West Essex News West Essex High School Named
WEST ESSEX BOARD OF EDUCATION West Essex News Upcoming Events: Nov. 19-20: Spring Musical auditions Nov. 20: Sportsmanship Workshop Nov. 25: MS Thanksgiving Dinner for Support Staff Nov. 26: HS Italian Feast for Support Staff Nov. 26: Early Dismissal Thanksgiving Recess Nov. 27-28: Thanksgiving Recess Dec. 3: West Essex PTO Meeting Dec. 6: SAT’s Dec. 8: Board of Education meeting West Essex High School Named S E S E P T . N O V E M B E R 7 , 1 9 , 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 to 5th AP Honor Roll The West Essex Regional School District is one of 547 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 5th Annual AP® District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams. The 2014 year is a milestone year for the AP District Honor Roll, and more districts are achieving this objective than ever before. West Essex also received this honor last year when it was named to the 4th Annual AP District Honor Roll. High School Captains Attend Sportsmanship Workshop in Montclair West Essex High School winter sports captains and coaches attended a special Sportsmanship Workshop at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center On Nov. 13. The students learned how to lead their teams by giving their best effort and setting good examples for the underclassmen. The captains also learned how to help their coaches run better practices, compete with character, become the best teammate, demonstrate leadership, prevent hazing and create and maintain a positive culture within the athletic program. All winter athletes in grades 7-12 and their parents are invited to attend a similar program for players and parents led by the staff at the Yogi Berra Museum Thursday at 7 p.m. (Pictured above right, West Essex captains play a game at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center.) ShopRite Stars Winners Announced West Essex High School Principal Gary Suda has announced the first marking period ShopRite STARS winners for the 2014-15 school year. Mr. Suda is pictured above with four of the winners, left to right,: Fairfield senior Athena Marousis for academics, Essex Fells senior Ariana Daly for the Arts; North Caldwell senior Jake Gilbert for Athletics and Roseland senior Victoria Dominguez for Leadership. Pictured below is Mr. Suda with Richard Sessa, a senior from Roseland, honored for Service to the Community. Shannon Bertscha with John McCarthy. Above, Mr Hermosilla with editors Athena Marousis and Ann-Marie Lee. NOVEMBER PAGE Representatives from ADP visited West Essex Middle School and spoke to eighth grade students about being safe online and being respectful to others online. Mr. Popat.) The eighth grade stuWest Essex Middle School dents of the Principal Vee Popat and month are Hailey Assistant Principal Lisa DeVita and JimTamburri have announced my Lynch the Students of the (pictured right Month for November, with Mr. Popat.) 2014. The seventh grade Every month West students of the month are: Essex Middle Reem Aly and Nick Fran- School selects four gione (pictured below with students to be honored as students of the month. Two students from each grade will be selected and the selection for each month will come from one academic team at each grade level. To be selected as a Student of the Month, News Briefs WEST The ESSEX NEWS The West Essex Middle School Student Council will honor support staff at its annual Thanksgiving luncheon on Nov. 25 while the High School Student Council will honor support staff with an Italian Feast on Nov. 26. Please note that the HS drop/add period will begin Nov. 10 and run though Nov. 21. Students are strongly encouraged to add/drop a class during the week of November 10. Motivational speaker Scott Chesney spoke to seniors on November 14 in the High School Auditorium. He is photographed with the senior class advisors above. WEST ESSEX 2014 Students of the Month 2 On- 19, NEWS The Masquers are holding auditions for the spring musical “Legally Blonde” after school on Wednesday, November 19. The callbacks will take place on November 20. Come and try out for this great show! The West Essex PTO is looking for volunteers for the president positions for Fairfield and North Caldwell and the chair of the Project Graduation Committee for the Class of 2018. Please volunteer today! Contact Jen Petrocca at [email protected]. Save the date for the next PTO meeting of the school year: Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the WEHS Cafeteria! The West Essex Regional Board of Education will meet on Monday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the MS Cafeteria Classroom. We look forward to seeing you there! the middle school staff has decided to base candidates and selections on a review of the “whole” student not just the student with the best grades. Character traits such as honesty, perseverance, responsibility, integrity and leadership as well as a student’s academic qualities are considered. The West Essex Regional School District is on Facebook. Please become a fan of our Facebook page and keep up with all of the West Essex news! Spots are still available in the West Essex Preschool Program. If interested, email [email protected]. West Essex High School hosted a successful Career Day on Friday, November 14. More than 35 speakers representing a variety of professions including the medical, law, finance, culinary, law enforcement, media, engineering, health and education fields were represented. Freshmen, sophomores and juniors each attended three different sessions with different professionals. The event was organized by the High School guidance department. (Pictured left, registered nurse Barbara Hunter speaks to students at Career Day.) Other West Essex News PAGE3 WEMS Asst. Principal Lisa Tamburri and Mr. James Massa congratulate the winners of the Knightlights Scary Story Contest, left to right, Tyler Behrle, Sam Chuzhin, Caroline Ben Nathan, Leigha Capra and Thomas “TJ” Viola. The Knightlights is the Middle School’s Literary Magazine. Several West Essex High School students in Mr. Bettini’s Power and Mechanics Course launched rockets in the TARC Rocket American National Competition. The students made one qualifying flight in the competition. The students, pictured above, with Mr. Bettini are: (left to right): Raymond Tetyevsky, Ryan Van Arsdale, Thomas Moro, Michael Hangge and Thomas Lynch. The West Essex High School Girls' Tennis Team hosted its annual mixed doubles tournament to raise money for the Rett Sydrome Foundation. All tennis team members participated in the event and raised more than $1,000. (The participants are pictured right.) As part of Red Ribbon Week, MS Stu- dent Assistance Counselor Patricia Pawlikowski asked students to sign a pledge to be drug free. The students wore red on Wednesday, October 22. Above, Lucas Schiffman signed the pledge on a bulletin board in the MS Cafeteria. West Essex High School seniors enjoyed the Senior Pancake Breakfast on Friday, November 14. (Pictured left, Michael Panzarino, Matt Arrowood and Matt Boyd enjoy the breakfast. Right, Lexie Sabato, Shannon Bertscha, Hailey DeFrank, Sabrina Saccente, Bunny James and Jean Marano spend time together at the pancake breakfast.) _________________________________________________________________________________ West Essex High School senior athletes have started signing their letters of intent to play sports for colleges around the country. Our first two athletes to sign last week at special ceremonies in the High School Library are: Alexa Alhout and Roberto LoCascio. Alexa, who has several high school track & field records including for the long jump, has signed with Lehigh University. Roberto, who also wrestles, will play lacrosse for Villanova University. Both students are pictured with their coaches and families.
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