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Red Ribbon Week at Franklin Elementary School

Red Ribbon Week Rahway Public Schools Every year, students all over the nation celebrate Red Ribbon Week. The annual celebration is sponsored by the National Parent Partnership to provide drug awareness. Since its beginning in 1985, Red Ribbon Week has

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Franklin Elementary School Students Earn Reading Medals and Prizes

Students earn Reading Medals Students in Mrs. Alicia Scipioni’s second-grade class at Franklin Elementary School in Rahway were excited to earn reading medals and prizes from their principal, Dr. Aleya Shoieb as an incentive for completing their September Reading Log.

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Grover Cleveland’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration  Rahway Public Schools Sun-filled blue skies and moderate fall temperatures created the perfect atmosphere for Grover Cleveland’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrationon Saturday, October 16th.   Over the last month, beginning on September 15th, Grover students and staff engaged

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Depression Era Bank Heist Remains Unsolved

Citizens National Bank Heist Submitted by Al Shipley, City Historian and Rahway Library Research Consultant Throughout the 1930s, notorious bandits such as John Dillinger, “Machine Gun” Kelly, and “Pretty Boy” Floyd were at the height of their infamy. News agencies

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