Sunday, February 3, 2013
MHS Students placed in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Millburn High School students join the ranks of writers Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, and Joyce Carol Oates in earning kudos in the 2012-2013 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Regional winners of the competition have been announced; those students who have earned a "Gold Key" will see their work advance in the competition. Griffin Schwab won Silver Key for both short story and a personal essay/memoir. Joseph Schwartz won honorable mention for a personal essay/memoir. Sara Klausner won honorable mention for a short story. Nicole Lachance won a Silver Key for Science Fiction/Fantasy. Denis Zou won honorable mention for a personal essay/memoir. Francesca Zwang won honorable mention for a short story. Alex Bird won honorable mention for a …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Break sends water shooting into the air, damaging turf field and soaking other fields at MHS.
A water main broke behind the high school this morning, sending a geyser shooting into the air and leaving a crater in the turf field. The fire department initially started getting reports of low water pressure or no water in different areas, mostly in the Glenwood and Hartshorn areas, then they got a call from the school district saying there was a water spout behind the high school between the stadium and the school, said Battalion Chief Ed Wade. New Jersey American Water knew there was a leak and was attempted to find it at the time the pipe burst behind the high school, Wade said. Crews came in and shut the water off and redirected the line. “If It had been another 20 feet away it would have happened on dirt and there would really be …
Friday, May 25, 2012
Millburn's math students competed against 14 districts in this year's Essex County Math League Competition
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Friday, May 25, 2012
For the first time in 23 years, Millburn math students upset Livingston to take First Place in the Essex County Math League Competition. Millburn Math students earned top honors in competition at Caldwell College on Wednesday, May 23. The team tied with Livingston for first place overall and took home the trophy. The team consists of math students from both Millburn High School and Millburn Middle School. Student teams won first place in Algebra 1 (an 8th grade team from Millburn Middle School), Algebra II, Advanced Math, and Calculus. They took 2nd place in Geometry and 3rd in Statistics. The top individual scorers, all of whom took home trophies, are: Calculus: Daniel Aronskind, 1st place; Algebra II: Ben Dantowitz, Josh Hochman and …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Members of the South Mountain Running Collective achieved personal bests, placed well
Several members of the South Mountain Running Collective, a local club of distance runners, performed well in races held over the weekend of May 19 and May 20. On Saturday, six SMRC runners competed in the Brooklyn Half Marathon, a hugely popular race that attracts over 14,000 participants and a strong field. John Parry (South Orange) finished the 13.1 mile course in 1:21:50, a 6:15 per mile pace that was good for 9th place among 554 runners in the men's 45-49 age group; Hamish Wright, (Maplewood) posted a time of 1:24:43, 29th of 1339 men 35-39; Bill Haskins (South Orange), 1:25:18, 29th of 948 M40-44; David Mintz (South Orange), 1:30:01, 22 of 363 M50-54; David Weiss (Short Hills, M50-54) 1:36:10; Tyrone Prescod (Maplewood, M45-49), 1:…
French Students are awarded for outstanding achievement on the National French exam.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Millburn students have a grand success in the Grand Concours, the national French exam that is administered annually by the American Association of Teachers of French. Nineteen students placed in the top ten within New Jersey, from Mme. Spear’s, Mme. Changeux’s, and Mr. Rizzuti’s french classes. In the Level three divisions, Junior Tatiana Cherne placed 6th in New Jersey, 7th nationally; Freshman Denis Zou placed 10th in New Jersey, 11th nationally; Satyen Gupta placed 8th in New Jersey and 9th nationally, competing in the native speaker division. In the Level 4 Division, Junior Andrew Brod and Sophomore Chris Li were 1st in New Jersey and 5th in the nation. The rest of the French 4 class, made up of sophomores, earned high honors as …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Upload your pictures to this album from last weekend's Junior Prom.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Millburn High School Senior Prom is not until June 14, but the juniors already had their fun tripping the light fantastic. Students were bused to the Hilton Short Hills on Friday evening. A few teachers, as well as the principal and vice principal were on hand to chaperone the more than 300 students who attended the dance. Here are some pictures to start your album of Junior Prom pictures. Upload yours here and add to it.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Millburn ranks 83rd in the country and is the highest ranked open enrollment school in New Jersey.
The always talked about Newsweek best public high schools in the country list is out, and Millburn ranked No. 83, the highest ranked open enrollment high in the state, coming in behind three magnet or selective high schools. It is the best ranking MHS has achieved in several years, having come in 227th nationally in 2010, 170th in 2009, and 151th in 2008. Last year, Millburn did not participate in Newsweek's survey and therefore did not make the rankings. For comparison sake, other nearby open enrollment high schools ranked accordingly: Chatham at No. 183, Summit at No. 251, Livingston at No. 253, Glen Ridge at No. 255 and Madison at No. 276. And those acclaimed NYC schools, Bronx Science and Stuyvesant, both selective schools, ranked 50th…
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The next hurdle on the road to the Tournament of Champions is groups competition at Mercer County Park.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Millburn High varsity tennis team took the Group 3, North 2 section title Friday with a clean sweep of Chatham High School. All courts won easily, capping a week of wins that included a shutout of Belleville High School in the quarterfinals and a 4-1 semifinal win over Chester's West Morris Central High School. Chatham had upset Mendham in the semifinals, but in the title match, held on neutral ground at Newark Academy's courts, that team could get no traction against Millburn. Millburn's first point was notched by second doubles Nicky Chen-Schmidt and Teddy Moskovitz, who defeated Parker Dixon and Tom Karmel 6-2, 6-0. Third singles Dean Koman followed on their heels with a 6-1, 6-0 trouncing of Yousef Ismail. The match-clinching third…
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Club is part of the United Nations initiative to get American teens to lead the way to help the plight of adolescent girls around the world.
While only a junior in high school, Saachi Gupta is already a citizen of the world. She has lived in several countries and, at an early age was struck by the differences in the ways girls and women are treated in different parts of the world. A year ago, while reading about the about the Vital Voices, Women in the World Summit, she began reading more and more about empowering women worldwid, including the book Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristoff and his wife and colleague at the New York Times, Sheryl WuDunn. “That was so eye opening,” she said. "It is very powerful." It was that book and research that led her to attend a Girl Up event at the United Nations in New York last September and to ultimately start the UN-affiliated club at Millburn…
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Some 15 musicians are also participating in All State.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
From Millburn Township Public Schools: The New Jersey Music Educator’s Association has selected 39 students from Millburn High School to its 2012 festival music ensembles from auditions by music students from around the state. The state is divided into three regional organizations, each organization conducting their own auditions and selecting “honors music ensembles” to present a concert. Millburn Township is in Region 1. Students accepted into the high school region program were also eligible to audition for the All State Ensembles, and 15 students are now also participating in All State. The auditions are very competitive, with music students from 85 high schools in North Jersey participating. This year, Millburn's 39 students who have…
Joanne Mahaney
2:06 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Way to go Millburn honorees - you continue to make us proud! Joanne Mahaney more ›