Piscataway receives award at NJSBA Workshop 2016.
PISCATAWAY -- The Piscataway Township Schools' BioMedical Program has received the New Jersey School Board Association's 30th Annual School Leader Award. The award, presented Oct. 26 at the NJSBA Workshop 2016 in Atlantic City, recognizes "creative classroom and extracurricular programs" in New Jersey public schools.
Piscataway's two-year program is offered in conjunction with the Rutgers University School of Health Science Careers that allows Piscataway High School students to earn college credits while still in high school. Juniors take in Anatomy and Physiology I and Dynamics for Healthcare in Society; seniors take Anatomy and Physiology II for Health Science Careers. Students are also required to shadow a practicing clinician for a minimum of 10 hours each year.
To receive high school credit, students must pass the class. To receive Rutgers credit, they must pass the Rutgers assessment. Students can earn up to 14 credits which they can apply to a Rutgers degree or transfer to another college or university.
Ninety Piscataway High School students are taking part in the program.
"We are incredibly proud of our PHS students who challenge themselves with high-level learning," said Teresa Rafferty, superintendent of schools. "And we are equally proud to be a school district led by a Board who encourages and supports all efforts to ensure a depth and breadth of educational offerings for all of our students."
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