The Metuchen Lions Club will be holding a Flea Market on Saturday, June 8^th.  9am-3pm at the New Street Parking Lot in Metuchen.  Vendors and Shoppers invited.   Spaces 18 x 20 ft. $12.00 in advance, $15.00 at the gate.  Proceeds go to the blind and hearing impaired.  No rain date.  For Information call 732-494-8641 or e-mail blyashin@verizon.net.

From the Superintendent's Office:

The Metuchen Student Alumni College Fair began in May of 2006 when the class of 2005 returned to Metuchen High School to act as admission representatives for their respective colleges.  The alumni brought brochures and enthusiasm to their former schoolmates in a fair-like setting. The high school students were very interested in hearing about the alumni's freshmen experience and what they needed to do to get into the colleges they were most interested in attending.  As the program grew the Metuchen guidance department saw how former peers could  influence and impact the college admission process.  Question and answer sessions were developed by the guidance department targeting the needs of each grade. 

MM asked the founders of "Kinetic" to discuss their book concept prior to their reading at To Be Continued . . . June 28th. Here's what they had to say for themselves:

Gregory "Herro" Raymond grew up in New Jersey until graduating from high school. After that, he lived in Florida for four years where he attended college, earning a degree in graphic design and fine arts. He then came up with the concept for "Kinetic," in 2003, where it went by a different name.  He spent the next several years building the story of "Kinetic."

Laz Matech

has lived his life in New Jersey, mostly in a small town known as South River. He always found writing interesting but not the reading side of literature as much. Laz got into the car industry where he sold vehicles alongside Gregory "Herro" Raymond. The two spent the next two years rigorously coming together to co-write the action-pack romance, "Kinetic."

The New Jersey Orators, Inc. established in 1985 has held true to its mission statement:

To teach the art of public speaking, reading literacy and life skills to youth between the ages of 7 and 18, thereby increasing their self-confidence, leadership skills and ability to maximize career choices and academic success.

This non-profit organization was founded by a small group of African-American corporate executives living in Middlesex and Somerset counties who were concerned about the lack of language competency exhibited by many of the young people while interviewing for jobs in their companies.

As a result of their involvement with the organization and participating at corporate or community events, NJO youth have received full scholarships to private schools, an annual renewable scholarship for college, and job internships in the fields of broadcasting and publishing, as well as recommendations to highly selective academic programs. The Orators are proud of its graduation rate of 98% of their Seniors attending 4-year colleges.

The Orators will be celebrating their 2013 Scholarship & Awards Program with Keynote Speaker, Phyllis C. Hunter, well-known literacy specialist on   May 18 from 2 -5 PM at New Brunswick High School 1000 Somerset Street New Brunswick, NJ. Her speech will focus on "Its not Complicated!" addressing the myths about ability to read and providing techniques for successful readers.

To find out more about our organization log onto the New Jersey Orators website at: www.njorators.org or call 732-846-5011.  "Like Us" on Facebook.  Write us at:

New Jersey Orators, Inc. 812 Hamilton Street   Somerset, NJ 08873

Dear Community Members (From the Municipal Alliance):

 

As Prom and Graduation approach The Metuchen Municipal Alliance has developed a Safe Sober Prom And Graduation Lawn sign Campaign. It is an important initiative to remind Teens about the danger of Alcohol and Substance abuse especially at this high risk time of year. Accidents, fatalities and overdoses from drugs and alcohol increase expodentially between Memorial Day and the end of summer in August. "Drunk drivers are a threat on the road during Memorial Day weekend, warns 

Fox Business. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 397 people died over the three-day weekend in 2010, the latest year for which data is available. Of those crashes, 40 percent were alcohol-related." (Join Together.org)

 

Please let us know if you are willing to host a sign this year. Municipal Alliance Volunteers will place the sign on your lawn approximately 5/20 and pick it up on approximately 6/21.

 

reply to : 

metuchenysb@gmail.com or call 732-887-2785 for more information

 

Thank you for your support!

