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Hanover Park High School Announces Honor Roll

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Hanover Park High School, located at 63 Mount Pleasant Avenue in East Hanover, serves students from East Hanover and Florham Park as part of the Hanover Park Regional High School District.

EAST HANOVER — The following is the honor roll for Hanover Park High School for the fourth marking period. Distinguished Honors are for grades of 4.00 or above for the marking period. High Honors are for grades of 3.50 to 3.99 for the marking period. Honors are for grades of 3.00 to 3.49 for the marking period.

Class of 2020 – Distinguished Honors

Anna Marina D Accumanno, Nicole Ahearn, Charles Apgar Jr., Nicholas Belli, Rania Manar Benatia, Gabriel T Biarsky, Meghan L Bright, Jason Budrys, Kiara Milayne Cannady, Carlo J Capurso, Daniella Carbone, Eian J Carbone, Sophia G Castaneda, Jason Cerezo, Ashley Chen, Nicholas J Cleffi, Alexandra Collins, Marissa Convery, Ava L Costa, Jessica Coto, Lauren Cunningham, Nicholas R Da Cruz, Sofia DePhillips, Jessica DeZao, Dara DiMaiolo, Gionna L DiTaranto, Casey Douglas Domnguez, Ryan Dominguez, Alissa Dorey, Hailey C Duarte, Connor C DuBeau, Annabel L Ellis, Marianna Ferrantelli, Gianna Foti, Aryana C Galioto, Zhi Xuan Gao, Valerie R Gargiulo, Rachael Lauren Gaudiosi, Joshua George, Alyssa Glancey, Daniel Samuel Gore, Gaia Violetta Govoni, Letta Greberis, Ethan Y Gu, Kiera Haemmerle, Jeffrey Hahn, Benson Har, Laila Hassanien, Kristin M Hoberman, Jason Hwu, Sidney Iossa, Jordyn Paige Iuso, Michelle N Jandoli, Camila Jaramillo, Brielle L Junda, Kyle J Junda, Leah J Kamenski, Emma Karpinski, Heather Kenney, Andi Kovacs, Jeremy F Lai, Joseph Lawton, Michael Lawton, Lauren Deanah Levy, Valentina Londono Munoz, Victoria A LoPinto, Victoria M Lupo, Matteo Macolino, Francesco Marinelli Jr, Alesandro Martinez, Lauren E Martinez, Philip Mascaro, Luis Rafael Matias, Melina Matteson, Isabella Maugeri, Rachel McGinnis, Nicole C Miller, Spencer Scott Miller, Jack Mitchell, Kara L Motsch, Ashleigh Paige Muth, Melanie Nemeth, Roahan K Padmanabhan, Daniella Palladino, Jennifer L Pinadella, Matthew Pizzano, Kathryn A Prout, Mara Pusic, Ryan Christopher S Quiogue, Sophia Rafanello, Isabel Marie Ramos-Rodriguez, Grace Reynolds, Samantha M Rigor, Madeline Sellinger, Colby Shmuler, Jake Straub, Rayah Awad Suleiman, Hannah TenBroeck, Senay T Teshome, Gianna Tito, Jacqueline-Lillie Louise Tobias, Jordan Ann Tobias, Matthew Tuli, Ania Tureczek, Tomek Tureczek, Guy T Walters, Isabelle Ward, Patrick W Wettengel, Nicholas Whelan, Ava Zarrabi, Andrea Zeien and Veronica Zielonka.

Class of 2020 – High Honors

Nicholas Alonzo, Timothy R Bruns, Madeline Cosentino, Francine M Galyas, Kayla Genoese, Gabrielle Horvath, Melissa Huyler, Liam Iossa, Stephanie M Krueger, Andrew Lee, Brian Mack, Pariben M Mehta, Katie Piedade, Molly Elizabeth Powers, Christopher John Puente-Duany, Michael Shauger, Jack R Stein, Robert Michael Treiber Jr, and Sean Michael Welby.

