Fire Works

3- July-2013
 A partial list of some near by communities having Independence Day celebrations, and fire works displays

- Wed. 3- July
   Tenafly
   Fireworks  display  about 9:00p behind Tenafly High School  located on Columbus Dr. Tenafly, NJ
   ( rain date Sat. 6- July)

- Thurs. 4- July
   Ridgefield Park
   The " Oldest 4th of July parade in New Jersey" starts at 11:30a on Preston St. then turns left onto Main St. and goes to Brewster Ave. Flag raising will be at 7:45a at Memorial Plaza located at Euclid & Mt. Vernon
 st. The Youth & Baby Parade  will be held at 9:00a and start at Euclid & Popular Sts.

  Hackensack
   The Community Celebration, & Concert  starting at 9:00a in Foschini Park located at 278 River Rd. Hackensack, NJ Firework at schedule to start at 9:20p

  Leonia
    The Leonia Sports Booster Carnival runs from  Weds. 3- July to  Sun. 7- July  from 6:00p to 10:00p
 Located in Overpeck  on Ft. Lee Rd in Leonia, NJ
   On Thurs. 4- July there will be a fireworks display in the evening.

Tenafly
    The Tenafly Community Festival will take place on the Roosevelt Commons located at River Edge & Jefferson rds. Tenafly, NJ

School Rankings

2-July-2013

 As another school years has past a few items about the schools, and students of the Bogota Public Schools. This blog has chronicled the athletic achievements of the sports team from Bogota,  another part of the story is the hard work these young women & men put in during class time. In an 19- April article in the Bogota Bulletin ( Bogota Bulletin story)  tells the story of how  Bixby school scored  high in academic achievement not only among the other schools in the Borough, but to similar size schools in the neighboring towns.  Both Steen , and Bixby school higher then the state avg. in the JerseyCAN  rankings. The Middle section of Bogota schools also scored higher then the state avg. The only school to do less than the state avg. was the High School section. It ranked lower several points lower then the state avg. However, it was almost five full point higher in it's graduation rate at 91.7 % of the student graduating High School.
   The Bogota High School was also ranked nationally in the recent Newsweek poll of top public High Schools in the Country. To start with, Newsweek ask 5,000 school in the United States to join in the survey. Out of those only 2,500 responded to the poll,  when the top 2,000  were announced. Bogota came in at number 1,361 out of schools in the nation. Within the state of New Jersey there are 392 public High Schools, Bogota came in at number 84. And in Bergen County alone Bogota placed 17 of the 47 other public High Schools in the County.  ( Not all the schools in New Jersey took part in the Newsweek Survey) But the Bogota School district was confident in their students ability to have them  go up against some of the largest districts in the state & nation.
   Just another example of what a small town in Northern New Jersey  can be proud of.

 E.Roy Bixby School

Lilian Steen School

Bogota  Junior / Senior High School

Bixby Class of 2013

1-July -2013
       Last Thursday the E. Roy Bixby school in Bogota held their Graduation Ceremonies for their Sixth Grade Class. This was one part of a three day event honoring the Class of 2013.
     On Wednesday 26- June  the school held their Academic Awards presentation, then on Thursday 27- June the Graduation Ceremonies were held. The students processed to the stage  singing  " You Raise Me Up" instead of the traditional " Pomp & Circumstances"  Writing contest winner  Miss Savannah  Ciriaco, and Mr. Jordy Nunez spoke to their classmates about growing up together at Bixby School.
   The following day the school held a Graduating Breakfast for the  Students to end their career at Bixby. This was a chance to thank Ms. Diane Taglibue  for years of service to the Students, and other Faculty members of Bixby School. Also honored was Mr. Sinclair on his "Teacher of the Year" award. At the breakfast school yearbooks were distributive, giving the students a chance to write well -wishes to their friend, & classmate. Along with a gift bag to each student to help them prepare for their next step entering Middle School.
note; Bogota Blog NJ would like to thank Ms. Chrisya Enriquez for her  contributions , and photos for this article. 
  


   

The E. Roy Bixby School Class of 2013