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Back-To-School Basics
Verona’s public schools re-open on Thursday, September 6. That is also the first day of school at Our Lady of the Lake School and its kindergarten orientation If your kids aren’t yet enrolled, public...
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Board Of Ed Meeting Tuesday Night
The Verona Board of Education meets tonight, Tuesday, August 28, in the library at Verona High School. This could be your chance to hear what kind of chaperone policy the BOE will be creating for...
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Verona Moves Graduations To Caldwell
The Class of 2012 may have been the last to have its graduation at VHS. The Verona Board of Education announced at Tuesday night’s meeting that next year’s graduations for both Verona High School and...
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Toxic Pesticides Used At HBW, VHS
The Verona public schools have posted a notice on their Web site that highly toxic pesticides are being applied to the field at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School and the fields at Verona High School today....
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College Essay Workshop
The Montclair Public Library is going to be holding a free college essay workshop on Sunday, September 16 at 2 p.m. Montclair Library cardholders get priority in registration, but that doesn’t mean...
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Education Tech Conference
The Caldwell College Division of Education will present “Technology Revolution in the Classroom” on Friday, October 26. The conference will offer workshops on promising technologies, creative teaching...
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Parent Volunteers Give VHS A Makeover
Reclaimed cabinets became a new kitchenette. There’s just no polite way of saying this: Until a few days ago, the teachers’ lounge at Verona High School was a dump. Filled with a listless collection of...
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HBW Moves Camp Bernie Trip
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School will be moving the fifth grade environmental trip previously held at Camp Bernie in May to a YMCA camp in Sussex County in February. The new location is the Fairview Lake...
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Teachers Recognized For Curriculum Work
The Verona public school district kicked off the year on September 5 with a full day of professional development for all staff members focused on current state and national initiatives including the...
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VHS Starts Field Radar Scan
The two men gingerly pushing the stroller-size rig across the upper field at Verona High School hold the key to where Verona holds its home football games this season. On Monday, TPI Environmental...
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BOE To Unveil Chaperone Policy Tuesday
Steven A. Forte If you plan on being a chaperone for any public school field trips in the future, you might want to plan on being at the Board of Education meeting tonight, Tuesday, September 11....
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Health Careers Fair At Caldwell College
Caldwell College will host a health careers information fair for the medical, dental and allied health fields on Wednesday, September 26, from noon to 3 p.m. in its Newman Center. Attendees can meet...
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Strict Chaperone Policy Unveiled
It will be all work and no party for school field trip chaperones under a proposed policy introduced by the Board of Education last night. And there’s going to be more work for teachers, too. Verona...
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Back To School At OLL
The 2012-13 school year kicked off on Thursday, September 6 at Our Lady of the Lake School. A special school mass was celebrated on Friday morning to mark the beginning of the school year. On Friday,...
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Sports Author To Visit HBW Wednesday
Watchung Booksellers will be bringing Tim Green to H.B. Whitehorne Middle School on Wednesday, September 19. Green is the author of the sport fiction kids’ series Football Genius and Baseball Great,...
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Students Drunk At Hoboken Game
Four Verona High School students had to be taken to a Hoboken hospital on Friday night for excessive alcohol consumption during the Hillbillies’ football game, conduct that could put them in violation...
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Longer School Days Ahead?
One of the first things Steven A. Forte talked about when he became superintendent of Verona’s public schools was lengthening the school day. Now he might be getting some support for that idea. On...
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BOE OKs Chaperone, Facebook Policies
The Verona Board of Education met Tuesday night and approved new policies for both field trip chaperones and the use of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter by teachers and support staff. As...
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Bullies Get The Bump At HBW
When Scott Chesney was a student at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, he was the president of the student body and a star athlete. What he wasn’t was a leader against bullying. Chesney, now a nationally...
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Kids Poster Contest Coming
One of last year’s winning posters This Wednesday, October 3, is Verona’s annual Walk to School Day. If you are a Verona public school student in grades 1 through 8, it is also the day to submit your...
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