Two National Winners from Montclair

October 30, 2023

Congratulations to Onward Fernandez of Northeast Elementary for his work “Stop Bullying” and to Isabelle Hayes of Buzz Aldrin Middle School for her work “The Burden We Carry”. Each received an Award of Merit for Visual Art at the national level in the 2022-2023 Reflections art contest.

Board of Education Candidate Forum

October 4, 2023

A Montclair BOE Candidates Forum – October 15! To suggest a question, please click here, from now through October 11.

BOE Statement – September 2023

October 4, 2023

Thank you, Board members and Dr. Ponds. I’m Gretchen Devinsky, President of PTAC, an organization that represents all of Montclair Public School District’s local school PTAs. PTAC’s function is to support the 11 local school PTAs of Montclair in their work of advocating for the success and wellbeing of their…

The Positive Community Magazine: Kool and the Gang co-founder Donates Thousands to NJ Schools for Music Education

August 7, 2023

The Positive Community Magazine: Kool and the Gang co-founder Donates Thousands to NJ Schools for Music Education

BOE Statement – June 14, 2023

June 20, 2023

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   I hope everyone managed well through the toxic smoke last week and are now making the most of the clean…

BOE Statement – May 15, 2023

May 16, 2023

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   Although there is a lot going on, we would like to focus our comments on the budget and where we…

BOE Statement – April 19, 2023

May 8, 2023

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community. Congratulations on the $75,000 award for playground upgrades – great to hear that it alleviates some of the taxpayer burden by…

BOE Statement – March 20, 2023

March 22, 2023

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   We start with wonderful news tonight about – Reflections! As you may recall PTAC conducted this program for the very…

BOE Statement – February 22, 2023

February 28, 2023

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community. Let’s start with some good news tonight. The National PTA has selected the Montclair PTA Council as the winner of the…

BOE Statement – February 1, 2023

February 3, 2023

Good evening! My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   Tonight we decided to do things slightly differently. Given that there are a few new faces on the Board and…