Classroom Close-up, NJ for December
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.  An Emmy award-winning program, Classroo m Close-up, NJ is a co-production of NJN Public Television and the New Jersey Education Association, with additional funding provided by PSE&G, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Jersey FamilyCare, and the NJ Department of Community Affairs’ Living Lead-Safe Initiative. Classroom Close-up, NJ is web cast at njn.net and can be seen on NJN’s JerseyVision and Time Warner Cable on channel 750 in New York . 

Monday, December 5, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, December 10, at 7 am

• HIPP - Waldwick High School students experience the relationship between the political process and the environment when they participate in the Highlands Initiative Preservation Program (H I P P). This program is funded through the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.
• Model UN – Vernon High School ninth graders participate in a Model United Nations, with the help of last year’s New Jersey Teacher of the Year , Peggy Stewart.
• HOSTS – Ocean City Primary School has initiated a program called Helping One Student to Succeed (H O S T S). This academic mentoring program relies on community volunteers working with struggling readers.
• Civic Responsibility – Morris County School of Technology High School students in Denville repair cars for governmental agencies. While training in the field of auto repair, they also save taxpayers money and show the value of community involvement.

Monday, December 12, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, December 17, at 7 am

• NJEA Convention – The New Jersey Education Association holds its annual convention with an anticipated 50,000 educators in attendance. Classroom Close-up, NJ hears from Lucy Davy, New Jersey ’s acting Education Commissioner, and pays a visit to Authors’ Alley. Viewers will also meet Billy Van Zandt, a 1975 graduate of Middletown High School in Monmouth County , who has received the NJEA Award for Excellence.

• Life Skills – Special education students at Mullica Township Middle School are using functional life skills by running a business. Learning about customer service and how to count money, the students invite their families for their final exam feast.
• Launching into Learning – Students at Byram Intermediate Elementary School in Stanhope are blasting off into space by combining industrial arts and technology. This interdisciplinary project simulates an actual launch with a mission control station and space shuttle.

Monday, December 19, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, December 24, at 7 am

• Fashion & Talent Show –The Elizabeth Public Schools participate in a fashion and talent show that not only highlights the talents of the students and teachers but also brings together the community.
• Soweto - Lawnside Public Elementary students are learning lessons about racial hate and injustice from the South African Soweto Uprisings. The young students perform skits focusing on various aspects of the uprising s.
• Patchwork – Children at Old Farmers Road Elementary school in Washington Township ( Morris County ) learn about geometry through the art of quilting. A Dolores Corona Hipp Grant is awarded to outstanding math programs each year in New Jersey . See what “Patchwork of Polygons, Patterns and Prose” is all about. This program is funded through the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.
• Above and Beyond – South Amboy Elementary and Middle Schools have a program called Above and Beyond that encourages students to read more books. Each grade level participates in a Quiz Bowl contest to answer questions based on the book.

Monday, December 26, at 6:30 pm ; Saturday, December 31, at 7 am

• It’s a Miracle – Speech therapists from Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne find a unique way to teach new vocabulary and language concepts to students by using the television show It’s a Miracle.
• Junior Police – Watch as Hasbrouck Heights Junior-Senior High School students entering ninth grade attend a Junior Police Academy . The students receive hands-on training modeled after the real-life police academy experience.
• Jersey Shore – What does the Jersey Shore have to offer to graduating high school students? Oakcrest High School in Mays Landing has created a school-wide curriculum that teaches young people that there is more to the Jersey shore than just sand and sun. The shore offers careers, not to mention a lifetime of learning.
• Habitat Partners – Fourth and fifth grade students from Hillside Intermediate School along with two other schools in Newark (Dr. William Horton and Abington Avenue) join in a program to explore the principles of ecology. The goal of Habitat Partners is to form a bond 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.