Priscoe Re-Elected, Wacha To Join Board
Pam Priscoe has won a second term on the Verona Board of Education and Chris Wacha will be joining the BOE. Unofficial results from the Essex County Clerk this morning indicate that Priscoe received...
View ArticleCommunity Focus Group On Superintendent Search
Verona’s public schools are looking for a new superintendent, and the firm leading the search will hold a focus group open to all Verona residents on Wednesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. The meeting will...
View ArticleBOE Gets Nearly $1.8M For Pandemic Relief, Mental Health, Security
At its Tuesday meeting, the Verona Board of Education accepted a $1,655,020 grant stemming from the federal pandemic relief CARES Act and a $125,000 grant from the state for school security. The larger...
View ArticleFour New School COVID Cases As Total Town Cases Rise
Verona’s public schools sent out an email this afternoon to say that there are four new school cases of COVID-19. There is one case each at Laning, F.N. Brown and Forest elementary schools, as well as...
View ArticleStudents Take On Teachers In Volleyball
The champions, Team Heem Verona High School students squared off against their teachers on the VHS volleyball court last week and, while one of the student teams won, a charity to feed the hungry was a...
View ArticleVerona Leads County COVID Case Increase
Verona had a 8.26% increase in cases of COVID-19 in November, the largest increase of any municipality in Essex County for the month. According to data released by the county on December 1, Verona...
View ArticleSchools Alter COVID Quarantine Rules As Cases Rise
Verona’s public schools will now require anyone who is not fully vaccinated to quarantine for 14 days if they have been exposed to someone who is positive for COVID-19. The previous quarantine had been...
View ArticleHonor Roll: Grade 5, 1st Marking Period 2021-2022
David Galbierczyk and Thomas Lancaster, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those fifth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first...
View ArticleHigh Honor Roll: Grade 5, 1st Marking Period 2021-2022
David Galbierczyk and Thomas Lancaster, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those fifth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first...
View ArticleHonor Roll: Grade 6, 1st Marking Period 2021-2022
David Galbierczyk and Thomas Lancaster, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those sixth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first...
View ArticleHigh Honor Roll: Grade 6, 1st Marking Period 2021-2022
David Galbierczyk and Thomas Lancaster, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those sixth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first...
View ArticleHonor Roll: Grade 7, 1st Marking Period 2021-2022
David Galbierczyk and Thomas Lancaster, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those seventh grade students who have earned academic recognition during the...
View ArticleHigh Honor Roll: Grade 7, 1st Marking Period 2021-2022
David Galbierczyk and Thomas Lancaster, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those seventh grade students who have earned academic recognition during the...
View ArticleHonor Roll: Grade 8, 1st Marking Period 2021-2022
David Galbierczyk and Thomas Lancaster, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those eighth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first...
View ArticleHigh Honor Roll: Grade 8, 1st Marking Period 2021-2022
David Galbierczyk and Thomas Lancaster, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those eighth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first...
View ArticleVHS Postpones Holiday Concert
Verona High School Principal Josh Cogdill sent out an email to high school families this morning to let them know that the winter band and choral concert is being postponed because of concerns over the...
View ArticleKindergarten Registration Opens January 10
Kindergarten registration for the 2022-2023 year in Verona Public Schools will take place from January 10 to 14. Parents whose children will be five years old before October 1, 2022 are urged to...
View ArticleSchools To Re-Open With Half-Day Schedule
Verona’s public school students will be back in school buildings on Monday, January 3—but only for a half day. The district sent an email to parents yesterday announcing that all Verona schools will...
View ArticleSnow Day Friday
You’ve probably figured this out already, but this morning’s snowfall means there’s no school today (Friday, January 7). All after-school activities are also cancelled. Also, because of the current...
View ArticleFree Stress Management Program For Parents
On Wednesday, January 26, the Verona Public Schools will present a free program, “Stress Management for Parents in 2022: How to Regain Your Balance.” The program will take place in the Verona High...
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