Tag: Slackwood Elementary School

  • Grant funds help purchase STEM carts for Lawrence school district

    Grant funds help purchase STEM carts for Lawrence school district

    Recent grant funds will bring Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM carts to more elementary schools in Lawrence. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in New York contributed $23,087 to the non-profit Lawrence Township Education Foundation, which in turn gave it to the school district. The district plans to use the funds to purchase STEM carts…

  • Note found at Slackwood School deemed not a threat

    Note found at Slackwood School deemed not a threat

    An investigation into a note found at the Slackwood Elementary School, which included a racial slur and a threatening statement, was found to have been left by juveniles who had been playing at the school playground, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. The juveniles found some paper and wrote a message that could have…

  • George Regan was a ‘magnet for the wounded’ – Lawrence Township pays tribute to late teacher

    George Regan was a ‘magnet for the wounded’ – Lawrence Township pays tribute to late teacher

    Kind, patient, thoughtful and a believer in his students – that’s how George Regan’s friends, colleagues and parents described the Slackwood Elementary School teacher, who died unexpectedly in November. Many of those who came into Regan’s orbit gathered virtually on Jan. 21 to pay tribute to Regan, who taught for nearly 25 years at the…