Morris Plains Education Association
Caring for the Community's Children
On August 24th, more than 200 Morris Plains parents and their children attended the “Welcome Back to School Drive-By”. Students received goody bags that included drinks, snacks, crafts, journals and “fun stuff”, while volunteers were treated to coffee and pizza. The event was sponsored by the Morris Plains Education Association as part of their community outreach program.
The Board of Education recognized some of our amazing teachers and staff last night! Congratulations to Mt. Way Teacher of the Year Pam Dise-Moran, Mt. Way Staff Person of the Year Cristie Bruhn, Borough School Teacher of the Year Debbie Drake, and Borough School Staff Person of the Year Allison Mayhood! This honor is so well deserved and we are grateful for everything that you all do for the district. A big congratulations to Susan McKinlay and Jane Hurley-Mead on their retirements! We are going to miss you both and wish you luck and happiness in your retirement!
Please click the link below to access the MCCEA’s letter regarding reopening school’s in September. This letter was sent to the Governor as well all Morris County legislators, county superintendent, state Dept of Health and State BOE.
At the June 11th Morristown High School Senior Awards Ceremony, the MPEA 2020 Kenneth Pfiel Scholarship was awarded to Borough graduates Evan Jinks and Meghan Bruhn. Congratulations Evan and Meghan!! The MPEA wishes you and all of the other 2020 graduates success on all of your future endeavors!
The annual MPEA Volleyball fundraiser is scheduled for this Friday, March 6, 2020. Come show your school spirit as the staff from Borough School and Mt. Way take on the 8th graders! Check out the amazing baskets we will be raffling off this year including a $250 cash prize and tickets to the Yankees vs. Red Sox game donated by the MPEA.
Mountain Way School celebrated Veterans Day today hosting over 20 veterans and local VFW members. The breakfast and festivities were made possible through a Pride Grant from the NJEA. The students sang songs, saluted the veterans, and enjoyed a slide show of the local veterans.
Friday, February 22nd
Come see the 8th grade take on the teachers once again! This promises to be an exciting game seeing as last year the 8th Grade won! As always we can expect some awesome baskets to win donated by members of the MPEA.
We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to MPEA members Karen Penkoski and Susan McKinlay on receiving well-deserved recognition for their hard work and dedication to their students! Mrs. Penkoski was named Teacher of the Year at Mt. Way School and Mrs. McKinlay was name Teacher of the Year at Borough School.
