River Edge Elementary School District

The River Edge Elementary School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from River Edge, in Bergen County, New Jersey, in the United States.

River Edge shares secondary schooling with Oradell. Together, they make up the River Dell Regional School District. Students in grades 7 and 8 attend [http://www.riverdell.k12.nj.us/rdms/ River Dell Regional Middle School] in River Edge. Students in grades 9 - 12 attend River Dell Regional High School in Oradell. [Cheslow, Jerry. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04EFD61F3FF933A1575BC0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "If You're Thinking of Living In/Oradell, N.J.; Giving an Old Downtown a New Life"] , "The New York Times", August 20, 2000. Accessed May 28, 2008. "IN seventh grade, Oradell youngsters enter the River Dell Regional School District, which is shared with neighboring River Edge. It comprises the 423-student River Dell Middle School in River Edge for grades seven and eight and the 823-student River Dell High School in Oradell."]

Awards and recognition

During the 1998-99 school year, Cherry Hill School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)] , accessed May 11, 2006.]

Schools

River Edge has two primary schools as part of the district, both of which serve students in Kindergarten through 6th grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413890 River Edge Elementary School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 14, 2008.] ) are:
* [http://www.riveredgeschools.org/CHS/Cherry_Hill.html Cherry Hill School] (578 students) which is on the south side of town.
**Denise Heitman - Principal of Cherry Hill Elementary School
* [http://www.riveredgeschools.org/Roosevelt_School/Roos.html#Roosevelt%20Elementary%20School Roosevelt School] (526 students) which is located on the north side of town.
**Anthony Vouvalides - Principal of Roosevelt Elementary SchoolThe strength of the River Edge School District is the standardized test scores compared against the District Factor Group (DFG) standardized test scores. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/dataselect.php?c=03;d=4410;s=030;lt=CD;st=CD&datasection=all Cherry Hill 2006-07 School Report Card] ] [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/dataselect.php?c=03;d=4410;s=050;lt=CD;st=CD&datasection=all Roosevelt 2006-07 School Report Card] ]

Administration

*Erika Steinbauer - Superintendent of Schools
*Debbie Trainor - School Business Administrator / Board Secretary
*Rosemary Kuruc - Supervisor of Special Services
*John Lyons - Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds

Notable Alumni

*Tyler Byrne - Founder and CEO of non-profit organization Diabetes Happens (diabeteshappens.com)

References

External links

* [http://www.riveredgeschools.org/ River Edge Elementary School District]
*NJReportCard|03|4410|0|River Edge Elementary School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413890 Data for the River Edge Elementary School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.riverdell.k12.nj.us/ River Dell Regional School District]