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Weston Awards: Meet Edgemont First Grade Teacher Judith Grodner
This is the latest in our series spotlighting the winners  of the 2025 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching. Follow along each week...

Erin Madigan White
5 days ago2 min read
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Matléticos Helps Teens Build Math Endurance, Accelerate Learning
Retired MPS teacher Emmet Murphy leads MFEE's bilingual summer math intensive for teens. All the cool kids are doing the...

Erin Madigan White
Aug 53 min read
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Weston Awards: Meet Northeast's Kristine Greenhalgh-Checchetto
This is the latest in our series spotlighting the winners  of the 2025 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching. Follow along each week...

Erin Madigan White
Aug 52 min read
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Bilingual summer camp boosts academics, cultural connections
The Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence (MFEE) was thrilled to expand its vibrant summer program, welcoming even more elementary...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 293 min read
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Weston Awards: Meet Buzz Aldrin Math Teacher Dr. Twana Davisson
This is the latest in our series spotlighting the winners  of the 2025 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching. Follow along each week...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 292 min read
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MFEE, MPS Working Together to Help Students Access Healthy Meals
MFEE and MPS are teaming up to help Montclair students access healthy meals. Kids can’t learn if they’re hungry. That’s the reason the...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 232 min read
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Weston Awards: Meet Hillside Science Teacher Susan Bartol
This is the latest in our series spotlighting the winners  of the 2025 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching. Follow along each week...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 222 min read
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Cheers! Teacher Toasts Raise Funds for Educator Grants
Montclair families hosted more than 20 parties this year to honor Montclair Public Schools teachers. All proceeds raised go to fund...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 162 min read
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Weston Awards: Meet Bradford Math Teacher Kevin Barry
This is the latest in our series spotlighting the winners  of the 2025 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching. Follow along each week...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 152 min read
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Tea and Comfort: MFEE Grant Helps Build Cultural Connections
MHS librarian Harriet Parker started a cultural tea time for students with an MFEE grant. When Montclair High School librarian Harriet...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 152 min read
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Jackson Lightfoot Whitsett Memorial Fund Honors Glenfield Student
Elodie Trinh (center) is the winner of the 2025 Jackson Lightfoot Whitsett Memorial Fund Award. The Montclair Fund for Educational...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 92 min read
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Weston Awards: Meet Glenfield ELA Teacher Charles Anderson
This is the lastest in our series, spotlighting the winners  of the 2025 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching. Follow along each week...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 82 min read
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New Tech Tools Boost Learning, Collaboration Across DistrictÂ
Last summer, when teachers across the Montclair Public Schools were writing a new technology curriculum, they realized the district was...

Gianna Santelli
Jul 72 min read
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Weston Awards: Meet MHS English Teacher Anne Baney-Giampoala
This is the first in our series, spotlighting the winners  of the 2025 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching. Follow along each week...

Erin Madigan White
Jul 22 min read
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Students Share Tips for Thriving in High School
MHS students visited middle schools to share tips and advice about high school. (MFEE photo). This June, several hundred 8th graders...

Dory Hack
Jun 244 min read
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Montclair Celebrates ‘Inspired’ 2025 Weston Award WinnersÂ
MFEE Executive Director Masiel Rodriquez-Vars, Eric Weston, Josh Weston, Interim Superintendent Damen G. Cooper, and the winners of the...

Erin Madigan White
Jun 183 min read
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Glenfield Middle School Revives Student Newspaper with MFEE Grant
Original artwork by Roslyn Keel in the first issue of the new school newspaper, The Glenfield Times. The Glenfield Middle School student...

Erin Madigan White
Jun 162 min read
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Science Grants Spark Curiosity in Montclair Classrooms
MHS teachers display science tools funded by MFEE grants. Montclair teachers are elevating scientific practice and sparking curiosity in...

Gianna Santelli
Jun 113 min read
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Boom! Whack! Pop! NE Students Find the Beat Thanks to MFEE Grant
NE Kindergarten students play "Boomwhacker" instruments in music class. When creative educators like Northeast music teacher Shawn Dey...

Erin Madigan White
Jun 81 min read
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Ballet Barres Support Hillside Dancers
Hillside dance students supported by new portable ballet barres funded by an MFEE grant. Dance is a popular elective at Hillside...

Erin Madigan White
Jun 32 min read
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