Becky Young, music teacher at Lawrenceville Elementary School, will be honored by the New Jersey Music Educators Association.
Tom Angleberger, author of the Star Wars character-based "Origami Yoda" book series, recently spent time with students at Lawrence Intermediate School thanks to Skype and the Internet.
Lexi Cubberley, a Lawrence High School senior, will perform as part of the All-Eastern Honors Mixed Chorus in April at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, Conn.
Kyra Glover and Shea Patel will now compete in February at the state level of the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Voice of Democracy contest.
Tomorrow, Jan. 10, Lawrence Township Public Schools will transition existing MyNutrikids.com accounts to the new service, mySchoolBucks.
The Jan. 19 event at Lawrence High School will offer "one-stop shopping for information about area preschools and activities for young children in Mercer County."
The free workshop will be held at Lawrence High School on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.
Applications must be submitted no later than March 8. Class size is limited to 16. A lottery will be held to place eight typically developing students in the class, while eight special needs students will be placed in the class according to state law.
Thomas Sheppard, who will start his new position at Lawrenceville School on July 1, currently serves as director of enrollment management at the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, Calif.
According to the proposed calendar discussed at last week's Lawrence Township Board of Education meeting, the 2013-2014 school year will begin for students on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, and end on Friday, June 20, 2014.
“Kids can’t learn if they don’t feel safe. Parents can’t feel comfortable unless they know that we do everything we possibly can to keep children and teachers safe.” ~ Lawrence Township Board of Education President Laura Waters
Notre Dame guidance counselor Rebecca Bartuska is one of 12 high school educators selected for Arcadia University’s China Preview for High School Educators.
Christie, Cerf appear poised to once again try to cut extra funds for low-income students.
"I can assure you that the safety of our students and staff is always a top priority. We have a school security plan in place and review and practice it regularly." ~ Lawrence Township Public Schools Superintendent Crystal M. Edwards
"I want to assure you that we will continue to enforce our safety and security procedures to make sure we are doing everything possible to keep our children safe." ~ Lawrence Township Public Schools Superintendent Crystal M. Edwards
Students at the Lawrence Township elementary school recently put together holiday care packages to send to U.S. service men and women currently stationed in Afghanistan.
Legislature grapples with basic issues concerning online charters, starting with working definitions.
Annual report shows big achievement gaps remain for minority students.
Scholarship money is also available to disabled veterans returning from combat.
With school budgets held in check, NJEA has little reason to reach deep in its pockets.
Senate Budget Committee hears about impact on school year, tax ratables, budgets.
Teachers George Regan and John Acampora have been named by the New Jersey State Department of Education as 2012 New Jersey Exemplary Elementary Educators.
The school district received the New Jersey School Boards Association Insurance Group's 2012 Safety Award.
For "Make a Difference Day," kindergarteners at the Lawrence Township elementary school created nearly 150 snack bags for children who attend HomeFront's after-school program.
Since 1992, the Lawrence Township Education Foundation has provided more than $2.5 million in grants to township public schools. Eighteen programs will be funded as a result of the foundation's Fall 2012 grant cycle.
The fundraiser was held to help New Jersey families who were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.
Lawrence Middle School seventh-grader wins art contest; Eldridge Park School 100th anniversary commemorative calendar for sale; Operation Smile Club fundraiser underway; Slackwood School guidance counselor awarded grant; and more...
The students give up recess one day each week to learn peer mediation skills before applying them while conducting mediations with other students.
The Lawrence Township school board also took action Wednesday to revise the current school year’s calendar to build in additional emergency closing make-up days.
LHS students are hoping to collect 600 new or gently-used coats for the annual Jersey Cares Coat Drive. Coat donations are even more important this year in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
The Lawrence Township school board will meet tonight, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in the library of the high school. And the public schools will have early dismissals for parent/teacher conferences and the start of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Ben Franklin Elementary School's “Make Art – Give Heart” event will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today, Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Lawrence Township Public Schools officials will host two public meetings this evening, Tuesday, Nov. 13, to discuss “preliminary planning for the 2013-2014 budget” and gather input about district priorities from parents.
The blood drive will take place at the school on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Notre Dame High School also has a 90-minute delayed opening on Thursday due to the snow.
The exhibit featuring paintings by Lawrence High School students will be open at the Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library until Nov. 30.
With the state teacher's convention that was to be held in Atlantic City next week canceled, Lawrence Township public schools will be open next Thursday and Friday (Nov. 8 and 9) to make up for two of the days missed this week due to Hurricane Sand
At 6:30 p.m. today (Oct. 26) Eldridge Park Elementary School will unveil a 45-foot long mural that third-graders created to celebrate the school's 100th anniversary. At 7 p.m. the school's 100th Anniversary Amateur Night will be held.
Daniel Mejia - who graduated from Lawrence High School as valedictorian in 2003 - works as a foreign diplomat for the U.S. Department of State. He returned to Lawrence High last week to speak to students from the school's Academy of Arts & Hum
Artwork created by students at Lawrence Township's Slackwood Elementary School can now be viewed by people across the world, thanks to a partnership between the school and the Artsonia.com online kid's art museum.