Tag: Metuchen School District
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Metuchen school district audit well received
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — It may have been a yawn session as the yearly comprehensive financial audit report on the Metuchen School District budget was presented, but it garnered much praise for a job well done. “It’s the same boring story,” said Board President Jonathan Lifton, who thanked Schools Superintendent Vince Caputo,…
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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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Metuchen students extend kindness to African school children
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Students in the Metuchen School District showed how “kind” they were as they helped raise close to $4,000 for the K.I.N.D. (Kids in Need of Desks) project in Malawi, Africa, because sitting on a dirt floor to learn is not comfortable. “It’s not so easy to learn without a desk,”…
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Metuchen School District plans technology upgrades
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — By the school year 2019-20, each student in grades 5-12 in the Metuchen School District will have a Google Chromebook. That is the goal with the three-year, 2016-19, technology plan that was presented by Shawn Powers, supervisor of Math and Instructional Technology, at a Board of Education meeting…
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Schools in Metuchen, Colonia receive sustainable grants
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EWING — Grants from Sustainable Jersey for Schools will boost health and wellness initiatives for two schools in Middlesex County. The grant funds will help Edgar Middle School (EMS) in Metuchen with equipment for its Walk and Bike to school initiative and help Colonia High School (CHS) students grow more produce…
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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…