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Traditional acupuncture is based on the belief that the body is controlled by a flow of energy, referred to as qi, and pronounced "chee." According to ancient texts, qi travels through pathways in your body called meridians. Acupuncturists believe that interruptions with energy flow in these meridians are responsible for modern ailments.
Acupuncture improves your body's functions and helps boost its self-healing processes through anatomic site stimulation - usually called acupuncture points. To stimulate acupuncture points, professionals typically insert fine, sterile needles you're your skin. Most patients feel little-to-no discomfort as the needles are applied. Typically, needles are left in the skin anywhere from five to 30 minutes. After their session, patients often report an incredible feeling of relaxation.
While some practitioners still adhere to traditional acupuncture philosophies, modern acupuncturists take an integrative approach. Today, professional acupuncturists use the therapy to stimulate the body's natural healing and pain-fighting processes. When coupled with personalized chiropractic care and physical therapy, patients can find real relief from painful physical conditions.
At Denville Medical, your licensed physical therapist's goal is to maximize your body's structure and increase its overall function for long-term health. To accomplish this, our physical therapists combine traditional and innovative techniques focused on increasing muscle strength and improving the body's range of motion. Our goal is to discover the root cause of your pain or mobility problems. That way, we can address the true reason why you need physical therapy, and work towards achieving long-lasting relief.
Of course, we understand that every patient is different. Your doctor can provide expert care in an encouraging environment by creating a customized treatment plan for you using modern, evidence-based research.
Professional acupuncture treatments can be incredibly helpful for patients suffering from a wide range of disorders. When paired with personalized chiropractic care and other medical treatments, acupuncture is even more effective.
With a systematic treatment plan, patients can find help for painful symptoms like:
Professionals practicing acupuncture in Boonton, NJ, use several techniques to achieve overall patient wellbeing, from Cupping and Gua Sha to Needling and Facials.
Made popular by Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, most acupuncturists describe cupping as giving an inverse massage. Rather than using pressure to release tight muscles, acupuncture cups create a suction effect. The suction pulls on muscles and fascia to relieve tension and improve blood flow. Like a massage, cupping is very relaxing for patients. Most people describe it as enjoyable, although the suction cup markings may look painful to friends and family.
Acupuncture cups are made using various materials, including glass and plastic. Cupping applications also vary - some clinics go the traditional route with cotton balls, rubbing alcohol, and fire. Other applications include manual placement with silicone suction points. Usually, patients receive one of two cupping styles. The first uses stationary cups, which remain for about 10 minutes. The second uses moving cups, supplemented with massage oil to let the cups glide over painful areas.
Also called "dry needling," chiropractors and acupuncturists often use this technique to reduce trigger points within soft tissues and muscles. In this application, acupuncturists use a sterile needle and insert it into the trigger point, which fosters a feeling of "release" that helps reduce muscle tension and pain while boosting mobility.
Trigger points are hypersensitive, irritable skeletal muscle areas formed in rigid bands of muscle fiber. Trigger points lead to neuromuscular dysfunction and manifest in painful symptoms, increased stress, and lower overall functionality. During an acupuncture session, these needles are applied to trigger points, which cause a twitch, essentially releasing and restoring proper muscle function.
Gua Sha is the practice of using tools to scrape the skin and apply pressure to painful areas of the face and body. A Gua Sha is a flat, hard tool, usually made of stone. Recently, Gua Sha has taken the skincare world by storm, but the technique has been providing relief for centuries. It is one of the oldest forms of Chinese medicine used to boost blood circulation and energy flow.
In traditional Chinese, Gua means to press or stroke, while Sha refers to redness. Gua Sha usually causes small red spots or bruises to form, which are also called microtrauma spots. When using Gua Sha on microtrauma areas, your body elicits a response that can help break up tough scar tissue. When paired with professional chiropractic care, Gua Sha can be quite effective, even for moderate injuries.
At Denville Medical, we aim to serve you with long-lasting quality of life through personalized acupuncture treatments in New Jersey. The path to a pain-free life begins with a friendly, informative appointment, where one of our doctors develops a customized treatment plan tailored to your body's needs. It starts with your first evaluation, where our experts learn about your medical history, diagnostic tests, current condition, and overall health goals. From there, we'll create your plan and help you hit your milestones until your quality of life is improved.
