Show #118:

2001: A Reading Odyssey - Students at Shady Lane Elementary School in Deptford Township are awaiting the arrival of an alien spaceship. This is a multi-discipline project hosted by Mobile productions and includes a Star Lab Planetarium. This program is funded through an NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Grant for Excellence in Education.

BC Gear Up - If you wait until high school to start preparing for college you may be too late. That is why students at Janis E. Dismus Middle School in Englewood are getting a head start. A five-year program involving partners from Bergen Community College, the public school system, plus educational and community groups is designed to help more students attend and succeed in college.

Diversity Bus - Livingston, NJ is the first stop on a 23-state tour for a bus that is designed to break down the barriers of prejudice and bias. The students at Heritage Middle school will paint the bus with their own messages about diversity and contribute artifacts from their school.

Rutger's Challenge - Rutgers Academic Challenge is a series of interscholastic competitions designed to engage New Jersey's brightest young minds. Over 100 schools are participating in competitions with topics ranging from math to critical thinking, science and technology to history and literature.