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By DIANE D'AMICO Education Writer, 609-272-7241

Published: Dec 22, 2008

Staff and students at area schools have found some interesting - if messy - ways to give back to their communities. Today, we share their efforts.

Fanny D. Rittenberg School, Egg Harbor City

Dan Sakers, a sixth-grade math teacher at the Fanny D. Ritten-
berg School in Egg Harbor City, took it on the chin - and the nose and cheeks and eyes - when he agreed to participate in the Pie-in-the-Face fundraiser at the school.

Students purchased chances for 25 cents each and put them in the bucket of the teacher they would most like to smack with a cream pie. More

Dec 22, 2008

• Chatham shrinks pay raise for its school chief

'Tis the season of giving, and
last week school administrators in Chatham, Morris County, an-
nounced that in these economically troubled times, they would give back, accepting raises of 2 percent next year rather than the 4 percent to
6 percent raises negotiated in their contracts.

Dec 20, 2008

• Schools trip a bit as state raises testing standards

Tougher scoring made it more difficult for schools to meet No Child Left Behind criteria this year.

Dec 20, 2008

• Schools falter as testing standards rise

Tougher scoring made it more difficult for schools to meet No Child Left Behind criteria this year.

Dec 20, 2008

• Schools stumble on higher standards

Dec 20, 2008

• Schools trip a bit as state raises testing standards

Tougher scoring made it more difficult for schools to meet No Child Left Behind criteria this year.

Dec 18, 2008

• N.J. college loan agency out of funds for deferred repayment

TRENTON - College students who want to take out a state NJCLASS loan for the spring semester won't be able to defer repayment until after they graduate.

Dec 15, 2008

• Legislation would turn New Jersey school buses into billboards

TRENTON - People recognize school buses by their distinctive bright yellow colors. But some New Jersey school districts' transportation fleets have administrators seeing green.

Dec 15, 2008

• Tuition on the rise for a host of reasons

Dec 15, 2008

• education briefs for Dec. 15, 2008

Education by the numbers

Dec 15, 2008

• A.C. youth at-risk, in control

ATLANTIC CITY - Shaakira Irizzary brought the Student Council meeting to order with a sharp smack of her gavel.

Dec 11, 2008

• Poverty hits home in southern New Jersey classrooms

With statistics by county / The Vineland School District used to have more counselors, social workers and before- and after-school programs.

Dec 11, 2008

• Stockton cuts - that's right, cuts - summer tuition

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Tuition is going on sale at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Dec 11, 2008

• Stockton cuts summer tuition

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Tuition is going on sale at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Dec 11, 2008

• Stockton cuts - that's right, cuts - summer tuition

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Tuition is going on sale at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Dec 08, 2008

• Helping youth from foster care to college, if they apply

One day, Courtney Godenich would like to help businesses develop programs to reduce stress in the workplace.

Dec 08, 2008

• Rising demands for services played part in rising college costs

It probably came as no surprise to parents that the "Measuring Up 2008" report card on higher education released last week rated college unaffordable in every state but California, where community colleges still are pretty inexpensive.

Dec 08, 2008

• Special services students learn job skills while helping feed needy

The first in an occasional series on how schools and students are giving back to their communities.