Howell schools will take new look at enrollment
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      HOWELL- In the face of a declining K-8 school enrollment, the Howell Board of Education has hired T&M Associates to conduct a demographic study of the school district as it plots a course for the future.
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Holiday customs are focus for Adelphia School pupils
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      HOWELL- First- and second-graders at the Adelphia Elementary School excitedly lined up against the corridor wall holding handmade pictures and waiting to take a cultural journey to six different winter holidays that are celebrated during December.
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Become a substitute teacher in three days
      The Department of School Relations at Ocean County College, Toms River, is offering a three-day substitute teacher training workshop in January. The course will be offered from 3:30-9:30 p.m. Jan. 11, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 12 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 13 in conference rooms A and B, College Cente...
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Students take special trip on Polar Express
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      HOWELL - The Ardena School's kindergarten and first-grade pupils were dressed in their pajamas alongside their parents as they waited anxiously to get their magical tickets clipped to board the Polar Express.
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Voices of Howell High School
     Members of the Howell High School vocal group Rebel Yell perform during a concert saluting Howell graduate Amy Polumbo, the reigning Miss New Jersey who will be competing in the Miss America Pageant. The concert took place at the high school on Dec. 7.
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School board asks governor to relax election standard
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer
      COLTS NECK- Administrators in the Colts Neck K-8 School District are trying to head off a potential problem before it occurs. When a bill that created a 4 percent cap on local school districts' property tax levies was signed into law by Gov. Jon Corzine in April, a part of that law came into exi...
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