Wrapping up the 11 th Season of Classroom Close-up, NJ
On NJN Public Television
Mondays at 6:30 pm and Saturdays at 7 am

STATEWIDE – Classroom Close-up, NJ is an original weekly program that airs on NJN Public Television, and features students, teachers and community members who develop and participate in creative and successful school programs.  Nearing the end of its 11 th season, the show will revisit highlights from the past school year.  An Emmy award-winning program, Classroom Close-up, NJ is a co-production of NJN and the New Jersey Education Association. Additional funding for the show is provided by PSE&G, Bristol Meyers Squibb and NJ FamilyCare.  Classroom Close-up, NJ is web cast on the NJN web site at njn.net. The program can be seen in high definition on NJN's JerseyVision and on Time Warner Cable on channel 750 in New York . 

Monday, May 30, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, June 4, at 7 am

•  Art & Music Festival – Music and art students from western Hunterdon County attend an art and music festival in Frenchtown hosted by Delaware Valley Regional High School . This district-wide event invites students from fifth through twelfth grade to submit art work or perform musical presentations for their parents and the community.

•  Habitat Partners – Fourth and fifth grade students from Hillside Intermediate School , as well as schools in Newark , join in a program to explore the principals of ecology. Students and their parents meet at Montclair State University for Family Saturday. The goal of Habitat Partners is to form bonds with science and the natural world, while developing meaningful relationships between urban and suburban students and their families. Habitat Partners is funded through the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.

•  Music Meets Science – Music via noise – what determines the difference? Music and science teachers at Fort Lee School #4 work together with their students to find the answer. Part of a Cross Content Support Period, this team-taught class combines arts with other academic disciplines.

•  V ineland Superintendent – Clarence Hoover discusses the role of a superintendent and the challenges of running an Abbott School District in Vineland .

Monday, June 6, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, June 11, at 7 am , & Monday, June 13, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, June 18, at 7 am

•  Classroom Close-up, NJ wraps up its 11 th season with a retrospective of the most exciting moments from this year's shows.
Monday, June 20, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, June 25, at 7 am

•  Our Pledge – Roger Rosenblatt, an essayist, author and TV commentator, visits with students from Ocean Road Elementary in Point Pleasant. Rosenblatt, who has written books and articles on patriotism and war, discusses democracy, freedom and liberty, and the differences of children in other countries. Students then perform a patriotic play based on the pledge of allegiance.

•  R.E.A.L.I.F.E. – Teachers at New Egypt Elementary in Plumstead Township create a program called Realistic Education and Learning in a Fun Environment. This project helps special-needs students discover their strengths in a fun and educational environment. Students explore friendships and discover a sense of belonging with their families and the community. R.E.A.L.I.F.E. is funded through the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.

•  Gang Awareness – Ron Holvey, an expert on gang awareness for the State Department of Corrections, conducts training for schools around the state. He shares what to look for and what to do once a problem is identified.

•  Heroes Garden – Students at Borough Elementary in Morris Plains honored several guests during a Veteran's Day celebration, including a WWII Purple Heart recipient. The tribute included a stirring celebration in the student-created Heroes Garden , as a flag that once flew over the United States Capitol was raised by Marine color guard.

Monday, June 27, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, July 2, at 7 am

•  Disney Teacher – Dan Moran from East Brunswick High School shows why so many teachers love their profession. Moran was one of 32 honorees out of 185,000 nominees for the 2003 Disney's American Teacher Awards. Moran's enthusiasm for teaching certainly is contagious.

•  Alice in Writer's Land – Imagine Alice with writer's block. She meets characters that only hurt her quest to write, such as “run-on sentence,” “fragment” and “double negative.” But other characters such as “noun,” “verb” and “adjective” help her find her way back home. This creative play written by Jim Marchesiani is performed by the talented fifth graders from West Deptford Middle School .

•  FAST – Burlington City Junior School participates in a program called FAST: Families and Schools Together Work for Children. This NJEA program is designed to encourage parental involvement in public schools. In Burlington , teachers work with parents on language, art and math to help parents help their kids with homework. To reiterate the program's effectiveness in other communities across the state, host Joyce Powell is joined by Janet Morrison-Inniss, the NJEA director of the program, as well as teachers Rosalind Lewis-Adair and Gerri Burns of Roselle Borough, and Loretta Bradley of Passaic. These educators are convinced that family involvement is the key to a successful school and improved student achievement.