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March 2011 – week 1 Issue
Weather Rages in Bergen County Towns
New School Attracts Englewood and Tenafly Students
Fort Lee School Celebrates Gold Medal
Teaneck Educational Programs
Xanadu Project May Finally Take Off
Weather Rages in Bergen County Towns
Strong winds raging across North Jersey are causing havoc in several Bergen County towns. As per the National Weather Service, these winds reached speeds of 54 miles per hour also, on Saturday at around 1pm. It was stated that these winds were caused by the Canadian storm that had brought in unusually warm temperatures earlier in the week. A strong wind advisory was also issued on Saturday, which would expire on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 4am. Calm is expected to prevail from later on in the day. The gusts propelled plastic cans, trash bags and many items from parking lots through the day. In many towns like Glen Rock and Tenafly, trees were also reported to fall because of the winds. However nobody was reported to be hurt during the incident. Few power outages were reported, with the longest one being in the town of Closter. Over 3000 residents here had to be without power from Saturday 7pm. Other towns that had sporadic power supply included Teaneck, Northvale, Mahwah, Oakland and Franklin Lakes. In other parts fires and flight delays were also reported to happen.
New School Attracts Englewood and Tenafly Students
The Shalom Academy Charter School is attracting many students from Englewood and Tenafly, so much so that, reports show that most of its 160 seats are now filled within the initial application deadline. This Hebrew language based charter school is located in Englewood and would open this fall with 40 students of Kindergarten, 40 first grade students and 20 students in each of the grades from two to six. If the number of applicants is more than the required amount, a lottery system is used to assign the seats. The dual language curriculum of this school attracted so many students, that a lottery system was needed for seat allocation in most of the junior classes. The charter school had faced opposition by Englewood and Tenafly school districts as the latter felt that it may draw students away from private schools, adding further to expenses. As per state law, districts need to provide 90% of per pupil costs to charter schools. Also the school would need to provide the names of enrolled students to school districts to check eligibility for transportation.
Fort Lee School Celebrates Gold Medal
Students of the Lewis F Cole middle school in Fort Lee, have reason to celebrate this February. Yet again, this Bergen County school has seen its annual art and literary magazine, titled Intermedia, receive the gold medalist certificate from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Approximately 1400 schools participated for the event across the nation, and from these, only four were chosen for the association’s Gold Crown award. The Fort Lee middle school is one of the four finalists. This is the highest recognition given by the association, and it will be awarded in the month of March at Columbia University. The team from Fort Lee’s school stated that each year they come up with a theme and then work meticulously at it. This year, their theme was of, ‘dream it, believe it, achieve it’. Also, the editors and all participants put in plenty of effort to make the publication a success. From the starting of the year, the people in charge of the publication have to collect and compile material from different students. While the process of collection itself takes six months, raising the $5000 to print and publish the magazine is still the biggest challenge. Along with keeping the price as low as possible, the publishers also need to keep in mind CSPA guidelines, which are quite strict.
The Teaneck Community Education Center recently released its ‘spring brochure’ for the year 2011. The brochure, which will be mailed during the end of February, consists of the list of activities being made available to Teaneck residents of various age groups. A range of programs are thus being made available for toddlers, children, teenagers and also adults. The programs include the opportunity to learn new things, meet new people and take trips to places near and far. Besides programs on music, dancing, painting, cooking and sculpting, programs that help exercise the body and mind are also on the list. Enrollment for certain programs designed for children has already started. Registrations can be done through mail or by directly visiting the center premises at One Merrison Street in Teaneck. The offices will be open only during school hours. While the programs are catered specifically for the residents, non residents of Teaneck can also participate in them. Those interested in enrolling for the programs can find out more by contacting the center or by checking for information available on their website.
Xanadu Project May Finally Take Off
Officials from the Meadowlands Sports complex and other officials of the state are expecting that a major expansion of the Xanadu project could soon be underway. This would happen when operators of the ‘Mall of America’ would sign a new deal and take over operations of the stalled Xanadu project from the creditors. While a letter of intent was signed regarding this two months ago, the actual deal is still to be signed. Once this happens, officials state that the first phase of Xanadu may grow larger than its estimated 2.3 million square feet. The Mall of America is a large project in itself, taking up over 4 million sq ft of area. With the West Edmonton mall being over 5 million sq ft, officials are now considering with the Triple Five to make the Xanadu larger. These two of America’s largest shopping and entertainment centers could use more additional space for more retail and entertainment facilities. However, the project continues to face its challenges too, of which finding $1 billion of financing for Xanadu would be the largest piece of the puzzle.
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