ENGLEWOOD, NJ – Earlier today, Dierdre Paul, a 25-year resident of Englewood, candidate for the Englewood Board of Education School Board, and a full professor of education at Montclair State University, called for the Englewood Public School District Board of Education to abide by the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA).

(Englewood, New Jersey; November 7, 2016) -- The Community Chest will present the workshop, Planned Giving, on National Philanthropy Day® (NPD) on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. The workshop will be held at The Donald A. Quarles School, located at 186 Davison Place in Englewood, New Jersey at 6:30 p.m. The workshop is free and open to the public. The Community Chest will join other communities worldwide in celebrating NPD.

(Englewood, New Jersey; October 13, 2016) -- The Community Chest presents Improving Networking Skills and Enhancing Interagency Relationships, the second workshop in its four part 2016-2017 Professional Development Series, on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The workshop will be held at Vantage Health System's Training Center, located at 2 Park Avenue in Dumont, New Jersey from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

(Englewood, New Jersey; September 6, 2016) -- The Community Chest launches the 2016-2017 Professional Development Series on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. The first workshop in the four session series, Cross-Cultural Competence Skills: Bridging Cultural Differences with Respect and Understanding, will be held at Vantage Health System's Training Center, located at 2 Park Avenue in Dumont, New Jersey from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

On Saturday, April 17th, 14 students in the Dwight Morrow High School Comprehensive and the PreEngineering, Information Systems, and BioMedicine Academy programs traveled to the Technology Student Association's New Jersey State Conference to compete in an all-day event for high school students.

Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) announced a $2.3 million grant to the Montclair Child Development Center Inc. (MCDC). The Head Start and Early Head Start grant will support MCDC’s work to provide comprehensive childhood development services to predominantly low-income children and families. The Head Start and Early Head Start program is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

On Wednesday, May 4, the dance students from Dwight Morrow High School’s Academies@ Englewood and Comprehensive Programs will be featured in a fundraiser Dance Concert. Held in the school’s Dizzy Gillespie Auditorium, the concert will showcase various dance genres including Hip Hop, Afro-Caribbean, Dance Hall, Contemporary, Jazz, Latin, Jive, and Indian.

In observance of Teach Children to Save Day on April 29, Lakeland Bank is encouraging families to recognize the day by communicating the value of saving money to the young people in their lives.

“Education and hands-on money experience are critical to ensuring a new wave of smart money managers,” said Thomas Shara, President and CEO. “We want parents to know that saving is important and everyone can do it, even kids.”

The great relationship that Barack Obama has with Malia and Sasha is no secret. As the President of the United States showed that he loves to share trips with the adolescents and even considers his eldest daughter one of his "best friends". Now his wife, Michelle Obama, has revealed what is the most fun to do during the family dinners.

The First Lady, Michelle Obama, revealed that she loves talking about the gossip surrounding her daughters, Malia and Sasha.

On Wednesday, April 20, the Dr. John Grieco Elementary School hosted a reception for its annual Art of Science Exhibition. Approximately 250 parents, family and students from 1 st to 3 rd grade gathered in the school Media Center to celebrate the artistic and scientific talents of its students.

The Art of Science exhibition incorporates a Science Fair featuring the science experiments of Grieco’s 3rd grade students. It also includes artwork, which is mostly focused on nature subjects, created by 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students.