With treatments like needling, cupping, Gua Sha, and acupuncture in Boonton, NJ, included in your scope of treatment, musculoskeletal relief is right around the corner.
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EssentialsFriday, Sep. 9Saturday, Sept. 10 at 1 p.m.Weekend’s top storiesFeatured coverageFriday, Sept. 9Nottingham 14, Notre Dame 12Kingsway 24, Washington Township 10Rahway 45, Lincoln 16No. 2 Don Bosco Prep 44, No. 3 St. Joseph (Mont.) 35No. 7 Delsea 35, Winslow 25No. 5 St. Peter’s Prep 23, No. 9 DePaul 10No. 20 North Brunswick 13, Edison 10...
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Nottingham 14, Notre Dame 12
Kingsway 24, Washington Township 10
Rahway 45, Lincoln 16
No. 2 Don Bosco Prep 44, No. 3 St. Joseph (Mont.) 35
No. 7 Delsea 35, Winslow 25
No. 5 St. Peter’s Prep 23, No. 9 DePaul 10
No. 20 North Brunswick 13, Edison 10
Phillipsburg 28, Ridge 10
Donovan Catholic 21, Rumson-Fair Haven 0
Robbinsville 20, Hightstown 7
Point Pleasant Boro 39, Manasquan 13
Woodstown 18, Paulsboro 0
Randolph 35, Roxbury 14
Moorestown 24, Northern Burlington 21, OT
South Plainfield 13, Carteret 12
No. 8 Ramapo 48, Wayne Valley 14
Bergen Tech 9, Dover 7
Woodbury at Penns Grove, 12
Hamilton West at Trenton, 12
Union at Westfield, 1
Columbia at Paterson Eastside, 1
No. 1 Bergen Catholic at No. 13 Delbarton, 1
Warren Hills at Chatham, 2
Madison at Hanover Park, 2
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Middle class, suburban families are in desperate need of tax relief and the best way to provide it is to develop a fair school funding formula that doesn’t place so heavy a burden for school costs on suburban homeowners and renters, says former state Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce. DeCroce points to the recent release of information on local school funding by municipality and it shows that suburban taxpayers are paying and outsize share of education costs compared to urban taxpayers. In Morris County, school funding figures show that ...
Middle class, suburban families are in desperate need of tax relief and the best way to provide it is to develop a fair school funding formula that doesn’t place so heavy a burden for school costs on suburban homeowners and renters, says former state Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce. DeCroce points to the recent release of information on local school funding by municipality and it shows that suburban taxpayers are paying and outsize share of education costs compared to urban taxpayers. In Morris County, school funding figures show that a majority of municipalities are paying at least 68 percent of the cost of local education, with Boonton Township, Mount Arlington, Riverdale and Morris Plains each paying more than 80 percent of their local school costs. Taxpayers living Parsippany, Lincoln Park, East Hanover and Hanover are all financing 78 percent of their local school costs. Meanwhile Newark residents are paying just 11.1 percent toward the district’s $1.12 billion school budget. Paterson taxpayer are funding only 8.1 percent of the city’s $663.6 million school budget. Passaic City taxpayers are paying only 3.9 percent of their school costs and while Trenton and Asbury Park taxpayers are contributing just 6.4 percent and 13.2 percent respectively toward their school costs. “Gov. Murphy talks repeatedly about bringing economic fairness to New Jersey, but he’s failed the state’s middle class,” said DeCroce, who, as an Assemblywoman, repeatedly pushed for a statewide audit of education funding, which the Murphy administration ignored. “There is nothing fair about forcing hard working people to fund 60 percent, 70 percent or 80 percent of their local education costs while they also pay the lion’s share of school costs for other municipalities,” said DeCroce, who served nine years in the legislature representing the former 26th Legislative District. DeCroce, who is considering a run for the Assembly next year, said an Education Tax Justice will be one of her top priorities. “The state cannot continue to place such a tremendous financial burden on working people especially at a time when they are struggling with the Biden Inflation tax. “Under Gov. Murphy and the state Democratic leaders, “fairness” has become a very selective term. There is no fairness for middle class people paying the highest property taxes in the nation,” said DeCroce. “The governor has had more than four years to address the number one culprit in our state’s crushing suburban property taxes– and he’s failed to do it,” added DeCroce.
