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Rutherford, NJ
Schools
Fate Of $49.2 Bond — With $29M Option — For Bergen County High School Determined By Taxpayers Fate Of $49.2 Bond — With $29M Option — For Bergen County High School Determined By Taxpayers
Fate Of $49.2 Bond — With $29M Option — For Bergen County High School Determined By Taxpayers One growing Bergen County high school is proposing a $49.2 million bond that would fund new construction and renovations, two years after a $55 million proposal was shot down by voters. Becton Regional High School serves students from East Rutherford, Carlstadt, and Maywood. Residents of East Rutherford and Carlstadt will vote on the proposed bond on March 12. Maywood, who in 2020 for the first time sent 340 of its students to BRHS, will not be voting but will contribute financially through its tuition contract if the bond is approved. The new BRHS proposal is comprised of three parts, and…

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by Cecilia Levine
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Business
Bricks 4 Kidz Uses Legos To Teach STEM In Closter Bricks 4 Kidz Uses Legos To Teach STEM In Closter
Bricks 4 Kidz Uses Legos To Teach STEM In Closter A new learning center in Bergen County has discovered an innovative method to help give kids a STEM education. Bricks 4 Kidz recently opened a learning center at 530 Piermont Road in Closter. The franchise has 10 locations throughout the Garden State and has learning centers nationwide.  Brandy Sharrock and Charles Tsocanos oversee the Closter location with the goal of making STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education fun. They offer afterschool programs, as well as summer camps and birthday parties, with getting to build Legos being the main attraction. "The kids are oft…

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by Sam Barron
Jersey City, NJ
Schools
Liberty Science Center High School Breaks Ground In Jersey City Liberty Science Center High School Breaks Ground In Jersey City
Liberty Science Center High School Breaks Ground In Jersey City A new Jersey City high school devoted to STEM education held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, May 1. Liberty Science Center High School is set to open in 2025. The public magnet STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) school will be operated by the Hudson County Schools of Technology. The school will have an enrollment of 400 students from throughout Hudson County.  “This is one of the most important projects that we’re doing in Jersey City,” said Mayor Steven Fulop. “It will be transformational to not only Jersey City, but the entire region and New Jersey as a whole. We c…

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by Sam Barron
Clifton Park, NY
News
Officials Announce Groundbreaking Of Hudson Valley Community College's New Education Center Officials Announce Groundbreaking Of Hudson Valley Community College's New Education Center
Officials Announce Groundbreaking Of Hudson Valley Community College's New Education Center State officials announced the groundbreaking for Hudson Valley Community College's new 14,500-square-foot STEM Education Center. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the groundbreaking on Wednesday, June 29, for the new building at the college's North extension center, which is located in New York State Energy Research and Development Authority's Saratoga Technology and Energy Park in Malta, Saratoga County.  The two-story building will feature labs for anatomy, biology, chemistry, physiology, and microbiology. "As we continue to invest in New York's world-class education, transformative …

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by Nicole Valinote
Jersey City, NJ
Schools
Liberty Science Center High School One Step Closer To Jersey City Opening Liberty Science Center High School One Step Closer To Jersey City Opening
Liberty Science Center High School One Step Closer To Jersey City Opening The Liberty Science High School is one step closer to coming to Jersey City. The Hudson County Board of Education of the Hudson County Schools of Technology have developed a partnership in launching the school, Mayor Steven M. Fulop and the science center jointly announced Nov. 10. The 30-acre campus will be a “mini city of the future," and a revolutionary technological hub for students, innovators, entrepreneurs, and scientists working together to create a community for learning. The state-of-the-art school will be built in Jersey City next to Liberty Science Center and wil…

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by Cecilia Levine
Stratford, CT
Schools
CT High Schools Can Apply Now for New Grant For Free Tech Curriculum CT High Schools Can Apply Now for New Grant For Free Tech Curriculum
CT High Schools Can Apply Now for New Grant For Free Tech Curriculum These days, budget cuts have school districts scrambling. Vital programs are being cut while the demand for talent in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)  is growing.  To help fill this need, New Haven-based District Innovation and Venture Center (DIVC), the nonprofit parent organization behind Holberton School in New Haven announced that it has partnered with Milestone C to provide groundbreaking STEM programs, along with teacher training and support, to Connecticut-based high schools at no cost.  This will be made possible through a grant from DIVC/Holberton School Ne…

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by Daily Voice
Massapequa, NY
News
Party For Marty: Stop & Shop Locations To Celebrate Robots' One-Year Anniversary Party For Marty: Stop & Shop Locations To Celebrate Robots' One-Year Anniversary
Party For Marty: Stop & Shop Locations To Celebrate Robots' One-Year Anniversary Stop & Shop is ready to party with “Marty,” to celebrate the quirky robot’s first year of operation. Last year, Stop & Shop stores introduced more than 300 stores to Marty, who patrols the aisles looking for spills and alerting employees for potential hazardous spots. According to the company, this allows employees to focus on customers, while Marty makes the rounds at certain stores. When the robot detects a potential hazard on the floor, he notifies store associates who take corrective action. There will be a celebration of Marty from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, compl…