Campbell's Cup for Cancer campaign was conducted by the fourth grade at Campbell School and Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Anderson's reading classes. Check out this link to see how these fourth graders raised over $3700 in one week to help this great cause! For more information, see MM's article that helped them start off their campaign at this link: http://www.metuchenmatters.com/2013/04/support_fourth_grade_fundraising_for_alexs_lemonade_stand_now.html

Congratulations to everyone involved! Great work well done!

MetuchenHigh Compliments

3:52pm May 9

Hi Jana Siciliano, Thanks for your appreciation! I am a co-host of this page with one other person who originally created it and asked me to co-host it with them. When I asked how they came up with the idea, they said "There are too many people who are under-appreciated in the school who walk around with a very gloomy look on their faces. As much as they don't say so, they would like to be acknowledged. Everyone really does." Which I think is the whole purpose of the page and is why I was honored when they asked me to co-host it with them. However, all of the praise should not be sent to us. The students of Metuchen High are the ones who have contributed the kind comments you see listed on the page. My co-host and I would like to remain anonymous however to keep the page going and keep people sending in comments without knowing who we are. Thanks again!

Save the Date

The Fuce 5k is an event sponsored by the Fuccile Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the service and support of local families affected by tragedy. The Fuce 5K Metuchen Family Fun Run/Walk has been a focal point of the community event calendar for over four years - drawing over 650 participants to Metuchen and raising over $150,000 in that time to support families and children in need.  

The Fifth Annual
Fuce 5K Family Fun Run/Walk
will be held on

Sunday, June 16, 2013
Race Starts at 8:30am
(Rain or Shine!)
Registration:
7:00 - 8:00am
Metuchen High School
Metuchen,  New Jersey

From the BIL:

Mr. Ray will be doing a benefit concert for local organization, Breaking the Chains through Education. Metuchen High School teacher, Evan Robbins, and his students run this very successful organization. Every cent earned goes to help child slaves in Ghana to be freed and to receive an education at the school that the organization has helped to build through funds raised.

Please come out and support this wonderful grassroots organization!

There will be activities for the kids to do before and after Mr. Ray performs.

July 20th from 2 - 4pm $15 per person at the Old Franklin School

***limited amount of tickets will be sold, get them while they last***

If you cannot make it but would like to make a donation to this organization then you may make the check out to Borough Improvement League and we will give them one big check after the concert.

Contact Jirapon at 908-616-6822 to purchase your tickets or to make a donation!

From the Superintendent's Office:

During the span of May 6-8, the eighth grade students of Edgar Middle School in conjunction with the Metuchen YMCA participated in Health Fest 2013.  Throughout this three day period, the students were exposed to various physical activities that included zumba, spin, indoor soccer, pool volleyball, and body pump training classes.  Other non-physical activities included a nutrition seminar, internet scavenger hunt, and a team building activity in which the students had to build a tower out of marshmallows and macaroni that could support an egg.  These activities served to broaden the students' physical and mental health as well as their nutritional horizons in a fun and exciting atmosphere.  

From the Arts Council:

For the first time in borough history, visitors can take a peak beyond the fence gates of six breathtaking Metuchen gardens for the Art in the Garden Tour, Saturday, June 8, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

During the self-guided tour, visitors can enjoy warm spring weather, live music, poetry, and visual art as they stroll through beautiful residential gardens. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20.00 at: Marafiki Fair Trade, To Be Continued, The Brass Lantern, Boro Hardware, and Borough Hall. All proceeds from this event will benefit summer events and concerts sponsored by the Metuchen Arts Council.

Tour booklets and maps will be distributed the day of the event at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse, 491 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen, NJ 08840. For more information, please visit our event page on Facebook.

Art in the Garden

Tourhttps://www.facebook.com/events/133582583494337/?fref=ts

The Metuchen Arts Council is a nonprofit arts committee approved by the Metuchen Borough Council. The Arts Council's mission is to foster, promote, encourage and celebrate the Arts in Metuchen in order to enhance the quality of life and spirit of community for all the residents of the Borough.