Boonton High School students complete pre-med program
News from NorthJersey.com:
Photo courtesy of Mary Betsy
Boonton High School students graduated from the Rutgers Pre-Med Honor program on Wednesday, Nov. 19. From left are: (first row) Dr. Morgan Pines, Manal Shabob, Nimrah Khurshid, Sarah Sahili, Jordyn Ferrante; (second row) Faiza Kahn, Cyndia Green, Kaia Mobley, Laiba Quereshi; (third row) Iman Hashmi, Martha Asfena, Lee Ann Villegas; and in the fourth row: Will Cartelli, Marshall Maquiling, Hajira Khan, and Noor Tahir.
Fifteen Boonton High School students graduated from the 2014 Pre-Medical Honors Program, sponsored by Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School and The Institute for the Public Understanding of Health and Medicine, on Wednesday, Nov. 19. In its 14th year, the highly successful program is designed to identify and encourage the most qualified high school students to consider careers in medicine by providing them an authentic medical school education experience.
Students are accepted into the competitive program through an application process and enrollment is limited to 200 students across the state.
The BHS students participated in the eight-week program along with students from 34 other New Jersey high schools. They took part in lectures, seminars, and small group discussions that were created by members of the faculty of the New Jersey…………… continues on NorthJersey.com
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Middle, high school special education populations grow
News from The Ridgefield Press:
The number of children suffering from anxiety, depression and other behavioral disorders — labeled as “ED,” or emotionally disturbed — at the middle and high school levels continues to increase, according to a special services report presented to the Board of Education on Nov. 24.
“It’s been the trend for the last three years and this year is no different,” said Karen Berasi, the district’s assistant superintendent of special services, who presented the report to the board.
“Don’t think we’re unusual compared to other towns because we’re seeing more and more children with an emotional disturbance,” she added. “It’s not just here — it’s everywhere; it’s part of a much larger cultural shift.”
While the special education population at the elementary school level dropped from 8.6% in the fall of 2013 to 8.1% so far this year, the population at the middle school jumped from 9.4% to 10.2% and increased 8.8% to 9.3% at the high school.
In total, the district has 482 special needs students — four fewer than this time a year ago — that make up 9.4% of its population, with 172 in the elementary schools, 129 in the middle schools and 165 in the high schools.
Of that total population, four elementary students, eight middle school students and 41 high school students have been label…………… continues on The Ridgefield Press
