On December 6, 2013, six hundred and seventy three High School Seniors in New Jersey, dotted their “Iâ€s and crossed their “Tâ€s and turned in their scholarship applications for the Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship. Those applications, which included counselor’s reports, scholastic achievements, civic and after school activities, were rigorously judged at the local Lodge, District and then State level. Continue reading The Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship program recognizes Taylor Muller with Award
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Hudson County Community College to Hold 36th Annual Commencement Exercises May 22nd
More than 925 students will graduate on Thursday evening; Dr. Rod Risley, Executive Director of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society will deliver the Keynote address.              Â
 
Hudson County Community College (HCCC) President Dr. Glen Gabert;  Chairman William J. Netchert, Esq. and other members of the HCCC  Board of Trustees;  keynote speaker Dr. Rod A. Risley, Executive Director of Phi Theta  Kappa honor society;             Heritage Award recipient, Hudson County Executive Thomas A. DeGise; invocation leader Fr. Michael L. Braden, S.J., Vice President for Mission and Ministry at St. Peter’s University;
  Valedictorian Diana Angelo and the more than 925 members of the Class of 2014;  and members of the HCCC faculty, administration and staff.
 Hudson County Community College 36th Annual Commencement ceremonies.
 Prudential Hall at New Jersey performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ.
 Thursday evening, May 22, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
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Jersey City Public Schools launches a new tradition—The I Love Jersey City Public Schools: Back to School Festival!
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ersey City, NJ—9/18/2013—The Jersey City Public Schools is proud to invite the public to the first ever I Love Jersey City Public Schools Back to School Festival in Liberty State Park on September 21, from 1-4. The event will celebrate the beginning of an exciting school year by showcasing the rich programs available at its 39 schools and providing opportunities for parents and community members to connect with their schools, learn more about them and meet some of the parents and staff. Student groups will perform throughout the day and a wide array of activities such as face-painting, an arts and crafts station, table-top science and dance lessons. Schools will mount displays about the innovative work they are doing with their students. Activities will also be sponsored by some of the district’s partners like the JCEA (Jersey City Educators Association) and Liberty Science Center.
NEW CITY KIDS PRESENTS: CITY SAIL REGATTA 2013
September 2013 – Jersey City, NJ – Over 15,000 teens in Jersey City live within 5 miles of a world-class sailing community. Few of these teens ever set foot on a boat. In 2013 City Sail provided 28 of these teens with the sailing experience of a lifetime. During the six-week program, each teen received 12 hours of classroom instruction on sailing, 27 hours of on-the-water sailing instruction,and 17 hours of swimming. Beyond the regular programming, City Sail offered fved sailing-related field trips around the state and the top participants in the program went on a three-day trip into Long Island Sound. The entire City Sail experience was free for the 28 teens who participated in 2013, only requiring a commitment from them to attend for the entirety of the six weeks.
On September 17th, the City Sail Regatta will raise  funds for the 2014 City Sail teens through an exciting afternoon event. Local professionals and businesses will sponsor  nine boats and experienced the joy of City Sail through an afternoon of sailing instruction on the Hudson River, followed by dinner at Liberty House Restaurant. Participants will  sail with teens from City Sail and raced against each other on a beautiful fall afternoon. The event raised over $14,000, sponsoring 14 places for next year’s City Sailors.
City Sail is New Jersey’s only free sailing school, providing at-risk teens with a unique chance to learn to sail, swim, and race sailboats. City Sail was founded in 2005 with a vision for opening the waterways of New Jersey to the kids who live there. Since then, the school has expanded to include 30 teens, 10 volunteer instructors, and partnerships with both Offshore and Halcyon sailing schools. City Sail is a program of New City Kids, a teen leadership development program in Jersey City. Find New City Kids
and City Sail online at www.newcitykids.org and facebook.com/newcitykids.
Hudson County Community College Foundation Art Collection Marks Major Milestone
Recent acquisitions bring the number of works in the collection to more than 500.
 JERSEY CITY, N.J. / August 7, 2013 — Although it was founded just seven years ago, the Hudson County Community College (HCCC) Foundation Art Collection now includes more than 500 works of art. The Collection includes highly respected paintings, sculptures, photographs, limited edition prints and American craft pottery and ephemera from some of America’s and New Jersey’s finest artists.
The works, which have been acquired as a result of the generosity of many donors and the astute direction of the HCCC Foundation Fine Arts Acquisition Committee, are permanently installed throughout the public areas of the College’s buildings in Jersey City and Union City. Continue reading Hudson County Community College Foundation Art Collection Marks Major Milestone
Sandra and Glenn D. Cunningham Foundation Announce Scholarship Winners
JERSEY CITY – The annual scholarship winners for the Sandra and Glenn D. Cunningham Foundation were announced today as students look forward to the fall school semester.