Here are the high school football box scores involving North Jersey teams for Week 1 and Week 0. This file will be updated all weekend long.DON BOSCO 44, ST. JOSEPH 35 St. Joseph (1-2) 7 14 7 7 — 35Don Bosco (2-1) 10 14 7 13 — 44FIRST QUARTERDB – Ronnie Heath 3 run (Jack Donnelly kick)SJ – Yasin Willis 16 run (Marcos Ruiz kick)DB – Jack Donnelly 29 FGSECOND QUARTERDB – Bobby Mays 3 pass from Nick Minicucci (Donne...
Here are the high school football box scores involving North Jersey teams for Week 1 and Week 0. This file will be updated all weekend long.
DON BOSCO 44, ST. JOSEPH 35
St. Joseph (1-2) 7 14 7 7 — 35
Don Bosco (2-1) 10 14 7 13 — 44
FIRST QUARTER
DB – Ronnie Heath 3 run (Jack Donnelly kick)
SJ – Yasin Willis 16 run (Marcos Ruiz kick)
DB – Jack Donnelly 29 FG
SECOND QUARTER
DB – Bobby Mays 3 pass from Nick Minicucci (Donnelly kick)
SJ – John Forster 67 pass from Luke Henrich (Ruiz kick)
DB – Dan Parisi 17 pass from Nick Minicucci (Donnelly kick)
SJ – Joseph Gaston 6 run (Ruiz kick)
THIRD QUARTER
SJ – Luke Tucci 5 run (Ruiz kick)
DB – Matt Eitner 15 pass from Dan Parisi (Donnelly kick)
FOURTH QUARTER
DB – Nasim Cosby 24 pass from Nick Minicucci (kick failed)
SJ – Mekhi Rossignol 27 pass from Joseph Gaston (Ruiz kick)
DB – Nick Minicucci 28 run (Donnelly kick)
BOGOTA 20, WALLINGTON 15
Bogota 14 0 6 0 − 20
Wallington 0 8 0 7 − 15
First Quarter
Michael Olivo 6 run (Joseph Perpepaj two-point good)
Perpepaj 6 run (extra point failed)
Second Quarter
W - #5 2 run (#4 run)
Third Quarter
Perpepaj 4 run (two-point failed)
Fourth Quarter
W - #6 38 pass from #1 (#24 kick)
RAMSEY 48, LAKELAND 27
Ramsey 21 7 13 7 - 48
Lakeland 0 13 0 14 - 27
First Quarter
R - Joey Lis 11 pass from Robert Fuerst (Colin Mazzola kick)
R - Luca Gemma 66 run (Mazzola kick)
R - Dillon Kelly 16 pass from Fuerst (Mazzola kick)
Second Quarter
L - Andrew Ganci 8 pass from Colin Sabric (Matt Adams kick)
R - Kelly 40 pass from Fuerst (Mazzola kick)
L - Jake Spear 32 pass from Sabric (kick failed)
Third Quarter
R - Gemma 14 run (Mazzola kick)
R - Noah Laurino 17 passfrom Fuerst (kick failed)
Fourth Quarer
L - Kyle Keyes 44 pass from Sabric (Adams kick)
R - Sean Hali 3 run (Mazzola kick)
L - Keyes 12 run (Adams kick)
Records: Ramsey (2-0), Lakeland (0-2)
Ramsey Sr. QB Robert Fuerst 19/26 264 yds 4 TD. Ramsey Jr. RB/LB Luca Gemma 7 car/103 yds 2 TD; 8 tkls.