Class of 2020 – Honors

Michael T DeRosa

Juniors – Distinguished Honors

David E Ackerman, Kristin Marie Alessio, Ashley C Alfano, Olivia E Algieri, Michael Raven Barnett, Christopher Anthony Bartlett, Riley Bayait, Isabelle Flora Belenky, Ma Carissa Isabella R Bolante, John M Borello, Abigail Maria Bowman, Victoria N Boze, Kristi Michelle Brokaw, Eliza Bruncaj, Linda Bruncaj, Jason Eli Burkam, Nicole G Cannizzo, James M Canzonieri, Julianna Canzonieri, Joseph Anthony Caracciolo, Olivia G Caracciolo, Raquel S Carbone, Michael Christopher Carlucci, Benjamin Manuel Casalinho, Matthew William Casalinho, Bennett Christopher Chang, Andrew Phillip Cincotta, Maurizio Comune, Jason Conley, Lily Corbett, Victoria Rachel Corino, Olivia Laura Cosenzo, Amanda Jennifer Cucciniello, Christina Nicole Daniels, Giorgio Della Grazia, Thomas Matthew DeLorezo, Joseph Raffaele DiFrancescantonio, Deanna V DiMaiolo, Francesca DiMaiolo, Sofia DiSessa, Kaila Nicole Dolan, Fallon Duffy, Lauren Duffy, Thomas Dunham, Medina Rosanna Dzhatdoyev, Devon Patricia Fagan, Marina Rose Farinhas, Owen Reece Feldman, Angei Fernandez-Salis, Nicole Tortas Ferreira, Kevin Scott Foerster, Mark Allan Foerster, Gerald T Foley IV, Juliana Fonseca, Gianna Ashley Francis, Gia Galante, Joseph Vincent Galdieri, Ava Gallo, Diya Gandhi, Melinda Diane Genberg, Bryanna Faith Gerben, Lindsey Alexa Giordano, Anthony Giorgi, Daniel George Gregory, Auden S Gu, Andrew Haberman, Julie Ann Halma, Bryant Jefferson Har, Carlos Jose Hernandez, Carys Hirawady, Audrey Ruth Hoffman, Michelle Maria Jacob, Cynthia Ann Jemas, Joshua John, Kimora Johnson, Alan M Joseph, Maya Janina Kang, Nitish Reddy Kasarla, Anna S Katz, Dani Alyssa Keselman, Alex Kleiman, Zachary Aaron Kleiman, Benjamin Kunze, Ava Christine La Rosa, Nicholas Joseph Lago, James Edward LaRosa, Caroline Lee, Daniel Lee, Sarah Elizabeth Leitao, Joseph Leonardis, Carmela Alissa LeRose, Andrew Lugo, Angelina M Luisi, Frank Thomas Lukasiewicz, Analyne Madera, Vincent R Madera, Alexa Rae Malgieri, Dominic Amedeo Mancini, William Peter Martynowicz, Samantha J Masi, Sophie McCarthy, Alexa Rosa Minniti, Christopher Mitchell Jr, Grace Mochnal, Andrew, John Modrowsky, Ahmad Mokhemar, Brian Francesco Mullen, John M Mullen, Nina N Nazario, Brianna Rose Nuciforo, Dylan O’Donnell, Axel Nicolas Ognar, Joseph John Olivieri, Christopher Samuel Ortiz, Michael Palladino, Victoria Perlman, Hailee Faith Posnock, Kathryn Elizabeth Pridham, Samuel Armando Quinones, Jaime A Raibick, Nicholaus A Ranco, Wendy J Rivera, Dominic Joseph Rizzolo, Gabriela Maria Rojas, Francisco James Salas, Danielle Patricia Sambogna, Julia Maria Santos, Tyler Edward Sawyer, Hailey Scaff, Samantha Nicole Scalzo, Lauren Schiffman, Shivam R Shah, Kelly Joann Sheng, Jesse Simmons, Frank Gerard Simpson, Trevor Smith, Peter Sodano, Alexander M Stanczak, Kathleen Juliet Stox, Mahdy Awad Suleiman, Natalie Elizabeth Tango, Cean Velasquez Tenorio, Shayla Thach, Alana Ann Torkos, Gianna Nicole Torluccio, Marissa Renae Trapasso, Justin Tuli, Jim Jaison Vadakkedam, Christian Valvano, Maksim Vasilyeu, Laurie Vuong, Michael Anthony Walters, Andrew Scott Wecht, Ismail Yasin, Jeffrey Colin Zhang, Leo Tonghua Zhao, Raymond Zhu and Martyna Wiktoria Ziemba.

