Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Three students from Kreps Middle School won certificates of recognition and gift certificates to Barnes and Noble for their submissions
Three students from Melvin H. Kreps Middle School were honored during last Tuesdays East Windsor Township Council meeting for winning the Suggestion Box contest. Sponsored by the township Clean Communities Committee, middle school students answered the essay question “How to Increase the Amount of Recycling in Our Community?” with written suggestions between 100 and 200 words. “We received some very thoughtful ideas from our students on this important subject,” said East Windsor Mayor Janice Mironov. “We are pleased to involve students in discussions about how to help protect and preserve our environment.” A committee made up of Clean Communities Chairperson Barry Fliegelman, Environmental Commission Chairperson Ronald Balint, and …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Power was restored to Melvin H. Kreps Middle School Monday evening
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Power has been restored to all East Windsor schools, according to an announcement from the East Windsor Regional School District. Students should report to their school at the regular time on Tuesday. All schools have a half day Tuesday due to Election Day. Hightstown High School students will be following the “D” day schedule. The class periods for the day will be 4-2-3-8-6-7.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The township is looking for suggestions on how to increase the amount of recycling in the community by October 11
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
East Windsor Township Mayor Janice Mironov and the Township Clean Communities Committee are sponsoring their annual Suggestion Box Contest for all middle school students in grades 6, 7, and 8. The Township asks, “How to Increase the Amount of Recycling in Our Community.” “We hope to receive some good productive ideas from our young people about an important subject in all of our communities, so as to help to better protect and preserve our environment,” Mironov said in a press release. Written suggestions must be between 100 and 200 words. First, second, and third place winners will receive gift certificates from Barnes and Noble in the amounts of $75, $50, and $25, respectively. The prizes were donated by corporate sponsor Shiseido …
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The school notified parents Thursday.
One person at Melvin H. Kreps Middle School is confirmed to have Tuberculosis and 22 others were identified as needing testing, according to school officials. The health department notified the school on Wednesday and letters were sent home to parents Thursday, said Principal Lori Stein. She would not say if it was a student or faculty member, or what grade level, citing confidentiality. “The health department is not concerned and neither are we,” Stein said. “We don’t believe anyone here is in danger, has ever been in danger.” New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services spokesman Daniel Emmer said it is a suspected case of Tuberculosis, while the school said it is confirmed. The health department and the middle school identified …
Monday, March 26, 2012
Putting the day job aside, community leaders, business owners and elected officials were among those who stepped into a new set of shoes for the day, as teachers. Around 20 participants, including a state assemblyman, freeholders, mayors, council and board of education members, business owners and reporters (including East Windsor Patch Local Editor Ashley Peskoe), participated in the 'Teacher for a Day' program last Thursday. East Windsor Education Association President Ellen Ogintz said the New Jersey Education Association started the 'Teacher for a Day' program, "whose purpose was to bring community members into the schools so they could walk a mile in a teachers shoes and see what happens, and see that there are happy kids in these …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Kreps Middle School Student Joleigha Howland, who founded B.U.L.L.i.E.D, donated money to the Tyler Clementi Point Scholarship of the Point Foundation at a dinner Tuesday at Americana Diner. Derrick Miller-Handley, the student receiving the donation through the fund, was at the dinner with Howland, along with Michael Marino, the development director at the Point Foundation. "The dinner was at the Americana and we will continue to raise money and awareness and give to various causes including continuing to help Derrick with his studies," said Tara Howland, Joleigha's mother, in an email Wednesday. By the end of January, B.U.L.L.i.E.D had raised more than $1,000 and sold around 350 bracelets to raise awareness about bullying in schools.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
A review of the week's top stories.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
School Board Election Moved to November The East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education voted Monday to move the school board election to November and eliminate voter approval of the school budget, unless it exceeds the 2 percent state-mandated tax cap. Click here to read more. Sixth-Grade East Windsor Student Raises Over $1000 to Help Fight Bullying There wasn’t one moment that triggered Joleigha Howland to start fighting against bullying, but after a few small ideas and three short months, she had raised over $1,000 to donate to the cause. Click here to read more. After More Than 46 Years in East Windsor, Tiger's Deli Will Close Its Doors After opening a small luncheonette in the first floor of their house, Ralph and Doris…
Thursday, January 26, 2012
She donated half of the money raised to Melvin H. Kreps Middle School, and half to the Tyler Clementi Point Scholarship fund.
There wasn’t one moment that triggered Joleigha Howland to start fighting against bullying, but after a few small ideas and three short months, she had raised over $1,000 to donate to the cause. In October last year, 11-year-old Howland, with the help of her mother, Tara Howland, created a Facebook group called B.U.L.L.i.E.D after seeing kids being bullied. The group had 552 members as of Wednesday night. The idea was to offer support for kids who are bullied, and the group description provides additional websites and phone numbers for helplines. “I’m trying my hardest to just make this much bigger, with bigger consequences [for bullying],” Joleigha said. After the mother-daughter team came up with the acronym B.U.L.L.i.E.D., which stands …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Hightstown High School students placed in the top three at the county level.
Students from both Hightstown High School and Kreps Middle School were recognized at Monday’s Board of Education meeting for placing at the local and district level in the VFW’s annual essay contests. Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer and Board of Education Vice President Kennedy Paul announced the winners and presented them with a certificate. At the high school level students competed for the Voice of Democracy essay contest, and placed in the top three at the district level. The essay question was "Is There Pride in Serving Our Military?" “Never in the 23 years that Mercer County has been participating in this essay writing contest has only ONE school swept all three places at district level,” Wanda Emley, chairperson of the Voice of …
Friday, November 4, 2011
Five students from Melvin H. Kreps Middle School were honored at Tuesdays East Windsor Township Council meeting for winning the Suggestion Box contest. The Township asked the essay question "How Would You Explain the Importance of ‘Recycle, Reuse, Rebuy and Reduce’ to Family and Friends?" to students and a committee selected the winners.
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