Emerson, New Jersey (NJ) 07630 All School Information:The
Emerson School District serves public school students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district are
Emerson Memorial School with 328 students in PreK-2,
Patrick M. Villano Elementary School with 369 students in grades 3-6 and
Emerson Jr./Sr. High School with 458 students in grades 7-12.
Emerson, New Jersey Awards:
Emerson Junior/Senior High School was the 55th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 314 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 51st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
EHS also has an award-winning journalism program having won several prestigious awards, for its Adopt-A-Journalist Program, under guidance of Ms. Ava Annese and The Record. Recent adopted journalists include Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer Thomas E. Franklin, ESPN-online writer Bob Klapisch, stand-up comic and The Record columnist Bill Ervolino. Awards received for the program include:
In 2003, Ms. Ava Annese received the New Jersey High School Teacher of Civics Education award from the VFW. In the National contest, she received third place.
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