Piscataway High School honored the Class of 2026 on Thursday, June 18, at an impressive 66th Annual Commencement Ceremony at Jersey Mike’s Arena on the Rutgers campus. The 526 graduates finished their high school careers before thousands of friends, family members, and Piscataway educators in a grand celebration where the recurring themes were overcoming adversity and hope for the future.    

Congratulations to the Conackamack, Quibbletown, and Schor middle schools Class of 2026. The eighth-graders were celebrated on June 18 in promotion ceremonies by their families, teachers, administrators, and Board of Education members.

The Piscataway High School Class of 2026 earned a total of $14.5 million in scholarship offers. That total includes scholarships from civic organizations, alumni, and other community groups, as well as funds offered to them from institutions where students were accepted. Students were honored with two Senior Awards ceremonies on Wednesday, June 10, where they were recognized in all subject areas for outstanding academic achievement, and received $143,500 in community scholarships.

Congratulations to the students who graduated from our amazing SAIL program on Tuesday, June 16, at our Administration Building. SAIL stands for Students Achieving Independent Life Skills and is a program that introduces students 18-21 with autism or developmental or cognitive disabilities to workplace skills, while beginning the process of transitioning to adult life. The students were celebrated by their teachers, administrators, staff, classmates, and families in an emotional ceremony hosted by Special Education Supervisor Melissa Voigt and Director of Pupil Services Theresa Edmondson. The graduates are Joshua Davis, Micah Efodili, Keithley O’Conner, Marcus Pinto, and Ankit Samal. Superintendent Erskine R. Glover and Board of Education member Prashant Patel awarded the students their diplomas and gave heartfelt thanks to the families and SAIL program staff for giving our students valuable life skills.

Congratulations to Randolphville Elementary School 3rd grader Aurelia Eck for winning the elementary division of the NJASBO Student Art Contest this year. The contest is sponsored by the N.J. Association of School Business Officials, whose members voted for the winner at their annual conference. Thank you to Supervisor of Visual & Performing Arts Rebekah Sterlacci for submitting Aurelia’s work for consideration. District Business Administrator David Oliveira visited Aurelia at Randolphville to present her with a $100 gift card. Aurelia was congratulated by Ms. Sterlacci, Mr. Oliveira, Randolphville Art Teacher Jasmine McGinnis, and Randolphville Acting Principal Megan Messina. Aurelia’s piece showed cupcakes and emulated the paintings of artist Wayne Thiebaud.