aid for the 2018-19 school…
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Educators take new administrative roles in Howell public schools
HOWELL – As the 2018-19 school year begins, there are changes in administrative positions in the Howell K-8 School District. District administrators said there are two new principals and three new vice principals on board. Ray Gredder is the new principal of Memorial School. He has been in education for 16 years, including the past…