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The Hunger Games trilogy is available in many local libraries or online to buy.

[Photo] Book popularity soars like a Mockingjay

Norah Smith, Editor-in-chief
January 8, 2025
Flyers circulated around school looking for students interested in practicing their volleyball skills.

[Photo] Bump, set, spike, repeat

Natalie Ava Habana and Ava Samuels
February 3, 2025
The American Heart Association is always looking for more schools to take part in its Kids Heart Challenge. They advertise on their webiste.

[Photo] Jumping for a good cause

Alexa Palko, Victor Santana
February 24, 2025
Disney's website has summaries of all movies related to The Lion King.

[Photo] Mufasa madness

Arya Sontag, Editor-in-chief
January 23, 2025
The Next-Gen Dodge Charger Daytona is the company's new all-electric muscle car.

[Photo] Revolution on the road

Luca Carvalho, Reporter
February 4, 2025
The catch phrase, "We bring the BOOM" is social media famous thanks to The Costco Boys.

[Photo] Who’s your Tik Tok favorite?

Adrian Filippelli, Joey Liguori, and Victor Santana
January 4, 2025
Music director, Allison Beckley, leads the chorus during the annual Holiday Concert dress rehearsal.

[Photo] Holiday spirit

Anaya Modi, Reporter
December 11, 2024
The American Heart Association website lists classes people can take to learn more about keeping a healthy heart..

[Photo] Having a healthy heart

William Espinoza, Reporter
December 18, 2024
Wreaths with garland, ornaments, and pine cones decorate doors during the winter season.

[Photo] Winter holiday happiness

Rylee Sanchez, Reporter
January 10, 2025
A chess club is also offered afterschool for students in grades 4 through 6.

[Photo] Club craze

Lily Lemken and Layla Robayo
February 7, 2025
Caleb Maeng correcly spelled the word "broil" in Round One of the regional Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee.

[Photo] P-r-o-u-d spellers

Juliette Ignazzi, Reporter
February 21, 2025
The Emerson PTA sponsors the holiday game just for fun.

[Photo] B-i-n-g-o

Layla Robayo, Reporter
January 4, 2025
Keeper of the Lost Cities is book one of a series written by Shannon Messneger.

[Photo] Looking for a new book?

Natalie Ava Habana, Ava Samuels, and Arya Sontag
January 4, 2025
January 1, 2025, took place on a Wednesday.

[Photo] New Year’s resolutions

Lucas Benefield, Damiano Dillow, and Theo Duffy
January 4, 2025
The STEM cycle has a Maker Space of items for the students to use.

[Photo] Cycles in full swing

Alex Mota and Norah Smith
December 2, 2024
High Exposure has two main climbing areas, an obstacle course, and a parkour course.

[Photo] Climbing to the top

Luca Carvalho and Kaleigh Izzo
June 5, 2024
The Emerson Elementary PTA partners with Scholastic Books for its annual fair.

[Photo] Selling more than books

Ifeoluwa Awosanya, Natalie Ava Habana, and Ava Samuels
June 5, 2024
The New Jersey State Department of Education has practice tests online.

[Photo] Testing time

Joseph DiBono, Michael DiBono, and Theo Duffy
June 5, 2024
The website for TREP$ features some local students and their projects. This boy is a student at Stillwater School in Stillwater, NJ. He made and sold wreaths.

[Photo] Bustling businesses

Lincoln Bahng and Ryan Izzo
June 14, 2024
Dav Pilkey's website lists dozens of children's books written by the author.

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June 5, 2024
Cornelia Funke, a German author, has written many children's books.

[Photo] Fantastic fantasy novel: The Thief Lord

Lucas Benefield, Damiano Dillow, and Desmond White
June 5, 2024
Norah Smith. a fifth-grade student, tries on the protective clothing bee keepers wear when collecting honey from hives.

[Photo] Buzzing About Bees

The Villano View Staff, Reporter
June 5, 2024
L.E.A.D. has a curriculum, or set lessons, for police officers to follow when they visit students in school.

