Read Seton Hall Prep's snow-related announcement for Friday, Feb. 10.
Don't worry, South Orange and Maplewood parents. You still have some of the best schools around, according to a report.
Children turning 5 on or before October 1st, 2017 are eligible to attend school beginning September 2017.
Columbia High School recently honored longtime district employee Judi Mason with a traditional “clap out” ceremony.
Communication doctorate candidates at the South Orange school will have the late Henry F. Roman to thank for their degrees.
The SOMA district will have a new principal at Maplewood Middle School and three new supervisors.
Daria Pizzuto has received a Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching grant to conduct research on teaching Spanish through literature .
Seth Boyden Elementary School has bid farewell to its principal of 10 years, Mark Quiles, and hello to Damion Frye.
Check out which New Jersey colleges and universities made the list for "best dorms."
Maplewood taxpayers would reportedly save big under the proposed plan… at the expense of some of Essex County’s poorest students.
College students from Orange, South Orange, Bloomfield and East Orange visited the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
The New Jersey Education Association assailed Christie’s plan, calling it "despicable."
See the list of Essex County’s standout athlete-scholars here.
South Orange and Maplewood school officials say that there is “no place in the community” for racism.
Adela Perez-Franco a senior diplomacy major, will travel to Madrid, Spain for a year to teach English to high school students.
One post reportedly showed students in blackface. The other allegedly featured swastikas surrounded by Stars of David.
The 2016-17 budget for the South Orange-Maplewood School District has some bad news for local education supporters and taxpayers alike.
The contest will commemorate the South Orange Public Library’s 150th anniversary.
Are new charter schools coming to the Oranges?
A Seton Hall University alumnus is set to make a $5 million donation to his former alma mater, one of the largest in the school’s history.
A new list compiled by Niche.com, an information service provider, ranks the districts with the best teachers in New Jersey and the U.S.A.
Henry Hamilton, principal at Whitney E. Houston Academy in East Orange, is in it for the kids’ sake, a report says.
See which South Orange residents who made the top marks at Essex County College for the Fall 2015 semester.
Find out the names of last autumn’s academic high rollers at WPU.
The open house is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 20 from noon to 3 p.m.
How did your district perform? The PARCC's complete results have been released, and Patch has them, ranking the top-performing districts.
Have a favorite teacher in South Orange? Here's how to get them the kudos that they deserve.
Here’s what to do school if school is cancelled or delayed this winter, South Orange.
The bill would require schools to weigh visual and performing arts classes the same as other courses.
Which N.J. school districts pays their teachers the most? Here is a complete list and an interactive map showing how much.
Maplewood schools have seen four, gun-related school lockdowns in 2015. Find out what caused them here.
School officials issued a Code Yellow alert at Columbia High School in Essex County on Thursday afternoon.
Hundreds of students across Essex County refused to take the PARCC standardized exam last year.
A smoke odor in several classrooms spurred the school evacuation, a report says.
Should public schools be closed for Eid al-Adha? Take the Patch reader poll here.
The national list ranks school districts based on teaching statistics and about 920,000 ratings from 240,000 students and parents.
Did your child miss more than 18 days of school last year? See the list of “high-absence” school districts in Essex County here.
Less than one-percent of nation's high school seniors reach this level.
Avoid a picture day calamity for your student with these easy suggestions.
The classes will be targeted to law enforcement personnel but will also be available to civilians.