The Mendham Borough Board of Education recognized Jack Stanley as the recipient of the first Alumni Recognition Award during the January 31, 2019 Board of Education meeting. Jack was presented with a certificate for achieving excellence in both academics and athletics during his educational career in Mendham. Ms. McCaffrey, Mountain View Cross Country Coach, sh...

On Monday, January 21, 2019 Mendham Borough School District staff attended a variety of In-service sessions lead by their colleagues. These sessions provided staff members to engage and collaborate with their colleagues by sharing their individual expertise.

Did you know that late this Sunday night into Monday morning you will have the chance to view a total lunar eclipse? Of course only if Winter Storm Harper clears out by then…. which it may! The total lunar eclipse takes place from 11:41pm-12:43am. Lucky for you there is no school for the students on Monday so staying up late isn’t an obstacle to witness this e...

Hilltop School is excited to begin the process of forming their 2019 kindergarten class. Pre-registration for the 2019-20 kindergarten class, is now open. Parents must review and complete our enrollment process, pre-register and to download the required forms need at the time of registration.. Children must be five years of age on or before October 1, 2019 in order ...

Happy January! First graders rang in the new year with lots of enthusiasm as they explored the concept of air and air resistance in science. What better way to test air resistance than to drop your own parachute made from an everyday napkin. Students were later challenged to think like engineers while designing and testing a parachute that would deliver “food” in a “ba...

The final session of our Strategic Planning meetings on December 4, 2018. Join us at our meeting on January 2, 2019, for the outcome presentation from Ms. Charlene Peterson from NJ School Boards Association.

The 8th grade core teachers and related arts teachers designed a new curriculum for the 8th grade students for EEE this school year. Students are working collaboratively on a year-long project where they design and create solutions to problems in our world today. Students are currently creating prototypes for their project ideas in the Lions' Den.

The Thanksgiving Food Drive hosted by the 7th grade class was a huge success! The collected food will be delivered to the Interfaith Food Pantry on November 6th to help families in Morris County enjoy a Thanksgiving feast. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving. IN SCIENCE, the 7th graders just completed a unit on “Characteristics of Life” and “Evolution”. In the second m...

Students have actively engaged in the Global Read Aloud with Alan Gratz’s book Refugee. Students have connected with sixth graders in St. Charles, Illinois using Flipgrid to share ideas about possible themes related to the conflicts in Refugee. In addition, we have been receiving postcards from all over the United States and Canada as students share their thoughts ab...

Teachers wore the costumes of famous people in history: Mrs. Ascione came dressed as Rosie the Riveter, Mrs. Lau was astronaut-teacher Christa McAuliffe, Officer Behre came as President Abraham Lincoln, while Ms. McCaffrey came as author JK Rowling. The students were dressed in typically wonderful costumes, and listened as their teachers performed Washington Irvin...

The school year had started out with the Display My Art, HSA fundraiser. Afterwards Hilltop artists have continued to create variety of artworks, some seasonal and others not. Most recently~ Kindergarteners have made an impressive and beautiful print of fall foliage using sponges and cardboard strips. First graders have brought home a still life collage of apples ...

Fourth grade is having a fantastic fall! Book Clubs are underway during Reading Workshop! We’ve created Club Constitutions to help keep our groups on task and focused during book club conversations. We are reading books about social issues including sibling rivalry, getting along with friends, homelessness, and poverty. Readers are identifying the theme and the auth...

THIRD GRADE CONTINUES TO SOAR! DURING READING WORKSHOP, students have been reading planned assignments for their character study books in school and at home. They have been focusing on adding their own thoughts about what they’re reading and engaging in book talks to push their thinking. As students read, they will keep track of character traits to help get to know...

Kindergarteners have been reading different versions of Gingerbread Man, comparing and contrasting and voting on our favorite story. We also studied winter Holidays celebrated around the World focusing on Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas. The students created suitcases and passports to take on their journeys to the countries we studied. We discussed different tradition...

The beginning of another exciting and productive school year is here. There is no better way to begin the year than to share some highlights of what has been recently accomplished in the district and to communicate a few of our district initiatives for the 2018-2019 school year which are directly linked to our district goals of Wellness and Safety, Academic Initiatives...

Mountain View Middle School is pleased to welcome the following new staff members (in photograph from left to right): - Mrs. Sarah Witko, Spanish (grades 3, 6, & 8) Mrs. Witko is a graduate of The University of Delaware and the College of St. Elizabeth. Her teaching experience includes positions at the Delta Language School in Spain, Randolph Township School Distri...