Post Tagged with: "HBW"
Freund To Be New HBW Vice Principal
Howard Freund, a fixture in the H.B. Whitehorne Middle School music department for more than a decade, will replace Jeffrey Monacelli as vice principal at the school. Brian Michalowski, who directed Seussical Jr. at HBW this past spring, will join the school’s music department full time, along with Dan Halpern, whose appointment has already been [...]
New Music Director For HBW
Dan Halpern, formerly the director of the Franklin, New Jersey, Middle School Band and Jazz Band, has been hired to replace H.B. Whitehorne music teacher David Tintle, who retired this June after 22 years with Verona’s music program. According to Superintendent Charles Sampson, Halpern has worked as assistant marching band director at Verona High School [...]
New High School Guidance Counselor Hired
A new guidance counselor has been hired for Verona High School to replace Harriet Warshaw, who will be working at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School come fall. The new hire, Kathleen Grant, was selected from over 300 applicants, according to Superintendent Charles Sampson. She has a corporate background and comes to Verona following a year as [...]
HBW Teacher Climbing Mountain For A Cause
Glenn Haerle, a special education teacher at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School will be leading a group of HBW colleagues up Mount Washington in August. But it won’t be a casual walk in the New Hampshire woods: Haerle, who has cerebral palsy, is using the climb to raise money and awareness about the condition. He’s raised [...]
HBW Grant Will Fund Extra Social Worker
In the fall, students at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School will benefit from the expertise of an additional social worker, thanks to a grant from the Mountainside Health Foundation and Principal Yvette McNeal, who applied for the grant. The grant will provide funds for a social worker from Mountainside Hospital to offer small-group counseling and workshops [...]
Monacelli To Become Forest Ave. Principal
The Verona Board of Education has announced that Jeffrey Monacelli will be leaving H.B. Whitehorne Middle School to become the new principal of Forest Avenue school. Monacelli began his teaching career at HBW as a fifth grade teacher in 1998. He taught reading, English, math and science before becoming assistant principal there four years ago. [...]
VMAC Thanks Advisers
The Verona Municipal Alliance Committee held an barbecue on June 17 to thank the advisers who run VMAC-funded programs in the Verona schools. Pictured from left to right are the following advisers from H.B. Whitehorne Middle School: Debbie Marsano (Dream Team), Lindsey Lagan and Stephanie Lijoi (Best Club), Meredith Bielen (Dream Team) and her daughter [...]
New Cafeteria Vendor For HBW, VHS
Beginning in September, Verona will have a new food supplier for the middle and high school cafeterias. Superintendent Charles Sampson announced at this week’s Board of Education meeting that the district has been losing money on the present provider, Aramark. The new provider, Pomptonian Food Service of Fairfield, N.J., is “one of the finest” companies [...]
Traffic Alert At HBW
If you don’t have kids at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School or didn’t get the Global Connect call, you may want to know that the Verona Police are not happy with the traffic in front of the school at dismissal time. The police and the school are reminding motorists that they may not double park or [...]
A Touch Of The Poet At HBW
Temple University writing professor and published poet Jason Schossler recently conducted a two-part workshop with H.B. Whitehorne 6th graders in Mrs. Fusaro’s English class. Mr. Schossler visited the class twice to teach students how to improve the quality of their writing through poetry. The class was given a free-verse poetry assignment on his first visit [...]