WALDWICK/MIDLAND PARK 37, MANCHESTER 6
Waldwick/Midland Park 24 13 0 0 - 37
Manchester 0 0 0 6 - 6
First Quarter
W -Bryce Hamilton 70 kickoff return (Hamilton kick)
W - Safety
W - Anthony Marco 40 pass to Hamilton (two-point conversion good)
W - Greg Gruzdis Jr. 12 run (Hamilton kick)
Second Quarter
W - Hamilton 76 run (Hamilton kick)
W - Kevin Davidson 12 run (kick failed)
Fourth Quarter
M - 3 run (two-point failed)
ELMWOOD PARK 22, PALISADES PARK/LEONIA 13
PP/L 7 6 0 0 - 13
EP 7 15 0 0 -22
First Quarter
EP - Ferrer 23 yard pass to Picinich Chavez (kick good)
PP/L - Palmero 51 yard run (kick good)
Second Quarter
EP - 7 yard run Picinich (Chavez kick good)
PP/L - #1 5 yard run (PAT blocked)
EP - Ferrer 41 yard pass to Picinich (Mulligan 2 point conversion)
BUTLER 28, HASBROUCK HEIGHTS 21
Butler 7 14 7 0 - 28
Hasbrouck Heights 0 7 0 14 - 21
First Quarter
B -- Gavin Huber 32 yard pass from Bobby Battipede (Jack McNear kick)
Second Quarter
B --Rocco Presti 5 yard run (McNear kick)
HH -- Joey Formisano 6 yard pass from Frankie Billings (George Kouletas kick)
B -- Wyatt Frawley 18 yard pass from Bobby Battipede (McNear kick)
Third Quarter
B -- Bobby Battipede 30 yard run ( McNear kick)
Fourth Quarter
HH -- Anthony DiLascio 5 yard run (Kouletas kick)
HH -- Joshua Rodriguez 6 yard pass from Frankie Billings (Kouletas kick)
Stats HH
Passing -- Frankie Billings 13 - 18 for 157 yards 2 TDs. Receiving -- Joshua Rodriguez -- 9 rec for 101 yards 1 TD. Joey Formisano --1 rec for 6 yards 1TD. Jake Summers -- 1 rec for 33 yards. Anthony DiLascio -- 2 rec for 17 yards. Rushing -- Frankie Billings -- 11 rushes for 58 yards. Anthony DiLascio -- 18 rushes for 73 yards. AJ Parente -- 1 rush for 11 yards.
PARAMUS 21, PASCACK VALLEY 20 (2 OT)
Paramus 0 0 7 0 7 7 - 21
Pascack Valley 0 0 7 0 7 6 - 20
Third Quarter
PV - Quinn Flanagan (kick good)
Paramus - Liam Lones (Durrenburger kick)
First Overtime
Paramus - Mason Merkle (kick good)
PV - Jake Crawbuck (kick good)
Second Overtime
PV - Flanagan (kick blocked)
Paramus - Firoal Tulu (kick good)
SECAUCUS 43, NEW MILFORD 14
New Milford 0 7 0 7 - 14
Secaucus 13 16 7 7 - 43
First Quarter
S - Aly Marzouk 1 run (Michael Munoz kick)
S - Marzouk 11 run (kick failed)
Second Quarter
S - Steven Vega 5 run (Munoz kick)
S - Vega 32 run (Munoz kick)
S - Safety
Third Quarter
S - Marzouk 4 run (Munoz kick)
Fourth Quarter
S - Niko Toro 65 pass from Marcus Goldsack (Munoz kick)
RUTHERFORD 35, LYNDHURST 14
Rutherford 7 28 0 0 - 35
Lyndhurt 0 0 0 14 - 14
First Quarter
R - Cole Goumas 14 run (Drew Carney kick)
Second Quarter
R - Ryan Ward 5 pass from Van Weber (Drew Carney kick)
R - Nick Lora 43 run (Carney kick)
R - Ward 59 pass from Weber (Carney kick)
R - Ward 9 pass from Weber (Carney kick)
Fourth Quarter
L - Greg Frangipane 18 pass from Shawn Bellenger (Cameron Werner kick)
L - Daniel Mabande 2 run (Werner kick)
BOONTON 40, KINNELON 21
Boonton 14 13 6 7 - 40
Kinnelon 7 7 0 7 - 21
First Quarter
B - Dylan Cannizzaro fumble recovery in end zone (Melin Ahmedi kick)
B - Nick Scaltro 42 run (Ahmedi kick)
K - run (Shane Norvis kick)
Second Quarter
B - Scaltro 6 run (Ahmedi kick)
B - Scaltro 1 run (kick failed)
K - run (Norvis kick)
Third Quarter
B - Scaltro 5 run (kick failed)
Fourth Quarter
B - Adem Qose 1 run (Ahmedi kick)
K - run (Norvis kick)
Records: Boonton 1-1, Kinnelon 1-1.
