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East Rutherford Teens Receive Tips From Collegewise East Rutherford Teens Receive Tips From Collegewise
East Rutherford Teens Receive Tips From Collegewise EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Collegewise held a free seminar, "Fear and Loathing in College Admissions: How to Avoid It," on May 10, at East Rutherford Memorial Library. Collegewise is a private college counseling company, founded in 1999. This seminar helps answer questions including, "What are colleges really looking for?" "Are grades, test scores and activities all equally important?" and "What other factors are considered during the admissions process?" Nan Yuasa, senior director of Collegewise Bergen County, led the presentation. For more information …
FDU Runs Session On Autistic Students' Transition To College In Teaneck FDU Runs Session On Autistic Students' Transition To College In Teaneck
FDU Runs Session On Autistic Students' Transition To College In Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. -- Fairleigh Dickinson University is hosting the free presentation "Transition to College and Beyond for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder" on Thursday, May 19. The session -- hosted by the university's Metropolitan Campus COMPASS program, Community Promoting Academic and Social Success -- is for students, families, educators and providers. Coffee and refreshments will be provided. Folks must register by Sunday, May 15. Do so by calling 201-692-2645, ext. 413. Leave a message with your name and number of attendees. The presentation will be from 4-6 p.m. in the …
Englewood BOE Threatens CPS Reports If Lunch Bills Aren't Paid Englewood BOE Threatens CPS Reports If Lunch Bills Aren't Paid
Englewood BOE Threatens CPS Reports If Lunch Bills Aren't Paid ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- The Englewood Board of Education has adopted an usual method of collecting unpaid student-lunch bills: reporting the parents to Child Protective Services, NorthJersey.com has reported. The bills for unpaid lunches totaled $100,000 last year, according to NorthJersey.com. But Ernest Landante, a spokesman for the state Department of Children and Families, told NorthJersey.com characterized such a plan as irresponsible. "A parent's failure or inability to satisfy his or her debts to a school lunch program is not a form of abuse or neglect," he said. Read the full …
Ray Greiche Band To Perform At Memorial Day Concert Ray Greiche Band To Perform At Memorial Day Concert
Ray Greiche Band To Perform At Memorial Day Concert HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. -- The Junior Woman's Club of Harrington Park is presenting a Memorial Day concert, featuring the Ray Greiche Band, on Monday, May 30. The Ray Greiche Band is "roots rock with a hint of alternative country." "Bring your family, friends, neighbors, lawn chairs and blankets for a rockin' concert in the park," organizers note. "There's no need to cook dinner, because we will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, beer, wine and much more -- all priced from $1 to $5." But leave your coolers at home. Tickets are $7 in advance, or $7 on the day of t…
Bergenfield Student Excels At WordMasters Challenge Bergenfield Student Excels At WordMasters Challenge
Bergenfield Student Excels At WordMasters Challenge BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Washington School fifth-grader Stephanie Sulca earned a perfect score on the most recent WordMasters Challenge. In the final WordMasters meet of the school year, only 13 fifth-graders in the nation achieved this honor. The WordMasters Challenge is an exercise in critical thinking that first encourages students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words -- that are considerably harder than grade level -- and then challenges them to use those words to complete analogies, expressing various kinds of logical relationships. Working to solve the analogies helps …
Sign Up For Little Ferry, South Hackensack Soccer Sign Up For Little Ferry, South Hackensack Soccer
Sign Up For Little Ferry, South Hackensack Soccer LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- Online registration is now open for the 2016 Little Ferry South Hackensack recreation fall soccer season. The program is open to all Little Ferry and South Hackensack kids from pre-K to eighth grade. To be eligible for the pre-K-8 program, the player's birth date must be from Oct. 1, 2002, to Sept. 30, 2011. To be eligible for the pre-K division, the birth date must be from Oct. 1 2011 to Sept. 30, 2012. Paper registration is now extinct, and Community Pass is now the only way to register. Click here. The program has extra instructions midway down its website, here, i…
Official: Student Conduct At East Rutherford HS 'Out Of Control' Official: Student Conduct At East Rutherford HS 'Out Of Control'
Official: Student Conduct At East Rutherford HS 'Out Of Control' EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- At a Wednesday-night school board meeting, a teachers union rep brought up incidents of student behavior at Becton Regional High School -- and board members defended administrative responses, according to The Record. Prominent examples of the bad behavior included multiple swastikas on walls and defecation on the bathroom floor and urinal, The Record reported. Board president Raymond Muszynski told union president Jason Kuhns that Kuhns didn't know what discipline had been taken. The contentiousness between teachers and the board has shown up in other ways, too, The…
Health Professions Teaching Center Opens In Paramus Health Professions Teaching Center Opens In Paramus
Health Professions Teaching Center Opens In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- Bergen Community College will soon be adding a new facility to its campus, and it's having a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 17. The Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center is a $25.5 million 63,000-square-foot facility that will provide a state-of-the-art learning environment for more than 1,000 students a year. Simulation laboratories -- labor and delivery, an emergency room and ambulatory pediatrics among them -- and SMART classrooms will enhance the learning experience and better prepare students. On its first floor, a 24-chair dental clinic will give stud…
Country Western Hoedown Coming To Closter In June Country Western Hoedown Coming To Closter In June
Country Western Hoedown Coming To Closter In June CLOSTER, N.J. -- Closter will be hosting a western hoedown on Friday, June 10, presented by the Closter Improvement Commission. The event will feature family square dancing and line dancing, country music, a mechanical bull, a petting zoo and pony rides, yodeling, BBQ, pie-eating contests, and face painting. Bring blankets and lawn chairs, "and dress to impress in Country Western," organizers note. The hoedown will run from 6-9 p.m., at Memorial Field. For updates on the event, check the Facebook event page.
Glen Rock Swim Registration On May 14 Glen Rock Swim Registration On May 14
Glen Rock Swim Registration On May 14 GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- In-person registration for both the Glen Rock swim team and the kindergarten swim program will be on Saturday, May 14."This is a great opportunity to meet the coaches and instructors," organizers note. You can also find registration forms for summer rec programs here. Both registrations will be from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Glen Rock Municipal Pool.
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