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March 2, 2021 Montclair, N.J. – Mr. George Hrab, a longtime faculty member at Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA), recently announced that he will retire from teaching at the end of the school year. Currently an Upper School science teacher, Hrab has been recognized as an outstanding coach and Athletic Director as well as an impactful classroom teacher over his 52 years at the school. Appointed to the faculty of Montclair Academy in 1969, Hrab was hired to coach and teach physical education. ...

Triumphing Over Tough Times: A Perspective From a New Principal By Judie Jacobson | February 18, 2021 In July 2019, Rabbi Shimmy Trencher arrived in Stamford, Connecticut, to take up his new post as principal of Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy Upper School (BCHA). Little did he know that less than a year later—in March 2019—he would undergo a “trial by fire” of sorts, as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered Connecticut schools and took learning online…putting his ...

Gulliver Preparatory Breaks Ground on New Center for Student Life News provided by Share this article Share this article CORAL GABLES, Fla., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulliver Preparatory School is thrilled to announce the groundbreaking for a new Center for Student Life at its Marian C. Krutulis PK-8 Campus. This 60,000 square foot facility will be at the heart of student life and learning. It will house a gymnasium, a performing arts and assembly space, a dining hall and meeting space, f...

For more than 400 years, a military fort – The Redoubt – has watched over Enniskillen Castle and beyond. For many people, where this place actually is may be something to ponder, as it can no longer be clearly seen due to surrounding trees. However, back when it was first constructed, Enniskillen’s West Battery – as it is also known – had a then commanding view taking in the castle and the western approaches to the town of Enniskillen, the river and the surrounding countryside. ...

By Tony Callaio For Sunday Dispatch Kate Getz, a resident of Yatesville, intends to further her eduction to study chemical engineering. She is shown reading at the Stettler Learning Resources Center on campus. Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch �� Listen to this While at Wyoming Seminary, Kate Getz was awarded one of the school’s highest honors, the Levi Sprague Fellowship. Tony Callaio | For Sunday Dispatch Seventeen-year-old Kate Getz, shown on the campus of Wyoming Seminary, will fini...

Carmel School students build air filters for campus buildings Carmel School (Source: Carmel School) By Adrianna Hargrove | February 20, 2021 at 11:53 AM EST - Updated February 20 at 11:53 AM RUTHER GLEN, Va. (WWBT) - Engineering and robotics students at Carmel School built and designed three air filters for each building on campus. The students learned about air quality and filtration before building the units. The systems will be used in the Lower School, Middle/Upper School, and Athlet...

Robert L. “Bob” Lamborn, who headed McDonogh School for two decades during which time the Owings Mills school ended its military program, was integrated and went coed, died Feb. 11 in his sleep. The former Ellicott City resident was 102.

Jewish Ledger Stamford students become a voice for Holocaust survivors S iegmund Listwa had a lot to teach Julianne Katz and, admits Julianne, “I had a lot to learn.” And learn she did recently, when the Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy Upper School junior participated in the school’s new Holocaust Fellowship program. Presented in conjunction with the Anachnu Holocaust Survivor program of the Schoke Jewish Family Service of Fairfield County, the Holocaust Fellowship progr...

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Atlantic Hub News Briefs, Feb. 10 Municipal officials in Eatontown have approved a corrective action plan in response to recommendations found in the borough’s 2019 municipal audit. On Jan. 27, Borough Council members passed a resolution certifying Eatontown’s 2019 municipal audit and covering the period up to Dec. 31, 2019. The audit was filed by Oliwa & Company. The audit contained two recommendations from Oliwa & Company. To address those issues, council members passed a resolution appro...