The opening weekend of New Jersey high school football was action-packed and refreshingly unpredictable, yet Week Zero also involved only a fraction of the state’s teams.The real business begins this week, and fittingly just in time for Labor Day.Just about every team in the state plays over this extended weekend, beginning with a robust schedule on Thursday and ending Sunday night in Piscataway with Northern Highlands, No. 18 in the NJ.com Top 20, squaring off against Winslow in the final game of the three-day Rumble on ...
The opening weekend of New Jersey high school football was action-packed and refreshingly unpredictable, yet Week Zero also involved only a fraction of the state’s teams.
The real business begins this week, and fittingly just in time for Labor Day.
Just about every team in the state plays over this extended weekend, beginning with a robust schedule on Thursday and ending Sunday night in Piscataway with Northern Highlands, No. 18 in the NJ.com Top 20, squaring off against Winslow in the final game of the three-day Rumble on the Raritan at Rutgers SHI Stadium.
That eight-game event over three days has attracted a bundle of high-profile teams, including seven that are ranked in that preseason Top 20. Two of them, No. 5 Millville and No. 6 Irvington, will battle one another in the second game of Friday’s bill at 7 p.m. Westwood and Shore get the Rumble started at 4 p.m.
Check below for a look at that full NJ schedule from Thursday through Sunday. And don’t forget your sunscreen.
Monroe at Ridge, 7pm
St. Thomas Aquinas at New Providence, 7pm
East Brunswick at Hillsborough, 7pm
Gov. Livingston at Johnson, 7pm
Brearley at Manville, 7pm
South Brunswick at North Brunswick, 7pm
Rutherford at Becton, 5pm
Glen Rock at Garfield, 6pm
Lyndhurst at Waldwick, 6pm
Manchester Regional at New Milford, 6pm
Hasbrouck Heights at Hawthorne, 6pm
St. Mary (Ruth.) at North Arlington, 6pm
Ferris at Weehawken, 6pm
Bogota at Fort Lee, 6pm
Cresskill at Wood-Ridge, 7pm
Hackettstown at Kittatinny, 3pm
Pingry at Dover, 6pm
Paterson Eastside at Rancocas Valley, 6pm
Barringer at Passaic, 6pm
Demarest at Ridgefield Park, 6pm
Hanover Park at Millburn, 6pm
Ferris at Weehawken, 6pm
Pingry at Dover, 6pm
Bogota at Fort Lee, 6pm
Columbia at Livingston, 6:30pm
Dumont at Bergenfield, 6:30pm
Bloomfield at Nutley, 6:30pm
River Dell at Parsippany Hills, 7pm
Madison at Verona, 7pm
Kinnelon at Mahwah, 7pm
Whippany Park at North Warren, 7pm
East Orange at Clifton, 7pm
Marlboro at Brick Township, 6pm
Toms River East at Toms River South, 6pm
Brick Memorial at Jackson Memorial, 6pm
Barnegat at Freehold Township, 6:30pm
Central Regional at Howell, 6:30pm
Point Pleasant Beach at Pinelands, 7pm
Neptune at Point Pleasant Boro, 7pm
Holmdel at Ocean Township, 7pm
Keansburg at Jackson Liberty, 7pm
Raritan at Matawan, 7pm
Paterson Eastside at Rancocas Valley, 6pm
Schalick at Pitman, 6pm
Deptford at Triton, 6pm
Collingswood at Cinnaminson, 6pm
Audubon at Maple Shade, 6pm
Cherry Hill West at Pennsauken, 6pm
Lindenwold at Pennsville, 6pm
Gloucester Catholic at Palmyra, 6pm
Camden Eastside at Shawnee, 6pm
Mainland at Ocean City, 6pm
Burlington City at Glassboro, 7pm
Gateway at Haddon Township, 7pm
Perth Amboy at Carteret, 6pm
Scotch Plains-Fanwood at Colonia, 6pm
Delaware Valley at Roselle, 6pm
Hunterdon Central at Piscataway, 6pm
Dunellen at Dayton, 6pm
Linden at Rahway, 6:30pm
Phillipsburg at Sayreville, 7pm
Montgomery at Franklin, 7pm
North Hunterdon at Cranford, 7pm
Voorhees at North Plainfield, 7pm
Summit at Woodbridge, 7pm
Westfield at Watchung Hills, 7pm
Roselle Park at South Hunterdon, 7pm
Somerville at Old Bridge, 7pm
Bound Brook at Middlesex, 7pm
Bridgewater-Raritan at Union, 7pm
Hillside at Bernards, 7pm
Iselin Kennedy at South Plainfield, 7pm
Tenafly at Highland Park, 7pm
J.P. Stevens at Edison, 7pm
Plainfield at Elizabeth, 7pm
Morristown-Beard at Montclair Kimberley, 12pm
Lodi at Secaucus, 7pm
Butler at Park Ridge, 7pm
Westwood vs. Shore at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 4pm
