It’s going to take a few more hours to get our part of New Jersey back in working order. So all Verona public schools and Our Lady of the Lake School will have a delayed opening on Friday, November 16.
Be safe out there.
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Change of plans: Verona’s public schools will be closed for Friday, November 16, instead of having a delayed opening. The same goes for Our Lady of the Lake School.
The email sent by Superintendent Rui Dionisio reads:
“Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, and Community Members,
The Verona Public Schools will be closed today Friday, November 16, 2018. Current weather and road conditions have made this decision necessary. The closing of our schools includes the cancellation of all athletics, school activities, and non-district events held in our schools until 3pm today. As of right now, the VHS Fall Play will take place at 7:30 pm tonight.
Our Township and District staff has been working to maintain safe roadways, pedestrian routes, and school facilities. Due to the nature of the storm, additional time and efforts are necessary to ensure the safety of students and staff. School and Township personnel will take additional necessary measures over the next hours with snow removal from street corners, crosswalks, sidewalks, school drop off areas, parking lots, and roads to prepare our schools and community for regular operation.
We are appreciative of the efforts of our District and Township personnel who are working to get us back up and running as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation. Please be safe.
Sincerely,
Dr. Rui Dionisio
Superintendent of Schools”
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The outcome wasn’t certain for the Essex town that day.
The clock read ten to eight with just ten minutes left to pray.
West Caldwell cancelled school first, and then others did the same.
Silence fell upon the town where Anthony Fasano rose to fame.
A mirthless few got up to shower, resignedly. The rest
Clung to the hope that springs eternal in the human breast.
They thought, “The forecast! If only the boss could get a look at that.
It would surely be a snow day for teachers and their cats!”
Then from the teachers’ throats there rose a frantic yell.
It roared down Forest Ave; it cast a magic spell.
It pounded down to Brookdale, and though things had seemed bleak,
The weatherman! The mighty weatherman was about to speak.
There was ease in the weatherman’s manner, as he stepped into his place,
No shame from last year’s forecasts found upon his face.
And when grinning at the anchors, he slowly rolled his sleeves,
Every teacher in the tri-state found a reason to believe.
Ten thousand eyes were on him as he pointed at the map.
The camera zoomed on Essex County to a thundering of claps.
But as the smug forecaster placed his hands upon his hips
There came a commercial for Lipton Secrets Onion Dip!
From their couches, angry teachers let loose a frightening roar
Like the beating of the storm waves at the beloved Jersey Shore.
“Kill him! Kill Lonnie Quinn!” shouted a teacher ready to attack,
And it’s likely she’d have killed him had not losing her pension held her back.
After a car commercial, Lonnie’s perfect smile shone.
He resumed his weather forecast; he droned on and on.
Suddenly from his lips words just started flying.
At “freezing rain” and “road conditions,” the teachers started crying.
“It’s sleeting!” cried the hopeful teachers, and an echo answered “Snow.”
And at that very moment, cell phones began to glow.
Caller ID revealed the sweetest name ever seen
As Verona BOE rained like manna on the screens.
Oh somewhere in South Jersey, the children sit at their desks.
School bells are ringing somewhere, and somewhere there are tests.
And somewhere teachers are working, and somewhere children pout.
But there is no school for Verona, for Verona has lucked out.
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Jennifer Kleinknecht has been the media specialist at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School since 2007. She writes about life as a school librarian on her blog, “The ‘Yes’ Librarian”.
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The winners of the 16th annual Rowan University Pumpkin Chunkin contest: (back row, l-r) VHS teacher Jason Atkins with students Simone Conforti, Dashiell Greenberg, Caitlin McKeown, Maegan Kuhlman and Emilia Stopka, and (front) Chris Lakin, Jasmine Mickens and Selin Hekimgil.
Once upon a time, catapults were standard fare in many small towns. You couldn’t lay siege to a Carthaginian stronghold or Medieval castle without one. Now the world settles its differences in other ways. It might surprise you, therefore, to learn that there is an active catapult-building effort at Verona High School and the students are really good at it. So good, in fact that they beat 18 other teams from high schools, colleges and first responders competing at in a South Jersey catapult contest late last month.
