Due to four snow cancellations this winter, the last day of school and graduation ceremonies will now be Friday, June 22.

Representatives of VFW Post 10061 presented awards to student winners of their Patriot's Pen and Voice of Democracy contests and to their VFW Teachers of the Year at the April Board of Education meeting.

Sixth grader Brian Kiutch was honored at the April 18, 2018 Board of Education meeting for taking First Place in the Manchester Township Middle School Geography Bee. Runners-up were Marley Petti and Jessica Davis, who were unable to attend the meeting.

On Thursday, April 12, 2018 a group of 20 Fourth and Fifth Grade students from MTES sang the National Anthem at the First Home Game of the Lakewood BlueClaws 2018 season.

Support the Manchester Township Middle School Engineering Club at their Flapjack Fundraiser on Saturday, April 21 from 8-10AM at Applebee's in Manchester.

Ridgeway Elementary School jumped for a cure at SkyZone!! Students and staff members enjoyed a night out at Skyzone to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. A total of $550.00 was raised in support of Ridgeway's Relay for Life Team.

The Manchester Township High School Travel Club enjoyed a trip to Italy and Greece over Spring Break.

The Manchester PTA will help to usher in Spring with music, laughter and...Ice Cream! The annual PTA Ice Cream Social is a free event where all ages may come, listen to music performed by our students and local artisits, visit with friends and neighbors and enjoy FREE ice cream!

Saturday, April 21 at 6:00 PM and Sunday, April 22 at 2:00 PM in the Manchester Township High School auditorium.

The competition was fierce at the Manchester Schools Sodexo Future Chefs Competition, with Mason Davis emerging as the Grand Prize Winner, Alexander Goltsch in 2nd Place, and Peyton Locklin in 3rd Place. The Future Chefs competition was created by Sodexo to engage the elementary school students (grades 3-5) to create healthy recipes and spark the passion of cooking.

I would like to take this time to thank you all for all the well wishes, cards, posters, and gifts that were sent my way over the past few weeks. Your kindness and generosity meant so much and made me smile during recovery.

On March 2, 2018, Ridgeway School recognized Read Across America Day!

Manchester Township School District will have a half-day integrated preschool program that will be opened to a limited number of non-disabled children age 4 on or before October 1, 2018. This program is designed to provide opportunities for children with disabilities to be included with non-disabled peers.

Please join MTEF at their next meeting on Tuesday, March 13. They are looking for community members, parents, students, local business owners to get involved.

When people are placed in demanding situations, you do find out a lot about the quality of an individual. That was indeed the case yesterday and as I have always believed, the Manchester Township School District staff and students acted professionally and performed exceptionally at a critical time.