Students and families arrived on Wednesday, Sept. 2, with great anticipation and excitement for our first day of school. Parents gave their children extra long hugs at the bus stop or the school door, then handed them off to waiting bus drivers, administrators, and staff. Students reunited with their friends, then headed to their new classrooms, where teachers welcomed them to the 2026-27 school year. Thank you to everyone who shared photos of their children on social media using our special #FirstDayPway hashtag so the community could share in the joy and excitement.

We are so excited to open our fourth preschool campus with the addition of Children’s Corner-Farm. This new location adds 150 seats to our robust preschool program. Our administration and Board of Education held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the building at 1515 Stelton Road on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Students arrived the following day to fill up the 10 added classrooms. The new campus, which shares a building with our administrative offices, allows our district to fully meet the needs of its families by providing free, high-quality preschool. The expansion was made possible through NJ Department of Education Preschool Expansion Aid, and the district incurred no bonded debt.

Congratulations to the PHS girls volleyball team for being honored with the 2026 Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. To receive the recognition, the team must maintain a yearlong grade-point average of 3.3 on a scale of 4. Piscataway far surpassed that threshold with a 3.74 GPA. Piscataway is one of 504 girls indoor volleyball teams nationwide to be honored, as well as one of just five in New Jersey and the only team in Middlesex County. This is the PHS team’s second consecutive season of receiving this amazing honor for academic excellence.

Congratulations to 12 Piscataway High School choir students who were selected to perform with the NJ American Choral Directors Association Summer Honor Choir. They rehearsed with students from across New Jersey for two days and presented a beautiful concert at the conclusion of the NJACDA conference the week of Aug. 3 at Rutgers University. Thank you to PHS Choir Director Megan Suozzo for sponsoring the students for this incredible opportunity. Piscataway was also well-represented at the conference by our district educators. Supervisor of Visual & Performing Arts Rebekah Sterlacci and Ms. Suozzo gave a presentation about using non-traditional songs. They were joined at the conference by Knollwood Elementary School Acting Principal Kason Jackson, who is the NJ ACDA president, and music teachers Jill Corn of Knollwood, Amanda Jago of Conackamack Middle School, and Sarah Williams of Schor Middle School.