Tag: Monroe Township High School

  • Monroe senior citizens compete with Monroe senior students

    Monroe senior citizens compete with Monroe senior students

    PHOTO COURTESY OF MONROE TOWNSHIP Monroe’s Recreation Department hosted its annual Seniors vs. Seniors Games on May 30, where senior citizens and senior students from Monroe Township High School teamed up on the bowling lanes, as well as the shuffleboard, pickleball and bocce ball courts.

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Dylan C. Genther of Monroe graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rider University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He was a graduate of Monroe Township High School’s Class of 2014.  

  • Pallone honors Monroe twins attending Merchant Marine Academy

    Pallone honors Monroe twins attending Merchant Marine Academy

    Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Middlesex, Monmouth) announced this year’s U.S. Service Academy nominees during a Congressional Awards Ceremony at Rutgers University. Among the honorees were twins Allison Aitken and Austin Aitken of Monroe Township High School, who attend the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.      

  • Social hour pairs Monroe senior citizens with special needs students

    Social hour pairs Monroe senior citizens with special needs students

    MONROE – Each week, a large meeting room at the Monroe Township Senior Center transforms into a busy classroom for a small gathering of special needs students. The Monroe Township High School upperclassmen, part of the district’s Transitioning Adult Program, are accompanied by a team of educators and paraprofessionals who visit with a few senior…

  • Monroe community members to hold gun reform forum April 23

    Monroe community members to hold gun reform forum April 23

    Indivisible of Monroe will hold a School Safety Common Sense Gun Reform Forum from 7-9 p.m. on April 23 at the Monroe Township Senior Center, 12 Halsey Reed Road, Monroe. Members of Monroe Township High School, the Monroe Township Police Department, Moms Demand Action and the Monroe Township School District will participate. For more information,…

  • Monroe scout documents the phonograph at Thomas Edison Center

    Monroe scout documents the phonograph at Thomas Edison Center

    Researching the history of Thomas Edison’s phonograph sounded like a great idea to a Monroe Eagle Scout candidate. Shankar Saikia, a sophomore at Monroe Township High School, chose to research, design and build a permanent exhibit highlighting one of Thomas Edison’s most significant inventions on the grounds of the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park…

  • Monroe Township High School students walk for peace in support of Florida shooting victims

    Monroe Township High School students walk for peace in support of Florida shooting victims

    MONROE — A sea of white flowed out of Monroe Township High School last week as students participated in the nationwide school walkout movement to protest gun violence and show support for the victims of the Florida school shooting last month. Schools Superintendent Michael Kozak said Principal Robert Goodall met with student leaders, who expressed…

  • Monroe residents to vote on referendum for new middle school

    Monroe residents to vote on referendum for new middle school

    With the community’s middle school enrollment projected to exceed 2,000 students by 2023, the Monroe Township Board of Education is proposing to build a new middle school. That action would enable the Monroe Township Board of Education to divide the middle school population among two buildings. “Our district’s enrollment has grown by over 1,781 students…

  • Monroe student heading to finals for Legion oratorical contest

    Monroe student heading to finals for Legion oratorical contest

    A Monroe High School junior is moving onto the state finals of the 2018 Third District American Legion High School Oratorical Contest. Ria Patel, sponsored by American Legion Post 522 in Monroe, delivered a prepared oration about a phase of the Constitution and an oration on a randomly assigned constitutional topic during finals at the Woodbridge…