Juniors – High Honors

Gabriella Maria Cerese, Thomas DeFrancesco, Isabella Feeney, Ryan Scott Gargiulo, Olivia Glodek, Michael Lagravenis, Jonathan Matthew Ling, Casey James McGough, Christian Narag, Samuel Oduwole, Brian Francis Olveira, Jonathan Randolph Peterson, Luke Donato Porcaro, Kelly Leann Saraiva, Matthew Silva, and Alexa Caroline Yannuzzi.

Juniors – Honors

Alex M Iossa, Imani John and Mason R Lazorchak.

Sophomore – Distinguished Honors

Eshita Ajvalia, Georgia Lovette Allin, Alexandra Rose Allonardo, Jason Alves, Alexandra Taylor Anderson, Kendra Heloise Apgar, AngeLena N Auriemma, Julianna Lee Barrientos, Alyssa Bassolino, Daniel Mathew Batrachenko, Connor Robert Beckett, Sean Michael Benson, Faith Joy Bordenabe, Abigail Leigh Bridge, Carmen Gabriella Camacho
Gabriella Carnevale, Adriana Carter, Iris Chang, Gianna R Chirichiello; Sophia H Choliy; Gianna Maria Cicalese; Emily Ciprich, Matthew Brewster Cisek, Nicholas Medeiros Cocozza, Ethan V Coffey, Kerrigan Maria Collins, Shiloh Rose Colongon, Jesse Tyler Corea, Paul Cosentino, Emma James Costa, Alyssa Raquel DeCroce, Michael Patrick DeFazio, Deanna Lynne DeZao, Nicholas Charles Diamante, Matthew Dirlam, Emily E Duarte, Artur Efremenko, Meilyn Farina, James Douglas Flanagan, Isabella Bianca Florio, Daniel Getts, Sean G Giordano, Isabella M Gongora, Maddalena Rosa Grieco, Kaitlyn Summer Guerin, Greta Marie Haemmerle, Emmy Henning, Mia Henrich, Samantha Howden, Abigail Aiming Huang, Jonathan Joseph Iandiorio, Jamie Michele Iantosca, Sabrina Aurelia Incognito, Tessa Ann Joseph, Edward Benjamin Karpinski, Kaley L Kelahan, Finlay Lyall Kirkwood, Jasmine A Krawczuk, Sandy Mijin Kwon, Mackenzie Rae Lalor, Dylan Larsen, Daniel Lei, Gia Liberato, Christian V Loparnos, Ava Selina Lorette, Madison Losacco, Meghan Lowinger, Emma Lynch, Stephanie R Maccario, Avery Macko, Ava Nicole Marinelli, Vanessa Michele Martinez, Matthew Justin Martire, Maya J Martzen, Valerie Marun, Abin Thomas Mathew, Sarah Gabrielle McGinnis, Liana Avery Mendez, Dominique Mercadante, Samantha Mercadante, Benjamin P Monks, Larissa Michelle Motsch, Tara M Murphy, George Thomas Nisbet III, Kaitlin Niu, Faith Elizabeth Nuciforo, William Olszewski, Louis Gerard Paradiso, Sapna Patel, Julianna L Pedrazzi, Erin Grace Peters, Christian Paul Peterson, Charlie Thomas Petro, Dana Ann Pinadella, Alyssa Merryl Pomante, Julia Oliveira Portella, Pooja Harini Prabu, Natalie Rose Quintino, Anna Grace Rack, Natalie Rose Ribeiro, Vincent Giuseppe Rispoli, Sarah F Rocha, William Chance Sacher, Francesca Loren Scalzo, Jake Harold Scharfstein, Isabella Marianna Schilare, Lucia Sciarrone, Daniel Gregory Sherman, Nicholas Ryan Sherwood, Louis A Siciliano, Sydney Stavraka, Ethan Steig, Isabella Tango, Sarah TenBroeck, Antonia Ucci, Isabella Marie Valenti, Sara Daniella Viegas, Sofia Alexandra Villaluz, and Owen Christopher Winters.

