Tag: teacher

  • Seven educators awarded 2021-22 Governor’s Educators of the Year in Sayreville

    Seven educators awarded 2021-22 Governor’s Educators of the Year in Sayreville

    SAYREVILLE – Seven educators have been awarded the 2021-22 Governor’s Educators of the Year in Sayreville. The Board of Education honored the educators during a meeting on May 17. At Project Before Preschool at Cheesequake, the Educator of the Year is Kristine Fritz. “Kristine Fritz teaches in a multiple disabilities classroom at our very own…

  • Teacher arrested for sending illicit photos, messages to student

    Teacher arrested for sending illicit photos, messages to student

    A 29-year-old Montgomery Township High School teacher and Hillsborough resident was taken into police custody last Friday, after she was found to have been engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a 17-year-old student. Michelina Aichele, of Capricorn Drive, is an English teacher and soccer coach at the high school. According to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael…

  • Docents bring own spin on Edison’s life through guided tours

    Docents bring own spin on Edison’s life through guided tours

    EDISON — Michele Lawrence said she has lived in Edison for more than 34 years, but did not realize the enormity of what a true historic gem the Thomas Alva Edison Center at Menlo Park was until she became a docent for the center. Last year, Lawrence became one of the many volunteers who guide…

  • VFW Teacher of the Year has connections to Edison, Metuchen

    VFW Teacher of the Year has connections to Edison, Metuchen

    Todd Pagel, a history teacher at John Adams Middle School in Edison, has been named New Jersey Veteran of Foreign Wars’s Teacher of the Year. “I am extremely honored,” said Pagel, who has been a teacher for 11 years. “The VFW is an amazing organization that helps veterans throughout America. They also do an excellent…