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Ridgewood NJ, Legislative plans have been approved to spend more than $300 million in state bond proceeds on school projects throughout the state, including upgrades at county colleges, K-12 schools and vocational-technical schools.
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Ridgewood NJ, Stephen Kalish, former Army Officer and a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, presented the Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award on behalf of the West Point Society of New Jersey, an organization of graduates and friends of West Point who live in New Jersey. Each year, the West Point Society of New Jersey sponsors the Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Awarded at approximately 100 high schools throughout New Jersey.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Public Schools is pleased to honor ten outstanding educators in the 2020-2021 school year. The Teacher Recognition Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 15 at 7 PM in the Benjamin Franklin Middle School Auditorium.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education meets on June 14, 2021 at 6:00 PM for an Executive Session and 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.
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Ridgewood NJ, At the conclusion of the Lemelson-MIT grant cycle, the RHS InvenTeam has accomplished so much, well beyond expectations, especially in a pandemic year. They successfully invented a 3-in-1 Solar Aqua-Tech water bottle that provides safe drinking water without chemicals leaving no chemicals and is entirely sustainable. The RHS InvenTeam also shared their invention journey at Super Science Saturday, a Board of Education meeting, a Ridgewood Town Council meeting, the NJ STEAM Tank Challenge, and most recently, to over 200 eighth-graders at the George Washington Middle School.
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Ridgewood NJ, As the New Jersey Department of Education recently announced grant amounts to school districts from the American Rescue Plan, Newark-based non-profit Project Ready commissioned a poll by Change Research of 1,215 New Jersey voters to understand how residents want to see the funding used and how they’d like to see school districts engage community members to inform local decision making. By a large margin, parents want school districts to engage in an inclusive, transparent process.`
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New Brunswick NJ, as vaccination rates increase and prospects of normal life return more than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, New Jerseyans differ on various aspects of this “new normal” and how comfortable they feel, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Knee injuries are common, but do they have to be? How can injuries be prevented and how can they be possibly avoided when teens are playing sports? If injuries can be prevented then teens can enjoy playing sports a lot more and they can ensure that they get as much as possible out of the sport or hobby they are playing. Keeping fit, exercising, and playing sports is important for teens of all ages, it is good for their emotional well-being and their physical well-being, and the importance of regular exercise should not be underestimated or undervalued.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Aqua Conservation Services Team of the RHS Applied Engineering Club took third place in the Thomas Edison Pitch Contest with their invention, Hydrosave, a faucet attachment to monitor and reduce water usage.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Board of Education meets on May 24, 2021 at 6:00 PM for an Executive Session and 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.
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Ridgewood Crew Girls Senior Single Gold Medalist Llian Riedel is Congratulated by Kate Horvat, winner of the same event in 2014. and Head Coach, Boris Roque Alvarez. Photo by Edward Hida
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Philadelphia PA, The Schuylkill Navy’s 94th Stotesbury Cup Regatta took place this past weekend as one of the first public events approved by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health as the City reopens. One hundred and thirty-one teams gathered at the Schuylkill River for what is now the largest high school rowing regatta in the world. Ridgewood sent 13 crews to compete against exceptionally fine crews from all parts of the United States.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Schools have taken a slow but steady approach to reopening schools with appropriate incremental steps. Because the district proceeded with caution, there have been minimal interruptions due to classroom and building closures. The future looks promising, as vaccinations become more widely available and public health guidance begins to shift.
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