Simone Conforti, a VHS junior, is a member of the 50-member VHS Engineering Club and captain of one of the two teams that Verona fielded at this year’s 16th annual Rowan University Pumpkin Chunkin Competition. Going into it, Conforti thought VHS’ chances were, well, a toss up. Her team’s catapult, which had failed to even place at last year’s competition, had been too tall to store in the shed behind VHS and had suffered substantial weather damage. “We had to take off a lot of wood, and put a lot on,” she says, “and then we had to do a lot of recalculations.”
There’s a lot of math and physics behind a good catapult and, when the club did its test firing in October on the upper field at VHS, some of both was clearly wrong. “All the test shots went backwards,” Conforti said. Her team, DC Legends of Tomorrow, made an adjustment to the catapult’s sling to reduce friction. Then both rigs were loaded into a rented box truck and the teams headed south, hoping for the best.
By now, you’re probably wondering why high school students are creating catapults when there is so much else going on at VHS and so little demand for siege engines. For Jason Atkins, the technology, engineering and design teacher who leads the club, it is a broad introduction to all aspects of building, from design to construction, and a launching pad for college studies in engineering and architecture. Atkins, who has been at VHS for three years, got an undergraduate degree in biology and then a master of architecture from the State University of New York at Buffalo and is LEED AP certified, which signifies expertise in the construction of environmentally friendly buildings.
Under Atkins’ lead, Engineering Club students are gaining exposure to all aspects of engineering. The old woodshop that many VHS alumns remember on the east side of the school now has an adjacent computer lab, where students can explore the pros and cons of different designs before they ever bring a piece of wood to the band saw. The winning team’s design is technically a floating-arm trebuchet. “When they did research,” says Atkins, “they found out that it was one of the most efficient machines.”
But a winning design isn’t just a matter of theoretical efficiency. The team members–Conforti, plus Caitlin McKeown, Maegan Kuhlmann, Jasmine Mickens, Emilia Stopka, Selin Hekimgil, Chris Lakin and honorary member Dashiell Greenberg–had laminated several layers of wood together to re-make the machine’s arm this year, and then had to strategically rout it to reduce the piece’s weight while maintaining its strength. With the finished catapult weighing more than 400 pounds, they also had to design a transportation system to get it on and off the field at Rowan.
“They spent 200 hours on the build,” Atkins says of the team. “There are very few things in high school that you put in 200 hours on.”
Conforti doesn’t regret even an hour of the work. “We did lots of research,” she says. “If we didn’t, we would have accomplished nothing.”
At the end of the semifinals on Friday, October 26, what Verona had accomplished was second place. Then Verona tied for first in the finals with Millville High School, a school that has STEM-driven construction in its curriculum, not just as a club. To break the tie and determine a winner, the teams had to take their best shot at 400 feet. Millville ramped up its counterweight from 250 pounds to 500. Verona, which had been using a 400-pound weight, went up only to 420. “They knew that small changes can have a big impact,” Atkins says of the team.
And big changes have even bigger impacts. With the tension on the field palpable, Millville’s throw went awry when the arm on its machine bent under the increased counterweight. Verona’s throw went off without a hitch, and Conforti’s team took home immense bragging rights and a 3-D printer. A second VHS team, 9th Legion, led by VHS junior Gerald Madjarov, took third place, edging out a second Millville team. “Gerry really put a lot of effort into this competition,” Atkins says, “doing most of the work on his catapult alone, and stopping at several points to help anyone else in need.”
Gerry Madjarov and Brendan DeLeon of the 9th Legion team
Despite the big win, Verona won’t be making catapult-building part of the regular technology, engineering and design (TED) curriculum. “Presently, we have one TED teacher at HBW, Julia Harth Zambrano, and one TED teacher at VHS, Jason,” says Charlie Miller, director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment for Verona public schools. “Julia and Jason do not have any room in their present teaching schedules to work on catapults. They both have clubs so that students who are interested in furthering their engineering experiences can come after school often to work on catapults and other engineering designs.” (If you want to see the full range of TED classes in Verona, there’s a list on the district’s website; MyVeronaNJ.com has also reported on the catapult building at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School.)
With their pumpkin chunkin days over for this year, the VHS Engineering Club is focusing two new projects: Building a hovercraft (no, we’re not sure where that will be tested) and the Paradigm Challenge, a national competition that invites students to solve real-life engineering problems for a chance at a substantial scholarship. This year’s challenge is to create something that can prevent a fire or help people to escape one safely, which seems more than timely.
