Online instruction will begin Wednesday, March 18. We will follow our rotating block schedule. Please be aware that Wednesday, March 18th is a ‘C’ day. Students will follow their ‘C’ day schedule on Wednesday, March 18th. The attached template will assist you with staying organized as you attend each block. If you’re having difficulty signing into homeroom, please email your homeroom teacher and guidance counselor. Students are required to regularly check their school email throughout each day. Students must sign in correctly at 8:50 am to HR to be marked present. If a student signs … [Read more...] about School Closure Information
UMS – Read Across America
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
Union Middle School Odyssey of the Mind
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
Mrs. Ealey’s Architecture Class
Students in Mrs. Ealey's Architecture class were treated to a professional architect visit by Mrs. Cantelmi! Students learned about scale, architecture drawings and architecture as a career. Students explored various blueprints of buildings and homes in NYC. Students were given great feedback on their current Treehouse projects! … [Read more...] about Mrs. Ealey’s Architecture Class
Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA
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