The University of Scranton has announced its Dean’s List, which recognizes students for academic excellence during the 2011 fall semester. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours to make the Dean’s List. The list includes students from the Jesuit university’s College of...
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The Verona Health Department has let us know that there has been a second case of whooping cough at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School. The first case of pertussis, as whooping cough is more formally known, was disclosed by the public schools on January 11 ; the second case was confirmed by Verona School Superintendent...
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Jim O’Toole, a sophomore from Verona, is spending the spring semester studying abroad at the University of Dallas‘ 12-acre Eugene Constantin Campus just outside Rome. Since 1970, University of Dallas students have had the opportunity – usually in their sophomore years – to spend a semester in The Eternal City studying, traveling and experiencing...
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Eileen and Tom Finn of Verona are serving as co-chairs, as Saint Peter’s Prep in Jersey City prepares for the fifth annual 144 Grand Gala, an annual dinner-dance and auction in support of the school’s Financial Assistance Program. The Finns are the parents of current Prep junior Ryan Finn. Tom is a member of...
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As high school seniors turn the corner to their spring semester, many are faced with the pressure of committing to a college. The stress of applying is over; now is the time where these students are seemingly under the wire to choose where the next four years of their lives will take place. But...
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“They ask me what I’d like written about me when I’m gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.” These are the words that are beside the statue of Joseph Vincent Paterno outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. Four hundred-nine...
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Julianne Boyle has been named to the University of Delaware’s Dean’s List for Fall 2011. Boyle, who recently organized a community blood drive in Verona, is a freshman arts and sciences major. To meet eligibility requirements for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.33 or above...
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The Kindergarten Enrichment class from The Children’s House recently constructed a replica of the Empire State Building using all recycled materials. The curriculum allows children to develop projects using their own interests and ideas. From left to right: Charles Giacomazza, Dillon Millar, Matthew Toomsoo and Julian Santorelli.
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The Verona Foundation for Educational Excellence is holding a fundraising dinner at Avenue Bistro Pub on Thursday, February 9. VFEE is a registered non-profit that has funded many improvements to education in Verona, including the new broadcast journalism studio at Verona High School and e-books at the middle school. The evening will feature a...
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Governor Chris Christie has signed a measure that could move Verona school board elections to November from April and eliminate a public vote on the school budget. As we noted earlier this month, Senate bill 3148 establishes a way for school districts, their towns and even voters themselves to move the annual school election...
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