A total of 15 students were selected as scholarship recipients for students heading to schools throughout the area such as St. Peter’s University and William Paterson college or as far away as West Virginia University and Howard University in Washington D.C.  Of the group, eight (8) new students were selected as scholarship winners while seven (7) students were continued scholarship recipients.
“Each and every year we coordinate our efforts to ensure that the foundation lives ups to its founding ideals of assisting students through scholarships to realize their dreams of higher education,†said foundation president and co-founder Sandra Cunningham.
As one of the founding principles of the foundation, scholarship recipients will be paired with a mentor who is a professional of various backgrounds from the community. These mentors will serve as role models for the young students and also a sounding board for students needing guidance in these crucial phases of their lives. Â Â Each scholarship winner will receive a check for $1,500 to help defray the cost of tuition. Continue reading Sandra and Glenn D. Cunningham Foundation Announce Scholarship Winners
Your Charming Child:Cool Charm School – Donna Bostany and Lisa Butowsky Teach Kids about Manners and Social Interactions
 Your Charming Child Workshops begin  this  August in Hoboken
By Sally Deering
Teaching children how to behave in social situations runs the gamut from handling a salad fork to a nasty bully. And that’s just what Donna Bostany of Union City is prepared to do as she launches her new business, Your Charming Child, an etiquette training program for children 4 through 12 that her sister Lisa Butowsky started a year ago in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Bostany and Butowsky are Certified Etiquette Consultants trained at the International School of Protocol in Hunt Valley, Maryland, who teach manners and social skills to kids so they can become good citizens of the world. The sisters started teaching the classes to children in the Bucks County area and are now branching out to towns in Hudson. Â On Mon, Tues, and Wed, August 5, 6, and 7, at the Hoboken Man salon, Bostany will teach her first series of etiquette classes to local recruits.
“Good manners help you make good decisions when dealing with other people which leads to respect for others as well as self-respect,†Bostany says. “By having good social skills, one does not need to engage in risky behaviors, but finds that popularity comes from being a good listener, a good friend and someone who makes other people feel at ease.â€
Bayonne High School Art Students create T-Shirt Designs
 In photo – L to R:  Kester Canda, Abraam Tawfik
.The original designs of two BHS Computer Graphics students were selected for the annual Senior Day and Project Graduation T-Shirts.
 Abraam Tawfik’s design was chosen for the Senior Day T-shirt and distributed to all seniors on Monday, June 17 to be worn at the annual event held at Veteran’s Stadium that day. Once Abraam was informed that his design was chosen, he was directed to create a second design for the back of the shirt which read “B.H.S. and I.M.T.T. Partners in Educationâ€.
 Kester Canda’s design for the Project Graduation T-shirt was worn by all those who attended the event after the 2013 BHS graduation ceremony.
 Over 45 designs from the Computer Graphics classes were submitted for consideration under the direction of Mrs. Charlann Meluso, Computer Graphics teacher. Both Abraam and Kester each received a $25 award for their efforts.
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Hudson County Community College Announces Bayonne Resident David Tadros Is Valedictorian
 Hudson County Community College’s Class of 2013
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. / May 15, 2013 — Hudson County Community College President Dr. Glen Gabert announced that David Tadros of Bayonne has been chosen as Valedictorian for the College’s Class of 2013.
 David Tadros is not what many people would consider a “traditional†college student, insomuch as he is older — 26 years of age — and had postponed pursuing a college education until just two years ago. What’s more, he is “surprised†by the fact that he has been chosen as Valedictorian, despite the fact that he carried a 4.0 grade-point average throughout the two years he was studying at the College. Continue reading Hudson County Community College Announces Bayonne Resident David Tadros Is Valedictorian
Hudson County Community College to Hold Ceremonies Thursday Evening May 23rd, 2013
Approximately 1,000 students expected to graduate in the Class of 2013
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 On thursday evening approximately 1,000 students are expected to graduate in the class of 2013. At the ceremony will preside Hudson County Community College (HCCC) President Dr. Glen Gabert; Hudson County Executive Thomas A. DeGise; HCCC Board of Trustees Vice Chair Bakari Gerard Lee, Esq. and members of the Board of Trustees; Keynote Speaker J. Noah  Brown, President and CEO of the Association of Community College Trustees; 2013 Heritage Award Recipient Kenneth Lindenfelser, Sr.; Major Charles Kelly of The Salvation Army, who will lead the invocation; HCCC Class of 2013 Valedictorian  David Tadros and the students graduating in the HCCC Class of 2013; members  of the HCCC administration, faculty and staff.
  Hudson County Community College 35th Annual Commencement Ceremonies. will take place at Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ.
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