• Special Students Creating a Better World

  As part of the annual Special Education Week celebration, NJSBA and ASAH recognize imaginative programs that are helping some of the state’s special needs students achieve their full potential.

  

• Someone to Lean On and Laugh With

  Freshman Seminar is a required course for ninth-grade students at Piscataway High School. This full-year class provides transition support, with the broader goal of building community and belonging.

  

• Creating a Successful Summer Camp Program for Your District

  This summer, the Hamilton Township School District in Mercer County held a summer camp program for the community, offering 42 different camps to 587 campers.

  

• President’s Message: My Goals as President

  I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you my goals for my term as president of the New Jersey School Boards Association.

• Executive Word: School Ethics Decisions: Guideposts for Board Members 

  The Code of Ethics for School Board Members serves several crucial functions. It helps guide decision-making and ensure proper governance.  It also helps maintain trust and credibility in local boards of education.

• ELFNJ Spotlight: ELFNJ Spotlight: Hybrid County Association Meetings

  This fall, NJSBA’s county school boards association meetings will continue to be hybrid — with board members able to attend in-person and virtually.

• NJSBA At Your Service: NJSBA’s Firearms Safety Task Force Report

  In 2020, firearm-related injuries surpassed automobile accidents to become the leading cause of death among persons 1-19 years of age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

• Legally Speaking: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.: Implications for Race-Consciousness in K-12 Education

  Even before Students for Fair Admissions reached the U.S. Supreme Court this year, earlier federal court rulings had already circumscribed New Jersey school districts’ efforts to pursue diversity in their student bodies and staff.

• Head of the Class: Mendham Township, Passaic Schools and South Bergen Jointure Commission Earn School Leader Awards

  The New Jersey School Boards Association continues to celebrate its 2022 School Leader award winners. These are prime examples of schools that have excelled at providing programs that are effective, creative and innovative.

• ‘Goosebump Moments’ Stand Out for NJSBA’s New President

  Dr. Karen Cortellino said being named NJSBA president is “a terrific honor.” She noted that she’s now responsible for promoting the success of the roughly 5,000 board members who look to the Association for guidance as they seek to advance...