Sophomore – High Honors

Francesco Joseph Barisciano, Brett Alan Behre, Sean T Berberian, John Anthony Caravella, Kamryn R Cardone-Tamburello, Carly Caruso, Frank Anthony Ciccone, Michael Gerard Corsi, Alexandra Counter, Stephen Anthony Dorey, Edward Allen Dyjezynski, Michael Filippone, Elyse Marin Grzymala, Nicholas Gennaro Guanci, Haylie Kaup, Christopher G Larena, Sofia A Maccario, Sean Richard Mack, Nicholas John Messina, Matthew Monahan, Ersin Olgun, Skylar Rose Peterson, Ethan Michael Polk, Anthony Gerard Rotonda, Eva Scioscia, Paul Christopher Silva, Drea N Vitulli and Alexander Walker.

Sophomore – Honors

Saniya Kayla Biggs and Sebastian Liggeri.

Freshman – Distinguished Honors

Kayla Ahearn, Alyssa Grace Alfano, Isabella G Algieri, Kabir Singh Arora, Leia Melaku Asmerom, Lindsay Jade Baitinger, Alesio Mikel Barquin, Thomas Frederick Bartlett, Abby Bayait, Joseph Roger Berres, Amil Bhardwaj, Samantha L Bogash, Sofia R Califano, Kayla Cartagena, Julia Casola, Benjamin Cave, Victoria Lucia Cesaro, Emily Cifello, Molly Cocco, Alyza May Dooley, Lailah Driscoll, Zamira Ariana Dzhatdoyev, Alexandra Figurelli, Isabella Firooznia, Christina M Giuliano, Natalie Kristine Gorthey, Elizabeth Kate Greberis, Jazmine Jacqueline Greene, Leanne Barbara Gregory, Isabel Holmes, Alexandra Huang, Shehnila Huq, William Reese Kelly, Holden Sunho Kim, Dylan M Krajkovich, Brayden Christopher Krus, Albert Lee, Catherine Lee, Jack Michael Lemongello, Gia Leonardis, Samuel P Leyzerov, Cassandra Rayna Ling, Anthony P LoCascio, Arthur Charles Longo, Stephanie Marelli, Isabella Marinelli, Ashley Marie Markese, John Massarano, Sophia Nicole Maugeri, Eric Brian May, Vincent Richard Medwin, Ioanna Spiridon Mitropoulos, Matthew Mullen, Isabella Navarro, Angela Patricia Paradiso, Juliet Ann Parisi, Max David Pereira, Christopher D Perillo, Charles Brian Rafanello, Morgan E Ranco, Francesca Renzi, Carmine Joseph Rizzolo, Katherine V Rublikov, Kylie Ruff, Rachael Saccento, Adriana Maria Salzano, Colleen Rose Sannito, Daniel Joseph Schlesinger, Nicolina Lyn Schwindt, Amelia L Scrivo, Viren R Shah, Morgan Shepard, Ava M Siciliano, Neev Siram-Ranga, Jordan Straub, Tyler Sugg, Peyton Elizabeth Sward, Alexandra Lizette Tate, Anna Thach, Ava Lauren Torkos, Danielle Treiber, Michael Vuong, Natalie Eva Weinstock, Alexander David Yang, Cody Yang, Psalm Yartey, Erol Sefa Yuksel, and Stanley Zhang.

