Tag: Howell K-8 School District
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Focus school label removed from Howell middle school
HOWELL – Howell Middle School North is no longer what the New Jersey Department of Education deems to be a focus school. According to the department, a focus school has room for improvement in areas that are specific to the school. As part of the process of removing that designation, focus schools receive targeted and…
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Equestra residents focus attention on school funding issues
HOWELL – Representatives of the Howell K-8 School District recently met with residents of Equestra, a 55-and-over community, for a discussion of taxes, school funding, state tax initiatives and state mandates. Over the past several years, residents of Equesta, Route 33, Howell, have spoken publicly about the amount of property taxes they pay, and specifically…
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Griebling grad named school’s new vice principal
HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education has appointed Shawn Levinson to the position of vice principal/supervisor at the Griebling School, which educates children in kindergarten through second grade. Levinson grew up in Howell and graduated from the Griebling School in 1994, when the building was a K-8 facility. He and his…
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Howell approves school administrators’ pacts
HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education has approved a new five-year contract for Superintendent of Schools Joseph Isola and one-year pacts for three top administrators. Isola’s new contract will run from the start of the 2017-18 school year through the end of the 2021-22 school year. Isola’s initial annual salary under…
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Author meets with students at Howell school
HOWELL – Children’s author Chris Grabenstein recently engaged with sixth grade students at Howell Middle School South through a virtual author chat using the Internet-based conversation application, Skype. Sixth-graders at the school are familiar with reading and taking part in the adventures presented in many of Grabenstein’s books, according to a press release. Favorites among…
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Howell pupils honored for study about light and sleep
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer HOWELL – Howell Middle School South seventh grade students Ruth Daly and Beata Wolak have earned second place honors in the second annual National Bright Schools Competition. The competition is a collaborative effort of the National Sleep Foundation and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) that encourages students in grades…
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Howell school budget tops $121M for 2017-18
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer HOWELL – Members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education have voted 8-0 to adopt a $121.34 million budget for the 2017-18 school year. The owner of a home assessed at the township average will pay $98 more in school taxes during the next year. Howell’s residential and…
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Howell school board introduces $121M budget
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education has introduced a $121.4 million budget that will fund the operation of the district from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. A public hearing on the budget has been scheduled for May 3 at Howell Middle School North, Squankum-Yellowbrook…
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Grant funds model classroom at Memorial Elementary School
HOWELL – The Bulldog Think Tank and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Innovation Station model classroom has opened at Memorial Elementary School, Adelphia Road. Occupational therapist Leonora Bradley, technology specialist Skye Donzelli, media specialist Jennifer Stenard, speech-language pathologist Erin McCabe and special education teachers Maureen Rubin and Alexandra Zweig were part of a team…