Amphitheater

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Year of the staircase is finally over. Montclair High School’s 496-member Class of 2019 bade their high school years farewell in a festive ceremony at the school amphitheater on Wednesday, June 26. I...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news It’s back to the amphitheater for Montclair High School's graduation. The ceremony will take place in its traditional venue on the school grounds on June 26, weather permitting. Montclair school officials expected the amphitheater to not be available for use in June due to planned asbestos removal and stairwell replacement in the high the school set to begin i

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair High School officials and the BOE are weighing their options on graduation venues after not being able to utilize the amphitheater this year. The school’s usual venue will not be accessible since the school will be closed for asbestos removal and stairwell replacements beginning in May. M...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair High School’s solution to the seating shortage for graduation — to set up bleachers outside the amphitheater on Park Street — appears to have been met with mixed reactions from some those assigned to the metal seats. Last year, la...

Montclair High School held its 151st commencement ceremony Thursday night, June 21, at the MHS amphitheater on Park Street. The school's Class of 2018, more than 500 students strong and joined by friends and family welcomed guest speaker Paul Fishman of Montclair, a former U...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news It was a festive night Thursday as 516 members of Montclair High School's Class of 2018 began the next chapter of their lives. Amid the pomp and circumstance of the traditional graduation ceremony in the MHS amphitheater, however, was a reminder that the graduates, and their generation, must do what is right in an increasingly turbulent world and political cli

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair High School may have found a solution to its shortage of graduation seating. The school will set up bleachers around the school's amphitheater for the June 21 ceremony, including on Park Street...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The long-standing tradition of holding Montclair’s graduation at the school’s stone amphitheater may have outgrown its time. Some parents say it is time to move it to a larger venue, while others want to hold onto the tradition. Last ye...

Amphitheater again? An MHS graduation fail I am writing on behalf of myself and several other Montclair High School parents with graduating seniors. It is beyond comprehension that the graduation ceremony is again being held in the school’s amphitheater this year. One ...

By ERIN ROLL and LINDA MOSS roll@montclairlocal.news moss@montclairlocal.news Who is a Mountie? By one definition, it’s anyone who has crossed the footbridge over Toney’s Brook in the amphitheater on Park Street to receive a Montclair High School diploma. The tradit...