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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Mendham Township Elementary School Principal Michael Craver Resigns

By: Roxy on 10/31/08 @ 8:29 pm

It started with rumors whispered at the Mendham Township Elementary School Halloween Parade this afternoon, and I confirmed it with Principal Craver himself after the parade. Mendham Township Elementary School Principal Michael Craver has resigned. He intends to pursue a doctoral program that will lead to greater opportunities within education in the future.
I’m disappointed to [...]




Roxy’s Halloween Recap: Mendham Township Elementary School Halloween Parade

By: Roxy on 10/31/08 @ 2:24 pm

After Tuesday’s crazy snow storm, today was a great day for a Halloween Parade in the Roxiticus Valley, and Mendham Township Elementary School did not disappoint us. We were there to cheer on London and Maddie in their store-bought costumes as our two Sharpays from Disney’s High School Musical, and came away impressed with the [...]




Hexagon Players of Mendham Present Children’s Letters to God — November 7, 8, 9, 14 and 15 at Grace Lutheran Church in Mendham, NJ

By: Roxy on 10/30/08 @ 9:47 pm

It’s time for the Hexagon Players of Mendham Fall 2008 performance, and this year, they’re presenting Children’s Letters to God.  It’s a musical based on the internationally best-selling book by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall, with music by David Evans and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen.
Taken directly from the letters of young people writing to [...]




Snow On the Ground in the Roxiticus Valley…Must Be Time to Make Plans for Handel’s Messiah, December 7th at Hilltop Church in Mendham, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 10/28/08 @ 3:59 pm

It isn’t even Halloween, the leaves are still colorful on the trees, and as you can see, we have about two inches of snow on the ground here in the Roxiticus Valley!
Perhaps because of the wintry weather today, I received an e-mail reminder that the Music Ministry of Hilltop Church will perform its seventh annual presentation [...]




Mendham High School Football Update: Undefeated Minutemen Lose to West Essex in Overtime, 14-7

By: Roxy on 10/25/08 @ 7:44 pm

Since we moved out to the Roxiticus Valley from New York City’s West Village in October 2003, Rex and I have been saying that we need to take the girls to a local high school football game. Our local team, the West Morris Mendham High School Minutemen, has been good in past years but was [...]




Roxy’s Best Of… Early Childhood Education: Westmont Montessori Open House Scheduled for Saturday, November 15, 2008

By: Roxy on 10/4/08 @ 6:29 pm

For anyone in the Mendham, Chester, and Bernardsville, New Jersey area looking for a terrific pre-school (”early childhood education”), our family (and many of the other Roxiticus Desperate Housewives) wholeheartedly endorses Westmont Montessori School in Mendham, NJ.  We’ve been done here since Maddie started Kindergarten at Mendham Township Elementary School last year, but we had [...]




Halloween Poster Contest Sponsored by the Mendham Junior Women’s Club

By: Roxy on 10/1/08 @ 5:54 pm

London and Maddie brought home an announcement in their “backpack mail” today about the annual Halloween Poster Contest sponsored by the Mendham Junior Women’s Club.
Do witches and goblins bring out the creative side of you?  We would like to see!
Contest Rules

All entries must be students in Kindergarten through 4th grades (only one entry per student)
Create [...]




An Old-Fashioned Sock Hop with the Alley Cats at Mendham Township Elementary School — This Friday, October 3rd from 7 to 9pm

By: Roxy on 10/1/08 @ 4:19 pm

The Mendham Township School District’s Cultural Arts Committee invites families to a fun night of 50’s music, dancing, and contests. So… put on your poodle skirts, roll up your jeans and join London, Maddie, Rex and Roxy at the Family Sock Hop this Friday, October 3rd from 7 to 9pm in the Mendham Township Elementary [...]