Tag: JP Stevens High School
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Edison Arts Society awards three students with scholarships
EDISON – Three students have been awarded scholarships from the Edison Arts Society. Preston Romanienko, a Middlesex County College student, has received the Edison Arts Society [EAS] Angelo Orlando scholarship. Preston is a visual art artist and plans to use his scholarship to purchase art supplies to further his studies in the arts. Mahi Vakil,…
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Edison remembers 9/11 terror attacks during ceremony
EDISON – Eighteen years ago, Councilman Robert Diehl was teaching high school history, trying to grasp the scope of devastation, horror and heartbreak of the news on Sept. 11, 2001. “It was first period when the assistant principal came to my door and said that a plane had hit one of the World Trade towers,”…
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JP Stevens High to present ‘Cry-Baby’ in March
The John P. Stevens High School Theatre Company will present “Cry-Baby,” a musical adaptation of John Waters’s 1990 cult film of the same title, March 8-10 and 15-17 at the high school, 855 Grove Ave., Edison. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Performances begin at 7 p.m. The production is directed by Darlene Rich, musically directed…
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Schools collect more than 60 tons of food for county food bank
School districts in Woodbridge, East Brunswick and Old Bridge collected 12,850, 12,000 and 10,700 pounds of food, respectively, for the county food bank in the past year. The East Brunswick, Monroe and Perth Amboy districts had 100 percent of their schools participating in the food drive, which netted 135,000 pounds – or 64.5 tons –…
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Monroe, Edison students rewarded for knowledge of the Constitution
A Monroe Township student earned first place in the 2017 Middlesex County American Legion Oratorical Contest. Ria Patel, a sophomore at Monroe Township High School, was sponsored by American Legion Post 522 in Monroe for the finals that were held on Feb. 4 at American Legion Post 87 in Woodbridge. Patel will now compete in the…
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Edison native to perform at Presidential Inauguration
EDISON — For Briana Tarby, she said her time at John P. (J.P.) Stevens High School molded her career path. Tarby is a First Class Petty Officer with the Coast Guard and is busy preparing for the Jan. 20 Presidential Inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., where she will be an oboe player…
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Edison woman crowned Miss NJ USA
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Chaavi Verg is Miss New Jersey USA 2017, but it came with a loss and a year of emerging from a teenage girl into a young woman. As she rung in 2016, Verg, 19, made her New Year resolutions — be crowned Miss New Jersey USA and become extremely…
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Pallone announces military academy nominees
Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex) recently announced this year’s U.S. Service Academy nominees. From the U.S. Air Force Academy, Eric Ozga of St. Joseph High School in Metuchen and Zachary Piotrowski of John P. Stevens High School; from the U.S. Naval Academy, Zachary Piotrowski of John P. Stevens High School and Hannah Santus of Metuchen High School; from the U.S. Military…
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Edison songstress advances on ‘The Voice’
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Five years ago, Moushumi Chitre’s name rose to prominence as a senior at J.P. Stevens High School when she won the school’s annual JPS Got Talent. Chitre was one of eight students highlighted for their talent in the school’s newspaper “The Hawkeye” in April 2011. Five years later,…