Post Tagged with: "Montclair Kimberley Academy"
Verona Girls Beat MKA For Conference Title
Everyone knew it was going to be intense. First were the stakes: A win for Verona meant a share of the Conference title. Then there was the revenge factor: Verona’s only blemish on its conference record was a heartbreaking 1-point loss to the MKA Cougars on their home court earlier in the season. Adding fuel [...]
Game On!
Due to Thursday and Friday’s big snow, some big games for Verona teams were postponed. The worst of the weather is behind us now and we have the revised Saturday schedule. Friday evening’s girls basketball game against Montclair Kimberly Academy to decide the league championship is now scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at VHS. [...]
State Playoffs Begin For Winter Sports
It isn’t just Olympic athletes who are going for the gold right now. All four winter sports teams at VHS–Basketball, Wrestling, Hockey and Winter Track–are entering the final phase of season play and, we are proud to say, all have qualified to compete in the early rounds of state championship play. After placing second and [...]
“Gentlemen Ten” Strike Again
Some of you may have heard of a new group at the high school this year. No, it’s not a variation of Punk or Emo, and it doesn’t involve tattoos or chains. But it certainly is different: A group of senior boys, led by Jack Fitzpatrick and Mack Kirby, decided that rather than spend their [...]
Girls Lose Squeaker to MKA
Montclair Kimberly Academy handed the Verona Girls’ Basketball team its first loss of the season in conference play last night, 41-40, at the Cougar’s court. Though the Hillbillies held a comfortable lead going into the second quarter, a series of controversial calls put starting forwards Michelle Petronaci and Amanda Langan on the bench in foul [...]
Verona Schools Test Homework Web Site
If you see your highschooler on what seems to be a social-networking site when you thought she was doing her homework, don’t assume she isn’t. A handful of Verona High School teachers are test-driving a free, Internet-based system that allows students to interact virtually with their teachers and other students for educational purposes. The system [...]
Neil deGrasse Tyson At MKA
OK, pinch me: World-famous astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium and host of two PBS NOVA science shows, is giving a talk on Friday, January 29, at the Montclair Kimberley Academy. Wait, it gets better. Dr. Tyson is going to be interviewed at the event by Stephen Colbert. And better [...]