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Center For Education Reform Blasts Murphy Administration Charter School Failures

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Trenton NJ, once again the Murphy administration called out for disadvantaging working families and low income parents.  Center For Education Reform drops New Jersey from C to D . According to CER the Garden State’s political leadership needs to be badly weeded. The Murphy Administration has been arbitrarily rejecting expansion of successful charter schools with waiting lists as well as the opening of new schools to serve more students. While New Jersey has always been strong in having higher than average teacher standards, today’s leaders seem to be stuck in a great big pothole on the NJ Turnpike, unable to grasp that parents need more exits.

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Academy of the Holy Angels Students Take National Honor Society Oath

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Demarest NJ ,on May 19, the Regina Angelorum Chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 102 of the Academy of the Holy Angels’ top scholars from the Class of 2022 and Class of 2023. NHS Moderator Sharon Jureller organized the induction, which was led by NHS Chapter President Katherine Amanda Donohue and Vice President Madeleine Outlaw. NHS Executive Board members include Ella Cho, Julianna DellaCroce, Holly Foothorap, Alina Keshishian, Jordan Kotch, Gian Lee, Janella Osbourne, Nina Sango, Adriana Santos, Lydia Schmidhauser, Nicole Sinde, and Jamie Sung.

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New Poll: Majority of New Jersey Voters and Parents Support Public Charter Schools by a 2:1 Margin

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Support is even stronger among Black and Latino voters; Trenton, Paterson, Plainfield and Jersey City  parents overwhelmingly support public charter schools

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Ridgewood NJ,a new statewide poll from Change Research released today by the New  Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA) found that a majority of voters in New Jersey support  public charter schools by a nearly 2:1 margin (50% of respondents indicated support and 27% indicated  opposition), while parents surveyed have an even higher level of support (56% support and only 24% oppose).  Support for charter schools rises to a nearly 3:1 ratio among Black voters (58% support and only 20% oppose).  Support is also very strong with Latino voters (52% support and only 23% oppose).

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Academy of the Holy Angeles’s Best Scientists and Mathematicians Join National Honor Societies

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Demarest NJ,  Multiple Holy Angels students who excel in science and math have been inducted into the Academy’s chapters of the Science National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta. The joint ceremony took place on March 31.

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Academy of the Holy Angels Senior Gian Lee Wins National Gold Medal for Art

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Demarest NJ,  Gian Lee, a senior at the Academy of the Holy Angels, earned a National Gold Medal in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Competition. She was recognized for her painting, “Photosynthesis,” which depicts the artist’s shadow cast onto lush foliage.

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Gender Studies Heading for Ridgewood in September

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Ridgewood NJ, public school second graders will be getting lessons related to gender identity this fall under New Jersey sex education guidelines that will take effect in September.

Pink, Blue and Purple : A Lesson Plan from Rights, Respect, Responsibility: A K-12 Curriculum. Fostering responsibility by respecting young people’s rights to honest sexuality education

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National Art Honor Society Opens Doors to 27 at Academy of the Holy Angels

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Demarest NJ, some of the Academy of the Holy Angels’ best fine artists have been inducted into the National Art Honor Society for attaining the highest levels of achievement in art and academics. NAHS inductees must also demonstrate good character and participate in service projects and art education at school and beyond.

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#LetMyChildLearn Campaign Calls on Governor Murphy to Reverse NJDOE’s Charter School Expansion Denials

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Hamilton NJ,  over the last month, the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA) launched the most extensive paid and earned media campaign in its history to call upon the Governor to reverse his Department of Education’s charter school expansion denials. Parents, lawmakers, leaders and community members responded in unprecedented numbers.

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Charter School Parents Take On Trenton!

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Call on Governor Murphy to Reverse Department of Education’s Charter School Denials and #LetMyChildLearn

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TRENTON NJ,  Following February’s denials of high-performing public charter schools, hundreds of parents and students, primarily families of color, from New Jersey’s public charter schools took to the state’s capitol, urging Governor Phil Murphy to direct Acting Department of Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan to reverse these harmful decisions and support the growth of high-quality charter schools in New Jersey. Hundreds of parents and students took to the Statehouse Annex, traveling from all across the state, to express their concerns of being uprooted from the schools that best fit their educational needs.

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School Choice: New Jersey Court Hears Oral Arguments in Student Segregation Case

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Trenton NJ, the Mercer County Superior Court heard arguments into whether the state’s long history of segregating Black and Latino students from public schools should end.

Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy will soon decide whether the state must create and implement a school desegregation plan, hold a trial to gather more evidence or dismiss the case entirely.

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NEW JERSEY PARENTS SEEK BOLD CHANGE IN EDUCATION & MORE ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS

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Ridgewood NJ, JerseyCAN, a nonprofit advocating for high-quality schools for all New Jersey students, released today the most comprehensive statewide review of New Jersey public school parents’ concerns and priorities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  JerseyCAN partnered with the organization Parent Impact on this poll.  Conducted by the Global Strategy Group, the poll is the latest in a series of efforts developed by JerseyCAN’s statewide NJ KIDS CAN’T WAIT parent initiative, which launched last fall to provide New Jersey families with needed information, guidance, and tools to address students’ needs.   Since the campaign’s launch, JerseyCAN has invested in extensive statewide media, created a one-stop-shopping online resource for parents, and partnered with local teachers to drive meaningful engagement with parents across the state.

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Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children Launches Fundraising Campaign to Match Archdiocese of Newark Donations

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Newark NJ,  The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) recently launched the Torch of Learning campaign, a new three-year initiative that aims to annually match the $150,000 the Archdiocese of Newark provides each year to fund its “We Are Living Stones” Catholic Tuition Assistance Program offered through SFIC.

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NJ Senator Kristin Corrado : Governor Murphy Should End School Mask Mandate Now

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Trenton NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado responded to news that Governor Phil Murphy will announce that he’s lifting the school mask mandate in March, saying he should end the mask mandate and restore parental rights now.

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Parents Backlash Against Democrats Over Child-Masking

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Ridgewood NJ, seems parents in Ridgewood and all across Bergen County and the nation are starting to backlash against Democrats , and Democrat policies over child-masking.

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Academy of the Holy Angels Senior Chelsie Lim Is Candidate for U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts Program

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Cresskill NJ,  Chelsie Lim, a senior at the Academy of the Holy Angels, is a candidate for the U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts program. Lim received her invitation from the National YoungArts Foundation after becoming a 2021 YoungArts Finalist in Classical Music, the highest honor the foundation can confer. 

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