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Juniors Collect Backpack Supplies
At Walgreens in Verona during one of last year’s collections.Did you know that many Verona families will struggle to provide school supplies for their children this Fall? The Junior Woman’s Club of...
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Christie Compromises On PARCC Tests
Gov. Chris Christie backed off slightly yesterday on New Jersey’s plan to implement the PARCC, a new high-stakes standardized test that could take up a full month of Verona school time in the 2014-2015...
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Lisa Freschi Running For Board Of Education
Lisa Freschi, who has served on Verona’s public school SCAs at the elementary, middle and high school levels, has filed to run in this November’s election for the Board of Education. There is one seat...
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David Bovich Wins Community Service Scholarship
David Bovich, fourth from right, with his parents. David C. Bovich, a senior at St. Peter’s Prep who resides in Verona, was among four recipients of the Junior League of Montclair-Newark, Inc.’s...
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Summer Reading Inspires Lemonade Stand
As a culminating activity to their reading of Jacqueline Davies’ The Lemonade War, Lindsay Benshoof’s summer school class opened their own lemonade stand. Pictured above are Verona residents Ryan Tsang...
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5 Candidates Vie For Board Of Education Seat
Five Verona residents have filed to run for the lone seat in this November’s Board of Education election. Joanna Breitenbach, Judith DiNapoli, Dominic Ferry, Lisa Freschi, and Michael Perry all...
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HBW Track Gets Ready For New Surface
If you’ve been out for a jog or a basketball game behind H.B. Whitehorne this week, you may have seen some excavating equipment by the parking lot. The digging was to install a new drainage system...
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Marching Band Car Wash This Saturday
On Saturday, August 23 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Verona’s own Marching Maroon and White will run their annual car wash in the Verona High School driveway. Verona’s award-winning marching band starts their...
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Register Now For Scholarship Golf Tournament
The Eric Mortenson Scholarship Fund Committee proudly announces that the Fall Golf Tournament will again be played at Montclair Golf Club and will be the primary fundraiser for the annual Eric...
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Schools Open Soon
The public schools of the Township of Verona will open for the 2014-2015 school year on Thursday, September 4. School hours are as follows: Verona High School (Grades 9-12): 7:55 a.m. to 2:33 p.m. H....
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Board Of Ed Candidate: Michael Perry
Since Michael Perry moved to Verona eight years ago, he’s spent a lot of time on the sidelines. On the sidelines of his children’s activities, where he generally serves as the unofficial photographer...
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VHS Banners Tell School Story
Lamp-post banners: Montclair uses them to sing the praises of local shopping and colleges use them to cheer on their sports teams. Now Verona High School has them to remind its students and the...
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Big Parking Change At Laning
There’s a new, long no parking zone on the Laning sign side of the street.The Town Council approved changes to the parking on several Verona streets at last night’s meeting, and if you are the parent...
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SAT Bootcamp Coming To VHS
In just one weekend, come learn everything you need to know to outsmart the SAT from the only prep company whose curriculum developers have earned multiple perfect scores (2400) on the test. With...
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HBW Track Closes For Resurfacing
If you jog on the track behind H.B. Whitehorne, you’re going to have to find another place to run for a while. The track is going to be closed to the public as of Wednesday, September 10 (tomorrow) for...
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HBW Student Organizes Pediatric Cancer Fundraiser
Brendan Semeraro, a student at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, has organized a fundraiser for the Max Cure Foundation, which is working to find cures for pediatric cancers and fund the development of...
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Learn About The Common Core
NJSpotlight.com, a Web site that reports on politics, education and healthcare issues in New Jersey, is holding a free Webinar on the Common Core tomorrow night, Thursday, September 18. It will explain...
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Superintendent’s Corner: New Year’s Resolutions
“Choose a goal for which you are willing to exchange a piece of your life.” –Author Unknown A new school year is our new beginning – an opportunity to build upon our previous accomplishments as we...
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VHS Honors More AP Scholars As Enrollment Grows
This year’s seniors were on hand for the AP Scholars ceremony, but they were only one part of the 65 students honored.Verona High School honored its AP scholars last week and one thing was very clear:...
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Rotary Club Gift To OLL Students
Georgia Brown of the Rotary Club of Montclair presents the third grade class of Our Lady of the Lake School with the 21st edition of A Student’s Dictionary. The Rotary club has presented over 10,000...
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