Monday, May 13, 2013
Catch up on the top stories of the week.
Ranking places New Milford High School in the top 3.8 percent of all high schools in the country and thirteenth in Bergen County. New Milford homeowners will see a total average annual increase of approximately $217 with the municipal and school budgets adopted, and the county budget introduced, Buddy Program's annual Mr. New Milford fundraiser raises almost $1000. The church celebrated its 60th anniversary last Sunday with a luncheon. National Public Radio's (NPR) award-winning series Selected Shorts is coming to New Milford Public Library on June 27 at 7:30 p.m. Families came out to celebrate the opening of the White Barn and the farm's 100th anniversary. Follow New Milford Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Click here to sign-up for the …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Ranking places New Milford High School in the top 3.8 percent of all high schools in the country and thirteenth in Bergen County.
New Milford High School has made it to Newsweek's ranking of top high schools in the country. Although its ranking of 1028 may seem modest, with more than 26,407 high schools nationwide, this puts New Milford in the top 3.8 percent in the country. New Milford is ranked 13 out of all of the high schools ranked in Bergen County. Danielle Shanley, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, said that the ranking supports the long-term vision that the administration has been focused on for the past three years--a vision that includes making foundational changes that will better connect students to advanced learning and prepare them for college and beyond. Shanley not only credits the ranking with the district's commitment to increasing the number …
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
McClure credits his nomination for best actor in a musical to his roots in New Milford.
His wife gasped, his friend, New Milford's Jonathan Silver, came bounding down the stairs in a "unique" dance, while all he could muster was Holy ****, a thought verbally expressed just as his mother sent him a text that read, "Holy ****." Still reeling from his Carnegie Hall debut the night before, that's how New Milford's Rob McClure reacted to the news early Tuesday morning that he had been nominated for a Tony Award as best actor in a musical for his performance as Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin The Musical. Upon the announcement, his castmates from Chaplin had donuts delivered to his house, he received countless phone calls and well wishes from family and friends, but what turned him into a "weep puddle" was the text he received from the…
Monday, April 29, 2013
See what's going on this week in New Milford
The New Milford quilters will be meeting at the New Milford Public Library Monday at 7 p.m. The New Milford Board of Health will be meeting on Wednesday, May 1, at 4:15 p.m. downstairs in Borough Hall. The Recreation Commission will be meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Rec Center on the second floor. The Rent Leveling Board will be meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in the second floor conference room at Borough Hall. **** This week's New Milford High School Sports Schedule: Monday Apr. 29 Baseball: Tuesday Apr. 30 Baseball: Softball: Tennis: Golf: Wednesday May 1 Baseball: Softball: Thursday May 2 Baseball: Softball: Tennis: Golf: Varsity vs. Palisades Park (Rockleigh Country Club) Friday May 3 Baseball: Softball: Tennis: Golf: Saturday May…
Saturday, April 27, 2013
New Milford High School holds its first model United Nations Conference.
New Milford High School held its first Model United Nations Conference this week. Model U.N. participants role-play as diplomats representing a country or NGO in a simulated session of a committee of the United Nations, such as the Security Council or the General Assembly. Participants research a country, take on roles as diplomats, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and then develop solutions to world problems. During a conference, participants must employ a variety of communication and critical thinking skills in order to represent the policies of their country. These skills include public speaking, group communication, research, policy analysis, active listening, negotiating, conflict resolution, note taking…
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
A rock concert to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the New Milford High School BUDDY program.
The New Milford Board of Education, New Milford Recreation and the New Milford BUDDY program is presenting Rock 4 Life, a rock concert to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the New Milford High School BUDDY program. The Rock 4 Life concert was the brainchild of Kelly Norton who wanted to use music as a way to raise awareness on the effects of bullying. Norton's band will be performing at the concert. Her music also supports suicide awareness. The concert, taking place May 19 at New Milford High School, will interfuse live music with presentations and videos about the effects of bullying. Norton, who works in New Milford High School's athletic department, knows the effects of bullying first-hand because she said that…
Saturday, April 13, 2013
The tennis and track teams also picked up a pair of wins this past week
After racing out to an undefeated five game winning streak, bolstered by senior shortstop Carly Lesko's powerful bat, the Lady Knights picked up their first loss of the season, a 4-3 upset to Park Ridge this past week. Lesko, who blasted three home runs this week (including one grand slam), led New Milford with huge victories over Holy Angels (16-8), Leonia (10-0) and Harrison (12-0) prior to the loss. Against the Lady Owls, New Milford took a 1-0 lead to start but Park Ridge banged in four runs in the first inning and then limited New Milford to one run in the second and third innings before completly shutting down the Lady Knights offense. The Knights picked up wins over Ridgefield (6-3) and Leonia (10-0) before a late three-run sixth …
Friday, April 12, 2013
The Christie Administration released its new School Performance Reports for the 2011-2012 school year Wednesday.
Elementary school students atBerkley Street and BF Gibbs schools in New Milford were found to be lagging behind their peers while the middle school was found to be high performing when compared to their new peer groups and the state according to the new School Performance Reports. Academic achievement results were not available for New Milford High School. Released Wednesday, the reports are a new version of the long-running School Reports Cards that have measured school performance on a variety of metrics since the 1990s. According to the report, Berkley and Gibbs students were ranked between the 33rd and 39th percentile in their peer groups and in the 49th percentile in the state. David E. Owens students were ranked high in their peer …
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Baseball and track also opened their spring season with victory
Spring has finally arrived and with it the opening of baseball, softball,track, boys tennis and volleyball seasons. And after a long winter the New Milford Knights are already running towards successful seasons. With six returning starters, the Lady Knights are already the perenial favorite in the NJIC Liberty division, more so after their opening day shutout wins over Secaucus (5-0) and Ridgefield (18-0). Against the Patriots, both sides were held scoreless until the third inning when shortstop Carly Lesko blasted a two-run homer over the center field fence for the lead. The Lady Knights followed up with the win over Ridgefield in five innings as the team exploded with five runs in the first inning and then added nine more in the fourth …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Students left Monday afternoon for their two week long trip beginning with Berlin
Following an eight-hour flight, 12 New Milford High School students arrived in Berlin, Germany in their first stop of their Eastern European Holocaust Education Trip. The students, accompanied by Colleen Tambuscio will spend two weeks visiting a variety of historical locations as part of the Holocaust Education Program. Throughout their two-week trip, students will blog about their adventures for friends, family and the entire New Milford community at hst10.blogspot.com. The annual Holocaust Education Program began in 1994 when New Jersey mandated the study of the Holocaust. At New Milford High School, they are approaching Holocaust education through classroom instruction, field experiences and the study of the Holocaust at authentic …
Jimmy Drake
6:12 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
Do you realize that in this tread alone, you have started with Mary, made Cranky have to deny being me, I had to deny being him and now you put words in Ann's mouth by saying "her approach is right". and I'M the bad guy?!? Pfffffft! more ›