Student/Partner Alliance Newsletter 2012
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Students, their Families, Student Partners, Sponsors and Mentors Gather for a Post Holiday Event at Marist High School in Bayonne
Not to let the holidays go by without acknowledging the joint efforts of so many concerned individuals in supporting the educational goals of select students at inner-city private schools, Student/Partner Alliance (S/PA) held their annual holiday [...]
A crowd of over 202 students, parents, school staff, student partners and mentors from Student/Partner Alliance (S/PA) gathered for a morning of community service at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside on Saturday, November 12th. The annual event is the largest and most anticipated gathering organized by S/PA as an opportunity for students [...]
Frieda Zaffarese, Executive Director of Student/Partner Alliance (S/PA) Steps Down After 17 Years
For her retirement party on Tuesday, October 11th, 45 friends and family gathered to send a message of gratitude to the Executive Director of Student/Partner Alliance (S/PA), Frieda Zaffarese, about just how much she has meant to the organization and to them as [...]
Early Morning Visits a Hit!
Dubbed “Student Breakfasts” because they are held early in the school day, food is actually secondary to the main purpose of these popular events. The breakfasts provide a venue for students and their Partners or Mentors to relax and spend some time catching up. This year, we had over 30 Partners [...]
Student/Partner Alliance Fall Newsletter 2011
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Congratulations to our 65 graduates! We are proud to say we can now say that we have helped 1500 youths to this wonderful point in their young lives! This year we boast one Valedictorian and many hundreds of thousands of scholarship dollars awarded to our fine graduates toward their college costs. The S/PA Class of [...]
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Threatening rains and storm clouds stayed just east of Scotch Plains on Friday, June 17th, so that the golfers in the fifth annual Bunk’s Golf outing for Student/Partner Alliance could play their game uninterrupted! 70 golfers took off in their carts, to the sound of the shotgun, promptly at 8:30 that morning. By [...]
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Greater Newark Conservancy
Gardening may not be part of our high schools’ curriculum’s, but “giving back” is stressed at all of the S/PA schools. This venue presents a new opportunity for S/PA students and their partners to do just that. Visited by elementary school children throughout the spring, summer and fall, the Newark Conservancy’s Prudential Outdoor [...]
