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High school seniors honored across two graduation ceremonies, including nine students who earned Associate degrees before high school graduation
Paterson Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Laurie W. Newell, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Rodney A. Henderson, and Commissioners of the Paterson Board of Education convened on Saturday, May 31st to continue their vital work on developing the district’s Strategic Framework that will span the years 2025 to 2030. The board retreat was held at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson.
Representatives from The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) and the PSEG Foundation visited Public School No. 27 to donate Third Grade Life Choices Coloring and Activity Book, a booklet aimed at educating young students on how to make safe and healthy living choices.
In January of last year, a Paterson STEAM High School honor student who had earned a full scholarship to Montclair State University was killed in a crossfire while bringing groceries to his grandmother.
In January of last year, a Paterson STEAM High School honor student who had earned a full scholarship to Montclair State University was killed in a crossfire while bringing groceries to his grandmother.
Press Release Archive
2024 - 2025
2022 - 2023
2021 - 2022
Archive
2021_0803 Paterson Public Schools, Paterson Leaders To Announce Student Vaccination Initiatives
2021_0806 Superintendent Shafer’s Statement On Governor Murphy’s Mask Mandate
2021_0825 Late Eastside Principal’s Family Members Announce Scholarships Awarded In His Name
2021_0914 Asteroid Named After Panther Academy Astronomer
2021_0922 Joseph A. Taub School Scheduled To Open
2021_1006 IB Diplomas Awarded To Four Students Of The Class Of 2021
2021_1012 Paterson Public Schools Launches Round-The-Clock Online Tutoring For High School Students
2021_1015 District Takes Steps To Address Security Shortages, Train Police To Work In Schools
2021_1029 Students Say “Yes” To Working Toward More Inclusive And Equitable Schools
2021_1108 Kennedy High Schools BTMF Achieves Gold Standard
2021_1110 I Am Paterson- Youth Leadership Program Launches In Paterson Public Schools
2021_1112 Two International Baccalaureate Seniors Named
2021_1115 New Swag Room Opens At Public School No. 21
2021_1119 Special Meeting Of Students And Parents Aimed At Addressing School Violence Tipping Point
2021_1201 December 1st Proclaimed As Rosa L. Parks Day
2021_1209 Superintendent Shafer To Retire
2021_1215 Multi-Grammy Award-Winning Musicians Perform For Students At SFLS Public School No 6
2021_1216 School 24 Students Tap Their Creativity With The Help Of The Newark Museum Of Art
2021_1221 Districts 2021-2022 Calendar Updated
2021_1221 International Baccalaureate Senior Gets Early Decision Acceptance To UPenn
2021_1222 District Will Return From Holiday Break With Remote Learning
2022_0107 District To Provide COVID-19 Testing To Students And Staff
2022_0112 District Extends Remote Instruction
2022_0121 Superintendent Shafer’s Statement On The Tragic Death Of Robert Cuadra
2022_0127 Robert Cuadra Life Celebrated By His Friends And Educators At Harp Academy
2022_0127 Taub-Doby Basketball League Awarded 2500 Grant From The SNY Play Ball Program
2022_0131 District Partners With Td Bank To Bolster Financial Literacy
2022_0203 Three Eastside Football Ghosts Sign With American International College
2022_0211 Fundraiser Launched For School 16 Student-Author Selected For -Freedom Writers- Project
2022_0309 District To Continue Requiring Masks To Be Worn And Discontinue Use Of Partitions
2022_0309 Five PAGT Students Advance To National History Day Statewide Competition
2022_0310 School 16 Student Accepted Into New Jersey Intermediate Regional Concert Band
2022_0311 District’s New SEL Team Shows Their Spirit On National SEL Day
2022_0317 District Partners With NJDOH To Make COVID-19 Vaccines Available To Students
2022_0322 Rodney Marsalis Introduces School 28 Students To The Music And History Of Jazz
2022_0323 International High School Senior Is Accepted To Johns Hopkins University
2022_0328 Board Of Education Approves One-Year Extension Of Superintendent’s Contract
2022_0330 WNBC TV Evening News Anchor Gives Broadcast News
2022_0404 District, State Launches 11 In-School COVID-19 Vaccination Sites
