Tag: Metuchen High School
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Metuchen library exhibiting ’70s artwork from high school
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Aside from maybe the wardrobe and the motor vehicles of the 1970s, the artwork displayed this month in the art gallery at the Metuchen Public Library has stood the test of time. Art students at Metuchen High School in the 1970s worked to create seven large, realistic paintings…
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Metuchen school officials air social media concerns
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The location where Metuchen High School students were evacuated to during a false bomb threat last month was shared on social media, prompting a recent discussion on how to handle privacy and security in the age of social media. “I think [social media] is a huge important tool for sharing…
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Residents gobble up opportunity to donate to county food bank
With 2016 nearing a close, organizers from the Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS) are taking stock of the usual holiday season’s landslide of donations. To date, MCFOODS has been on the receiving end of 62.17 tons of food donations, more than a third of which has flooded into the organization’s East…
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Metuchen schools encouraging students to pursue healthy lifestyle
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The move to promote a healthy lifestyle and highlight the anti-idling campaign this year was a success. Schools Superintendent Vincent Caputo said at a board meeting in July that assessing the district goals for the 2015-16 school year included a focus on the whole child. “There were fewer…
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Metuchen High School inducts its first Hall of Fame class
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Nine graduates and two retired faculty members have been inducted into the inaugural Metuchen High School (MHS) Hall of Fame. The high school’s principal, Bruce Peragallo, said that John Cathcart, director of athletics at MHS, broached the idea of an athletic hall of fame, and it evolved into five…