Bloomfield schools name teachers and staff of 2022

Local News

Dec. 31 Bloomfield weather: Cloudy, rain and drizzle with mild fog and periods of rain in the evening ending after midnight with a high of 54 F and a low of 48 F.

Oak View Elementary School named Nicole Perry Educational Services Professional of the Year and Daria Sisco Teacher of the Year for 2022
Bloomfield Public Schools

Bloomfield’s Fairview Elementary School names Mary Donovan 2022 Educator of the Year, Melissa Stepowyj as Educational Service Professional of the Year
Bloomfield Public Schools

Brookdale Elementary School named Gerard Benanti Educational Services Professional of the Year and Karen Rizzi Teacher of the Year for 2022
Bloomfield Public Schools

Demarest Elementary School named Jennifer Beesley Support Staff of the Year and Heather Reinhart Teacher of the Year for 2022
Bloomfield Public Schools

Carteret Elementary school names Nicole Couto Teacher of the Year for 2022, Mrs. Garcia Educational Service Professional of the year
Bloomfield Public Schools

Bloomfield Middle School awards Carina D’Alessio Teacher of the Year and Theothosia Olsen Educator of the Year for 2022
Bloomfield Public Schools

Bloomfield’s resident Hector Ventura won Bloomfield recreation’s 2022 Holiday House Decorating Contest for his indoor and outdoor decorations at 58 Woodland Ave. with honorable mentions to 119 Byrd Ave. and 19 Irwin Pl.
Township of Bloomfield

Broadway Performing Arts in Bloomfield plans children and adult introductory Kizomba Angolan dance classes and social on Jan. 3 with preregistration available
Broadway Performing Arts

Grief Hope NJ, a community grief support group, plans free 8-week long grief support program on Thursdays starting Jan. 5 at Halpin-Bitecola Brookdale funeral home
Grief Hope NJ

Other News

Passaic and Camden schools will temporarily require masks for students and staff in first weeks of 2023 as COVID BQ, XBB variants, other respiratory virus infections on the rise
Gothamist

COVID: 1,424 hospitalized in N.J. as of Dec. 26, less than half of total hospitalized at same time last year but health officials warn of spike in respiratory infections during holiday season
NorthJersey.com

Gov. Murphy signed a law Dec. 16 eliminating 2014-era Educative Teacher Performance Assessment, or edTPA, as certification requirement for student teachers
NJ.com