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Hoboken schools outline summer programming and report more than $20.1 million in scholarships for seniors
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Johnson reported on international learning trips, expanded arts and athletics programming, multiple summer offerings and that 158 seniors received acceptances to more than 156 colleges and earned over $20.1 million in merit scholarships.
Dr. Johnson, Hoboken Public School District superintendent, told the board the district sent more than 50 students and staff to the Classroom Without Walls program in South Africa this spring and plans an expanded slate of student opportunities this summer, including ESY, a YWCA summer camp, a bridge camp for rising kindergartners, Splash Into Literacy and Splash Into Math for grades 1–8, an algebra readiness program at the high school, and the district's traditional high school summer school.
The superintendent said district musical Newsies will run May 16–18, the middle- and high-school spring concerts are scheduled for May 28 and elementary concerts for June 4, and that district ensembles will perform at an all-schools waterfront concert on June 9. Hoboken High School theater will travel to the International Thespians Festival June 23–27 at Indiana University, she added.
On college outcomes, Dr. Johnson reported that 158 seniors had been accepted to approximately 156 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and four other countries, and that graduates earned more than $20.1 million in merit-based academic scholarships, the largest amount in over a decade, according to the superintendent.
Dr. Johnson also highlighted athletics and new programs: Hoboken Middle School launched a full middle-school athletics program and Hoboken High School started a girls flag football team that has played two games so far. The superintendent said the district and staff are preparing summer schedules to finish programs in July to allow custodial staff time for building turnover and to free August for city recreation use of district facilities.
The superintendent's update was given as informational; no district action was taken on these items at the meeting.
