Cherry Hill Sun

School district gets grant money

By ROBERT LINNEHAN The Cherry Hill Sun After more than six months of waiting, the Cherry Hill School District received several grants from the state to fund two general improvement projects at Beck Middle School. The district will receive more than $1 million in funding from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. More than 100 [...]

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Middle school locked down after death threat

By ROBERT LINNEHAN | The Cherry Hill Sun A middle school was locked down last Thursday for an hour when school officials found a death threat message scrawled in one of the girl’s restrooms. Beck Middle School was under lockdown starting at 1:19 p.m., according to Cherry Hill Police Lt. William Kushina. The threat was [...]

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Hindi classes offered at Beck

HindiUSA, a non-profit Hindi language program, will offer Hindi language classes for kids age 5 to 16, Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. at Beck Middle School. The classes will start Tuesday, Sept. 8 and run until mid-June. Students of all skill levels will learn reading, writing and speaking from experienced teachers using Hindi books, [...]

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No class size worries

By ROBERT LINNEHAN | The Cherry Hill Sun Parents with students at Beck Middle School should not worry about overcrowding in the classrooms for the next school year, Assistant Superintendent Jim Gallagher said. Even though the middle school reduced the number of teachers, the average class size at Beck will remain steady for the 2009-10 [...]

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