Show # 214

Eat a Peach - Paul Kocum of Franklin School in Nutley teaches his students how to write plays. Eat a Peach is an anti-drug play that deals with peer mentoring and social awareness. The Princeton Center for Leadership Training plans to share this play with high schools throughout the state.

Peace Day - About 1,000 students at Lounsberry Hollow Middle School in Vernon will hear from dozens of impressive speakers during Peace Day. The speakers range from victims of the Holocaust to a Sudanese slave.

Research at the River - Chris Steel, a science teacher at Emerson Jr. Sr. High, is training seventh grade students to become Watershed Ambassador scientists. The students form a company charged with hosting a "clean-up" or remediation effort.

Heart Special - Third graders at Stony Brook School in Rockaway Township learn all about the heart and circulatory system in their health class. This two-month unit culminates with program for parents that feature heart-healthy games.