Freshman – High Honors

Kwabi Anokye, Jaelyn Atterbury, Briana V Becerra, Anthony Joseph Carlucci, Rebecca R Civitillo, Justin Michel Cohen, Michael Cosentino, Carlos Esteban Escobar, Brandon J Fischer, Anthony Luis Gargiulo, Jordan Greene, Joshua Andrew Hastie, Ruby Huelbig-Prado, Olivia McKinley Klein, Michael Joseph Labrum, Emma Kaitlyn Liggeri, Joseph A LoPinto, Joshua P Mathai, Lindsey O’Brien, Anthony William O’Day, Sibel H Olgun, Anthony Joseph Pandullo, Krina A Patel, Daniel Shane Porcaro, Olivia Jinel Prosper, Joshua Rivera, John Joseph Rubinetti, Jack Edmund Scarpa, Christopher Smith, Juliana Grace Spinelli, Alexa Treiber, and Jenna Vitale.

Freshman – Honors

Alex Kwabena Anokye, Nicholas Peter Davino, Giuseppe Francesco LeRose, Anthony Rios and John Ryan Waldrum.

CCM Offers Students Several Options for Taking Classes this Fall

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Frank Cahill
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MORRIS COUNTY — County College of Morris (CCM) is providing students with a number of options for how they can take their courses this Fall Semester so they can keep moving forward with their higher education.

The college currently is enrolling students for the fall and has built-in a high level of flexibility to make it easier for them to pursue their goals during these challenging times. It also is implementing a number of health and safety measures, as per federal, state and local guidelines, to protect the well-being of the campus community.

Students enrolling this fall will be able to select courses that are being offered in one of three formats: hybrid, online, and remote.

Hybrid Courses consist of a combination of traditional face-to-face instruction and remote or online sessions. This may include some on-campus labs with remote lectures, reduced in-classroom time, or other instructional designs that meet the needs of the course materials.

Online Courses were designed to be taught in an online setting. Unless otherwise noted, online courses were developed to be taught without specific meeting times.

Remote Courses were designed to be taught in a classroom but are being offered as a form of distance education due to the emergency conditions. Remote classes are completely online but include scheduled virtual meeting times when the class is to meet together.

To limit the number of people on campus, the majority of classes are being offered in the online and remote formats.

Students enrolling this fall also can select from a number of terms, ranging from 2 weeks to 15-week sessions. Students can search for courses and the format they prefer by clicking here.  Use the Advanced Search feature to select one of the terms being offered this fall:

  • 15 Week – September 9 – December 22
  • Early Start 2 Week – September 9 – September 22
  • Early Finish 7 Week – September 9 – October 27
  • Mid Start 2 Week – September 23 – October 6
  • 13 Week – September 23 – December 22
  • Late Start 2 Week – October 7 – October 20
  • Late Start 7 – November 4 – December 22

New students first need to apply to the college before registering for classes. Applications can be submitted by clicking here. Continuing students should talk with their advisor before registering.

Support Services Designed for Student Success
When the COVID-19 pandemic first struck New Jersey, CCM moved its support services online so students could continue to gain assistance to ensure their success. The Academic Success Center was expanded into [email protected] to provide students with individualized online assistance from updating them on the status of classes, connecting them to a student success specialist or a counselor, to arranging for them to pick up any class materials or technology they may need. Included among the other services the college is offering online are Academic Advisement, Tutoring, and Live Chats with Librarians. To learn more about those services click here.

An Education You Can Afford
Each year, CCM awards approximately $12 million in financial aid and scholarships to its students, allowing them to pursue a high-quality college education at an affordable price. To find out more click here.   All its classes, hybrid, online and remote, are offered at a fraction of the cost of most other online offerings.

Transfer or Gain Employment Upon Graduation
At CCM, students can choose from 50 academic degrees and a wide range of certificate programs. A number of programs, such as those in computer science, engineering, and hospitality and culinary science, are designed so students can seek employment immediately upon graduation. Numerous others are specifically designed so students can transfer their credits to earn a bachelor’s degree. CCM holds more than 125 agreements with colleges and universities across New Jersey and the nation to simplify the transfer process. A listing of those agreements can be found by clicking here.

 

Thomas Hoover Receives Degree from Western New England University

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Frank Cahill
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MADISON — Thomas Hoover graduated magna cum laude with a BS Business Administration from Western New England University in May 2020.

