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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 5, 20253 min read


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 5, 20252 min read


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 29, 20253 min read


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 29, 20252 min read


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 23, 20252 min read


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 22, 20252 min read


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 16, 20252 min read


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 15, 20252 min read


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 15, 20252 min read


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 9, 20252 min read


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 8, 20252 min read


New Tech Tools Boost Learning, Collaboration Across District
Last summer, when teachers across the Montclair Public Schools were writing a new technology curriculum, they realized the district was...

Gianna Santelli
Jul 7, 20252 min read


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 2, 20252 min read


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 24, 20254 min read


Montclair Celebrates ‘Inspired’ 2025 Weston Award Winners
MFEE Executive Director Masiel Rodriquez-Vars, Eric Weston, Josh Weston, Interim Superintendent Damen G. Cooper, and the winners of the...

Erin Madigan White
Jun 18, 20253 min read


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 16, 20252 min read


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 11, 20253 min read


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 8, 20251 min read


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 3, 20252 min read


MFEE Announces Winners of the 2025 Judy Weston Awards!
Sixteen teachers and one counselor to be awarded $2,000 and honored at public ceremony Sixteen Montclair Public Schools teachers and one...

Erin Madigan White
May 28, 20253 min read
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