Back-to-School Checklist

August 26, 2025

A new school year approaching brings excitement in classrooms across New Jersey. Students gathering packing their new bookbags, picking out their first-day outfits, and catching up with friends. Meanwhile, parents are running a parallel back-to-school checklist, striving to make sure their kids are healthy and ready to learn. Joining us now is Dr. Katharine Clouser, Vice Chair of Pediatrics at Hackensack Meridian Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital to walk us through what parents should remember before sending their kids back to school.

About the Author

Sean Thrunk
Producer

Sean Thrunk is an award-winning multi-media journalist and graduate of Montclair State University.
He serves as ONNJ’s main editor and as a news producer for ONNJ Mornings with Ken Rosato!