Hoover was among over 950 students who received degrees from 25 states and six countries. The top five fields of study were Mechanical Engineering, Criminal Justice, Sport Management, Psychology, and Accounting.

A Salute to Undergraduate students of the class of 2020 featuring a driving parade of the Western New England community, conferral of degrees, memories of the journey, and a live chat can be viewed by clicking here.

A Salute to Doctoral, MMaster’s, Law, Pharmacy, and Occupational Therapy students of the class of 2020 can be viewed by clicking here.

All Class of 2020 students will be warmly welcomed back to campus for a traditional ceremony when it is safe to do so.

Having just celebrated its Centennial, Western New England University is a private, independent, coeducational institution. Located on an attractive 215-acre suburban campus in Springfield, Massachusetts, Western New England serves 3,825 students, including 2,580 full-time undergraduate students. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs are offered through Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the School of Law.

Whippany Park Class of 2020 Outdoor Graduation Ceremony

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Frank Cahill
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Whippany Park Class of 2020 Outdoor Graduation Ceremony

HANOVER TOWNSHIP — Whippany Park Class of 2020 Outdoor Graduation Ceremony.

Whippany Park High School Class 2020

Click here to watch video

Cub Scouts to hold Scavenger Hunt for Kids in Grades K-5

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Frank Cahill
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Cubelos Camping

EAST HANOVER — The East Hanover Cub Scouts Pack 20 will be offering a free scavenger hunt for all kids entering grades K-5, on Saturday, July 25. Everyone will get a small prize for participating and will be entered into a raffle for a grand prize.

At 8:00 a.m., on Saturday, July 25, they will email the scavenger hunt scorecard to everyone who has signed up to participate.

Find the items on the scavenger hunt and bring your scorecard to Lurker Park in the pavilion directly behind the Rec Center off of Eagle Rock Avenue between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

When you turn in your scorecard, you will learn how to have Cub Scout fun with Pack 20 all year round.

For more information, contact [email protected].

Click here to sign up.

East Hanover Cub Scouts Pack 20 is sponsored by Kitchell Church (scouting is non-denominational). We are part of the Fishawack District of Patriots Path Council. Boys and girls can both join our Pack (new as of 2019)! They start as Lion Cubs in Kindergarten, but they can also join as Tigers in First Grade, Wolves in Second, Bears in Third, or even Webelos in Fourth and Fifth grades. These groups are called dens, and every year each boy completes a set of requirements with their den each year to earn their respective badge. When they finally advance out of Webelos they “cross the bridge” to become Boy Scouts, joining Troop 128, also based in East Hanover. Click here to earn more about Cub Scouts.

N.J. coronavirus deaths increase to 15,684 with 176,551 cases as rate of transmission rises again

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Frank Cahill
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New Jersey on Friday announced 20 more deaths attributed to the coronavirus and 202 more positive cases, while the state’s rate of transmission — a key metric officials are using to measure the virus’ spread and determine how to lift restrictions — increased again, to 1.11.“This means that each new positive case is leading to one more positive case,” Gov. Phil Murphy said during his latest coronavirus in Trenton. “We need to get Rt back down, to where we are actively slowing the rate of spread of this virus.”The Garden State has reported 15,684 total deaths related to COVID-19 — 13,710 confirm…

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What will reopening N.J. schools look like? Here’s a preview of plans for 7 districts.

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Frank Cahill
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New Jersey public school districts have a few more weeks before they are scheduled to submit their proposals for reopening to state officials and alert students of their back-to-school plans.But several districts have begun notifying the state’s 1.4 million students of their preliminary 2020-2021 plans as parents weigh whether to send their children back to the classroom in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.More than 500 school districts around the state are expected to draft their reopening plans using “The Road Back,” the lengthy state guideline document released last month. At a minimum…

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If you didn’t get the 20-week Unemployment Extension, here’s one reason why

