Let's Talk TPS

This week, registration opened for the Class of 2037; and if the last 13 years are any indication, the world will be a very different place.

In fact, on that day in June when these students and their families commemorate the 113th graduating class of Tenafly High School, we may all be regularly receiving Amazon and supermarket deliveries from drones, driving electric cars that start in the cold 😉, or using VR headsets to attend school on a snow day (Yes!).

But what else might be happening? How about:

• A world population that passes 9 billion?
• Robots representing 80% of the workforce at McDonalds?
• Greenhouse gas emissions on the decline but sea levels significantly higher?
• Supernova requiem (Google it)?
• Organ replacement surgeries no longer requiring donors thanks to AI generated organs?
• E-sport scholarships and viewership surpassing most college sports?
• NJ’s last regular movie theater closes 🙁and two new drive-in movie theaters open? 😀
• The 50th Presidency being the second female POTUS?
• It costing $30 to cross the GWB? 😱

Well, either way, here’s to welcoming the Class of 2037!

Yours in Education,

Michael Ben-David J.D./M.Ed.

Superintendent of Schools

Regular Board Meeting - Monday, February 12, 2024

Regular Board Meeting (and Adoption of Preliminary Budget) - Monday, March 18, 2024

For the Board Agenda, click HERE.

For the Zoom link, click HERE.

Tenafly High School hosted its annual winter concert on January 18th, and then treated the 8th grade Band, Chorus and Orchestra students (about 150 in total!) to a repeat performance the next day. They looked a bit more casual - but sounded just as awesome! Congrats to all of the performers and instructors!

Last week, our THS debate team clinched First Place at the Bergen County Debate League, Emerson Tournament. Congratulations to the entire team and to Mrs. Melissa Diaz, for guiding them to success!

Speaking of success - the good news keeps on coming for THS senior, Cindy Pyo. In the fall, she became a published co-author on molecular biology. Last week, she learned that she was among the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2024, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors (see the full press release HERE). And now, she's the focus of a feature story in this month's Tenafly Magazine. Way to go, Cindy!

Attention Class of 2037!! Kindergarten registration for the 2024 - 2025 school year has officially begun for all four elementary schools. Registration is done online. For more information, visit the TPS website Registration page.

NOTE: Registration for all students entering grades K - 12 will open on March 4, 2024 and will remain open and ongoing from that date.

You are welcome to join the next SEPAC (Special Education Parent Advisory Committee) on Wednesday, February 7th at 8:45 am. Join in-person at the Central Office (500 Tenafly Road) or via Zoom. For the Zoom link, please complete THIS FORM. Thank you.

If you have a story idea for this newsletter, please contact Ms. Terry Corallo - tcorallo@tenafly.k12.nj.us. Please try to provide at least one month's advance notice.

If you have have a question or concern related to your student, please first contact their teacher. For additional support, you may contact your building principal:

• Mackay School - hchizzik@tenafly.k12.nj.us
• Maugham School - jferrara@tenafly.k12.nj.us
• Smith School - dgeorge@tenafly.k12.nj.us
• Stillman School - glander@tenafly.k12.nj.us
• Tenafly Middle School - jfabbo@tenafly.k12.nj.us
• Tenafly High School - jmorrison@tenafly.k12.nj.us