Even some off-course hurdles did not stand in the way of Bridgewater-Raritan High School junior Kaitlyn Chu’s path to another milestone.

For multiple campuses across the Garden State, Tuesday morning marked the first day of state-mandated spring New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA). At Bridgewater-Raritan High School, these online assessments were administered to all ninth and 11th graders during the first half of the school day from 7:20 a.m. to 10:13 a.m. for either English Language Arts (ELA), Science, or Mathematics from Tuesday, April 28 to Thursday, April 30.

Long before she launched her prolific girls’ lacrosse career at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, Giada Catanzaro stood on her team’s sidelines at John Basilone Memorial Field.

When she was just nine years old in 2017, Catanzaro was Bridgewater-Raritan’s water girl.

Four athletes produced Bridgewater-Raritan High School’s best performance during a 4x100 relay race on the world’s biggest stage.

Another athlete, four days later, produced Bridgewater-Raritan’s best shot put throw ever on Somerset County's biggest stage.

Steve Kline coaches two sports at Bridgewater-Raritan High School.

They are two completely different environments in boys’ basketball and girls’ golf, but not because one is indoors and the other is outdoors.

Stephen Pikulin and Crystal Chen, who led their teams to state championships this school year, were honored as the Bridgewater-Raritan High School’s 2026 Skyland Conference Male and Female Scholar Athletes of the Year during a ceremony on Monday, April 27.

Jaden Lee and Lauren Yang, who guided their teams to championships this school year, were honored as the Bridgewater-Raritan High School 2026 Somerset County Interscholastic Athletic Association Senior Scholar Athletes Award winners.