Dear Millburn Staff and Families,
Superintendent's Update
April 26, 2024
Board of Education Meeting Monday
The Board will hold the annual Public Hearing on the Budget. Go to the School Budget webpage to learn more about next year’s school budget.
Tomorrow is the Education Foundation’s Second Annual STEAMFest Day at Millburn High School. All in the community are invited to celebrate the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math talents of our students from all grade levels.
See our award-winning Robotics students in the Millburn Innovative Learning Lab. Come for the films…student work that always inspires and brings the audience to new understandings. And don’t miss the Awards show!
See the schedule below or go to
Sunday is Earth Day in Millburn
Bring your family to Taylor Park from 12 to 3 pm at the Bauer Center in Taylor Park. Millburn teachers will be there leading activities focusing on Earth sustainability practices. There will also be a used bicycle collection, a sporting equipment exchange, eco-friendly vendors, and more.
Special thanks to our Director of STEM, Chrystie Young, and Director of Math, Hoda Abdelwahab, for working with the community and teachers to create this event for our students. Sunday looks like it will be a beautiful spring day to get out and enjoy our Earth!
Learn more about ways to help our planet …
with a new Podcast series produced by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Awareness Club at the high school. They are producing a series of podcasts called Sustainability Steps to bring forward the thoughts and suggestions from professionals to promote sustainable actions that can be taken in our community.
New podcasts with leaders continue to be added to the series. Click on the following link to listen to these podcasts: https://rss.com/podcasts/sustainable-steps
Equity Audit Survey
We are excited to continue with our commitment to ensuring an inclusive environment for our students here in Millburn.
As a next step in this commitment, we will be conducting an Equity Audit in partnership with US² Consulting, a firm focused on Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. The Equity Audit will compile feedback from our students, staff and parents via a confidential electronic survey.
Please be on the lookout next week for an email with a link to the survey. All responses will go directly to US² Consulting for analysis. We hope you will take the time to submit it to support the district in this mission.
Good News!!
🌟 Science Stars
Congratulations to Nathan Ege, Ben Li, and Pari Tyagi who won recognition at the NJ Academy of Science Symposium last weekend! Nathan Ege won 1st Place in the Microbiology category for his project titled Investigating Variations in E. Coli Post Gut Colonization Model. Benjamin Li won 1st Place in the Mathematics/Computational Science category for his project titled FS-MSA: A Few-Shot, Self-Prompting 3D Medical Image Segmentation Algorithm. Paridhi Tyagi won 2nd Place in the Cellular & Molecular Biology category for her project titled, Ratio of T Cell Subsets Predicts Survival in TNBC Patients. Ritvik Gupta also competed.
All three students are now entitled to attend the 2025 National Association of Academies of Science/American Junior Academy of Science Annual Conference in Boston next February.
🌟 MHS World Language Awards Ceremony
The MHS World Languages Department held their World Languages Awards Ceremony today. Congratulations to 154 students who received awards for Outstanding Achievement (Seniors), the National Latin Exam, earning the Seal of Biliteracy, and MHSCA/MIT awards for achievement in the Chinese language.
Congratulations to all of them for their hard work, and thank you to the World Language Department Chair, Frank Gontier, and the World Language teachers: Chinese: Hui-Mei King; French: Deniz Atasagun - Frank Gontier - Amii Spear; Italian: Valeria Luppino - Carla Riefoli; Latin: Jonathan Warner; Spanish: Jillian Braunstein - Anna Kleshelskaya - Yenifer Kromka - Susana Lopes-Glenn - Kerby Perez - Gislene Price - Dolores Quezada - Maria Vazquez
Wellness Week is Coming - May 6-10
Our Millburn Schools will celebrate Wellness Week during the week of May 6-12 with programs and activities for staff and students. It is being celebrated in May to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month and Teacher Appreciation Week.
The District has been working with Explore Millburn Short Hills to provide assemblies, workshops and activities from some of our local businesses. They will share tips with students on ways to stay healthy and fit, both physically and mentally. Thanks to our Lead Nurse and Health and Wellness Coordinator, Trish O’Gorman, and to the school Wellness Committees for supporting this important initiative.
Strawberry Festivals start next week!
Deerfield School inaugurates this year’s Strawberry Festival season on Wednesday, May 1, after school. Rides, games, prizes, food and fun for all ages!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Be well and stay safe.
Christine Burton
Dr. Christine Burton
Superintendent of Schools