Passaic Tech vs. Union City at Zone Six Classic - Montclair State, 5pm
Ramsey at Pascack Valley, 6pm
Ramapo at Willingboro, 6pm
Old Tappan at Paramus, 6pm
Hackensack at Ridgewood, 6:30pm
West Milford at Passaic Valley, 6:30pm
Sparta at Lakeland, 6:30pm
Newton at Warren Hills, 7pm
Don Bosco Prep at Edgewater (FL), 7pm
Asbury Park at Weequahic, 7pm
Immaculata at Manheim Central (PA), 7pm
Newark Central at Hoboken, 7pm
High Point at Jefferson, 7pm
Mountain Lakes at Lenape Valley, 7pm
Montclair Immaculate at Newark Collegiate, 7pm
Boonton at Pequannock, 7pm
Glen Ridge at Cedar Grove, 7pm
Mendham at Robbinsville, 7pm
Tenafly at Highland Park, 7pm
Belleville at Bayonne, 7pm
Lincoln at North Bergen, 7pm
West Morris at Montville, 7pm
Mount Olive at Randolph, 7pm
Orange at Paterson Kennedy, 7pm
Dickinson at Snyder, 7pm
Morris Hills at Vernon, 7pm
Caldwell at Morris Catholic, 7pm
Irvington vs. Millville at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 7pm
Bergen Catholic at Saguro (AZ), 8pm
West Orange vs. Montclair at Zone Six Classic - Montclair State, 8pm
Westwood vs. Shore at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 4pm
Manalapan at Middletown North, 6pm
Lacey at Donovan Catholic, 6:30pm
Red Bank Regional at Monmouth, 7pm
Asbury Park at Weequahic, 7pm
Middletown South at Long Branch, 7pm
Freehold Borough at Red Bank Catholic, 7pm
Overbrook at Bordentown, 5pm
Penns Grove at Pleasantville, 6pm
Paul VI at Highland, 6pm
Wildwood at Cumberland, 6pm
Buena at Gloucester, 6pm
Clearview at Atlantic City, 6pm
Lower Cape May at Clayton, 6pm
Cherokee at Hammonton, 6pm
St. Joseph (Hamm.) at St. Augustine, 6pm
Cedar Creek at Absegami, 6pm
Egg Harbor at Holy Spirit, 6pm
Washington Township at Eastern, 6pm
Vineland at Bridgeton, 6pm
Ramapo at Willingboro, 6pm
Oakcrest at Middle Township, 6pm
Allentown at Notre Dame, 6pm
Hopewell Valley at Lawrence, 6:30pm
Pemberton at Northern Burlington, 7pm
New Egypt at Florence, 7pm
Delran at Delsea, 7pm
Cherry Hill East at Moorestown, 7pm
Kingsway at Williamstown, 7pm
Woodbury at West Deptford, 7pm
Timber Creek at Camden Catholic, 7pm
Seneca at Sterling, 7pm
Mendham at Robbinsville, 7pm
Holy Cross Prep at Bishop Eustace, 7pm
Irvington vs. Millville at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 7pm
New Brunswick at St. Joseph (Met.), 1pm
South River at Metuchen, 1pm
Belvidere at Spotswood, 1pm
Pompton Lakes at Saddle Brook, 1pm
Sussex Tech at Wallkill Valley, 12pm
Pope John vs. Seton Hall Prep at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 1pm
Paramus Catholic at Hudson Catholic, 1pm
DePaul at St. Joseph (Mont.), 1pm
Chatham vs. Morristown at Memorial Field, 1pm
Roxbury at Morris Knolls, 1pm
St. Joseph Prep (PA) vs. St. Peter's Prep at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 7pm
St. John Vianney at Colts Neck, 12pm
Manchester Township at Lakewood, 1pm
Toms River North vs. Rumson-Fair Haven at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 4pm
Woodstown at Haddon Heights, 10:30am
Haddonfield at Paulsboro, 11am
Riverside at Princeton, 11am
Burlington Township at Nottingham, 12pm
Ewing at Steinert, 12pm
Hightstown at Trenton, 12pm
West Windsor-Plainsboro South at Hamilton West, 2pm
Wayne Valley vs. Lenape at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 1pm
Shabazz vs. West Side at Kean University, 5pm
Northern Highlands vs. Winslow at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 7pm
Wayne Valley vs. Lenape at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 1pm
Salem vs. Camden at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 4pm
Northern Highlands vs. Winslow at Rumble on the Raritan - SHI Stadium, Rutgers, 7pm
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Nicholas Ferroni is one of the top educators in the nation. He's very passionate about teaching and his fellow teachers.His Instagram description says it all:"As a kid, I wanted to be a superhero, philosopher, philanthropist, psychologist, activist, actor, comedian, and lawyer... So I became a teacher."Among his many achievements, from "...