When Conforti joined the Engineering Club two years ago, she had thought her future might involve graphic design or video editing. Now, she has her eyes on bigger projects. “The club taught me how to be creative and how how to work with tools,” she says. “Through this work, I’ve realized that I would love to do architecture and building.”
Caitlin McKeown, Simone Conforti and a very sweet trophy.
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“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
–Benjamin Franklin
Dear Verona Parents, Staff, and Community Members,
On behalf of the Verona Public Schools, I would like to thank the community for your support over the recent second question vote for Mental Health Programming and Full Day Kindergarten. Over the past year, our district administration, faculty, and Board of Education dedicated incredible time and effort to provide important information on these two separate issues. On November 6th, the Verona community passed both second questions to expand child study team staffing at HBW and VHS, enhance mental health programs for our students, expand elementary counseling services, and extend kindergarten to a full day program.
We have been highly engaged as an administration and staff over the past two weeks preparing for the expansion of these programs that will benefit our students. All of our program expansions will begin in January 2019. The first full day for kindergarten students will begin on Monday, January 28, 2019. More details will be forthcoming in the future from our elementary principals. Please feel free to contact your school principal directly should you have any additional questions at this time. Mr. Mauriello, our Director of Special Services, is working closely with members of our team to put into place the necessary supports that will enhance our mental health and counseling programs.
We are eager to get started and witness what the additional time and supports will afford our students. It is only fitting during this Thanksgiving season that I extend our thanks to you in the Verona community for all of your support. Our accomplishments are the fruits of our labor. We have much to be proud of. Wishing you and your families a wonderful holiday season.
All my best,
Dr. Rui Dionisio
Superintendent of Schools
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It has taken two full weeks, but Essex County has finally certified the results of the November 6 elections and the totals confirm that Pamela J. Priscoe and Timothy Alworth have won seats on the Verona Board of Education. The pair defeated incumbent John Quattrocchi and fellow challenger David Rullo.
The large number of mail-in and provisional ballots, as well as early voting, added to the vote counts for each of the candidates.
Priscoe’s final total was 3,749 votes, up from 3,218 on election night, and Alworth’s final total was 2,835, up from 2,453 in the preliminary count, giving them 38.54% and 29.08% of the vote respectively. Quattrocchi’s final vote count was 2,269, up from 1,878 on election night and Rullo’s was 857, up from 714.
“I’m do grateful to the Verona residents for this opportunity to serve on the Board of Education,” Priscoe said. “The support that I have received from our community means everything to me. I promise to work diligently and to the best of my ability to achieve positive results for our students, their families, the staff and residents of this great town.”
“I congratulate Tim Alworth on being elected, and look forward to working with him and the rest of the Board members,” Priscoe added. “There is much to be accomplished. I would like to thank John Quattrocchi for his many years of service to the District.”
“Thank you Verona for all of your support,” Alworth said. “I’m so thankful to have had the opportunity to meet so many people in our community. I look forward to dedicating my time to the Verona school system. Thank you to everyone who supported me throughout the campaign. I’m looking forward to a truly rewarding experience serving on the Board of Education. Congratulations to Pam and thank to John for many years of dedicated service to the school and to the town.”
Quattrocchi, who was seeking his sixth term on the BOE, was sanguine about his defeat. “It’s been a terrific experience, working with some of the most incredibly dedicated people one can imagine in and around our schools,” he said. “I’m proud of the work we’ve done and to have been a part of it. I’ll always support our schools and will continue to do that, of course. We will get Pam and Tim up to speed immediately and ensure a great transition. My best to Pam, Tim and the Board.”
District 10, the Laning district, had the largest turnout in the election, at 62.77%. District 1, which is the district that was created in April 2016 specifically for voters in the Claridge condominium towers, had the lowest turnout, at 50.17%. Proponents of turning the Claridge into its own voting district had argued that the move would increase voter participation.
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All eyes will be on the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade tomorrow, but today Verona’s spotlight was on Laning and Forest elementary schools, which had their own parades about Thanksgiving and balloons.