2022_0404 Ray Lyde Sr. Throws Opening Pitch At Eastside Softball Field Named In His Honor
2022_0406 International High School Senior Accepted To Harvard University
2022_0408 District Partners With FBI To Raise Awareness Of Human Trafficking Dangers
2022_0408 JFK-BTMF Teacher Martine Grant Awarded NEH Fellowship
2022_0504 Eastside JROTC Take Eleven Trophies At First Raiders Competition
2022_0505 Super Heroic Mathematicians Win Imagine Learning Contest
2022_0506 Paterson Public Schools Receives Book Donation From The American Labor Museum
2022_0511 District To Make The Wearing Of Masks Optional
2022_0518 High School Students Attend First In-Person College Fair Since The Start Of The Pandemic
2022_0601 School 20 Students And Staff Unite To Beautify Their Grounds
2022_0608 Laundry Facilities At Eight Schools Will Help Combat Student Absenteeism
2022_0613 A Garden Grows At Alonzo “Tambua” Moody Academy Through Partnership With City Green
2022_0615 High Tech Classrooms Coming To Three District High Schools
2022_0623 District Appoints Food Services Veteran To Take Helm Of Department
2020 - 2021
Archive
2020_0731 Superintendent Shafer Presents District's Restart Plan To Board Of Education
2020_0810 English and Spanish Cohort C Request Form
2020_0810 Paterson Public Schools Informed Chromebook Delivery Delayed Two Months
2020_0831 Paterson Public Schools Closes Digital Divide
2020_0914 Number Of IB Diplomas Awarded To Class Of 2020 Grows To Seven
2020_1001 Eastside Football’s Magazine Says Team Is Ready For Season Opener Against Passaic
2020_1002 Eastside Football Team Will Take A Knee During National Anthem
2020_1005 Third-Graders At Public School No. 21 Win National Math Contest
2020_1014 Paterson Board Of Education Unanimously Votes To Extend Remote Learning Until January 19th
2020_1021 District Central Office Staff Will Work Remotely Through November 4th
2020_1024 Public School No. 13 Basketball Court Renamed As Robert “Tootie” Harrell Court
2020_1102 Eastside Educational Campus Staff Will Work Remotely Until Nov. 12
2020_1117 District Reports On Plans To Increase Student Applications For Federal Aid For College
2020_1120 Kennedy Knights Defeat Clifton To Head Into Championship Round
2020_1123 District’s Student Meal Distribution To Expand To Provide Meals For Weekends
2020_1130 Principal Lourdes Rodriguez Of Roberto Clemente Elementary School Retires
2020_1201 Paterson Public Schools Receives New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund
2020_1204 Cigna Foundation Provides $5,000 Gift To Public School No. 15
2020_1204 Private Prep Scholarship Recipient, Noor Hassan, Is Accepted To Stanford University
2020_1210 Paterson Public Schools To Extend Remote Learning
2020_1217 BTMF Student Is Accepted To Columbia University Through Its Early Decision Process
2020_1217 JFK Knights Athlete, Jalen Hargrove, Accepted To Rice University On A Full Scholarship
2020_1217 Paterson Public Schools Forms Social Justice Committee
2020_1221 Paterson Public Schools Provides 2,042,495 Meals to District Students During 2020
2020_1223 Public School No 8 Fifth Grader Natalia Torres Wins St. Joseph’s Christmas Card Contest
2020_1223 Second Graders Take Virtual Trip To Disney World To Celebrate The Holidays
2021_0106 Local Control Restored
2021_0210 Paterson Board Of Education Votes To Extend Remote Learning Until May
2021_0215 Radware Donates K To 5 Math Textbooks To Paterson Public Schools
2021_0224 District Community Organizations To Launch Student Meals Home Delivery Pilot Program
2021_0310 Paterson Public Schools Announces Vaccination Plan For District Staff
2021_0329 Paterson Public Schools Announces Several Layers Of Protection Against COVID-19 Virus
2021_0331 Paterson Board Of Education Votes To Extend Remote Learning
2021_0402 Release PPS Extends Remote Learning
2021_0407 JFK-School Of Education And Training Senior Accepted At Yale University
2021_0407 Release Iffat Aniqa Accepted to Yale
2021_0420 Superintendent Shafer’s Statement Following The Verdict In The Trial Of Derek Chauvin
2021_0422 Pandemic Can’t Stop EHS-SOIT Spanish Club From Helping Others
2021_0503 District Launches College And Career Week
2021_0503 Superintendent Shafer Remembers Dr. Gerald E. Glisson One Year After His Passing
2021_0504 Two Paterson Public Schools Students Are Heading To The National History Day Finals
