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New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie makes first appearance in Newark
Only hours after ousting incumbent Democratic governor Jon Corzine in a hard-fought campaign, Republican Chris Christie made his first appearance as governor-elect in the Democratic stronghold of Newark.
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WNYC report on Gov.-elect Chris Christie's visit to Robert Treat Academy
NEW YORK, NY November 04, 2009 —Republican Chris Christie picked a nationally recognized charter school in Newark as the setting for his first news conference as Governor elect. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there.
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WCBS New York report on Gov.-elect Chris Christie's visit to Robert Treat Academy
WCBS 2 New York's report on Gov. Chris Christie's visit to Robert Treat Academy in Newark
NJN News: Governor-Elect Christie at Robert Treat Academy
NJN News report on Gov.-elect Chris Christie's visit to Robert Treat Academy in Newark.
Day after win, Christie highlights reform
Read the original story in The Asbury Park Press
NEWARK - Gov.-elect Chris Christie, the newly minted Republican chief executive of normally solidly Democratic New Jersey, made a visit to a Newark charter school the first official stop in his transition to power.
The raspy-voiced, sleep-deprived Christie said he chose to make his first gubernatorial stop at the Robert Treat Academy to draw attention to success at the school and emphasize his commitment to charters and city school reform.
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Michele Adubato addresses Barringer High School Graduates
Read the story as it originally appeared on nj.com North Ward Center Deputy Executive Director Michele Adubato told the graduating class at Barringer High School in Newark on Friday that the community was proud of them for making it through high school. “You don’t know me, but I’m proud of you,” said Adubato, the commencement speaker. “You need to know, people who don’t know you are proud of you. More than 30 percent of the students who began this journey with you did not make it. You have the right to be proud of yourself.”
A Day of 3 Kings and Political Royalty
Read the original story as it appeared in the Jan. 7, 2010 edition of The Star-Ledger NEWARK -- Gov.-elect Chris Christie, along with city and state politicians, joined Stephen Adubato Sr. and about 1,300 Newark schoolchildren at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart today to celebrate Three Kings Day and kick off the North Ward Center's 40th anniversary celebration. Political kings and kingmakers from the city and state lined up under the vaulted ceilings of the ornate cathedral to pay their respects to Adubato during an event that was as much theater as community celebration.
Coalition of Newark educators form unlikely alliance trying to reform city schools
Read the story as it originally appeared in the March 14, 2010 edition of The Star-Ledger With educational leaders from Washington to Trenton embracing the role of charter schools in public education, a group of Newark educators - from both charter and district schools - has formed an unlikely alliance to tackle the work of reforming Newark's city schools. In all, 55 teachers and administrators meet monthly, and have even attended a December retreat, at each member's own cost, in Puerto Rico. Members say the group is trying to put long-held prejudices aside and share successful practices.
Jackie Robinson Day celebrated in Newark
Read the story as it originally appeared on nj.com | localtalknews.com Jackie Robinson Day was celebrated in Newark Tuesday at the Harriet Tubman School as Robinson’s family members presented the school with a baseball signed by the Hall of Famer and first African-American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. The day was designed as “Jackie Robinson Day,” in Newark by the City Council, a mayoral proclamation and a resolution from the state Legislature. The event is 63 years almost to the day (April 15, 1947) when Jackie Robison made his debut in Ebbets Field in Brooklyn on opening day.
