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!
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Slide appears to be attributed to lack of participation in certain AP courses.
In 2012, Bridgewater-Raritan High School was ranked as the No. 34 high school in the Garden State on U.S. News & World Report’s Best High School rankings—this year, the school didn’t make the cut. The high school was not among the top 50 in the state, and was also unranked nationally. In 2012, the high school was #675 on the national list. Rankings on the list are based on the publication's "college readiness index." But this year, the school’s college readiness score, which is calculated by the number of AP classes taken by seniors and the number passing the AP tests, fell by less than one point, from 39.6 last year, to 39.1 this year. According to the recently released state performance reports, the high school actually did not meet its …
District still isn't commenting on whether Larry Markiewicz will return to Bridgewater-Raritan.
With no word yet from the administration on if or when high school band director Larry Markiewicz will return following his suspension, students are still asking for a quick resolution. “I respectfully request that the board please expedite the process with the consideration of Larry Markiewicz,” said Bridgewater-Raritan High School senior Megan DeMichele, who is the drum major for the marching band. “It’s been 55 days. We would really appreciate having him back in the classroom for the final few weeks.” Markiewicz was suspended with pay in early March, pending review by the superintendent and administration. At the very least, the band is about to get some continuity with the board of education’s approval Tuesday of interim teachers for …
Football game will be in honor of famed Sgt. John Basilone.
To celebrate a late Marine who means a great deal to Somerset County, and give graduating seniors one last opportunity to play football with their peers, the Somerset County Coaches Association is joining with the Marine Corps for the first ever Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone Bowl Game. The event will be held at 6 p.m. June 28 at the Basilone Field at Bridgewater-Raritan High School. Pre-game ceremonies will begin at 5:30 p.m. “We are proud to work on the first annual game that celebrates academic excellence and quality of character,” said Maj. Michael Ogden, commanding officer at the Recruiting Station New Jersey, in a Tuesday press conference announcing the event. “It is bringing 85 athletes together from across Somerset County.” The game is…
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The Project Graduation fundraiser will be held this Friday.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Arrangement would allow for job fairs, students volunteering with corporation.
The district is investigating the possibility of a cooperative arrangement with Henkel Corporation, in Bridgewater, which would create the opportunity for partnerships between the company and Bridgewater-Raritan High School. Board member Evan Lerner said he and other board members recently had an extensive tour of the company's building and spoke with representatives about what they could do to benefit the students. “We have two large institutions to form a relationship to help the kids, and have their people do community service,” he said. The next step, Lerner said, is to have the members of the corporation take a tour of the high school. “We are going to try to figure out simple ways to get the ball rolling,” he said. Discussions, …
But it is trying to raise the $1.5 million the field would cost.
Concerns over the baseball field’s proximity to the parking lot at the Bridgewater-Raritan High School continues to color discussions over whether changes should be made to the field. Superintendent of Schools Michael Schilder said the district has already fixed the field where it was uneven in places, and it is currently in OK shape. “But when it is used for field hockey practice in the summer, it gets torn up again,” he said. “There is no discussion yet about moving the field away from the parking lot.” Schilder said there are three options for the field at this point. He said they can either continue to repair it to the best of the district’s ability, go with a field that is grass and move it away from the parking lot or design a turf …
50 pupils attended trip to learn about inner workings of stock market.
A total of 50 students who take business classes at Bridgewater-Raritan High School headed to the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday to learn a little bit about the business. Business teacher David Altemose said he annually take students into the city to see Wall Street and the financial district. "New York Stock Exchange visit is by invitation only since 9/11," he said. Bridgewater resident Keith Bliss, who works for an investment firm and whose son attends the high school, set up the tour for the second consecutive year. "He is to be commended for setting up the tour second year in row," Altemose said. "Keith believes is important for the public to see the inside workings of buying and selling stock." Altemose said students were able to …
School board has committed to reviewing policy after concerns are raised.
With concerns over students skipping college tours to ensure they don’t have too many absences, the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education has committed to reviewing the absentee policy and making changes where necessary. “I think something has to be looked at,” said board vice president Jill Gladstone, particularly with regard to seniors having a one-semester health class in the third marking period when most college tours are scheduled. “Seniors have to travel and interview for specialized programs for college. I think there should be some flexibility for four missing days for that health class. “I would like to see true revisions to benefit the students,” she added. The policy change was approved July 24, and says that anyone absent …
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10:35 am on Friday, May 10, 2013
I totally agree with that, it is very hard to catch up with honors classes and honors program if your kid was not able or you was not pushing hard enough in intermediate or middle school, then the program in high school from the beginning so different between academic and honors level, that its almost impossible to survive in honors classes even if you had A+ in academics, then moving during high… more ›