Nicholas Ferroni is one of the top educators in the nation. He's very passionate about teaching and his fellow teachers.
His Instagram description says it all:
"As a kid, I wanted to be a superhero, philosopher, philanthropist, psychologist, activist, actor, comedian, and lawyer... So I became a teacher."
Among his many achievements, from "Get Your Teach On" Ferroni was named "One of the "100 Making a Difference, for his commitment to education reform." Nick appeared on The View, Today Show, ABC News and was featured in numerous publications for a Social Experiment he did with his students that went viral. Whoopi Goldberg called it “The best social experiment ever.”
He was also named People Magazine's "Sexiest Teacher" to which he said on my New Jersey 101.5 show: "Whenever I do press, I'm very quick to bring up the fact that if that was a female teacher, she would probably lose her job, which does not obviously fall ignorant on me."
It was on that same show that Ferroni opened up about the current shortage of teachers in New Jersey and the almost impossible expectations placed upon them.
"I didn't realize half the stuff of what teachers did. I didn't realize that when I saw my teachers working jobs at the beach, or in stands or delivering T-shirts, that they had to. I didn't realize when I was using supplies in a classroom, they bought those supplies."
"Then there's the sexism in the profession. I'm guilty of being exposed to sexism because teaching is a predominately female job," says Ferroni. "And we do not value the work of women. If teaching was 70% men, it would be a six-figure-year job. And that's something, the pay, the lack of resources, then there's the politics."
"And now we're politicizing teachers. Every news segment is trying to demonize and attack and criticize teachers, We have parents show up to board meetings to complain about things that are not happening when they shouldn't be complaining that their teachers, their child's teachers, working an extra job and don't have the supplies that they need. Like it's just we want to teach, we are leaving our dream jobs. And that should scare everybody."
So what can be done to fix it and attract more teachers to New Jersey schools?
"What I'm going to tell you is what teachers have been shouting about for decades, pay teachers a livable wage, you should not have your child's teacher working extra jobs to survive. Make sure that there are fewer students in classrooms so that way teachers could actually get to know them. If you really do care about a student's mental health. Counselors only have a certain number of students so they can actually counsel students. I know counselors who have 300 kids on their caseload. And it's like little things like that, that make such a big difference."
How can you reach kids in an overcrowded classroom?
"It's impossible. Imagine you have 40 minutes to talk to, get taught, and spend time with 40 people. I can't imagine how elementary school teachers do it. If I was a parent, we need parents' help more than ever, we are in this together. If I'm a parent, I'm going to trust the person who spent 180 days with my child, who sees my child and nurtures my child. Parents should be at board meetings complaining about the lack of resources, and class time. And the fact that their teachers are so underpaid, they're working extra jobs is anything? That's what we need parents' help with."
What advice would you give to someone who's considering becoming a teacher?
"I would say that it is the best job in the world, we are fighting to improve conditions and situations. So there's more of a supply and less of a demand. But it's a calling, just know that there are teachers and there are people fighting to improve the page, just like there have always been. And hopefully, things will be better by the time they do come into this profession, but their students are waiting for them. And they're gonna have such an impact on the lives of the kids who are in their classroom. And I always say I love teaching. I just hate what comes with being a teacher."
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