Thomas P. Hughes Elementary

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Hello Hughes Families! We are so excited to welcome back our students in September! Please see this letter from our Principal, Mr. Derflinger, outlining important information re...

Supply lists for this school year can be found here :) Third Grade List Fourth Grade List Fifth Grade List

New student registration is available at the New Student Registration page.

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Berkeley Heights Public Schools welcomed Mr. Vijaysinh Sindha as the new Assistant Business Administrator back in September 2025. Mr. Sindha is a business operations and finance p...

BHPS Offering Educational Webinar “Executive Functioning Skills for Success” - February 24 at 7pm for Grades K–5 and March 3 at 7pm for Grades 6–12. The webinar “Executive Funct...

Students and staff at Thomas P. Hughes Elementary School Celebrate the Great Kindness Challenge! Now in its ninth year at Hughes, the school stepped up with a full week of engagin...

We are pleased to share the second BHPS Buzz with you. This edition of the BHPS Buzz is primarily dedicated to the referendum. We hope that you will find this helpful in understa...

Berkeley Heights, NJ – January 20, 2026 – We wanted to acknowledge that there may be concerns about reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents near our community....

Save the Date, Berkeley Heights! Special School Referendum Vote: March 10, 2026 “Ultimately, this referendum is a reflection of our shared values and our collective visi...

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Meg Berry as the new Principal at Governor Livingston High School. Ms. Berry will join the BHPS at the end of January 2026. Wel...

The Berkeley Heights Public School District is pleased to welcome Mr. Michael Santoro as the new Supervisor of Social Studies and World Languages. Mr. Santoro shared, “I hope t...

Thanks to a grant received from the Berkeley Heights Education for a 4th Grade STEAM unit, Miss Pamela Wilczynski, STEAM teacher for BHPS, recently completed an exciting project w...

It is one of our favorite times of year! We are thrilled to announce the 2024-2025 BHPS Educator of the Year Award Winners! These extraordinary educators have been selected bec...

FEBRUARY 26th, 2025 BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETING FOLLOW-UP Last night, the Board of Education and community members had the opportunity to meet, discuss and ask questio...

FEBRUARY 26th, 2025 BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETING FOLLOW-UP Last night, the Board of Education and community members had the opportunity to meet, discuss and ask questio...

Fifth grade QUEST students from Mountain Park and Thomas P. Hughes Schools have been working with STEAM / QUEST Teacher, Ms. Pamela Wilczynski since October on the STEAM Tank Chal...

The elementary education STEAM program continues to grow and thrive under the leadership of Ms. Pamela Wilczynzki. The goal of a STEAM course is to build students' skills in cr...

On October 29th, the Berkeley Heights Board of Education approved Dr. Kim Feltre as the new Superintendent of Schools for BHPS. Dr. Feltre brings a wealth of experience and leader...