Schools Archives — Page 12 of 57 — Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

New elevator proposed for firehouse, polling place

September 22, 2023 Michael Olohan

EMERSON—Borough officials said they hoped to obtain no less than $199,000 from an unused pool of Community Development Block Grant funds to allow them to install an elevator at the […]

Teachers’ union calls on Pontillo to return Garcia to BOE Negotiations Committee

September 21, 2023 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Chris Pinto, president of the Westwood Education Association, has written an open letter to the Westwood Regional School District community, received here Sept. 14, “to publicly express our disappointment with […]

Westwood’s Lincoln School Days

September 8, 2023 Kristin Beuscher

WESTWOOD—The pupils in this early 20th century photograph are posing on the front steps of Westwood’s Lincoln School. All of the borough’s children through grade eight attended classes here starting […]

Referendum seeks $230K for school security boost

September 8, 2023 Michael Olohan

RIVER VALE—Voters will head to the polls Nov. 7 to determine whether the school board should appropriate $230,000 and hire three Class III officers, and an alternate officer, to provide […]

Hanging out at Tenafly’s first public school

September 3, 2023 Kristin Beuscher

TENAFLY—Can you imagine a scene like this taking place today? Kids are all over Tenafly’s first public school—and no safety nets in sight!—in this photograph taken around 1890. In keeping […]

Back to school in Hillsdale, 1933

September 2, 2023 Kristin Beuscher

HILLSDALE—Hopefully by now you have finished all your back-to-school shopping—but did you remember the argyle socks? We wonder how many of these children got new clothes before school started in […]

BOE to present George White options; fall 2024 vote eyed

September 2, 2023 Michael Olohan

HILLSDALE—District officials said they look forward to presenting several middle school renovation options for parents and taxpayers to consider — including moving fifth graders back to the elementary schools and […]

WWRSD BOE has new supt. search in works

September 2, 2023 John Snyder

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Dr. Jill Mortimer, hired in January 2022 on a five-year contract as superintendent of the Westwood Regional School District, wrote the community last week to announce she plans […]

Extra credit on yarn bomb: Westwood moms dress Third Avenue for school

September 2, 2023 John Snyder

WESTWOOD—Crafty Westwood moms came together last week to “yarn bomb” — with permission — a dozen houses on Third Avenue surrounding Westwood Regional Middle School, drawing smiles into the new […]

Volunteers said first key to safer school pick-ups, drop-offs

August 28, 2023 Michael Olohan

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—One short-term solution to improve traffic flow during busy student drop off and pickup times around George Washington Elementary School was increasing volunteers and parents to assist with […]