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Ridgewood NJ, nearly 100 students and administrators from Incheon High School in South Korea visited RHS and BFMS today for presentations and performances. Bravo to RHS STEM students and student ambassadors, and our BFMS Jazz Machine for a wonderful welcome!
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Ridgewood NJ,the BFMS math team for taking first place in the MATHCOUNTS 2020 Bergen/Hudson Chapter Competition! In March, these students will be showcasing their problem-solving skills in the state competition at Rutgers University.
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Ridgewood NJ, Benjamin Franklin Middle School (BFMS) students have been busy helping their community! The BFMS annual SOUPer Bowl resulted in a collection of 1,674 cans of soup to be donated. The Student Council also worked with the Social Service Club to collect donations for Tackle Kids Cancer, which supports pediatric cancer research. The students raised $950, and all donations are matched by Eli Manning. Well done!
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Ridgewood NJ, BFMS Choral ,Orchestra and Band have big news. Justine Kawash, BFMS Choral Director Grades 6-8 reports on the Region I auditions: Alexis Rosenfeld (Gr. 7, Alto) and Katarina Burton (Gr. 7, Alto) were selected as members of the Region I 2019 Chorus.
Carol Sharar, BFMS Orchestra Director, reports that five string players have won placement into the prestigious Region I Intermediate Orchestra for 2019. They are: Harin Jeong (Gr. 8, violin), Phillip Bang (Gr. 8, viola, 1st chair), Ania Skulskaia (Gr. 7, violin), Jenny Yang (Gr. 7, violin) and Jenny Jang (Gr. 7, violin), who in addition also won Silver in the Scholastic Writing Contest.
Jason Curcio, BFMS Director of Bands and the Jazz Machine, has announced the Region Band selectees for 2019: Annie Skulskaia (Gr. 7, flute), Seung He Rhew (Gr. 8, clarinet,) Jennifer Lee (Gr. 7, clarinet), Eojin Kikm (Gr. 8, clarinet) and Joelle Yoon (Gr. 7, trombone).
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Ridgewood NJ, The stars are out this week! Ridgewood’s very own J. Mark McVey, Ciarán Sheenan and Eugene Thomas will be performing with over 140 cast members in this year’s Jamboree 2019 “Long Way Home.” J. Marc McVey made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables.” Ciaran Sheenan, Irish born and acclaimed actor and singer has performed in Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom and as Raoul and currently performs with The Four Phantoms. Eugene Thomas was the lead singer of the musical groups “Megatones” and “Epitome of Sound” in the 1960’s and recently released a 45 LP which is widely celebrated here and internationally. RHS Jamboree’s “Long Way Home” welcomes these amazing performers to their cast! Jamboree has given out over $1 million dollars in college scholarships to graduating seniors since its inception over 70 years ago! Come on out and support this great cause!
Performances will be held at Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 335 N. Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ. Thursday and Friday February 7th and 8th at 7:30pm. Saturday February 9th at 7:00pm. Tickets can be purchased online through Brown Paper Tickets: https://bpt.me/3922247 Or go to www.rhsjamboree.org for more information
Photos courtesy of Village of Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen
July 1,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, Michael Feeney Jr. Police Academy class #4 members graduated Friday at BFMS. Congratulations to the 100 student participants and thank you to the Ridgewood Police Department, Bergen County Sheriff’s Department K-9 and Bomb Squad, Ridgewood Emergency Services, Ridgewood Fire Department, Bergen County Law and Public Safety and more.
Special thanks to Lieutenant Glenn Ender, Jill Feeney & junior instructors and to everyone involved with this outstanding program! Village of Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen and Chief Jacqueline Luthcke got involved and did a few selfies with graduates.
September 14,2016
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Ridgewood NJ, FAQ on Full-Day Kindergarten: Vote is November 8. The November 8 election ballot will include a question for residents about implementing full-day Kindergarten FDK) in Ridgewood. Public presentations will be held on FDK at 7 p.m.. at BFMS on Wednesday, October 5 and at GWMS on Thursday, October 27.
To learn more about full-day Kindergarten, please click here for a FAQ sheet, updated on August 23, 2016. Please click here to go to other Full-Day K documents that are located in the Full-day Kindergarten Exploratory Committee folder on the Curriculum web page.
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Ridgewood NJ , Just got word that teachers are not willing to chaperone due to contact not being signed.
Ridgewood Parents are outraged! The Camp will be daycamp instead of overnight.
