Verona High School junior Kristina DiStaso placed second in the advanced special category in the sixth Chinese Bridge U.S. High School Student Chinese Speech Contest that was held on May 21 at the University of Massachusetts Confucius Institute in Boston. DiStaso, whose speech was inspired by the debate over the book “Battle Hymn of...
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Verona High School is holding a blood drive on Thursday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the library. All residents, in good health and meeting all blood donation screening requirements, are welcome to donate blood, but students 16 years of age and older must have parent/guardian consent. Permission slips for students...
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Verona High School junior Filip F. Babalievsky has been notified that he came in first in the written examination for Automotive Services Marketing at the International DECA Competition in Orlando earlier this month. DECA is a business education program offered at VHS that includes regional, state and nation-wide competitions at which students’ knowledge is...
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On Thursday, May 19, 27 Verona High School juniors and one senior were inducted into the Verona Chapter of the National Honor Society. Each new inductee met the National Honor Society requirements in the areas of scholarship, leadership, character and service, and each was inducted in by a VHS faculty member of their choice....
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Verona’s H.B. Whitehorne Middle School has a shade over 600 students. Yet on Friday, May 20, it sent eight buses with four different bands and two vocal groups to Music In The Parks, a regional music competition in south Jersey. Anyone who has been to an HBW performance would say that there’s a lot...
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The Verona High School Alumni Association would like you to help celebrate the success of the Verona High School Class of 2011 by supporting its VHSAA Scholarship Fund fundraiser. The VHSAA will be selling maroon and white ribbons, at $6 for a single ribbon or $10 for a set. You can also support the...
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The first grade Daisy Troop 22736 of Brookdale Avenue School recently planted flowers in the flower pots outside of school to help celebrate spring. Pictured from left are Farrah Ruggirello, Lucy Hogan, Rose Arias, Wednesday Fischer, Nora Newman, Sarah Oquendo, Cassie Polanskyj, Emily Strlekar, Emily Carano, Meaghan Haughney and, in front, Emma Hogan.
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A non-fiction book published early this year got a lot of people talking about the differences in parenting styles between China and America. But for Verona High School junior Kristina DiStaso, the so-called Tiger Mom controversy became the start of what she hopes will be the winning entry in a national Chinese speech competition...
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Congressman Bill Pascrell’s office put out a press release Monday to trumpet the fact that the legislator got $52,403 for the Verona school district. He did, but we’re never going to see a dime of it, and here’s why. The funds were part of the $14.5 billion earmarked for so-called Title 1 activities under...
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Students at Laning Avenue School dressed up as famous New Jerseyans at their annual New Jersey Wax Museum. At the museum, the students portrays famous people who influenced New Jersey such as Thomas Edison, Sarah Vaughan, Sir George Carteret, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland and George Washington.
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