Marlboro NJ K-8 Schools District Information

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Marlboro NJ Community
Marlboro Township is a largely residential, suburban community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, established in 1848 primarily as a farming community. Today Marlboro still boasts green open spaces and wooded areas while being strategically located within convenient commuting distance to New York City. Approximately 38,000 people reside in the 32 square miles that make up Marlboro Township. Click here for recent demographic information.  Some people misspell it Marboro or Marlborough.

Marlboro Early Learning Center
The Marlboro Early Learning Center opened on January 2, 2002. The school houses all pre-school handicapped as well as kindergarten children in the district. Students attend school for a two-and-one-half hour session each day, either in the morning or the afternoon. Special education kindergarten students attend the school for a full day - half the day in a "Special K" program, and half the day in a typical kindergarten classroom.

Elementary Schools
Students in grades one through five attend one of five elementary schools in the district. A districtwide approach to curriculum development results in a common and equal teaching guide in all the schools. Each school, however, is unique in its implementation of the curricula, which emphasize skill development in the areas of language arts, literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, computer education, and health, as well as music, art, and physical education. A choice of two world languages, Spanish and French, also are offered to students, beginning in third grade.

Middle Schools
Marlboro Middle School and the district's newest school, Marlboro Memorial Middle School, which opened on March 17, 2003, house all students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Students receive instruction in a core curricula comprised of language arts literacy, social studies, science, mathematics, Spanish or French, and physical education/health. In addition, music, art, home arts, technology education, and computer applications are offered. Seventh and eighth grade students are offered an Enrichment Opportunity Period (EOP), which enables them to select several interesting electives throughout the year. Extracurricular activities, such as yearbook, interscholastic sports, newspaper, band, orchestra, and chorus also are available to students.

Report Cards & Conferences
Report cards are issued four times during the year for middle school students and three times during the year for elementary school students. Parent-teacher conferences also are scheduled twice a year in each school to keep parents informed of their child's progress.

Student Services
Guidance counselors, who are available full-time in all schools, act as resources for students to help them get the most out of their educational experience.

Intervention & Referral Services (I&RS) committees are in place to help identify and provide additional support services to students whose educational performance or behavior negatively affects their academic, social, or emotional growth or physical well-being.

Special Services
The district's Special Services Department is committed to fulfilling the unique needs of identified students. This assistance takes many forms and is provided by teachers, social workers, psychologists, learning consultants, counselors, and speech/language specialists. Special Services staff members also are available as consultants to the regular teaching staff and to parents to ensure early identification of children who might need additional supportive educational services. Click here for more information.

Programs are available in smaller class placements, resource center placements, or in regular class placements with in-class support, depending on the individual needs of the children.

Educational Programs and Services

• The Enrichment Program for all first graders focuses on an introduction to developing critical and creative thinking skills.
• Primary Enrichment Program (PEP) for grade two students and Realizing Excellence Through Academic Challenges (REACH) in grades four and five are available for identified intellectually gifted students.
• Special Opportunities through Academic Resources (SOAR) targets students in kindergarten through grade five with a conspicuous need in an individual academic discipline.
• Gifted Mathematics and Reading provide enrichment opportunities for students identified with extraordinary mathematical or reading reasoning skills in second and third grades. Identified kindergarten and first grade students are offered these opportunities in the second half of the school year.
• Selected Arts Programs provide enrichment for identified students who exhibit exceptional skills in the following areas: creative arts (grades six through eight), jazz band (grades seven and eight), and show choir (grades seven and eight).
• Basic Skills Instruction (BSI) is provided in all schools in the areas of reading, math, and writing. Students identified with deficiencies in any of these areas are provided with instruction to strengthen any basic skills weaknesses.
• English as a Second Language (ESL) is a program provided to assist students whose primary language is not English.
• World Language instruction (choice of Spanish or French) begins in third grade, and classes meet twice per six-day cycle in the elementary schools. In the middle schools, students receive daily instruction in Spanish or French.
• Honors Science and Social Studies are subject-specific courses for identified sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade students.
• Guidance Counselors are located in all schools and act as resources for students to help them get the most out of their educational experiences. They provide guidance for individuals and small groups, coordinate testing and the BSI program, and ease the transition for students coming from elementary schools into middle schools.
• Intervention & Referral Services (I&RS) Committees in each school are designed to identify and provide additional support service to students who are having problems in school. The committee functions as a cadre of key personnel trained to intervene when the students’ educational performance or behavior negatively affects their academic, social, or emotional growth or physical well-being. Each I&RS committee consists of the building principal or vice principal, guidance counselor, nurse, health teacher, a classroom teacher, and a child study team member.

For additional information on the curriculum, click here.

Transportation
The Board of Education presently provides transportation for all students in the Marlboro Township district. Bus routes and stops are organized both to provide service to students and to operate the buses at maximum efficiency. Information regarding your child's bus stop is provided at the time of registration.

You can find this information at the Marlboro School District website.

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