Three schools were designated as New Jersey Schools to Watch® for 2007-2008: Ocean City Intermediate School, Mountain View Middle School in Mendham Borough and Maurice River Elementary School
Leia Ellis, Literacy Coach, Maurice River Elementary School; Dr. John Harrison, Executive Director, North Carolina Middle School Association. |
Dr. John Harrison, Executive Director, North Carolina Middle School Association; Patricia Lambert, Principal, Mountain View Middle School in Mendham Borough. |
(Left to right) Dr. John Harrison, Executive Director, North Carolina Middle School Association; Dr. Pamela Vaughan, Principal, Ocean City Intermediate School; Gail Hilliard-Nelson, Ed.D., Director of the NJ Consortium for Middle Schools at Kean University; Linda Morse, Director, Office of District and School Improvement Services, NJ Department of Education. |
The three schools designated as New Jersey Schools To Watch® for 2007-2008 were honored at a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Schools to Watch® Annual Conference June 19-21, 2008 in Washington D.C. Administrators and staff from Maurice River Elementary School, Mountain View Middle School in Mendham Borough and Ocean City Intermediate School were recognized for their exemplary achievements in middle grades education. The New Jersey team also conducted a presentation entitled “3 Paths to Excellence: Scheduling For Success,” which showcased their varied and creative approaches to scheduling. New Jersey is one of 17 states participating in the Schools to Watch® improvement program sponsored by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.