BY Announcement | Saturday, May 25, 2013 3:00pm | COMMENTS (0)
On Thursday, May 16, the Discovery (3 year old) classes from the Watchung Cooperative Preschool took a field trip to the Montclair Art Museum.
The program was called “Color and Line.” A docent brought the kids through the galleries looking at mainly abstract paintings and sculpture. The children were asked to look for all the colors and shapes that they saw.
BY Announcement | Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:00pm | COMMENTS (0)
Hannah Synnott of Montclair High School was recently awarded with the 2013 Best Teammate Award for the Super Essex Conference at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center. Synnott, a senior goalie on the MHS hockey team and manager of the girls lacrosse team, was one of 37 student-athletes from a SEC high school honored for their selflessness and promoting team unity at an awards banquet on May 21.
Presenting her award are Scott Brunner (l.), former New York Giants quarterback and Kevin Cummings, president and CEO of Investors Bank, a major supporter of the Museum’s character education programs.
BY Georgette Gilmore | Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:00am | COMMENTS (0)
The kids at Montclair’s Nishuane Elementary School have been doing a lot more reading this year—over 42,800 books and/or chapters to be exact!
Children, parents and staff participated in the third annual Pennies for Pages, a school wide activity to encourage reading and raise money for the Montclair Public Library. This year’s program kicked off with a special author visit by Mary Pop Osborne of the Magic Tree House series and ended in school assembly to present a check to the Montlcair Public Library. Students and faculty were asked to dress up as their favorite book character (my daughter was Pinkalicious) and celebrate reading.
Nishuane School principal, Mrs. Gail Clarke proudly told us, “The students raised $428.43, which equates to over 42,800 books and/or chapters. The number exceeds last year by over 9,000!”
BY Georgette Gilmore | Saturday, May 25, 2013 7:00am | COMMENTS (0)
Get out the sunscreen and the beach towels. It’s time for the local pools to open!
Here’s our annual Swimming Pool Guide, which includes public pools and private pool clubs to cool off:
Montclair Public Pools
Swim season: Essex Pool will open for the season on Sunday, May 26 will and remain open weekends only until June 27. All three pools (Essex, Nishuane, and Mountainside) will open on Thursday, June 27. Essex Pool will close August 18 for the season. Nishuane and Mountainside pool will close on September 2 for the season.
Hours: Monday – Friday 1 pm – 7 pm. / Weekends, holidays 12 pm – 7 pm
Pool Locations:
Nishuane Pool: Located in Nishuane Park at the corner of Cedar Avenue and High Street
Essex Pool: Located at 41 Chestnut Street behind Clary Anderson Arena
Mountainside Pool:Located in Mountainside Park on Upper Mountain Avenue across from The Presby Iris Gardens.
What they offer: A way to cool off. There aren’t any bells and whistles at the Montclair pools. No baby pool and no food or snack stands. They are all located next to playgrounds, which is a plus.
Cost: Must be a Montclair resident to get a family permit (1 to 2 adults and children ages 2 -17) $225 / Adult $75 / Child $55 / Senior Citizen $25. Daily fees and guest fees–$12 resident adult / $6 resident child / $18 non-resident (must be with Montclair resident)
Permit Application
BY Georgette Gilmore | Friday, May 24, 2013 1:00pm | COMMENTS (0)
Memorial Day Weekend is here and there’s so much to do with the family if you’re staying local.
We’ve told you about the Memorial Day services and parades, Maplewood’s Rubber Duck Race, the West Orange Downtown Street Fair, and Maplewood MayFest, and there’s even more!
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Here are your weekend highlights:
The Met’s Cloisters Museum is holding Family Festival: In Search of the Unicorn, a two day event celebrating unicorns, Medieval times and magic. (Saturday, May 25)
BY Georgette Gilmore | Friday, May 24, 2013 10:30am | COMMENTS (0)
Save the dates so you can take the family to Essex County Kip’s Castle Park to watch movies under the stars Friday nights in June. The Essex County Free Friday Night Family Flicks film series are free and includes a diverse line-up of children’s favorites and features that teens and adults will enjoy. Gates open at 7 pm and movies begin at dusk. Pack your blankets and chairs and go enjoy!
Friday Night Family Flicks at Kip’s Castle schedule :
BY Announcement | Friday, May 24, 2013 9:00am | COMMENTS (0)
Sam Levine, a 7th grader at Renaissance Middle School in Montclair, will present a multi-band fundraising concert benefiting the after school program of Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC), a services and community development organization in Newark. The concert will take place on Sunday, May 26, in Watchung Plaza from 2 to 4 pm
“I’ve put on some performances for the kids at ICC, and I really enjoyed it,” says Sam, who’s also a music student at School of Rock Montclair. “I decided to organize a concert to raise money for them and also to see if I could eventually help to get musical instruments donated so they can have their own music program there.”
Sam connected with ICC as a part of the preparation for his bar mitzvah ceremony at Montclair’s Bnai Keshet Synagogue, which will take place in June. A component of Bnai Keshet’s bar mitzvah program is for the congregation’s boys and girls to initiate and complete a project that’s a “mitzvah” (the Hebrew word for good deed) to help heal the world.
BY Georgette Gilmore | Friday, May 24, 2013 7:00am | COMMENTS (0)
Grab your keys, pack the kids into the car and arrive at your destination in less than two hours! A few of these Day Trips could be made into an overnight trip too.
Here is a list of Day Trips we’ve reviewed that offer fun for the entire family:
BY Georgette Gilmore | Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:30pm | COMMENTS (0)
It’s a dark, stormy day today, but the sun’ll come out tomorrow! The Montclair Film Festival has announced the kickoff film of its Outdoor Summer Series—Annie!
Bring the family to the Presby Iris Gardens in Montclair on Friday, May 31, and enjoy the 1982 classic, directed by John Huston. Featuring the star-studded cast of Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, and, my personal favorite ‘Annie,’ Aileen Quinn. Sing Annie hits, such as“The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow,” “It’s a Hard Knock Life” and “Maybe” with the crowd of fans. The lyrics will be shown on the big screen, so there’s no excuse not to belt out “Your Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile.”
Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and be happy that “We got Annie!”
BY Announcement | Thursday, May 23, 2013 4:30pm | COMMENTS (0)
L-R: Spencer Haley and Tyler Baisden
Two Montclair High School students are getting valuable hands on engineering experience during their month-long internship with the Township. In the process they’re learning that the position of Township Engineer is definitely not a desk job.
Seniors Spencer Haley and Tyler Baisden are working closely with Township Engineer Kimberli Craft monitoring stormwater outfalls and assisting with the Montclair SAFE (Streets Are For Everyone) initiative.
“I’m so pleased to have these aspiring engineers helping us and getting some early exposure to the working world and what engineers really do.” says Craft. “Their contributions are a real asset that will help us move both of these programs forward.”
