Mount Laurel Schools

"The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue."
Edward R. Murrow

We are proud to welcome you to the Mount Laurel Township Schools' website. As a district, we have long recognized the World Wide Web as a valuable communications tool. In fact, our first site appeared in 1991, before commercialization of the medium began. A website's worth, however, is only as valuable as the information it shares.

Mount Laurel's Board of Education and Administration have established policies and procedures that dictate transparency in all aspects of our operation. You will find board of education meeting agendas, exhibits and minutes posted here each month. Our annual district budget, guides to the curriculum used in our programs and our complete district policy manual are also posted.

But, as Edward R. Murrow noted long before the advent of the Internet, misinformation often travels swiftly. We hope that our website opens the door to conversation with those who use it. If ever you come to this site to confirm information you have heard and are unable to find that validation, please use this link to contact us and pose the question directly. As partners in the education of the children of Mount Laurel, it is incumbent upon each of us to make intelligent use of the tools we have at our disposal.

Our new online cafeteria service has been installed and the Parent Portal is open!  Any funds left in the Lunchbox account have been transferred to the new LunchTime system and will be available for use as soon as your new account is established.   Go to LunchTime today to set-up your account. Here's a PDF that will walk you through the entire LunchTime system.

If you would like to participate, you may sign-up online here. We ask that all attendees respond by April 30.  Should you have questions about the Summit, you may e-mail them here.

Philadelphia Boys & Girls Choir Music Director Jeffrey Smith will hold auditions for boys and girls who have not previously auditioned for the Choir in Grades 1-5 at the Springville School on May 19 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Boys and Girls interested in joining the Choir's training program will be asked to sing a familiar song and perform a few simple singing exercises. This audition is very informal and will last only a few moments. Those students selected for a final audition will be notified by mail within the month. These local auditions are open to all boys and girls from the area who meet the above criteria. You need not be a Mount Laurel Schools student. Permission slips for boys are available here. Permission slips for girls are available here. They should be returned to your child's Mount Laurel School Music Teacher as soon as possible, or completed and e-mailed to Marie Reynolds, or fax'd to 856-235-1837

Here is the Registration Form.

We see it every day - the student who is consistently kind. Another who steps in when insults are hurled to stop potential hurt. That staff member who is always the first to volunteer or has an idea what can be done collectively to help the plight of another. They're Upstanders, and we have plenty of them. Now, a new program in our schools will honor our Upstanders. Find more information on our Upstander Campaign page.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Testing MAP testing will not be conducted in the 2013-2014 school year. MAP scores from the final testing phase of the 2012-2013 school year have been used for placement in Advanced Math, Basic Skills, GAP and other Advanced Programming placement. Alternative assessment criteria for placement in special programs is currently in development for this year. That will serve as an in-house companion assessment to the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) beginning in 2014-2015. PARCC testing will replace the NJASK Testing in New Jersey.

More information about New Jersey's PARCC Testing may be found here.

Here's a parent guide to assessments in New Jersey.