Schools Archives — Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

June 9, 2025

The happy scene May 29 at Memorial Elementary School’s new wing. Montvale Voters approved a $29.4 million bond referendum in December 2021, welcoming critical upgrades across the district, including new classrooms, STEAM labs, renovated restrooms, and modernized HVAC and safety systems. District photo.

New wing takes flight: Cheering the future at Memorial Elementary School

June 5, 2025 John Snyder

MONTVALE, N.J.—Memorial Elementary School celebrated the official opening of its new wing with a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 29, showcasing both the new facilities and the momentum of districtwide […]

Teens honored for courage, connection, commitment

June 5, 2025 Staff

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—More than 180 teens, parents, and community members gathered Monday, May 19 for Valley Chabad’s Annual Teen Soirée, a heartfelt celebration of Jewish teen leadership across the Pascack […]

Way to go! Bergen County Clerk John S. Hogan presents the Five-Star Student Award to Ashley Schwartz of Pascack Hills High School, here with her parents. Photo sent by John Hogan’s office.

Hogan’s Five Star Student is Ashley Schwartz

June 4, 2025 Staff

PASCACK VALLEY, N.J.—Pascack Hills High School junior Ashley Schwartz can add a new honor to her credits: one from Bergen County Clerk John S. Hogan: his Five-Star Student Award, a […]

The Westwood Regional High School Class of 1980 is gearing up for its 45th reunion with a full day of celebration set for Saturday, Sept. 20.

Westwood High School Class of 1980 plans 45th reunion bash

June 4, 2025 Pascack Press

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—The Westwood Regional High School Class of 1980 is gearing up for its 45th reunion with a full day of celebration set for Saturday, Sept. 20. The festivities […]

Class of 1965 graduates stage a playful photograph for the 1965 yearbook.

The kids of ’65 have got ‘Miles to Go’ — and they’re on their way

June 1, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

DEMAREST, N.J.—With high school commencements right around the corner, here’s a look at a graduation photo going back 60 years, to the class of 1965. This one comes from Northern […]

Daniel Epstein, a Pascack Valley alum and University of Delaware engineering student, was awarded the prestigious SMART Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense. His sister, Hannah Epstein, received the same honor in 2022.

‘Best thing that ever happened to me,’ says DoD scholar and PVHS grad

May 26, 2025 John Snyder

RIVER VALE, N.J.—For Daniel Epstein, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Delaware, the moment arrived quietly—an email during lecture, a confusing subject line, a hasty click. Then it […]

District cheers retiring ‘pillars’

May 24, 2025 John Snyder

HILLSDALE, N.J.—The Hillsdale Board of Education on May 12 honored six members of its staff who are set to retire this school year, celebrating what amounts to more than 100 […]

Henna tattoos are popular at Pascack Hills High School’s Third Annual Celebration of Cultures, held May 2. Maya Zislin photo.

‘Everyone is welcome’ — Pascack Hills soars with Third Annual Celebration of Cultures

May 20, 2025 Pascack Press

BY MAYA ZISLINSpecial to Pascack Press MONTVALE, N.J.—The reviews are in, and the future looks bright! With the success of its Third Annual Celebration of Cultures—an event that reflects the […]

Left to right: Fawn Kennedy of Meadowbrook School, Jenna Santana of Ann Blanche Smith School, and Kathleen “Katie” Eriksson of George White Middle School. The three were recognized as Teacher of the Year during the May 12 school board meeting. Submitted photo.

How it’s done: three Hillsdale ‘Teachers of the Year’

May 18, 2025 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE, N.J.—Three Hillsdale teachers were honored as Teachers of the Year at the May 12 Board of Education meeting, recognized through the Bergen County Teacher and Educational Services Professionals Recognition […]

Photographed 120 years ago this week—on May 20, 1905—two boys stand outside Montvale's School No. 1 at Summit Avenue and Spring Valley Road. When the school opened in 1899, only 400 people lived in Montvale.

Montvale’s tale of two schoolhouses

May 18, 2025 Kristin Beuscher

MONTVALE, N.J.—At the turn of the 20th century, Montvale ended up with two identical schoolhouses less than 2 miles apart. Here is how it happened. Montvale had become a separate […]

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