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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Ms. Yvette McNeal, principal of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School is proud to announce the names of those seventh grade students who have earned academic recognition during the third marking period of the 2010 – 2011 school year. These students have qualified for the high honors award by receiving an “A” in every school subject....
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H.B. Whitehorne Middle School 7th graders Michael Knothe (left) and Billy Gault (right) were recently recognized at National History Day. The pair competed in the southern regional district and will go on to the state competition, which will be held May 7 at William Patterson University. For National History Day, students created exhibits that...
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The following seventh grade students* made the honor roll for the first marking period at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School with grades of all As and Bs: Danielle Alfano Jaimie Barry David Ben–Israel Amanda Benfante Tiraza Bhote Madeline Britch Liana Calandra Talia Calandra Julia Capuano Ryan Cariani Michael Carlucci Brendan Carroll Benjamin Chambers Griffin Ciccone...
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The Gault family doesn’t have to go far for jack-o-lanterns this year. The family says they decided to experiment with last year’s pumpkins and buried them in their front yard after Halloween last fall. (Or maybe they were just being lazy?). Low and behold, a large vine appeared from the ground in July. At...
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The National Weather Service was scanning the skies in our area Friday night for a tornado. They should have looked inside the auditorium at Verona High School, where a whirlwind group of more than 50 kids delivered the best Verona Summer Music musical in a very long time. I have to admit that I...
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Unless you work from home, you can’t beat crossing guard Jim Schroeder’s daily commute. On weekday mornings during the school year, you’ll find him on the corners of Hillside and Forest Avenues—directly in front of his house. “I leave for work at 8:40 a.m. and I arrive at 8:40 a.m.,” jokes the former cable...
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Saturday night was the annual Talent Night sponsored by the Spotlight Players Parents Association. It brought out performers young and old, and we imagine that some of them will be names you’ll hear a lot of in the future. Sydney Larkey kicked off the night with a rendition of the national anthem that should...
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