[Photo] L.E.A.D. graduates 

Mikaela Polk, Reporter
May 22, 2024
Fourth graders hold a colonial popcorn maker. It was one of several artifacts they explored at The Hermitage.

[Photo] Stepping back in time

Gabriella Khiami, Reporter
May 1, 2024
One sign of spring ... cherry blossoms in Branch Brook Park, Newark, New Jersey.

[Photo] Springing back from spring recess

Kaleigh Izzo, Reporter
May 1, 2024
Major League Baseball has a website thst keeps track of team schedules and scores.

[Photo] The old ballgame is back

Desmond White, Reporter
April 9, 2024
Guess Who is still a popular game on the Amazon storefront.

[Photo] Guess Who

Ava Samuels, Reporter
April 9, 2024
An online website called Grammarly is one tool students use to check their grammar use.

[Photo] Attention on grammar

Anaya Modi, Reporter
April 9, 2024
This Spirit Week flyer was sent to all students in honor of Read Across America week.

[Photo] We’ve got spirit

Gabriella Khiami, Reporter
March 22, 2024
Members of the Key Club at Emerson Junior-Senior High School read to fourth graders in Mrs. Catuogno's class.

[Photo] Let’s Read S’more

Carter Ostroff, Reporter
March 8, 2024
Chat GPT is a computer program that communicates with humans and answers questions. According to itself, "ChatGPT is the persona through which I, an AI language model developed by OpenAI, interact with users like yourself. "

[Photo] Machines that learn like we do

Luca Carvalho, Reporter
February 28, 2024
Valentine's Day cards are a tradition for some on the holiday.

[Photo] Too cool for school?

Josheau Feingold and Norah Smith
February 25, 2024
Students got their name displayed on the "Kind Kids” bulletin board near the Main Office and special recognition and a certificate at the February’ “O Show”.

[Photo] Kindness for a week

Aaron Soohoo, Reporter
February 25, 2024
Student Congress members made posters to advertise the sock drive.

[Photo] Keeping feet warm

Anaya Modi, Reporter
February 25, 2024
J.K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter series. There's a total of seven books.

[Photo] Still top of the shelf

Theo Duffy and Carter Ostroff
January 29, 2024
The newspaper club meets once a month to discuss current events and assign story ideas.

[Photo] Being a part of “The View” crew

Maia Congiusti and Aneesa Mathew
January 29, 2024
Snow covers the grounds of Emerson Junior-Senior High School, but this photo was taken in 2017.

[Photo] What’s taking so long?

Ifeoluwa Awosanya, Natalie Ava Habana, and Kaleigh Izzo
January 29, 2024
Several sstudents participated on stage during the December 20, 2023 show.

[Photo] Earth science circus

Samanya Panda, Reporter
December 27, 2023
Pomptonian Food Service features a fresh farmstand, according to its website. "A wide selection of fruits and vegetables are available to compliment your student’s meal. We feature local produce," states the website.

[Photo] Taste testing new lunch options

Lincoln Bahng and Anaya Modi
December 22, 2023
Gorilla Tag, a virtual reality game, has many different levels of play.

[Photo] Gorilla Tag review

Luca Carvalho, Alexander Lang, and Riley Torres
December 21, 2023
Students running for officer positions read campaign speeches in front of their peers.

[Photo] The votes are tallied

Josheau Feingold, Carter Ostroff, and Arya Sontag
December 11, 2023
The website for the Borough of Emerson has a section for the Recreation Department.

[Photo] Back to the hoops

Alexander Lang and Riley Torres
December 8, 2023
Students can choose to write articles on sports, current events or arts and entertainment. Staff members take their own photos for each article.

[Photo] Huge turnout for The Villano View crew

The Villano View Staff
September 22, 2023
There were many cooperative games such as this one at the annual Field Day.

[Photo] Field Day fun

May 20, 2022
A handful of teachers took a short trip in the balloon's basket. The balloon was tethered to the ground.

[Photo] Up, up and away

June 15, 2022
Fourth graders celebrate their end of year with outside time on the lower field.

[Photo] It’s almost summertime

Nicole Pinto-Spiegel, Reporter
June 20, 2022
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