Tag: Little Silver

  • Buccaneers score ‘morale boosting’ first victory of 2021 basketball season

    Buccaneers score ‘morale boosting’ first victory of 2021 basketball season

    The joy of playing games has been the focus for the Red Bank Regional High School and Freehold Township High School girls basketball teams this winter, given the uncertainty of playing sports during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The teams met on Feb. 3 in Little Silver and battled through four quarters in search of their…

  • Red Bank Regional H.S. will have remote learning during first week in January

    Red Bank Regional H.S. will have remote learning during first week in January

    Students who attend Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver, had returned to a hybrid model of in-person and remote instruction as of Dec. 17, but are scheduled to switch to a fully remote model of instruction during the first week of January. On Dec. 10, Red Bank Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools…

  • Red Bank Regional High School prepares to welcome students back

    Red Bank Regional High School prepares to welcome students back

    Administrators in the Red Bank Regional High School District will have a plan in place that combines in-person instruction with remote (virtual) learning when the school in Little Silver reopens in September. New Jersey’s schools were ordered to close in mid-March by Gov. Phil Murphy at the start of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. For the…

  • Coronavirus case in Little Silver leads to shut down of Red Bank High

    Coronavirus case in Little Silver leads to shut down of Red Bank High

    LITTLE SILVER – Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver will remain shut down on March 11 after a 27-year-old from Little Silver tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The individual, whose identity was not revealed, has a sibling who attends Red Bank Regional High School, according to an update posted on the school…

  • Middle school students in Monmouth County learn about sustainable food growth

    Middle school students in Monmouth County learn about sustainable food growth

    The Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF) has awarded four Monmouth County middle schools with grants through the Sustainable Gardens in the Classroom Program. The four schools chosen to receive a grant to participate in the program for the 2019-20 school year are Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Neptune City; Long Branch Middle School, Long Branch; Markham Place…

  • Little Silver superintendent thanks colleagues for county recognition

    Little Silver superintendent thanks colleagues for county recognition

    LITTLE SILVER – Carolyn M. Kossack, the superintendent of schools in the Little Silver School District, has been named the Monmouth County Superintendent of the Year. On Aug. 28, Kossack, a resident of Howell, said she was “humbled” that her colleagues advocated for her recognition as superintendent of the year and explained that there is…

  • Little Silver superintendent: Extraordinary aid would be appreciated

    Little Silver superintendent: Extraordinary aid would be appreciated

    The superintendent of the Borough of Little Silver’s school district is hoping an increase in extraordinary aid will help support the cost of sending some special education students to out-of-district programs. On June 30, state Sen. Vin Gopal, Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling and Assemblywoman Joann Downey (all D-Monmouth) announced that Gov. Phil Murphy had approved an…

  • Little Silver superintendent advocates for increase in special education funding

    Little Silver superintendent advocates for increase in special education funding

    LITTLE SILVER – Carolyn M. Kossack, the superintendent of schools in the Little Silver School District, believes “affluence should not be a factor” when state officials determine the amount of state aid a school district receives to fund special education services. “A special education child weighs the same in a district that potentially has more…

  • Stroke of luck helps Little Silver woman find sister in California

    Stroke of luck helps Little Silver woman find sister in California

    Had her physician not suggested eating a vegan diet, Little Silver resident Dr. Melinda Wagner never would have met her long-lost sister.   After paying a private investigator more than $10,000 to successfully locate her biological mother in 1990, Wagner, who was adopted shortly after she was born, discovered she had a half-sister after her…