There’s not a lot of snow on the ground in Verona now, but as of 5:07 a.m., Verona’s public schools are closed for the day. All after school activities are cancelled. That means that the second round...

Philip Chivily, an eighth grader at Our Lady of the Lake School, has qualified as a state finalist for the National Geographic Society’s Geography Bee for the third year in a row. He will go to Rowan...

Today was the first day of testing in Verona for the new statewide standardized test prepared by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), and 10% of Verona’s students refused to take it....

On Friday, February 6, Verona High School French students visited Montclair State University for a day of French immersion. Prior to the event, they created and filmed a short video that highlighted the sites of Quebec City,...

Last Friday, the seventh and eighth grade at Our Lady of the Lake School began a six-week program called TREP$ that teaches them about entrepreneurship. The students are working at home on developing their own businesses. The...

Samantha Lee Sweeney, a senior at Verona High School, has received a scholarship to attend Berkeley College. Each year, these scholarships are awarded to high school seniors who demonstrate a high level of achievement. The scholarships are...

An educational event on the Common Core is planned for Saturday, February 21, at 1 p.m. at the Bethwood, 38 Lackawanna Avenue, Totowa, NJ 07512. What is the Common Core that is in our schools? Two renowned...

There is growing opposition across our state and across the country against the new Common Core standards and PARCC testing that will be administered beginning in March of this year. Child development experts refused to sign off...

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” Henry Ford Dear Verona Parents and Guardians, Verona Public Schools continues to provide an outstanding education to all of our students. The Verona staff...

Even as Verona’s public schools get ready to hold information sessions on the PARCC test, the Board of Education said at its Tuesday night meeting that it is preparing to find out how many students may refuse...