Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Parents and students take advantage of the opportunity
For the first time in more than 15 years Hasbrouck Heights High School hosted a college fair. Representatives from more than 20 colleges and trade schools from the tri-state area were on hand to speak to parents and students about the programs they offer, financial aid, and campus life. The fair included a wide variety of higher education options including local smaller institutions like Berkeley, Ramapo and Caldwell Colleges to the larger New Jersey schools like Rutgers and NJIT. Local community collages and technical institutions such as Lincoln Tech and Parisian Beauty Academy were also represented. “I am new here and I thought that bringing back the college fair would be a great change” said Principal Steven Forte. “It was done years …
Friday, March 4, 2011
BOE adopts tentative budget to submit to county for approval
The Board of Education has approved a tentative budget for the 2011-2012 school year with an increase of about a quarter of million dollars, or roughly 1 percent, up from last year. Thursday night the board met to approve the tentative budget to submit to the county by Friday’s deadline. Once the county approves the proposed budget the board can present details to the public. The board has already announced it will host a budget presentation Tuesday, March 29 in the high school auditorium. The total budget in the amount of $25,917,315 includes a general fund of $24,330,153, special revenue in the amount of $786,960 and total debt service of $800,202. Last year’s total budget including special revenue and debt service amounted to $25,663,…
Friday, February 11, 2011
Heights' White Castle participates in chain's Valentine's Day 'fine dining' makeover
What do you crave on Valentines Day? Flowers? Chocolates? Romance? Chez White Castle, of course. Yep, America's favorite home for tiny burgers is once again giving its sterile, ceramic tile motif a makeover for Cupid's favorite day, offering decorated tables, trinkets and a wait staff. Couples can even bring their own wine. (In keeping with the spirit, might we suggest re-labeling your Ernest and Julio Gallo as a 1978 Le Montrachet). A special menu will feature White Castle "surf and turf," a joining of the famous burger and a fish sandwich. “It is the one time of year we attempt to wait on tables,” said Chris Shaffery, NJ regional director of White Castle. The Hasbrouck Heights location on Route 17 South will transform on Monday from 4 to…
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Euclid School lockdown has been lifted
UPDATE 10:38 A.M. - Preliminary reports from Hasbrouck Heights police say they have apprehended the male perpetrator they were in pursuit of since early this morning when the male allegedly fled a vehicle police say was stolen. A police department message stated that two individuals fled a vehicle that was involved in an accident on Terrace and Harrison avenues. Heights had the female perpetrator in custody since this morning. State police and other local departments, Bergen County K-9 unit were on the scene searching the area for a male which Wood-Ridge police had described as a black male, 5'6" wearing blue jeans and dark t-Shirt. Euclid School was under lockdown this morning during the search. The lockdown has since been lifted. …
Combining work of both phases could save on costs and finish project by end of the year
Borough Engineer Ken Job recommended to the mayor and council Tuesday that the borough can hope to get a better price on the work to the next two phase of the Boulevard Streetscape Plan and finish construction by the end of the year if they can present the two phases for bid together. Due to the requirements for phase three a bid will need to be awarded by August of this year, Job said. The Boulevard Streetscape Plan involves the refurbishing of the Boulevard with new brick paver ribbons, new curb cuts and new lighting. The project is being funded predominantly by grants from the Department of Transportation. For each phase of the project, which covers one block of the Boulevard on both sides, the borough has received a grant in the …
Monday, February 7, 2011
Former Euclid School principal now takes the helm at middle school
Linda Simmons takes pride in all she accomplished during her nine years as principal of Euclid Elementary School. Now she is on her way towards implementing the same methods which brought much success to Euclid students into her new role as middle school principal. “I want to focus on developing our own identity here, have our own school culture,” she commented about her new sixth, seventh and eighth grade classes which are housed in the same building as the high school. Simmons changed roles as part of the school district’s administrative restructure plan which took effect Feb. 1. Simmons was chosen to fill a vacancy at the middle school after longtime principal Edward Bolcar, Jr. left at the end of December for a position in another …
Monday, January 31, 2011
Forte takes over Feb. 1 as part of the district's administrative restructure plan
“I’m not big on anything, I’m big on everything. If it’s something worthwhile, I’ll try it.” These seem to be the words that Hasbrouck Heights High School’s new principal, Steve Forte, lives by. Forte displays that trait, not only in his personality, but also in his plans for the future of his new school. As part of the district's administrative restructure plan which goes into effect Feb. 1, Forte, who most recently was the director of curriculum and technology, will now be the high school principal. Longtime Principal Peter O'Hare will now head Euclid Elementary School. Former Euclid School principal Linda Simmons takes over at the middle school. Forte has also served as principal of Lincoln Elementary School. There is little doubt that…
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy lives on in Hasbrouck Heights High School
On Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last birthday, Jan. 15, 1968, he held a breakfast which gathered together community leaders of myriad races and ethnicities. At that breakfast he said that this, a gathering of all peoples, was his vision and hope for the future. Today, Meron Aberha, a junior at Hasbrouck Heights High School has humbly accepted the mission of seeing that dream come to fruition. With the help of Laura Czekaj, an English teacher at Hasbrouck Heights High School, Aberha has put together “One School, Many Nations” an event that will take place on Jan. 17 , Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. On that day, as Aberha has planned, students who have volunteered to participate will set up 24 tables which will display the various aspects of 32 …
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Mary
12:47 pm on Thursday, February 10, 2011
Thanks for your early posting of this story. my child was in Euclid school and I was in NYC at work trying to find out what was going on. more ›