2021_0505 Paterson Board Of Education Approves First Reopening Dates
2021_0507 Paterson Public Schools Announces Summer Enrichment Programs
2021_0512 Eastside Boys Volleyball’s Alberto Torres Honored For 1,000 Career Assists
2021_0513 Eastside Boys Basketball Guard Levi Holton Signs With Rutgers University
2021_0516 Superintendent Shafer’s Statement Following Yesterday’s Tragedy In Paterson
2021_0519 District Is Ready For Reopening Dates In June
2021_0519 More Than 300 Teachers Apply To Work In District’s Summer Enrichment Program
2021_0525 Public School No. 7 News Team Keeps School Community Informed With Weekly Newscast
2021_0528 Superintendent Shafer - It’s Time To Put Students’ Needs First
2021_0601 District Staff Rally On Opening Day With 92 Percent Reporting To Work
2021_0608 Paterson Public Schools Welcomes Its First Students Back To School Buildings
2021_0616 District Alum Principal Appointed Acting Assistant Superintendent
2021_0622 Six Students Named Winners Of Districts “Escape The Vape” Art Contest
2021_0625 Dozens Of District Students Earn Professional Certifications
2021_0630 Eastside’s JROTC Program Earns Elite Status On National Evaluation
2021_0701 District Officials Announce Summer Food Assistance Programs
2021_0701 Kennedy Baseball Knights Shortstop Heading To Raritan Valley
2021_0701 Kennedy Boys Soccer Defender Heading To Centenary University
2019 - 2020
Archive
2019_0711 Paterson Public Schools Begins Planning All City Band
2019_0715 Two Paterson Public Schools Graduates Awarded Scholarships From Omega Phi Psi Fraternity
2019_0719 Paterson Public Schools Announces New Principal Appointments For 2019-2020 School Year
2019_0814 Twenty-One S.T.A.R.S. Academy Students Work Summer Jobs In Paterson
2019_0821 Paterson Public Schools Doubles The Number Of Students Scoring Three Or Higher On AP Exams
2019_0821 New Principal, Vice Principal Presented At Dr. Hani Awadallah School
2019_0827 The All City Band Community Meeting Scheduled
2019_0828 Deputy Superintendent Presents School Readiness Report For 2019-2020 School Year
2019_0829 Paterson Public Schools Holds Graduation Ceremony For Summer High School Graduates
2019_0909 Paterson Public Schools Strips Bus Routes From Company For Poor Performance
2019_0924 Student Immigration Stories Project Wins Honor From The N.J. School Boards Association
2019_0927 Paterson Public Schools Expands Self-Operated Halal Food Program
2019_0930 Paterson Public Schools Students’ Involvement In Dual Enrollment More Than Doubles
2019_1010 Paterson Public Schools Launches Dinner Program At 10 Schools
2019_1016 Superintendent Holds Inaugural Meeting Of The All City Education Council
2019_1018 New Restorative Justice “Peace Center” Opens At Eastside High School
2019_1018 Superintendent’s Forums Enlighten Students And Parents About Vaping
2019_1025 Set Academy Students Tour Seton Hall University’s Education And Human Studies Program
2019_1028 Year-Round Soccer Efforts Lead To Turnaround Season For Kennedy Knights Boys Soccer Team
2019_1029 Laundry Facilities At Kennedy High School Part Of School’s Full Service Community Mission
2019_1030 A Gridiron Altercation Lands Two Football Teams In...A Sharing Circle?
2019_1031 Halloween Party To Be Thrown For Special Needs Students
2019_1104 All City Band Counting Down The Days To Its Debut
2019_1106 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra To Perform Free Concert For Paterson Public Schools Students
2019_1121 S.T.A.R.S. Academy Student Wins National Transportation Poster Contest
2019_1122 Public School No. 8 Named A State Finalist In Samsung’s National Stem Contest
2019_1212 Aggressive Anti-Vaping Campaign Underway In Paterson Public Schools
2020_0106 District Officials Open New Gymnasium At Public School No. 2
2020_0107 District Makes Substantial Progress In Compensatory Speech Therapy Services Backlog
2020_0108 Public School No. 8 Students Named State Winners In Samsung’s National Stem Contest
2020_0110 District Officials Approve Creation Of Subsidiary Nonprofit Fund
2020_0115 New Jersey’s Teacher Of The Year Meets Paterson’s Teachers Of Tomorrow
2020_0123 District Officials Applaud State Law Banning Flavored Vaping Products
2020_0124 International Baccalaureate Senior Accepted Early Decision At Ivy League School
2020_0220 Jamier Wright-Collins Leaps His Way To Becoming New Jersey’s Top High Jumper...Again!
