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  Community Leaders Announce Plans for September Downtown TR Bash

  June 2, 2023—The wheels started turning when Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill began reminiscing about the 2021 High School South prom, and how its downtown carnival atmosphere made for such a beautiful event.

  10 hours ago
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  East Students Using Art Skills to Beautify Ortley Beach

  May 24, 2023
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  Musical Test Drive Tradition Continues

  May 23, 2023-- One of the district's recent but most cherished musical traditions continued last night at High School East. The Ready, Set, Play! musical test drive enables students in grades three through six to try out various instruments, with the guidance of music teachers and high school musicians.

  May 23, 2023
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  Donovan Notches 100th Goal

  May 22, 2023
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  Scholar Athletes Honored

  May 22, 2023-- Yesterday, the NJSIAA honored the 2023 New Jersey Scholar Athletes at the Pines Manor in Edison. Pictured above are the award recipients from Toms River Regional Schools: High School East's Kaitlynn Colangelo, who will continue her softball career at East Stroudsburg University; High School South's Tim O'Donnell, who will continue his track and field (pole vault) career at Stockton University this fall; and High School North's Kyran Thievon, who will continue playing soccer at Sacred Heart University.

  May 22, 2023
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  Kickball Kickoff: Photo Gallery

  May 16, 2023-- The first marquee event signifying the district's involvement with Unified Sports kicked off today, literally, at the RWJBarnabas Field of Dreams in Toms River.

  May 16, 2023
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  Deep Catalog of Summer Programs to Choose From in 2023

  From robotics and drones to publishing, foreign languages, painting, geometry, and ecology, this year's catalog of summer enrichment camps and study programs offers unique learning opportunities for students.

  May 15, 2023
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  Outstanding Community Advocate Award Goes to HSE SRO

  Toms River Police Department's Mental Health Committee recognized Corporal John Mehl for his work helping others.

  May 15, 2023
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  Unified Sports Debuts Within District

  May 15, 2023-- At High School East, games of flag football, soccer, basketball, and kickball have taken place throughout the school year. This is business as usual, of course, except that these particular games have been fully inclusive, involving students receiving special services and general population students, managed and facilitated by student and staff mentors, with paraprofessionals and nurses on site.

  May 15, 2023
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  History Club Visits Gettysburg

  High School East's History Club visited Gettysburg this past weekend, and enjoyed their time learning and exploring the famed Pennsylvania town.

  May 09, 2023
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  Junior Chef 2.0 Takes Place at High School East

  May 5, 2023-- Last year's inaugural Junior Chef competition-- the brainchild of Food Services Director Jeff Hanaway-- was a huge success. This year, version 2.

  May 05, 2023
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  Turtles, Tech, and TCNJ Tell Tale of Triumph at NJTSA

  May 5, 2023-- Secondary students from across the district recently competed in the New Jersey Technical Student Association (NJTSA) competitions at the College of New Jersey.

  May 05, 2023
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  Dodgeball Event Helps Raise Funds for Ropes Course

  May 4, 2023-- High School East has been in need of a ropes course for its Military Club for some years now. Recently, the school upped its game in this quest, rallying the Toms River community through some friendly (?

  May 04, 2023
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  DART Coalition Students Win Slogan Contest at County Summit

  May 1, 2023-- Students from High School South and High School East who participate in their schools' DART Youth Prevention Coalition traveled to Bayville Fire Hall April 28 to attend the Ocean County Youth SummitThe annual event, sponsored by the RWJBarnabas Institute for Prevention and Recovery, celebrates middle and high school students in Ocean County who are raising awareness on substance misuse and modeling positive choices for youth in their communities.

  May 01, 2023
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  First Responder Event at HSE Helps Break Down Barriers

  When High School East School Resource Officer (SRO) John is not involved with crisis de-escalation and all of his other duties, he can often be found hanging out in the classrooms sitting alongside the students or young adults asking about their work, giving fist bumps and high fives, cracking jokes, or even participating in spontaneous dance parties.

  Apr 27, 2023
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  Two District 'Teachers Who Rock' Honored at Reception

  April 26, 2023-- The 2023 class of "Teachers Who Rock" was recently recognized at a formal dinner at the Spring Lake Manor. Among the honorees were High School East's Candice Schultz and High School North's Jamie Tesoro (right).

  Apr 26, 2023
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  Trout Release at Riverwood a Joint Effort

  April 21, 2023-- Intermediate South and High School East students came together in the name of science. Specifically, trout release day, which took place yesterday at Riverwood Park.

  Apr 21, 2023
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  Day of Domination for East Athletes

  Apr 19, 2023
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  Register for High School East's Dodgeball Tournament of Champions April 28

  Proceeds will benefit the school's East Ropes Course.

  Apr 03, 2023
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  Board, Community Honor 2022-2023 Educators of the Year

  Superintendent Mike Citta (far left) and Assistant Superintendents Jim Ricotta, Cara DiMeo, and Pat Thomas (far right) stand with a group of this year's Teachers and Educational Services Professionals of the Year.

  Mar 16, 2023
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  Human Knot Challenge at HSE is Fun With a Purpose

  March 9, 2023—Throughout the 2022-2023 school year, High School East has been exploring the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. Step 4 is “Think Win Win,” and since implementing these habits has been a school-wide initiative, something fun was in store for all students.

  Mar 09, 2023
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  East Broadcast Journalism Students Cover South Tribal Council Finals

  March 1, 2023—It was like “Survivor,” only with Toms River Regional Schools students playing the role of cast, crew, and production. At High School South today, the “Tribal Council” judged its top ten finalists.

  Mar 01, 2023
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  South-East Hockey Falls to Gov. Livingston-New Providence, Ending State Run

  March 1, 2023-- Toms River South-East hockey lost to defending state champion Governor Livingston-New Providence yesterday 4-1 in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Public C tournament.

  Mar 01, 2023
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  SEAST Hockey Joins Central Regional to Face Brick Stars at Prudential Center

  Feb. 23, 2023-- It's been a busy week for Toms River South-East hockey, popularly known as SEAST.To begin this past weekend, the co-op composed of hockey players from High School South and High School East won the preliminary round of the Public C bracket of the state tournament with a 2-0 shutout win over Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown.

  Feb 23, 2023
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  Seniors Learn How to Negotiate with Colleges

  Feb 23, 2023
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  Witt, South-East Hockey Shut Out Mount Olive to Begin State Tourney

  Feb. 20, 2023-- Toms River South-East hockey defeated Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown 2-0 Feb. 18 to advance to the state tournament's first round.

  Feb 20, 2023
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  Jazz Band Valentine's Coffee House Rocks East

  Feb 10, 2023
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  Raider Pantry Opens With Assist From Aidan Inteso Foundation

  Feb. 2, 2023-- Yesterday marked the opening of High School East's Raider Pantry, a place students can go when they need food, clothing, or everyday supplies.

  Feb 02, 2023

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