Turtles, Tech, And TCNJ Tell Tale Of Triumph At NJTSA

TOMS RIVER – Secondary students from across the district recently competed in the New Jersey Technical Student Association (NJTSA) competitions at the College of New Jersey. NJTSA is the only student organization devoted exclusively to the needs of technology-education students. For Toms River students, the NJDOE-funded Middle Grades Career Awareness and Exploration grant (Bridge to the Future) and high school-level CTE Perkins supports these programs by providing advisors, buses, and admis - sion to local competitions. Teams also fundraise throughout the school year to sustain their program. Students at Intermediate East, for example, sold stuffed turtles to raise funds for their community service turtle habitat project.

And the turtle-themed sale proved well worth it, as a team of Intermediate East students won first place for their community service video submission of their turtle garden at Island Beach State Park that is accessible to both box turtles and terrapins.

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