According to Laning Principal Howard Freund, students in second through fourth grade have been reading books with a recurring theme of Thanksgiving Day parades. They also did some research into the history and development of the Macy’s parade and the balloons. Elissa Freda, who is the librarian at both Laning and Forest, followed up these lessons with an activity in which students created their own balloons.
Today, on the day before Thanksgiving, the schools’ lower grades lined the hallways and cheered as the older students paraded with their creations on the way to their annual Thanksgiving feasts.
If you are going to be watching the Macy’s parade tomorrow, keep a close eye on the Ronald McDonald balloon: Verona Board of Education Vice President Lisa Freschi will be one of its handlers.
3rd and 4th graders paraded the halls of Forest Ave in their 1st Balloons Over Forest Parade. Thank you @librarylee713, this was awesome to see! #balloonsoverbroadway pic.twitter.com/qJpr8fWcJN
— Forest Ave SCA (@ForestAveSCA) November 21, 2018
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It’s not even 2019, but some folks are already thinking about 2020: Specifically, defraying the cost of a safe graduation celebration for the Verona High School class of 2020. To that end, they have organized a Pocketbook Bingo event for Sunday, December 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will take place at the Parsippany PAL, 33 Baldwin Road, Parsippany.
Tickets are $35 per person, and include 10 games, with three boards per game. Players will get a chance at door prizes that include several designer handbags including Michael Kors, Coach, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Hilfiger, Vera Bradley and more.
“Pocketbook Bingo is a fun way for parents to gather together as our kids get ready to graduate at VHS,” the organizers wrote in an email, “but more importantly, it is a way for us to make sure that Project Graduation is a night to remember that let’s the kids celebrate, while staying safe.”
If you want to play along, you’ve got to download this form and get your ticket money in by December 1 to VHS Project Graduation 2020 – c/o Barbara Yeates, 80 Fairview, Ave., Verona, NJ 07044. Make checks payable to “VHS Project Graduation 2020”.
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Verona High School‘s Student Council is once again running its holiday toy drive for elementary schools in Newark, and you can support it by bringing a gift to VHS or H.B. Whitehorne before Tuesday, December 18. VHS needs approximately 650 toys this holiday season.
“This is a simple, yet meaningful, way to give back that has been a Verona tradition for almost 20 years, and last year generated over 650 gifts with the help of HBW families,” says Jonathan Thai, the faculty advisor to the Student Council. “We had such a tremendous outpouring of generosity that we were also able to provide toys for students at North 10th Street Elementary School in Newark as well as to needy families right here in Verona.”
This year, the Student Council will again be donating to both Hawkins Street School and Salome Urena Elementary School, formerly known as North 10th Street School.
The gift should be approximately $10 to $15 and wrapped with a note or gift tag indicating:
The donations can be left in the vestibules by the main offices at VHS and HBW.
“The children are so appreciative and for many, it may be the only gift they will receive like one girl who asked if she could wait to open it until Christmas so she would have something to open that day,” says Thai. “So tonight or this weekend, while you are out shopping, please consider buying a toy or two for the children of Hawkins Street School in Newark.”
Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash
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Dr. Foster in her VHS yearbook–and now.
December is a critical month for high school juniors and seniors. Seniors are finishing up their college application process while juniors are just starting it. But rather than make a pitch for TCNJ, Dr. Foster used her presentation to ease some of the anxieties that students have about applying to any college. She told VHS’ students that even though she did not get accepted into all of the colleges she applied to, she still found her perfect match, which turned out to be John Hopkins University. “I got into a place I really loved,” she said. “My bias is that I loved college and I spent my career in some way in and out of schools.”
Dr. Foster creation her presentation around 10 questions that everyone has about college. She shared her answers, and also the thoughts of the VHS graduates who attend TCNJ now. Dr. Foster’s questions ranged from “how is college different than high school?” to “is college worth it?” The question that earned the most attention from her audience was “Will I make friends?” A chorus of “No” and laughter escaped the crowd when that one flashed across the screen.
Dr. Foster was not surprised at the response and was able to decipher the nervousness hidden under the laughter. She knew that this question was on every single senior’s mind. She assured each and every one that they will “in fact, make friends” and that that is the last thing they need to worry about. “College is the least cliquey place you will go to,” she said. “It is a great experience and you will make friends.”
Dr. Foster said that working at college could help with its cost, as long as it doesn’t prompt students to stay in school longer to complete their education.
