If you have an 8th grader this year, you’re going to want to be at Verona High School next Monday night, October 10, for “Taking the Next Step…The Verona High School Experience”. The school district puts this on every year to help parents plan their child’s future at VHS. The program starts at 7...
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There are more than 16,000 three and four-year high schools in America and Newsweek magazine has chosen to rank the top 500. Verona High School made the list, and made it in the top 300. VHS is ranked 296 on the list and it is one of only two schools in Essex County and...
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It’s a small thing as school facilities work goes, but it will much appreciated by some small people in town. The bathrooms at Laning Avenue School will be getting spruced up this summer. According to a report at last night’s Board of Education meeting, the BOE maintenance staff will work together with the town’s...
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A flash mob is a gathering of people in a public place, usually for entertainment. The Paper Mill Playhouse did a flash mob at the Jersey Gardens Mall last fall to promote “Hairspray.” Now, the Verona High School Film Club has created a flash mob in the VHS cafeteria for “Fame”, the school’s spring...
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If you are into crunching data on schools, you have a gold mine to work through today: The state Department of Education has released its Report Card on school performance for 2010. The Scholastic Aptitude Test scores provide one window into how well Verona is doing and it is cloudy. Verona High School‘s SAT...
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A group of former Verona High School athletes, coaches, teachers and friends are sponsoring a surprise tribute to former Coach Morris Sutter later this month. The event has been planned to pay tribute to an educator, coach and friend who won the admiration and respect of many people while at VHS. The event will...
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Verona’s curriculum supervisors have been listening to and reading a lot of feedback from parents since the January 25 presentation about planned changes to courses at Verona High School. (Here’s the original plan, in case you missed it.) They have made some revisions, and they will present them at the Board of Education meeting...
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If you missed the January 25 presentation to the Board of Education about the planned changes to the curriculum at Verona High School, or want to go over it all again, the BOE has just posted it to the schools Web site. You can view the 21-page document here.
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There’s a new date for the 8th Grade Parent Orientation at Verona High School that had to be cancelled when the water main broke on Fairview earlier this month. The orientation, which is for parents only, will now be held on Monday, January 31 at 7 p.m. At the orientation, parents will get a...
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The Heroes & Cool Kids program paid its first visit to H.B. Whitehorne Middle School on December 10 for a mentoring session with fifth graders. The Heroes, drawn from Verona High School, played games with the fifth grader Cool Kids that emphasized the importance of health and nutrition. Each Hero spoke about his or...
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