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New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable delivers the keynote address at Robert Treat Academy Charter School's graduation ceremony.
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Although he is a member of Gov. Christie's cabinet, State Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable acknowledged that most of the graduates of Robert Treat Academy Charter School in Newark probably never heard of him.
"I'm sure when you heard I was going to be your graduation speaker, you had one reaction: Who the heck is Rich Constable," he said. "The real answer is that I am you 20 or so years from now."
The former federal prosecutor was the keynote speaker at Robert Treat's eighth annual commencement exercises held at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on June 28. The cavernous cathedral was filled by 550 students from Robert Treat's north and central campuses, the staff of both schools as well as some 600 family members.
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White Sox reliever Hector Santiago, who played for The North Ward Center Little League, returned to his roots in Newark after a game at Yankee Stadium to sign autographs for children participating in The North Ward Center's Little League program.
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Many of the kids from Newark's North Ward Center Little League program who traveled to Yankee Stadium wore their Yankee shirts and hats and cheered loudly for their favorite players - Robinson Cano, Alex Rodriquez and Derek Jeter.
But there was one player on the visiting Chicago White Sox who would have received the loudest cheer if he had taken the mound.
The two bus loads of kids had come to Yankee Stadium for one reason: to show their support for Hector Santiago, a relief pitcher for the Sox who not only grew up in Newark's North Ward, but played for the same Little League program where the kids are currently honing their baseball skills.
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Essex County College and The North Ward Center have partnered to offer for-credit classes.
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Essex County College (ECC) and Newark's North Ward Center expanded their long-term collaboration with a recently approved agreement in which the College will provide off-campus educational services at the Center.
A number of credit courses at the North Ward Center's Newark Business Training Institute, 341 Roseville Avenue, Newark, will begin early next year. General information about the upcoming program offerings is currently available by calling ECC's Community & Extension Office at (973) 877-1878 or the Newark Business Training Institute between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at (973) 268-8900.
The first of two scheduled informational open houses is set for Saturday, August 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. under the tent at the North Ward Center, 346 Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark. The second will be held later in the fall. Read more... |
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These Robert Treat Academy eighth graders are just some of the graduates receiving scholarships to attend prestigious high schools. From left to right, Nicholas Scott-Hern (St. Pauls School) , Asia Moore (Newark Academy), Kaylah Lee (St. Vincent's Academy) and Henry Negron (Delbarton).
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Graduating eighth graders at Robert Treat Academy Charter School in Newark received a record $6 million in scholarship offers to attend private boarding and day schools in the fall.
The scholarship offers this year exceeded the average $4 million a year that previous classes have received since the first class graduated in 2005, said Theresa Adubato, the principal of Robert Treat.
"We are extremely proud of our students," Adubato said. "The scholarship offers that this class received are a reflection of all the hard work they have put into their academics during their elementary school years."
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A Proud Baseball Tradition Continues in Newark's North Ward
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Children participating in the North Ward Center's Little League run onto the field during opening day ceremonies.
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The North Ward Center kicked off their Little League baseball season with a parade that culminated with opening day festivities in Essex County's Stephen N. Adubato Sports Complex in Branch Brook Park in Newark. A crowd of almost 1,000 joined the opening day's processions as hundreds of smiling children dressed in their team uniforms marched along with their parents and siblings down Mount Prospect and Bloomfield avenues to the park.
All five divisions of The North Ward Center's baseball program along with teams from the Roberto Clemente Little League participated in the more than 30 year tradition.
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Grammy Award Winning Musician Molding Next Generation of Composers at Robert Treat Academy
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Latin Grammy Award winning bassist Mike Vinas instructs a Robert Treat Academy student during an after school music composition enrichment program.
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As a bassist for Latin jazz band Ruben Blades and Seis del Solar, Mike Vinas has performed on some of the biggest stages in the world.
But several times a week, the Latin Grammy Award winning artist comes to a classroom in Newark at the Robert Treat Academy to teach music composition to a small group of students in an afterschool enrichment program.
"I always wanted to have my own music lab, so when the opportunity came to work at the Robert Treat Academy, I said to myself, this is exactly what I've been trying to do for so many years," said Vinas, who has been teaching at Robert Treat since 2008.
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