The meeting included seniors Nicolette Marino, school president; Harrison Keating, vice president; Kate Ryan, Senior Class president; Brooke Cooney, Senior vice president; and Philip Chivily, secretary, as well as Michael Sluck, the Junior Class president; Christian Dionisio, the Junior vice president and sophomores Nia Chesney and Sarah Cole, respectively the Sophomore Class president and vice president.
There was lots of frank talk in the small meeting.
This meeting was a more intimate version of the larger one for all of the students. The questions were similar but now the students were able to elaborate and give more personal statements. Dr. Foster wanted to hear the personal side to each question, which allowed her to have a comfortable conversation with each student. No one was shy and everyone was open to add to the discussion.
Dr. Foster was very attentive to what the students had to say, and the students were focused when she and Montero gave insight on their opinions and worries. A topic that sparked conversation was about the pressure students feel to take difficult classes and go to the best schools. Dr. Foster was very understanding when the students stated their struggles and she gave her own experiences while also acknowledging that her college process was a lot different than what teens have now.
Dr. Foster knew exactly what to say to ease the nerves of the anxious seniors and to prepare the juniors as well. “It was not the normal college talk,” says VHS senior Cecilia Pandiscia, who thoroughly enjoyed the meeting and found it beneficial. “Dr. Foster answered a lot of questions that I was afraid to ask and, overall, made me feel better about applying and going to school.”
The VHS alumna made some new friends at today’s VHS.
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The Junior Woman’s Club of Verona invites all fourth and fifth grade students who are residents of, or attend school in Verona, to participate in our annual Spelling Bee.
The competition will take place on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the F.N. Brown auditorium. There will be a snow date of January 26. The competition will begin promptly at 10 a.m.
Anyone wishing to participate must complete a registration form. The registration form can be found on the Junior Woman’s Club website.
Participating students must submit their completed registration forms by December 19, 2018. No late entries will be accepted. Practice lists and rules will be distributed via email once students submit registration forms.
For more information or any questions, please contact Diana Weeks at veronaspellingbee@gmail.com.
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Computer science has been the fastest growing area of study and Advanced Placement testing at Verona High School for the past decade. In 2009, only four students took AP Computer Science A, now VHS is ranked #1 in the state among non-magnet high schools for its per-capita participation in AP comp sci, a program that now includes AP Computer Science Principles as well.
The principles class grew out of CS50, Harvard University’s freshman comp sci course and last year VHS students traveled to Harvard’s CS50 Fair, where they met Harvard students presenting the results of their semester’s work. Yale University has also adopted CS50, and last Wednesday, VHS teachers Rich Wertz and Danielle Mutovic took 46 VHS students to Yale’s CS50 Fair, where they saw their schoolwork in a whole new light.
“I saw algorithms that I definitely could have replicated two years ago and will probably be able to replicate next year when I take Comp Sci A,” said Elijah Baker, a junior who has already taken Comp Sci Principles. “For example, the code that calculated a schedule that will prepare you for running a race even if you’ve never done it before.”
His enthusiasm was seconded by fellow junior Jerry Strippoli. “I thought it was cool how they’ve known how to code for about as long as we have, but their projects were somewhat more complex than what we know how to do,” he said. “However, there were certain projects that I felt we could possibly do as a class, and on the flip side of that there were people who mixed different coding languages to make their final project.”
Almost half of VHS’ comp sci students are now female, and they were well represented on the trip as well. “I enjoyed the CS50 Fair because it showed us projects that were not done by professionals or people majoring in computer science, but done by people who were just learning coding,” said Clara Frizzi, a junior. “It was interesting because it showed us as students that we too can make seemingly complicated projects with our early knowledge of programming.”
“Seeing students at Yale using a lot of the same coding skills that we’ve learned in class to create amazing–and silly–projects brings the real world into the APCS classroom,” said Jessica Sidrak, who is also part of the Class of 2020. “Also, it was just amusing to listen to people tell us about how many all-nighters they had to pull to get the project done for the CS50 Fair.”
“We also met a CS celebrity–the guy from Puzzle Night,” Sidrak added. “We literally geeked out. It was so funny.”
Verona’s students got a campus tour after the fair that included Hopper College, which Yale named for Rear Adm. Grace Murray Hopper, a computer pioneer and naval officer who became a role model for generations of female computer scientists.