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Frank Cahill
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MORRIS COUNTY  — The N.J. Department of Labor said it has started paying 20 weeks of additional unemployment benefits to those who exhausted their payments. Before the extension, workers would receive 26 weeks of regular benefits and then 13 weeks more from a federal extension under the coronavirus relief law, the CARES Act. Benefits maxed out at 39 weeks. The extra 20 weeks, bringing the total to 59 weeks, was a great relief to workers, but some have reported this week that they haven’t seen the extensions. The Labor Department said every eligible claimant will be automatically enrolled in the extended benefits …

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A Message from Michael J. Wasko, Superintendent of Schools

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Frank Cahill
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Mountview Road School

HANOVER TOWNSHIP — A Message from Michael J. Wasko, Superintendent of Schools.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope this letter finds you and your family safe, healthy and enjoying the summer. Since the New Jersey Department of Education released its comprehensive strategic plan for reopening schools in September 2020 (The Road Back: New Jersey’s Restart and Recovery Plan for Education), there have been many discussions among educators, parents, and community members. Understandably, everyone wants to know what the plan will be in their respective school districts. Please know, the Hanover Township Board of Education and the administrative team is fully committed to safely reopening our schools for in-person instruction in September. While we understand some of the hardships involved in anything less than a 100% return to school, our goal is for all students to be in school as much as possible while preserving the safety of all students, teachers, and staff.

During the last several weeks, members of the Board of Education, the district administrative team, and most recently, our District Restart Advisory Committee as well as our school-based Pandemic Teams have been working hard discussing various schools reopening plans and reviewing stakeholder feedback from our Return to School Parent Survey. As I am sure you can understand, creating a plan for a situation that is fluid, and may shift at any time, is very challenging as was evidenced recently with the frequent changes in graduation guidance for the class of 2020. Therefore, in order to best prepare the community for what the future may hold, the District is in the process of developing multiple plans for September based on current New Jersey Department of Education guidance, CDC social distancing guidelines, health conditions in the community, staffing, and building/classroom capacities. The four plans are listed below.

·    Plan A:

  • Schools will reopen for in-person instruction for all students every day on a regular full-day schedule

·    Plan B:

  • Schools will reopen for in-person instruction for all students every day on a modified early dismissal schedule (no lunch/recess) and will include a virtual/remote cohort of students as needed.

·    Plan C:

  • Schools will reopen for in-person instruction for students on a modified early dismissal schedule (no lunch/recess) by splitting the students into two A/B cohorts. One cohort will attend school on “A” Days and the other cohort will attend school on “B” Days using a “hybrid” model (mix of virtual/remote learning and in-person learning). The virtual/remote cohort schedule will parallel the in-person learning cohort

·    Plan D:

  • Virtual/remote learning for all students every day on a modified early dismissal schedule

 

As of July 17, 2020, it is our intention to reopen schools using “Plan B” for our PreK through 5 Elementary Schools (BMS, MTV, SDS) and “Plan C” for Memorial Junior School.  The specific details,  such as the scheduling of student cohorts at Memorial Junior School and utilization of instructional space at all schools are still being developed by the members of the administrative team.

It is very important to remember that conditions may change prior to the start of school in September and as a result, plans will likely need to be revised and adjusted accordingly. This correspondence is not meant to be comprehensive.

Our full plan will address many other issues and considerations with respect to school routines, instruction, curricular resources, scheduling, technology support, health and hygiene practices, transportation, the HTSACC Program, and more. We will provide additional information by the end of July, but wanted to provide you with a sense of our direction. Additionally, final plans will require Board support, as well as support from the local Department of Health and the New Jersey Department of Education.

I would like to thank you for your continued support and patience as we continue on this journey to develop and finalize our plans for the reopening of schools in September. If you have any questions regarding any of our Plans, please feel free to contact your respective building principal and/or me.

Be Well, Be Strong, and Stay Safe.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Wasko
Superintendent of Schools

Brownie Girl Scouts Placed Flags Around Town Hall

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Frank Cahill
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EAST HANOVER — On Sunday, June 28, 2020, thirteen Brownie Girl Scouts from Troop 97279 placed 340 flags around Town Hall, the library, and the area by the Christopher Columbus Statue.

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