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by Zak Failla
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Schools
What's Driving STEM Education In Westchester? Jobs, Of Course! What's Driving STEM Education In Westchester? Jobs, Of Course!
What's Driving STEM Education In Westchester? Jobs, Of Course! More than 800 jobs come up when you type "STEM and Westchester" in the search fields on Indeed. They range from teacher to entry-level security work to research and development analysts—with most citing you need a STEM degree.  The county's future workforce depends on the quality of its science, technology, engineering and math education. That is why a simple hands-on exercise in a Bedford Central School District fifth grade classroom was so important. Not only did peers work on solving an environmental challenge in a real-world way, but they also got a glimpse of life as a potential c…

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by Donna Christopher
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Schools
St. Thomas Aquinas College Names New President For First Time In 25 Years St. Thomas Aquinas College Names New President For First Time In 25 Years
St. Thomas Aquinas College Names New President For First Time In 25 Years A veteran energy company executive with a background in education has been named the ninth president of St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, succeeding retiring President Margaret Fitzpatrick. Brian D. Daly comes to the college following a 30-year career as an executive with National Grid and its predecessor companies. The president-elect will take over on a permanent basis on July 1, 2020, when Fitzpatrick steps down. “I am sincerely humbled by the opportunity to succeed Dr. Fitzpatrick as the President of St. Thomas Aquinas College after her seminal 25-year leadership of the college,…

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by Zak Failla
Pascack Valley, NJ
Obituaries
Remember Sabrina Ferrara Of River Vale, 27, When You See A Butterfly Flutter By Remember Sabrina Ferrara Of River Vale, 27, When You See A Butterfly Flutter By
Remember Sabrina Ferrara Of River Vale, 27, When You See A Butterfly Flutter By The next time you see a butterfly, remember Sabrina Ferrara. That's what the 27-year-old's family has kindly requested in a heartfelt obituary they penned in her memory, following her death on Sept. 29. Scroll down for service information. Animals, traveling and obstacle racing were some of the things that the River Vale resident loved. "Sabrina had a wonderful smile that would light up a room," they wrote.  "She was creative, artistic and displayed an unrelenting enthusiasm for any endeavor she set her mind to." Animals, traveling and obstacle racing were some of the things that Sab…

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by Cecilia Levine
Greenburgh, NY
Schools
Pace University Students Help Elmsford Fourth-Graders Learn STEM Skills Pace University Students Help Elmsford Fourth-Graders Learn STEM Skills
Pace University Students Help Elmsford Fourth-Graders Learn STEM Skills Students of Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems helped a class of fourth-graders learn various STEM skills during a five-week program at Alice E. Grady School in Elmsford. The fourth-graders utilized fun color combinations to learn basic computer coding skills, and on Monday, May 6, the last day of the program, students gave a drone and robotics demonstration called the “City Within a City” showcase to staff members including the Elmsford Superintendent of Schools Marc P. Baiocco, Ed.D., Alice E. Grady Principal Douglas Doller, Elmsford Mayor Rober…

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by Valerie Musson
Somers, NY
News
Former IBM Campus In Somers Could Become Private High School For 1,800 Students Former IBM Campus In Somers Could Become Private High School For 1,800 Students
Former IBM Campus In Somers Could Become Private High School For 1,800 Students The owners of the former IBM property have begun the process of getting approval from the town for their plan to renovate the behemoth building into a STEM academy boarding school for up to 1,800 students. The academy, which has yet to be named, plans to open off of Route 100 in 2020 --starting with ninth and 10th grades. Evergreen Ridge, a recently formed school campus development company, gave an informal presentation before the Somers Town Board on Thursday, Sept. 20 to share its preliminary plans to the 723-acre office park into a world -class STEM, arts and design boarding and day‐scho…

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by Daily Voice
Greenwich, CT
Schools
Greenwich Magnet Schools Invite Parents, Students To Open Houses Greenwich Magnet Schools Invite Parents, Students To Open Houses
Greenwich Magnet Schools Invite Parents, Students To Open Houses GREENWICH, Conn. — Families are invited to visit the magnet schools in Greenwich at open houses this month as the application process opens for the fall school year.  "The Greenwich Public Schools are proud to offer choice to the families of Greenwich that may wish to apply to any of the District’s four elementary magnet schools and one middle school magnet program," the school district said in a statement.  "School choice provides opportunities to attend a school with programs that may be of particular interest to a family and/or an individual student. School choice also pro…

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by Daily Voice