(That wasn’t the only high point of the trip. The VHS contingent ran into Chris Looney, a member of Verona’s 2008 state championship football team who is now in his third year at Yale Law School. “It was great to see Chris,” Wertz said, “and an honor to introduce such a fantastic role model to the group.”)
For sophomore Dylan Bakst the trip was an opportunity to see what could be. “The CS50 Fair was a very interesting fair that opened up my eyes to the fact that coding, even done simply, should be used to create simple, effective, and useful things that people need in their everyday life,” he said. “Overall, very fun and eye opening trip, not just about code, but perhaps even a select few of our futures. Maybe, even my own.”
On Monday, January 7, Mutovic and Wertz will be holding “Computer Science Night” at VHS, a presentation geared to parents of students currently in grades 8 through 11 who will be attending VHS next year and will be choosing courses in the coming months. “Our goal at this presentation is to give students and parents an idea of what the computer science department has to offer,” says Wertz, “so students can make informed decisions when choosing next year’s courses.” All Verona Public School parents are welcome to attend.
A chance meeting with VHS grad Chris Looney (center), now a third-year law student a Yale.
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Whose words these are I think I know.
No name is on this paper though;
I cannot read the writing here.
I think and drink my coffee slow.
My old red pen must think it’s clear
I only grade when deadlines near.
With all this work I think I’ll miss
The “This is Us” season premiere.
I give my new Fitbit a shake
To see if there is some mistake.
I’ve only made one thousand steps?
I wish that I could take a break.
My bed’s one lovely, soft, white heap
But I have promises to keep
And piles to grade before I sleep
And piles to grade before I sleep.
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Jennifer Kleinknecht has been the media specialist at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School since 2007. She writes about life as a school librarian on her blog, “The ‘Yes’ Librarian”.
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The 2018-2019 school year is almost halfway done, and Verona still needs crossing guards to keep kids safe as they go to and from school.
The township is looking to fill multiple crossing guard positions at a rate of $15 to $19 per hour for a maximum of 12.5 hours per week.
The job notice says that applicants must be a citizen and resident of New Jersey, in good physical condition and of good moral character; applicants cannot have been convicted of any criminal offense involving “moral turpitude”.
If you are interested in being a crossing guard, you must pick up an employment application from the Verona Police Department Records Bureau, 600 Bloomfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Applications will not be mailed or emailed.
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Yvette McNeal and David Galbierczyk, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those fifth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first marking period of this school year 2018-2019.
These students have qualified for the honors award by attaining all “A” and “B” grades:
Joseph Abello, Dean Algieri, Elin Attal, Dylan Benavides, Jocelyn Brooks, Madison Brown, Tyler Burns
Joseph Caporrimo, Ryan Cavallo, Henry Cherep, Caitlin Chevalier, Owen Church, Giada Contorno, Hannah Crinion, Lauren Czupak
Jack Davis, Christian DePalma, Christopher DiDiego, Stella DiNatale, Abigail Donnelly, Sean Donohue, Grace Fatatis, Grant Fersch, Lily Filippazzo, Lauren Foley, Luke Freedman
Julie Gaeta, Emerson Garrett, Addisyn Garthwaite, Thomas Gawley, Finola Giblin, Sophia Graziano, Nina Greco, Sarah Griffin, Sienna Griffin
Jake Halen, Michelle Itskovich, Logan Knoetig, Sarah Komninos, Isabella Lambo, Alexa LeBosquet, John Loudon
Robert Mack, Juliana Maglifiore, Boden Maisano, Mason Mania, Taylor McClain, Shawn McElroy, Michael McHugh, Caleigh Moore
Jayden Nigro, Maximo Nogales, Preston O’Donnell, Julia O’Reilly, Gavin Penny, Charles Pepe, Elizabeth Petruzzi, Beatriz Pezutto, Joseph Phelan, Rocco Quilici
Kai-Pai Rackley, Abigail Romanyshyn, Brigid Rowbotham, James Russell, Joshua Sahadow, Aiden Schmidt, Michael Siclari, Erin Tevlin, Jessica Theobald
Sienna Ulukaya, Sofia Valese, Johnathan Velebir, Brandon Venezia, Nate Williamson, Natalia Zazzera, Connor Zimany, Julia Zysk
The names of some students who qualified for the honor roll do not appear on this list because their parents have elected not to release personal information to the media.
