Education

Ventnor Students Visit Historic Cold Springs

May 26, 2016 Second grade students from Ventnor Elementary School recently visited Historic Cold Springs Village in Cape May. The students observed historic reenactments and presentations, walked from one historic house to the next learning about the skills and trades of the 1800’s, and of course sampled the ice cream shop at the old hotel.…

Millville Students Learn to Make Beads, Glass

May 25, 2016 Fourth grade students from R.D. Wood School in Millville last week visited the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center where they learned to make beads out of paper, observed the creation of vessels and art objects made from molten glass, and toured the Museum of American Glass.…

Poetry Slam Inspires Newark Students to Perform

May 25, 2016 Students at Barringer STEAM Academy recently experienced something many had heard of, but none had personally seen – a poetry slam. Produced by students at William Paterson University, with the support of a professional company, the slam inspired the Barringer students liked they couldn’t have imagined.…

Newark Elementary Students Gain Appreciation for Art

May 23, 2016 Students from Ivy Hill Elementary School in Newark learned how to walk like an Egyptian, among other things, during an educational field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The students toured many of the museum’s exhibits and were tasked with sketching their favorite art displays.…

Lindenwold Students Visit Wheaton Arts

May 18, 2016 Just yesterday, students from Lindenwold Middle School spent the day at the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center to get a firsthand look at how glass art is created. According to Wheaton: With a history spanning four decades, WheatonArts has earned regional, national and international recognition for its unique collections and programs.…

Field Trip Endowment Sends Elizabeth Students to Zimmerli Art Musem

May 12, 2016 In April, Pre-K students from the Frances C. Smith School #50 in Elizabeth attended a storytelling festival at a place they might not have ever visited otherwise, the Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick. The visit was made possible with a $700 grant from Field Trip New Jersey, an endowment launched by the Community Foundation of New Jersey and Geraldine R.…

Morris Committee Funds Student Mural in Rockaway

April 13, 2016 Fifth grade students at the Dennis O’Brien Elementary School in Rockaway recently participated in an artist residency program with local artist Dan Fenelon. A grant from the Community Foundation’s Morris County Committee to our friends and partners at Morris Arts helped to make this project possible.…

Arts Programs Inspire Students in Newark

March 30, 2016 Of the more than 44,000 students served by the Newark School of the Arts (NSA) since its 1968 founding are accomplished musicians, vocalists, dancers, painters, sculptors, photographers, and even cartoonists who have continued their studies at conservatories around the world.…

R&D Students Introduced to Industry at NJIT

February 19, 2016 The Community Foundation was proud to support the Governor’s STEM Scholars program last year, as part of an effort to retain and support New Jersey students of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) as they enter career pathways.…

Introducing Field Trip New Jersey

New fund will help bring learning to life with more field trips at schools in under-served communities January 6, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation are excited to announce the launch of Field Trip New Jersey, a new fund to support opportunities for students in under-served communities to connect classroom learning with real-life experiences.…