South Jersey Observer
During last week’s meeting, the Bellmawr Board of Education (BOE) heard a presentation on the district’s PARCC scores from Director of Special Services, Dottie Specht, and Supervisor of Student Services, Roseanne Yezzo. Of the district’s scores, School superintendent, Annette Castiglione, said: “We anticipated the absolute worst, but I think we did well in comparison to […]
During her report to the Mt. Ephraim Board of Education (BOE) last week, School Superintendent, Leslie Koller said she is working on trying to get Chrome Books for the second phase of the 1:1 laptop initiative for other grades. She also wants to meet the technology team about increasing internet speed for the district. She […]
The Gloucester City Board of Education (BOE) voted on December 8 to approve a Memorandum of Agreement granting the police and fire departments access to the district’s security cameras in emergency situations. School Superintendent Joe Rafferty called it a necessity. “Allowing the police chief and the fire chief the ability to observe live and […]
Dr. Elizabeth Curry, the Gloucester City School District’s Director of Curriculum and Instruction, recently gave a presentation to the Gloucester City Board of Education (BOE) about the district’s total population scores from the spring, 2015 PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) assessments. She said that it will probably take more than […]
Bellmawr’s AJ Gonzales is battling Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), also known as “Stone Man Syndrome.” FOP is one of the most rare and disabling genetic conditions known to medicine and causes bone to form in muscles, tendons, ligaments and other connective tissues.
May 29, 2015 was declared “A.J. Gonzales Day” and Mayor Frank Filipek signed a Proclamation making it official. During the May 28, 2015 council meeting, week’s council meeting, A.J. was introduced to the Borough of Bellmawr’s elected officials and also to local law enforcement officers who were in attendance. Several agencies from surrounding areas came […]
In late November, 2015, two students from Gloucester City Junior City High School (GHS) were selected to participate in Rotary Day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The students, Alyssa DeLuca and Anastasia Pierce, both seniors, are members of the GHS Interact club, which is the student version of Rotary. Interact is geared […]
Gloucester City’s Cassidy Voll was recently surprised with a complete bedroom makeover. It was courtesy of the Delaware/Newark/Philly chapter of Special Spaces, whose mission is to create dream bedrooms for children with life-threatening medical illnesses. Cassidy was recommended for a bedroom renovation by Glenn Brown, school psychologist at Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School (GHS). Brown […]
Report cards in the Mt. Ephraim schools will have a different look because of the new student management system, said Mt. Ephraim School Superintendent, Leslie Koller, at last week’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting. Koller explained: “OnCourse is our new student management system. Because the templates are different, the report cards will look different than […]
Tiny Little Pieces is a special learning facility. Amanda Cardone is an experienced educator with a big heart for special needs children and always had a dream of opening a learning facility of her own. Cardone earned her master’s degree in special education from Arcadia University and has years of experience in early intervention strategies. […]