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Yvette McNeal and David Galbierczyk, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those fifth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first marking period of this school year 2018-2019.
These students have qualified for the high honors award by receiving an “A” in every school subject:
Andrew Ackerman, Juod Alqaisy, Braden Bailey, Charlotte Brutman, Nicholas Caruso, Sophia Chanana, John Cooper, Justin Cruz, Isabella Czupak
Isabelle Derrick, Daniel DiGeronimo, Reese Falcone, Lauren Forrest, Noah Garson, Francesca Ghetian, Ryan Guo, Suri Gupta
Sydney Hannigan, Samantha Heimall, Joseph Houck, Evelyn Kogan, Payton Kohler, Ivy Liaukus, Michael LoCurto, Joshua Loudon
Patrick Mann, James Martin, Stephen McDonald, Jenna McGrath, Michelle Mooncai, Ryan Morrice, Corinne Mullings
Dylan Neale, Gwendolyn Neale, Noella Newman, Anand Pancholi-Parekh, Jenna Papocchia, Nia Pilauri, Isabella Powley, Lily Riedy, Lea Romar, Jamie Rosenbloom
Nicolas Saj, Katelyn Scelfo, Anais Schechter, Matthew Schwartz, Brayden Shorter, Sophia Simon, Riley Stocker, Giulia Stoicescu, Synclaire Szamborski
Nicholas Testa, Jessica Toriello, Charles Wacha, Brady Watkins, James Waugh
The names of some students who qualified for the honor roll do not appear on this list because their parents have elected not to release personal information to the media.
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Yvette McNeal and David Galbierczyk, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those sixth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first marking period of this school year 2018-2019.
These students have qualified for the honors award by attaining all “A” and “B” grades:
Jaye Auriemma, Jonah Axelrod, Ella Barchie, Connor Barshay, Sophie Besante, Ryan Bisaccio, Francesca Bopp, Wesley Brown
Marc-Evans Calixte, Kate Carlson, Kylie Conklin, Camila Cortes, Lauren DeFabrizio, Luca DeFabrizio, Marisa DeFabrizio, Jack DeMars, Andrew DePaul, Kori DePoe, Jordan Dunn
Manna Elessawy, Ava Evans, Joseph Farmer, Daniel Fernandez, Jaclyn Ferrer, Samantha FioRito, Jack Flannery, Daniel Frenklakh
Hayden Garrett, Daria Gebbia, Cali Giacomazza, Chloe Giessen, Eliza Glatter, Ian Gottstein, Ryan Gray, Isabelle Heimerle, Jessica Hernandez, Sophia Hippe
Vedarth Kallem, Christian Kaulback, Parks Lamkey, Landon Lareau, Robert Maher, Joseph Manganello, Timothy McCole, William McGrath, Matthew McMahon, Isabella Medina
Mia Nicolato, Tyler O’Donnell, Camille Pajonas, Shiv Pancholi-Parekh, Victor Paz, Jackson Pope, Connor Potts-DeMasi, Sidney Quinn, Aryanna Ricci, Sebastian Rodriguez, Griffin Russo
Michelle Salanon, Luke Sampers, Salvatore Santos, Halle Schulke, Ella Scipione, Gregory Sluk, Kieran Smith, Brody Sperling, William Strong
BrookeLynne Vacca, Jesse Wagner, William Waldron, Camryn Wardrope, Nina Zawodny, Miriam Zikry, Nathaniel Zimmer
The names of some students who qualified for the honor roll do not appear on this list because their parents have elected not to release personal information to the media.
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Yvette McNeal and David Galbierczyk, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those sixth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first marking period of this school year 2018-2019.
