The Board of Education Reorganization Meeting/Swearing-In Ceremony of the newly elected board members will take place on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Education Center, 312 Pierson Avenue, Edison, NJ.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Thank you NHS and Orchestra for welcoming our staff this morning with a beautiful breakfast. Go Hawks!
JAMS ugly sweater day! Showing off the JAMazing holiday spirit at JAMS.
More exciting news from the JPS Orchestra!
Ten of our students have been accepted into CJMEA Region Orchestra. A special "note" goes to Leilani Gopal (1st Chair Violinist, concert mistress) and Neha Thota (1st Chair Viola). Also, bassist Howard Xu was accepted into ALL Eastern Orchestra. Finally, a group of students performed at the Sunrise of Basking Ridge seniors home.
It has been an exciting winter for the JPS Orchestra. Congratulations Hawks!
Thank you to Mrs. Montana and the JAMS orchestra for this morning's JAMazing performance! Happy holidays!
We are thrilled to share that we have 4 students who were named to the All-National Honor Choir rosters! The selection into these ensembles was extremely competitive---only 350 students from the entire nation were accepted for each ensemble.
Srinitya Bhattiprolu, Grade 12
ACDA All-National Grade 11-12 SATB Honor Choir
Dhruv Mirchandani, Grade 10
ACDA All-National Grade 7-10 Tenor Bass Honor Choir
Shaurya Bansal, Grade 9
ACDA All-National Grade 7-10 Tenor Bass Honor Choir
Trisha Hulikere, Grade 9
ACDA All-National Grade 8-10 SSAA Honor Choir
On December 12th Ms. May and her Engineering Design 2 and Honors 3 students competed at the Union County Community College Annual Bridge Building Competition. Overall JP Stevens took 2nd, 5th, and 9th place out of 20 bridges! One of our teams also won the most appealing bridge! Students are given specifications that the bridges have to hit but the design is completely up to the students. Congratulations Hawks!
We are thrilled to share that 3 students from the JPS Choir Program have been selected for the NAFME All-Eastern Honor Choirs! This is a remarkable achievement since they were chosen out of 11 states in the Northeast amongst thousands of other applicants.
Srinitya Bhattiprolu, Grade 12
NAfME All-Eastern SATB Honor Choir
Sara Deo, Grade 12
NAfME All-Eastern SATB Honor Choir
Advika Anand, Grade 11
NAfME All-Eastern Treble Honor Choir
Happy Holidays from JP Stevens! Thank you to all of our staff members for their hard work ☕️
The John P . Stevens High School Band is proud to announce that a staggering 33 students from their program were selected by audition to the 2024-25 Central Jersey Region Band. These students represent the highest number from any one school in Central New Jersey! (13 seniors, 9 juniors, 7 sophomores, 4 freshmen).
Three JPS band students were accepted to perform at the Biannual NaFMe All-Eastern Division band concert last weekend in April. The All-Eastern Band is selected every other year, taking the top All-State students from 11 states around the NorthEast Coast (PA, NJ, NY, CT, MA, MD, NH, ME, VT, RI, DE). Congrats to Christopher Juan, Justin Ni, & Taran Vakkada!
Thank you to Professor (and EHS alumnus) Jonathan Finnerty from Middlesex College for engaging with EHS students about Social Contract Theory as part of their second Public Philosophy Project session this year. And again, thank you to CTE's very own Ms. Heath and her Foods classes for the snacks!
The EHS School Counseling Office is hosting Junior Parent College Planning Night on January 9th from 6:30-8:30. Come hear from the counselors and admissions panel with representatives from five different colleges about how to prepare for the college search and application process. Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHUDgEZZi7BOw2VvY4kRSCg6ddx8O2vuCzgJIY8li2IDOUvA/viewform
ESA Students Visited Rutgers University Nutrition and Food Sciences Program learning about career opportunities in the field as well as cooking in the new state of art food science lab on campus. Thank you to the Rutgers Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics, Dr. Virginia Quick, for organizing the visit!
ESA: Thank you to the United Association of Air Conditioning and HVAC for coming to visit with our students!
Look - it's Santa the Barbarian...or JAMS teacher - Mr. Sudia who helped close out the jamazing winter band concert at JAMS
Ms. Hopkins and Ms. Bischoff are truly JAMS gifts this holiday season!! Oh, and don't forget to support JAMS. Giving Tree and help families in need this holiday season.
Congratulations to Mr. Mulcahy and Mr. Fossa on the #JAMazing performance of the JAMS winter band concert. 275 #JAMazing musicians packed the gym!
A successful ribbon-cutting ceremony at JAMS for the opening of the new gym. We are so grateful and excited to use this space.
Ms. May and her Architecture 2 and 3 students are ready for the Union County Community College Bridge Building Competition. Good Luck!
