It’s not every day that you get to reconnect with your old friends, especially if they’re friends from a Verona High School class that graduated 36 years ago. But a group of the VHS Class of 1974 convened at the Highlawn Pavilion on Saturday night and they took a picture that recreated a shot...
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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...
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Verona’s public school calendar for 2010-2011 has been finalized and it looks a little different than last year. Spring Break, which for years has been scheduled for the last week in April, will fall during the third week of the month, April 18th through the 22nd. Students will also have off the following Monday,...
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Late last week, Gov. Chris Christie unveiled a proposal to limit the pay of school superintendents across the state. The salary cap would range from $120,000 for school districts with fewer than 250 students to $175,000 for districts with up to 10,000 students. According to the state, 366 school superintendents now earn more than...
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More than 100 children have participated so far in the summer reading program that C.H.I.L.D. set up at Verona Pool this summer. C.H.I.L.D., which stands for Children Having Individual Learning Differences, supports teachers, parents and children in Verona by funding teaching tools and workshops on a wide range of learning issues. It has run...
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Superintendent Charles Sampson has announced that Verona has been named a Trustee District for the Garden State Coalition of Schools. The GSCS is an advocacy group begun by suburban schools in New Jersey about two decades ago to give their concerns equal voice in Trenton with the urban districts that have dominated the state’s...
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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...
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At first glance, the new contract for Verona’s teachers seems out of touch. A guaranteed increase of 3.85% per year in both years of the contract? In this economy? Dig into it a bit, though, and it begins to make more sense. Here’s why. Employers have fairly good control over salary; they can use...
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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...
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It may seem as if spring baseball just ended, but fall ball is around the corner. In fact, travel team tryouts for Verona Baseball Softball League softball (U10, U12 and U14, with an age cutoff of 12/31) and baseball (U9 – U14 with an age cutoff of 4/30) will be held on or around...
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