Irish Dancing At Brookdale
Brookdale Avenue School got some special entertainment on Saint Patrick’s Day: The dancers from the Verona-based DeNogla Irish Dance School. We’re told it was a big hit. The post Irish Dancing At...
View ArticleAce The ACT!
The Verona High School SCA is sponsoring an ACT Bootcamp in April. The two-day workshop gives students go-to strategies for every question they’re guaranteed to face on the ACT. The SCA says Catalyst’s...
View ArticleSchool Budget: Contract Savings, Bond Refinance Hold Increase Down
The Verona Board of Education introduced a preliminary budget for the 2015-2016 school year this month and, thanks to changes to teacher contracts and a refinancing of the 2005 referendum debt, the...
View ArticleJunior Woman’s Club Offers 3 Scholarships
Thanks to the support of the community over the past year, the Junior Woman’s Club of Verona will again be able to award three scholarships to deserving high school seniors. Each scholarship is worth...
View ArticleSuspicious Male At Preschool
The Verona Police Department has just sent out this alert: Dear Nixle User, At approximately 8:30am this morning, one of our preschools located on Gould Street experienced an unusual incident. An...
View ArticleApply Now For Verona Lions Scholarships
The Verona Lions Club will present three cash awards of $1,000 each or, depending on the quality of the submissions/actual community service performed, possibly 2 awards for $1500 each, to Verona...
View ArticleHarlem Wizards Play For Tech Fund
The Harlem Wizards are coming to Verona High School, Sunday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. to take on The Verona Victory, a team made up of Verona teachers and administrators. The evening promises to be a fun...
View ArticleCesa Stepping Down As VHS Principal For Expanded District Job
Glenn CesaThe Board of Education announced tonight that Glenn Cesa, who has been the principal of Verona High School for 13 years, will be transferring from that position to a new role that encompasses...
View ArticleHBW 7th Graders Made This Movie
In March, students from H.B. Whitehorne Middle School participated in a regional competition for New Jersey History Day. The HBW students had 20 entries and 11 of the projects advanced to the state...
View ArticleSchools Set 2015-2016 Calendar
If you have been waiting for the Verona Board of Education to finalize the 2015-2016 school year calendar so that you could make your vacation plans, wait no more. The calendar was released this past...
View ArticleStudent Council Plans Town-Wide Garage Sale
It’s baaack: The Verona High School Student Council is hosting the Town-Wide Garage Sale in Verona on Saturday, May 16. What that means is that, instead of you going through the hassle of getting your...
View ArticleLaning Principal Resigns
Laning’s principal since 2013, Julie DiGiacomo, has announced her resignation. Julie DiGiacomo, the principal of Laning Avenue elementary school, announced by email on Sunday afternoon that she is...
View ArticleOLL Showcases Young Entrepreneurs This Friday
Over the past six weeks, more than 20 seventh- and eighth-grade students from Our Lady of the Lake School have been participating in the award-winning TREP$ after-school program, where they have...
View ArticleGault Accepted To West Point Leaders Program
Billy Gault, a junior at Verona High School, has been selected to be among 1,000 attendees at West Point’s prestigious Summer Leaders Experience (SLE) in June. More than 5,000 juniors nationwide...
View ArticleMautone Honored At White House
Mark Mautone, a Verona resident who teaches children with special needs in Hoboken, was in Washington, D.C. last week as one of 55 educators from across the country honored for being teachers of the...
View ArticleCreative Arts Festival At VHS May 20
Mikayla Kiefer finishes her mosaic for the festival.Verona High School students will once again exhibit their creative endeavors from this year’s curricular and extracurricular activities on Wednesday,...
View ArticleVHS Competes In Euro Challenge Semifinals
Verona High School competed in the 10th annual Euro Challenge national semifinal round on Thursday, April 30 at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Verona team was one of 25 from across the...
View ArticleEighth Graders Look At Military History
H.B. Whitehorne eight graders Lily Benanchietti, Megan Forrest, Elizabeth Hensal and Julia Burke participated in the New Jersey History Day State Competition at William Paterson University on Saturday,...
View ArticleFrench Students Help African School
Students at the school in Burkina Faso show off materials bought with the funds by VHS students.This year, French III students at Verona High School researched traditions, customs and ways of life in...
View ArticleGet Your Town-Wide Garage Sale Map Here
The Verona High School Student Council’s Town-Wide Garage Sale is Saturday, May 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nearly 50 homes all over Verona are participating this year, and thanks to MyVeronaNJ.com, you...
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