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 The North Ward Center awarded five scholarships to Newark students of Puerto Rican descent at its 31st annual Puerto Rican Scholarship Dinner.
Valued at $1,000, the scholarships were awarded to four college students and one high school student.
The annual scholarship dinner Thursday was started in 1980 to recognize students of Puerto Rican descent who have exhibited academic excellence and triumphed over adversity.
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Michael Critchley honored at North Ward Center's Irish Breakfast
 Michael Critchley, one of New Jersey's top defense lawyers, was honored by The North Ward Center at its annual Irish Breakfast in Spring Lake.
In honor of Critchley, The North Ward Center donated $10,000 to one of Critchley's favorite charities, Sisters of Christian Charity at Assumption College in Mendham. Guests at the event, held at the Breakers on the Ocean, were also asked to make a voluntary contribution to the organization.
The North Ward Center also donated $5,000 to Christ the King Preparatory School in Newark, a Catholic high school that is part of the Cristo Rey Network designed to address the needs of academically capable, inner city students.
The Sept. 16 event attracted more than 100 of New Jersey's political and community leaders, including U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Shelia Oliver, Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean and Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono.
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 For sixth-grade students from the Robert Treat Academy in Newark, a day on the Shark River was more than just fun in the sun.
As the classmates assisted one another in mounting and launching kayaks from a floating dock near Belmar's L Street beach, one holding the boat firmly against the bulkhead while the other steadied themselves atop the craft, then handing them their paddle and seeing their friends hit the water, the lesson becomes clear.
They're learning about themselves.
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 Alisha Gonzalez was like a lot of the Newark parents who came to claim free backpacks and school supplies for her children at The North Ward Center's Family Success Center.
"I'm on a fixed income. It was hard for me to get their uniforms, let alone backpacks and supplies," said the North Ward resident who came with her three children, two of whom attend Rafael Hernandez and a third who is attending a preschool. "It helps out more than people think."
In the span of a few hours, the staff of the Family Success Center handed out nearly 200 backpacks filled with grade appropriate school supplies for Newark school children. Bags for younger children included crayons and colored pencils while older children received notebooks, rulers and calculators.
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 The Benedictine Academy CSI Science Contest held at the all-female Catholic secondary school on Saturday, Oct. 1 brought together a total of 12 teams from seven area elementary schools.
The young student participants spent several hours investigating a staged "crime" and then attempted to solve the mystery surrounding it based upon "clues" provided by the Elizabeth Police Department. Girls in grades 6-8 participated in the event, which featured teams of 3-6 students, guided by a faculty advisor, performing basic crime lab investigations. Each student team featured an "evidence collector", a "lab technician", an "interviewer", a "sketch artist" and a "photographer". The first place award for solving the "crime" was given to Robert Treat Academy Charter School in Newark. Second place went to Hillside Catholic Academy. Third place was awarded to Holy Spirit R.C. School, Union. Read more... |
 Music from Giacomo Pucci and Frank Sinatra filled the Fine Arts Pavilion at Robert Treat Academy as the North Ward Center celebrated the "Concert that Never Was" on Sept. 21.
The concert served up a variety of music from Puccini's famous operas, including Gianni Schicci, Tosca, La bohème, Turnadot as well as the pop tunes that Sinatra made famous, including "You Make Me Feel So Young," "It was a Very Good Year," and "All the Way."
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