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Diversity Club Visits Historical Monmouth County Sites
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Building Character and Community Through Middle School Retreats
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US Beneath the Surface Club Hosts Imprint Hope Speaker
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Middle School Student Council Attends Fall Conference
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Cultivating Curiosity Over Judgment
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Ranney Sailing Team Qualifies for MASSA Fall Championship
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US Fall Drama Cast List Announced
Diversity Club Visits Historical Monmouth County Sites
Advisor Mr. Ron Crocker took the Upper School Diversity Club on a trip to the Crawford House, site of a 17th-century African Burial Ground in Tinton Falls, and also to the site of the lynching of Samuel “Mingo Jack” Johnson in Eatontown.
Middle/Upper School Librarian Stacey Slowinski joined the group. Mrs. Slowinski is the Borough Historian of Tinton Falls and the Chairwoman of the Historic Preservation Commission. She provided historical context for the burial ground, explaining that the 60-70 enslaved people at Lewis Morris’s iron works were the largest and earliest enslaved population in what would become Monmouth County. Also joining the group were Mayor Risa Clay and Borough Councilman Larry Neis.
At the site of Johnson’s lynching, Eatontown Mayor Anthony Talerico taught the students about Mingo Jack, a Black man accused of raping a white woman in 1886. He was lynched near the site of the memorial, without a trial. Mayor Talerico discussed how the injustice of that event still resonates today.
The group was also joined by Dr. Walter Greason ’ 91, Ranney School trustee and Wallace Endowed Chair for the Department of History at Macalaster College. Dr. Greason is a noted African American history scholar, and provided thought-provoking commentary for the students at the sites visited.
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We envision Ranney School as a nurturing learning community, in which families, faculty, alumni, and all of Ranney’s constituents collaborate to know and value every child, foster individual talents, sustain powerful connections between children and adults, and graduate resilient, globally-minded citizens.
We envision Ranney School as a nurturing learning community, in which families, faculty, alumni, and all of Ranney’s constituents collaborate to know and value every child, foster individual talents, sustain powerful connections between children and adults, and graduate resilient, globally-minded citizens.
