HIP-HOP

NJEA PRIDE
PROUD MOMENTS
PRIDE IN OUR
GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The WARREN TECH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Warren) is proud to have
held a “Save Your Teen Driver” event on April 26. Students and parents
took an interactive, online driver's test to get a score for their risk of
being a driver in a car accident.
The HAMILTON TOWNSHIP EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Mercer) is proud of its “Little
Free Library” ribbon cutting ceremony on May 11 at Langtree Elementary School. The
Little Free Library initiative seeks to promote literacy at the elementary school level
through fiction, nonfiction and multicultural reading opportunities and experiences. The
Little Free Library commemorate the late Joyce Palumbo, an educator in the district
for nearly 40 years having served as an teacher, school librarian and administrator. Her
family is picture here with the Little Free Library.
The EAST WINDSOR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Mercer) is proud to have partnered with
United Way to set up a “CLIP” (Child Literacy Improvement Project). This program sets
up a reading corner in a local barber shop/salon so that children have a place to read
and enjoy books while their parents, siblings, or they themselves wait for a haircut. The
bookcase and each book’s bookplate has the local's name on it. Funding also pays for
upkeep and re-stocking of books. An extra bonus for EWEA President Ellen Ogintz is that
the barber shop, Legends of Hightstown, is owned and operated by her former student,
Izzy Vargas, pictured here.
The RED BANK BOROUGH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Monmouth) is
proud to have participated in the Red Bank International Food Festival on
April 24. A portion of the proceeds from the festival went to the Red Bank
Education Foundation. Pictured are member Kevin Cuddihy and RBBEA
President Carol Boehm.
Submit your best local association PRIDE photo to ProudMoments@njea.org.
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