2020_0309 Paterson Public Schools Launches COVID-19 Information Call Center
2020_0317 More Than 5,700 Meals Distributed On First Day Of District’s Health-Related Closure
2020_0319 International Baccalaureate Senior Accepted At Johns Hopkins University
2020_0320 Paterson Public Schools Adds Two Sites To Meal Distribution Plan
2020_0324 Paterson Public Schools To Remain Closed After April 1
2020_0325 Paterson Public Schools Employee, District Volunteer Have Tested Positive For COVID-19
2020_0325 Three Paterson Public Schools Employees, One Student Have Tested Positive For COVID-19
2020_0402 Paterson Public Schools Releases New Roster Of Student Meal Distribution Sites
2020_0406 Students From Five District Schools Qualify For National History Day State Finals
2020_0408 Paterson Public Schools Releases New Roster Of Student Meal And Packet Distribution Sites
2020_0409 International Baccalaureate Senior Accepted At Cornell University
2020_0409 The Art Show Must Go On! District’s Annual Art Exhibit Moves To Online Gallery
2020_0416 The Art Show Must Go On! District’s Annual Art Exhibit Moves To Online Gallery
2020_0503 Superintendent Shafer Schedules Online Meetings With The District’s High School Seniors
2020_0508 Fresh Produce To Become Part Of Student Meal Distribution On Monday, May 11th
2020_0513 Sixth-Grader At Public School No. 21 Accepted Into Prestigious Scholars Program
2020_0527 International Baccalaureate Senior Accepted At The University Of Pittsburgh
2020_0528 International Baccalaureate Senior Accepted At Brigham Young University
2020_0529 Superintendent Shafer Thanks Pritchard Industries, Inc. For Donation Of Kn95 Masks
2020_0609 Paterson Public Schools Honors COVID-19 Volunteers
2020_0616 Ninety-One Graduating Seniors Qualify For New Jersey’s Seal Of Biliteracy
2020_0626 Adult High School Graduate Heading To SUNY Buffalo With A List Of Options
2020_0630 District And Full Service Community Schools Launch “Adjusting To Change Community Circle”
2018 - 2019
Archive
2018_0823 Superintendent Shafer Unveils Positive Trends In Paterson Public Schools
2018_0905 Paterson Board Of Education Receives Plan To Transition To Local Control
2018_0920 Paterson Public Schools Reports Progress On Energy Savings Improvement Program (ESIP)
2018_0925 Paterson Public Schools Endorsed As The Owner Of Old School Number 5
2018_1011 Paterson Public Schools Officials Release Findings From Classroom Trailers Inspections
2018_1107 Paterson’s JFK Knights Soccer Team Wins Pepsi/NYCFC Video Contest
2018_1127 Superintendent Shafer Thanks Governor Murphy For Groundbreaking P-TECH Grant Of $300,000
2018_1204 Superintendent Shafer Testifies Before Joint Committee On Public Schools
2018_1205 Paterson Public Schools Begins Comprehensive Self-Assessment With High School Equity Audit
2018_1205 Paterson Public Schools Releases Latest Progress On Speech Therapy Compensatory Services
2018_1205 Young Men’s Leadership Academy Takes First Steps To Greater Success
2019_0213 John F. Kennedy Knights Middle Linebacker Signs With Caldwell University
2019_0225 Paterson Public Schools Launches Self-Operated Pilot Program To Serve Halal Food
2019_0228 Board Of Education Approves Merit Goals For The 2018-2019 School Year
2019_0311 Paterson Public Schools Names Eric Crespo Assistant Superintendent Of Academic Services
2019_0327 Paterson Stakeholders Unite To Protest Reduced State Funding Day State Competition
2019_0329 Two Paterson Public Schools Receive The NAMM Foundation’s Support Music Merit Award
2019_0405 Sixty Students Commit To P-TECH At PANTHER Academy At Signing Day Event
2019_0411 Paterson Public Schools Strategic Plan Continues Developing After Second Community Forum
2019_0415 RPHS Students Take Third Place Honors At The Passaic County Film Festival
2019_0417 John F. Kennedy Knights Linebacker Signs With Caldwell University
2019_0430 Paterson Public Schools Kicks Off Series Of Family STEAM Nights
2019_0430 Three John F. Kennedy Students Enter Finals Of Statewide Contest With Anti-Drug Rap
2019_0503 Paterson Public Schools Officials Present Plan To Combine Two Alternative Schools
2019_0506 Six Paterson Public Schools Students Are Heading To The National History Day Finals
2019_0507 Paterson Board Of Education Adopts Budget For The 2019-2020 School Year
2019_0509 John F. Kennedy Knights Defensive Tackle Receives Merit Scholarship To Anna Maria College
2019_0513 Superintendent Shafer’s Statement On Alleged Email Security Breach
2019_0514 Paterson Public Schools Makes Student Progress Reports Available On Online Parent Portal
2019_0530 Paterson Public Schools Releases Latest Progress On Compensatory Speech Therapy Services
2019_0531 Public School No. 10 Recognized For Outstanding Cancer Research Fundraising
2019_0606 Twenty-Four Students At International High School Inducted Into The National Honor Society
2019_0606 Two Paterson Public Schools Students Accepted Into Competitive Mechanics Program
2019_0612 Paterson Public Schools Secures $12 Million In Funding For 2018-2019 Budget
2019_0612 S.T.E.M. Academy Awarded $10,000 PSEG Sustainability Grant
2019_0620 Paterson Public Schools High School Seniors Earn $9.4 Million In Scholarships
2019_0624 Third Paterson Public Schools Student Accepted Into Competitive Mechanics Program
2019_0625 Paterson Public Schools Recognizes Outstanding Student-Athletes Of 2018-2019