Friday, May 17, 2013
Students are chosen to be honored at the high school.
As part of a new program at the Bridgewater-Raritan High School instituted by new principal Brett Charleston, at least one student is chosen every week to be honored for his or her contributions to the community at some point that week. In this column, we will honor those students each week, with the information included in Charleston's weekly principal's column, on the school's website. Congratulations to the most recent honorees!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Bridgewater-Raritan administration says absenteeism is down, want to give it another year.
Despite concerns from parents and students alike, the Bridgewater-Raritan school board's policy committee has recommended giving the changed absentee policy one more year before possibly making any changes — mostly because it has made such a difference already. Two years ago 60 percent of students had more than 16 absences, Superintendent Michael Shilder said. “That’s a horrendous number,” he said. “But that has dropped dramatically in the years since. “Our policy is similar to quality schools around the state,” he added. “It’s a situation of managing absences, not just being excused.” The policy change was approved July 24, and says that anyone absent more than 16 days from a year-long course, 12 days from a physical education course, …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Hillsborough to play for county championship for the 11th time in the last 12 years.
Bridgewater-Raritan girls will have to settle for being the second best softball team in Somerset County after losing the tournament semifinal Saturday 8-0 to Hillsborough. Hillsborough got off to a solid start when pitcher Alexis Schengrund struck out the side in the first inning. Schengrund's teammates did their part and put up 4 runs in the same inning, putting Bridgewater on their heels. But Bridgewater looked like they were up to the task when they loaded the bases with one out in the second inning. But the Panthers were unable to capitalize and failed to score. "We hit the ball well today," said Hillsborough coach Cheryl Iaione. "We played them twice before and beat them up pretty good. But we were a little nervous today because …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Students are chosen to be honored at the high school.
As part of a new program at the Bridgewater-Raritan High School instituted by new principal Brett Charleston, at least one student is chosen every week to be honored for his or her contributions to the community at some point that week. In this column, we will honor those students each week, with the information included in Charleston's weekly principal's column, on the school's website. Congratulations to the most recent honorees!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The team competed in the national competition in St. Louis.
There were 400 of the top robotics teams in the world competing together to find the best—and after winning its division, Bridgewater-Raritan High School’s First Team 303 finished the recent championships in St. Louis as third in the world. “We thought it was amazing, and it was the first time we had traveled with the team,” said senior Matt Gorka, who was one of the co-captains of the team for 2012-2013. “These were 400 of the best teams in the world.” The world championships were held in late April in St. Louis, and capped off a successful season for the team. According to senior Keerthana Hirudayakanth, the other 2012-2013 co-captain of the team, there are four divisions that head to the world championships. Bridgewater-Raritan High …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Assistant superintendent Cheryl Dyer says the data is calculated differently than in U.S. News & World Report.
Bridgewater-Raritan High School has made Newsweek’s list of the 2,000 best public high schools in the country, ranking at number 442. The ranking is based on data that includes college acceptance rate, graduation rate, average SAT scores and more. According to the findings, BRHS has a 96 percent graduation rate, with 95 percent of students being college bound. Average SAT scores in Bridgewater, according to Newsweek’s findings, are 1701, and average AP scores are a 4. These ratings come about two weeks after BRHS did not make the list of top high schools in New Jersey from U.S. News & World Report. Assistant superintendent Cheryl Dyer said there are several factors that influence the school’s ranking in both magazines. With Newsweek, she …
Monday, May 6, 2013
The BRHS group participated in the Mid Atlantic Indoor Network championships.
The Bridgewater-Raritan High School Cologuard won the gold medal at the Mid Atlantic Indoor Network 2013 Championships. The competition was held April 20.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Students are chosen to be honored at the high school.
As part of a new program at the Bridgewater-Raritan High School instituted by new principal Brett Charleston, at least one student is chosen every week to be honored for his or her contributions to the community at some point that week. In this column, we will honor those students each week, with the information included in Charleston's weekly principal's column, on the school's website. Congratulations to the most recent honorees!
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
BRHS raised a total of $1,500.
The Bridgewater-Raritan High School Student Council recently raised about $1,500 selling shirts to support the restoration of the Jersey Shore after Superstorm Sandy. According to Olivia Di Iorio, student council president, the board had come up with several ideas to raise school spirit at the high school, but not many of them had originally been approved by the administrators. One of those ideas though, Di Iorio said, was to hold a spring pep rally with an opportunity to do a fundraiser. “Our idea was to have a whole Restore the Shore theme, and each grade would be wearing a different bright colored Restore the Shore shirt, and have beachy-themed spirit days during the week,” she said, adding that the school normally only has a fall pep …
Friday, April 26, 2013
Students are chosen to be honored at the high school.
As part of a new program at the Bridgewater-Raritan High School instituted by new principal Brett Charleston, at least one student is chosen every week to be honored for his or her contributions to the community at some point that week. In this column, we will honor those students each week, with the information included in Charleston's weekly principal's column, on the school's website. Congratulations to the most recent honorees!
Gerianne
8:48 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
If we are preparing our young adults for the future, be it college or employment, 16 days seems like a walk in the park. What employer is going to allow 16 individual absences from work ( not referring to long term illness or maternity/paternity leave) more ›