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...
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Today’s kids will likely remember Tom Valente for the organized mayhem of his kickball games on the blacktop at Forest Avenue School. There aren’t too many principals who do that. But the children–now adults–of Valente’s first class in Verona 39 years ago remember him for a very different activity: He moved their desks out...
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F.N. Brown School has been recognized by the ARC of Essex County for its generosity to children in need during the holidays. According to Sue Brand, director of family support services at ARC, a non-profit that provides services to people with developmental disabilities, while the Verona elementary school has been donating toys and gifts...
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The 139 students of the Verona High School Class of 2010 are heading out to some 78 colleges, universities, community colleges and technical schools in the fall. They will be going into the military, volunteering abroad and walking straight into the working world. They will be studying in many different parts of the U.S.,...
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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...
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For four years, they’d been good. In fact, in the words of the administration at last night’s graduation ceremony, they’d been an exemplary, extraordinary class. “One of the greatest classes ever to walk to halls of Verona High,” according to Principal Glenn Cesa. Citing their cooperative, altruistic nature exemplified by the voluntary senior service...
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At last week’s Board of Education meeting, there were more announcements of new hires, retirements and re-assignments. The three new administrators for the Verona School system were introduced: Nicole Santora is the district’s new math-science supervisor and Patrick Higgins is the new supervisor for humanities for grades K through 12; both will begin work...
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At the annual senior awards ceremony in June, the top VHS scholars in the Class of 2010 were honored. The Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars program, named for the seventeenth president of Rutgers University, recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of graduating New Jersey high school seniors. The scholarship is awarded to students with a class...
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A committee of teachers, students and parents led by Verona High School Assistant Principal David Galbierczyk met regularly this past semester to investigate modifications to summer assignments. The administration was responding to feedback from parents regarding the quality and quantity of summer work. Some felt the summer workload was unnecessarily burdensome for students in...
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Brookdale Avenue School students will be riding their bikes and scooters to school on Monday, June 21–and it’s all for a good cause. The kids will getting to school under their own power to raise money for Brains on Bikes. The charity was created by New Jersey native Anne Feeley, who was diagnosed with...
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