Twelve 7th and 8th Grade students exemplifying the characters of citizenship, leadership, scholarship, character and service were inducted Wednesday, Nov. 29 into the Attales Middle School chapter of the National Junior Honor Society.

Yearbooks are on sale now!

Absecon Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Daniel J. Dooley and Michele Pich, assistant director of the Shreiber Family Pet Therapy Program at Rowan University, hosted a well-attended presentation during the New Jersey School Boards Workshop 2023 on the benefits of therapy animals in school settings.

Attales Middle School hosted Back to School Night on Thursday, Sept. 21.

The Attales Sledgehammer Award tradition continued in Absecon last week as Mrs. Witmer awarded the Sledgehammer to 8th Grade student J.J. at the first Family Meeting of the school year on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.

On Monday, more than 100 students from Attales Middle School visited the 9/11 Memorial on Mill Road to participate in a remembrance ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

As the school year gets underway, we are asking that parents and guardians to please review the following bicycle and scooter safety information with your children to ensure they safely arrive to and home from school each day.

As the new school year gets underway, we would like to remind all those who pick up and drop off their students of a few helpful tips.

Since March, first grade students from Marsh Elementary and eighth grade students from Attales Middle schools have been meeting together every other week to work on a puppet show project in groups of two or three. The small groups selected a nursery rhyme, read and analyzed the story together through games, and then created sock and paper bag puppets together.

Please see the following message from our Superintendent Dr. Daniel J. Dooley on the status of the Absecon and Pleasantville Send-Receive Agreement.

Absecon Public Schools is proud to announce that Superintendent Dr. Daniel J. Dooley has been named the 2023-2024 Atlantic County Superintendent of the Year, as selected by his peers on the Atlantic County Association of School Administrators.

Attales Principal Mr. Burns and Guidance Counselor Mrs. Carver traveled to various classrooms recently to congratulate the 2nd Marking Period Students of the Marking Period.

VFW Memorial Post 9462 announced the winners of this year’s local Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest and Citizenship Education Teacher Award during a visit to Absecon Public Schools on Thursday, Feb. 23.

Students at Attales Middle School had a chance to learn more about maple syrup production on Thursday, Feb. 9, when Debra Sommers, education specialist for Stockton University’s Maple Grant project, visited to help students tap their own Maple tree.

The Attales Drama Club presented “Aladdin JR.” to a packed house both Thursday and Friday, Feb. 9 and 10.

Earlier this month, the Atlantic County Office of Education issued a review of Absecon Public Schools' 2022-23 school budget, pursuant to state law.

The students in Mrs. Hodgens’ and Mrs. Caputo’s Special Education classes at Attales Middle School recently traveled to the Humane Society of Atlantic County to deliver newspapers and handmade blankets for the animals.

Congratulations to Zidane Aminu, 3rd Place - 6th Grade Competition; Nina Perez, 2nd Place - 7th Grade Competition; and Hannah Cavileer, 1st Place - 7th Grade Competition.

Eighth-graders Jadyn C., Grace M., and Michael M. competed against Mrs. McSorley, Mr. Adair and Mr. Seals in the trivia show, which was filmed in November.

On the last day of school before Winter Break, students and staff at Attales Middle School gathered for a Family Meeting where two people received the school's Sledgehammer Award.

Several Attales Middle School students were honored Friday during a Family Meeting as Students of the Marking Period for MP1.

Absecon Public Schools is pleased to announce its 2022-23 Teachers of the Year and Educational Services Professionals of the Year, all of whom have demonstrated tremendous dedication to their profession and the students they serve.