These students have qualified for the high honors award by receiving an “A” in every school subject:
Ariella Balerio, Kelly Barrow, Iyana Best, Maya Cappello, Alison Carvalloza, Owen Chanana, Gianluca Checchetto, Angelina Cheung, Angelina Codey
Mairi D’Andrea, Julia Dacey, Giada DeLorenzo, Luke Fenton, Sydney Fradette, Dylan Frey, Stephen Gaffney, Isabella Garcia, Jonna Garcia, Jacqueline Gardner, Joel Gonzalez, Lucia Grant
Jack Harmon, Molly Hayter, Danielle Imbriano, Riley Kenrick, Kylie Kiernan, Shaina Kogan, Isabella Lambert, Jack Latson
Zia Mahmood, Brielle Marchese, Molly McCabe, Sadie McMahan, Lily Nachbaur, Maeve Nachbaur, Nia Nikolova, Victoria Niziolek, Charlotte North
Angelina O’Dell, Frank Orrei, Vincenza Palma, Kaitlyn Pietrucha, Matthew Raff, Johnny Ratuis, Samantha Repoli, William Rice, Ella Romanyshyn, Mason Rossi
Angelie Sin, Harrison Sorger, Jane Sorger, Augustine Stocker, Kaelin Walsh, Yianni Yanniotis, Jessica Yu, Lana Zecchino
The names of some students who qualified for the honor roll do not appear on this list because their parents have elected not to release personal information to the media.
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Yvette McNeal and David Galbierczyk, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those seventh grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first marking period of this school year 2018-2019.
These students have qualified for the honors award by attaining all “A” and “B” grades:
Tanzila Ahmed, Juliet Alkaysi, Samantha Andersen, Aidan Azarowicz, Marissa Barnett, Sophie Beaubouef, Katherine Bernard, Daniel Bernardino, Tessa Bichalski, Sarah Bosco
Christopher Caldera, Evan Carlson, Anna Carpinelli, Michael Castner, Fiona Church, Nicholas Ciccolini, Brian Cleaver, Andrew Conte, Mackenzie Cruz, Aeryn Curren
Cara DeMars, Max Della Fera, Alexandra Derderian, Keira Dolan, Robert Donohue, Maya Dufalo, Gabriella Egnezzo, Cara Ehrhardt, Caitlin Eng, Kayla Esposito
James Fenton, Ethan Fersch, Charles Fjeldal, Olivia Fuentes, Gavin Fuentez, Joyce Gabrael, Zachary Garmont, Lauren Gawley, Charles Giacomazza, Colin Giarrusso, Brandon Greene, Kaya Gumusayak
Shea Haggerty, Joshua Hayes, Jan Eric Heyniger, Molly Hipp, Carley Holland, Erin Holland, Tyler Holland, Matthew Huaman, Grace Keane, Emma Kirby, Hannah Koffler, Daniel Kozachuk, Marley Kramer,
Anthony Lewis, Violet Liaukus, Julia Loudon, Vindhyan Marimuthu, Emma McDevitt, Megan McGrath, Katelyn Meehan, Peter Merle, Erin Michael, Dillon Millar, Gavin Moore, Sophia Morales, Eoin Moy
Julia Nogales, Alexandra Palma, Kieran Patel, Michael Potts-DeMasi, Nadia Prieto, Ryan Radigan, Agnik Ram, Cody Sacchi, Dylan Sampers, Julian Santorelli, Kendra Santos, Nixon Shick, Abigail Shust, Christopher Sluck, Briele Sposato, Nicolae Stanescu
Luca Tedesco, Emily Theobald, Matthew Toomsoo, Joseph Vallone, Alize Vazquez, Ava Vega, Michael Villani, Levi Wegesa, Christian Zebrowski, Elliott Ziebert
The names of some students who qualified for the honor roll do not appear on this list because their parents have elected not to release personal information to the media.
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Yvette McNeal and David Galbierczyk, principals of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, are proud to announce the names of those eighth grade students who have earned academic recognition during the first marking period of this school year 2018-2019.
These students have qualified for the high honors award by receiving an “A” in every school subject:
Leonel Andrade, Emma Baschieri, Eleanor Battersby, Marcus Beninghof, Rachel Bochicchio, Faith Brolly, Maria Caggiano
Juliette Fernicola, Patrick Huaman, Gabriel Levine, Zoe Levine, Grace McMahan, Anthony Passaro, Esteban Patrone-Michellod, Lauren Paz
Samantha Rizzi, Lauren Ryan, Reese Sahadow, Evan Spong, Sara Tortoriello, Georganne Valera, Marguerite Valera, Allyson Vasquez, Megan Wynne, Riley Ying, Ian Zalewski
The names of some students who qualified for the honor roll do not appear on this list because their parents have elected not to release personal information to the media.
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