Students from the Union School National Junior Honor Society celebrated Read Across America by visiting Salome Urena Elementary School in Newark on Monday March 2nd. NJHS students each dedicated and donated a Dr. Seuss book to various classrooms ranging from Pre-K to 4th grade. They spent the day reading to students and participating in a variety of Read Across America activities organized by classroom teachers that included making "Green Eggs and Ham" and helping with "One Fish, Two Fish..." math activities. Mrs. Herninko and reading coach, Jill Budinich from Salome Urena Elementary honored … [Read more...] about UMS – Read Across America

Congratulations to the Union Middle School Odyssey of the Mind teams! Led by their coach, Mr. Jonathan Evans, the seventh and eighth-grade teams participated in a regional competition at Branchburg Central Middle School on Saturday, February 29th. Team members started working back in September and began applying their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to creating art, and executed their live performance at the competition on the 29th. The seventh-grade team beat their personal best and placed third, while the eighth-grade team placed first! The … [Read more...] about Union Middle School Odyssey of the Mind

Elizabeth Duffy visited the grade, eight science classes, vis Skype on Thursday, February 20th from the Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA.  She grew up in Union, NJ and graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in 2011. She has been working at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA for the past 9 years as an engineer in the Sample Acquisition and Handling Group.   She discussed her experiences and roles at JPL with the students, including being a test engineer for the sampling drill on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover and being a part of the … [Read more...] about Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA

Thursday March 26, 2020 6:30-7:30 P.M. Union School Cafeteria … [Read more...] about STEM Night at UMS

Students in Mrs. Ealey's Architecture class were treated to a guest speaker, local architect Mr. Jeff Jordan. Mr. Jordan explained the building process for his modern home in Rutherford, and even gave the students feedback on their modern home designs! … [Read more...] about Local Architect Visits Union School