SpEAC Hosts Conference for Parents of Disabled Kids

The annual Pathways to Success conference will be held at the Upper Elementary School on Saturday, March 9.

Moorestown Teachers Taking Christmas Donations to Sandy Victims

The Moorestown Education Association and Home & School Association are organizing the donation drive at the Upper Elementary School Saturday.

Moorestown teachers will make another run down to the Jersey Shore this weekend, dropping off toys and decorations for families devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The teachers hauled donations of water, cleaning supplies and gas cans last month to Stafford Township, just outside Long Beach Island. The items were provided by members of the Moorestown Education Association, as well as members of the community who dropped off items. This week, the Moorestown Education Association and Moorestown Home & School are rounding up holiday items from school employees on Friday and encouraging community members to drop off items at the Upper Elementary School (UES) between 8-9:30 a.m. Saturday, said UES teacher Matt Stuart. "It's a great opportunity to …

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MTC's "42nd Street" Illuminating for Performer, Choreographer

Moorestown Theater Company's Second Stage all-adult show premieres tonight and runs through this weekend and next.

It’s funny how things come full circle. As an 11-year-old, Tamlyn Brooke Orlando’s love for the Cinderella story of 42nd Street started her down the path to becoming a musical theater performer. Later, toward the end of a 10-year stint as a performer in New York City, she got to be a part of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of the classic play. And now, more than a decade later, she’s choreographing Moorestown Theater Company’s (MTC) production of the tap-infused show. “It’s funny … It’s all 42nd Street,” Orlando said as she got ready for a rehearsal Thursday night. “It kind of keeps coming back in my life in different forms.” MTC’s 42nd Street premieres tonight at 7 p.m. at the Upper Elementary School. Orlando, who lives in Marlton…

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Moorestown Teachers Helping Sandy Victims

Several Moorestown teachers have decided to take advantage of their day off Thursday by helping those hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy—and you can too.

Moorestown teachers may be heading to Atlantic City this week after all—but not for the reason you think. After learning the  New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Convention—originally scheduled for Nov. 8 and 9 in AC—was cancelled due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, and that schools would remain closed those days, a group of Moorestown Education Association (MEA) members put their heads together to figure out what they could do to help the victims. “We figured, if we’re not going to be open, can we do something for the victims?” said Matt Stuart, a special education teacher at the Upper Elementary School. “That’s how the conversation started.” Several teachers visited some of the hardest hit communities along the Jersey …

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Photos: Moorestown Summer Enrichment Camp Offers Fun, Education

Now in its third year, Moorestown School District's summer enrichment program has grown to include roughly 300 students.

Who wants to go to school during the summer? Well, if your course load includes building robots with Legos, experimenting with rockets, making papier-mache monsters and theater, you might consider it. Hundreds of Moorestown students, from elementary up to high school, flocked to the school district’s summer enrichment program this year—between 275-300, by Assistant Superintendent Kate Burke Reilly’s reckoning. That’s about 90 more than last year. The district launched the summer enrichment program just three years ago with only a handful of classes. Now it’s up to 20-plus. “Our courses change, so it’s not like a canned program that rolls over,” said Reilly. The courses offered—“Cooking With Science,” “Little Scientists’ Laboratory,” and “…

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Moorestown Better Than State Average on School Report Cards

The report cards measure academic achievement, as well as other statistics, including student-to-faculty ratio and staff salaries.

Once again, Moorestown School District has surpassed the state average in most major academic categories in the Department of Education’s school report card for the 2010-11 school year. Fifty-one percent of Moorestown High School (MHS) students scored “Advanced” on the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) in mathematics versus the 26 percent statewide average. And 36 percent of MHS students placed in the “Advanced” category for Language Arts Literacy, 15 percent higher than the state average. The results were equally impressive at the Upper Elementary School, where the percentage of students deemed “Advanced” or “Proficient” in the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge was several points higher than the state average in most …

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Chris Welch

11:03 am on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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