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20% of N.J. school districts now offering full-time in-person instruction
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Nicole Parham teaches her kindergarten class remotely from her home in Trenton. Parham is at Irving School in Highland Park. Wednesday, September 16, 2020.
Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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The number of fully in-person districts continues to climb as schools return following coronavirus closures, but it remains unclear how many students are voluntarily choosing to learn virtually.
As of April 12, 496 districts were hybrid, 118 remote, and 161 were fully in-person, the third week in a row the number of in-person districts increased. Thirty-two districts have different educational formats for different schools.
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“The Last of Us Part II,” a video game that has earned critical acclaim from players and critics around the world, was created in part by a native of Marlboro who graduated from Colts Neck High School.
Martin Pietras, a graphic designer who specializes in 3D environments and texture, worked on in-game cutscenes involving two main characters in the game, Joel and Ellie, as well as a playable environment in the game.
Explaining his work, Pietras said, “My role as a 3D material artist was painting the digital sets and backgrounds in the cinematics and the game environments, and creating materials that would be applied to them as well.
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has announced the winners of this year’s New Jersey Fourth Congressional District Congressional App Challenge, part of a nationwide competition for middle school and high school students to showcase their software app-developing skills and teamwork.
The winning app (application), CollabraCart, was designed by Communications High School students Erin Hardiman of Spring Lake, Melody Lin of Freehold and Jacob Rosegarten of Morganville, according to a press release from Smith’s office.
“I am pleased to congratulate all the winning students at Communications High School,” Smith was quoted as saying in the press release. “The winning app, CollabraCart, is very timely in the COVID era in which we find ourselves. It can match people who are struggling to purchase groceries with individuals who are seeking to donate their time and/or money to help them.