The contract of North art teacher Nishan Patel will not be renewed, despite impassioned pleas from students and parents, a list posted on WW-P’s website yesterday afternoon confirms. The list, which names the untenured teachers whom WW-P Superintendent David Aderhold will recommend for contract renewals at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, does not include Patel’s name. …
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It should’ve been charming. A boy called Moonface. Corn that whispers. A goat that chews everything. Bone Gap, by Laura Ruby, had so much potential to be a lovable and quirky book, but it ultimately falls flat due to its poor execution. In the gossipy small town of Bone Gap, people always seem to disappear. …
As the calendar turns to early April, North’s spring sports teams begin a long season ahead. Unfortunately, mother nature has followed her own itinerary, leaving piles of snow tossed across grass fields as North baseball players prepare to return to the diamond. “We haven’t been on our field yet because winter doesn’t seem like it wants …
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—by Danielle Brubaker & Emma Killeen— Chuck E. Cheese employee gets attacked by adults I always knew there was something sketchy about Chuck E. Cheese, and this week’s news has finally proven me right. During her child’s birthday party, a mother went to complain about a broken photo booth. After he told her he would help …
One hundred thirty-eight West Windsor-Plainsboro students, less than two percent of eligible test-takers in grades 3 to 11, have opted out of the first phase of a new national standardized test, amid nationwide controversy about the exam’s educational merit. As of March 8, 16 North students and 39 South students had opted out. The PARCC—a …
Continue reading District administrators grapple with local opposition to PARCC exam
—By Fariha Tamboli, Diana Tang, and Lei Lei Wu— 5 Quick Facts: The dress is actually black and blue. The trend started on February 26, 2015. The dress is from the British retailer Roman Originals. The colors that we see are based on the lighting in which we view the dress and its surroundings. The …
This month, WW-P students in grades 3 to 11 will take the first phase of a new standardized exam. The PARCC test—a two-part assessment designed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, a coalition of 11 states, including New York and New Jersey—has created widespread confusion among students, teachers and parents. …
