Walk through Montville Twp history at Lazar - May 2: 8:30

Robert R. Lazar Middle School invites you to explore

150 years of

Montville Township History

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Open House: 8:30 - 3:00

In the Lazar Library

Student Presentation Sessions:

8:30-9:30

10:00-11:00

11:30-12:30

1:00-1:45

1:45-3:00

Come anytime throughout the day and stay as long as you like.

Join Us! You are invited to come view live presentations, videos and models of Montville Township's 150 year history.

On May 2, 2017, the 8th grade Social Studies classes would like to invite you to join us as Lazar Middle School takes a look at the history of Montville Township. The classes have been working hard to complete projects which celebrate Montville Township's 150th Anniversary.

Each student chose an important aspect of Montville Township to research. Through interviews and other forms of research -- using primary and secondary sources -- the students in Rick Crescente and Nicole Rudge's Social Studies classes have looked deeper into a variety of Montville topics:

History of:

The Police Department

Our Fire Departments

Our Schools

The Township's Government

The First Aid Squad

Other Township Departments and Associations

Places:

Doremus House

Montville Museum

Pine Brook Jewish Center Cemetery (Windsor Dr)

Dutch Reform Church Cemetery (Church Lane)

Pine Brook Church Cemetery (Hook Mountain)

Methodist Church Cemetery (Whitehall Rd))

Changebridge Rd Cemetery

Morris Canal

Towaco Train Station

Completion of Rts 46,80, or 287 in connection with Montville Township

Area farms including Conklin Farm and Condorso Farm

Lake Valhalla

VanDyne Cider Mill

People:

Important to the history of the town

High School Hall of Fame

Family members who have lived in town for a long time

A teacher that has worked here for 25+ years, lives in town, or went to school here

We hope you will join us in celebrating

150 years of Montville Township

Lazar kicked off the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Montville Township with a birthday party on Friday, March 31! Throughout 2017, students and teachers at Lazar, and in all seven Montville Township Public Schools, have focused on ways to learn more about the history & heritage of Montville Township, New Jersey.

Join Us on Tuesday, May 2, anytime from 8:30 to 3:00, in the library at Lazar Middle School, to learn more about the 150 year history of

Montville Township.

Robert R. Lazar Middle School

123 Changebridge Road, Montville, NJ 07045

Can't make it May 2?

Watch LIVE! Several interviews and presentations from the Lazar's Montville Township 150 Years of History event will be broadcast throughout the school day on #FaceBookLIVE. Keep an eye on the Montville Township Public Schools' FaceBook Page on May 2 and every day for #NewsFromTheSchools!

For more INFO Contact:

richard.crescente@montville.net

nicole.rudge@montville.net

"Instruction ends in the school-room, but education ends only with life."

- Frederick W. Robertson