The school conferred degrees on more than 1,700 graduates Saturday.
Camden County College celebrated its 44th commencement Saturday by awarding degrees to more than 1,700 students across a wide variety of disciplines. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) delivered the graduation address. Check out Patch's photo gallery and upload your own. You can also give your graduate a shout out on Patch.
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Camden County College's 44th annual graduation will be held Saturday.
The 44th annual graduation ceremony at Camden County College will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Blackwood campus of the school. The Gloucester Township, Collingswood and Haddonfield Patch sites invite graduates and their families to share photographs from the Camden County College graduation ceremony by posting them to this article. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez will deliver Camden County College's commencement address. You can watch the graduation ceremony on Saturday here. More news on the commencement activities is available here. A complete list of Camden County College's more than 1,700 candidates for graduation, as supplied by the college on Tuesday, follows: Malik Abdullah Kathryn Ablaza David Abrams Crystal Acevedo Sara Acevedo …
Can your children keep a secret? If so, why are they being asked to reveal it to the state of New Jersey through a standardized test?
An evaluation question on this year's NJ ASK standardized test is catching attention from parents the state over: they want to know why their children were asked about their ability to keep secrets. According to the Asbury Park Press, on this year's ASK, around 4,000 students in some 15 districts statewide may have been encouraged to write about whether they have a secret and if it is hard to keep it. That language was enough to trigger some parents in Marlboro into action, but here in Collingswood, Superintendent Scott Oswald says his phone hasn't been ringing off the hook. Oswald says that although he hasn’t heard complaints from any Collingswood parents, the only way the district ever discovers whether such a question is on the test is …
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About half of poll respondents approve of President Obama's job performance.
Our Republican governor gets good marks from the Garden State, but so does our Democratic president, according to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind . Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll—especially among women. Read the full statement from FDU below, then take our own poll to let us know what you think? According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job …
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2:11 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
well two recent polls just taken an not by fox shows half of college grads cant find jobs so why are so much youth for obama, wait to get out in the real world they will become conservitive, instead of a flaming liberal. an the second poll shows obama stand on gay marriage was politcal , so he cant tlk about the economy. ps i have np with gays being married they should be miserable like the rest … more ›
Sara Ann Kronrot, who has cerebral palsy, will be the beneficiary of a musical fundraiser this weekend.
The dining room of Melissa Perry’s Collingswood home is crowded on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in April. It’s a packed house because it's a big day. Together, a group of specialists will make a determination whether they believe her daughter, Sara Ann Kronrot, is ready for her first day of school. Sara Ann is 8 years old and does not often leave the house. She must be attended at all times by a parent or qualified nurse because the severe cerebral palsy that has afflicted her since birth could cause her to die in any number of ways. Providing that kind of round-the-clock care has driven the family to the brink. Although there are few parents who wouldn’t bear significant hardship to provide for their children, Perry and her husband, Hugh …
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11:18 am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Tickets for the concert KIDZ THEATER BROADWAY SPECTACULAR! can be purchased at https://www.wishuponaherofoundation.org/friends-sara more ›
It's National Teacher Appreciation Week. Tell us about the most inspirational educator in your life.
“Every day I am asked what the secret is to ensuring every child in New Jersey graduates from high school ready for college and career, and I always have one simple response: outstanding teachers.” —NJ Acting Commissioner of Education Christopher Cerf In a video address made available Monday on the New Jersey Department of Education website, Cerf discussed how his roots as a history teacher shaped his understanding of the impact that educators can have on the next generation of Americans. "We as a state should make sure that we celebrate outstanding educators every day for their work with our children and for developing the next generation of leaders,” he said. The New Jersey Department of Education is collecting stories of its outstanding…
12:55 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
The staff at Christian Day Nursery School should be applauded for all of their hard work and dedication! more ›
New Jersey's junior senator will give his insights and advice to Camden County College graduates.
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D) will deliver the commencement address to the 44th graduating class of Camden County College next Saturday, May 19. The senator was last at the college March 5 to tout his private-public jobs training proposal. Menendez ascended to the U.S. Senate in 2006 when he was picked by Democrats to complete the term of Jon Corzine, who was elected governor in 2005. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate for a full, six-year term in November 2006, and is seeking re-election this year. A career politician, Mendendez served 14 years as a U.S. Congressman, one in the New Jersey state senate, four in the New Jersey state Assembly, and six years as the mayor of Union City.
Eleven months inviting the Canadian crooner to attend prom with him, Leon Purvis is still a belieber in his YouTube-fueled dream.
Leon Purvis is the definition of viral. The Glassboro High School student's yearlong quest to get Justin Bieber to roll with him to prom—just as a bro, mind you—has gotten him tons of attention around the country. The video, which has more than 143,000 views on YouTube, has been covered by media outlets from Philadelphia to the United Kingdom, including celeb blogger Perez Hilton and radio and TV host Ryan Seacrest. “This guy—I like the way his brain works, because he thinks a step or two ahead of his classmates,” Seacrest said on his radio show. “He wants Justin to go as his wingman…that is a brilliant idea.” The campaign even netted Purvis front-page coverage in USA Today as part of a piece on teens trying to get celebrities to go to …
Collingswood middle schoolers will seek to raise $1,000 to benefit pediatric cancer research.
Today at 1 p.m., Collingswood Middle School students will seek to raise $1,000 in their annual Walk-a-Thon to benefit the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The charity, which is well-known throughout the Delaware Valley, began 12 years ago by pediatric cancer patient Alexandra Scott, who braved her disease by establishing a lemonade stand to raise money for similarly ailing children. Scott died at age 8 in 2004, but the innocence of her story inspired a movement that resonates with children and families nationwide. Put simply, there is a unique beauty to the selfless, compassionate nature of youth. Every year, the foundation allows us to see it in the outreach of a few small, helping hands. Margaret Ralston, 7, and Sarah Shellenberger, 8, …
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Superintendent Scott Oswald says that sharing administrative responsibility for the Oaklyn as well as the Collingswood school districts would help both meet new state regulations.
Last year, when the Collingswood board of education proposed sharing a superintendent with the Oaklyn school district, the measure fell flat. Without a guarantee of the number of hours per week whoever held the position would spend in their district, Oaklyn, which already sends its students to Collingswood High School, balked. “Things just didn’t really come together on that front,” says Collingswood Superintendent Scott Oswald. What’s changed in the year since? For starters, a number of new regulations have been issued by the state that require serious technical skill to implement. These include the digitally based PARCC assessment, which will replace pencil-and-paper standardized testing with software. Along with that are the Effective …
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Sean Andrew
6:45 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
WOW! You folks give the State Dept of Ed way too much credit for sophistication. To think that a bunch of folks sat around a table, licked their chops, and dreamed of ways to edge their way into the secret lives of children requires much planning and sophistication. How about "it was just a dumb question?" more ›