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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Fanwood’s Goddard School Placed on Partial Lockdown This Afternoon

All NJ Goddard Schools were placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure this afternoon due to a tweet found by Goddard’s corporate offices.

Around noon on Friday, the corporate offices of Goddard found a comment on Twitter that seemed to be threating to Goddard schools, as a precaution all New Jersey Goddard Schools were informed and placed on a partial lockdown, according to Fanwood’s Goddard School owner Tracy Brace. Brace said the tweet was said to have come from a high school student in Randolph, NJ and was eventually said to be a misunderstood joke. As a precaution, the Fanwood Goddard School locked the front door and would not let anyone new into the building, including parents. However, at 12:30 p.m. the school dismissed of their half-day students by walking the students outside to their parents. “We didn’t perceive it to be a threat to let anyone out of the building…

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Nicole Bitette

11:07 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013

Hi wmacre and Concerned parent, I am not sure if any charges were pressed against the student or what exactly happened to the student - this information just was provided by the owner of the Fanwood location.   more ›

Monday, June 25, 2012

Goddard Graduates Go to Prom

This year's crop of kindergarten graduates celebrated the end of their Goddard career with a graduation ceremony at Terrill Middle School and a prom complete with dancing and ice cream.

47 Pre-K and Kindergarten Goddard Graduates were honored last week at special graduation ceremony at Terrill Middle School. Over 100 proud supporters were in attendance to watch the Goddard grads grow into full-fledged students. The graduation ceremony was followed by an exhilarating “Bright Lights Big City” themed prom where the kindergarten graduates danced the night away and enjoyed punch and an extravagant ice cream sundae bar. The Goddard School, located in Fanwood provides a nurturing learning environment for children ages 6 weeks to 6-years-old. The Goddard School is the Patch Reader’s Choice Award Winner for Best Pre-school in Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Local resident, Tracy Brace opened the Fanwood branch of the Goddard School in …

Amy Kilgannon

10:06 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Shane had a fantastic time at the prom. He danced the night away and came home exhausted! He also received a cute photo & frame commemorating the event. We will surely miss The Goddard School this fall as he begins 1st grade. A+ to The Goddard School, we highly recommend it.   more ›

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