WEST ESSEX BOARD OF EDUCATION West Essex News  Upcoming Events:  Jan. 22 , 23 & 26: HS Midterms / Early Dismissal Both Schools  Jan. 22: 6th Grade Parent Night  Jan. 24: SAT’s  Jan. 26: Board of Education Mtg  Jan. 27: Marking Period Ends  Jan. 27-30, West Essex Honors Teachers and Educational Professionals The West Essex Regional School District announced the winners and nominees for the Governor’s Educator of the Year and Educational Services Professionals of the Year on Jan. 19. The High School winners are: Teacher Kristen Cammarano (pictured right) and Librarian Rosemary Rich (pictured below.) The Middle School winners are: Teacher Jenna Maus-Colucci (right) and Student Assistance Counselor and 504 Coordinator Patricia Pawlikowski (below right). The HS teacher nominees are: Neil Carrozza, Robyn Paglia, Alicia Perez, Janice Emering, Andrea MondadoriLlauget and Wendy Bruffy. The service professional nominees are: Katie Blades and Anthony Emering. The MS teacher nominees are: Neil Carrozza, James Massa and Justin Scwindel. The service professional nominee is Maureen Anzalone. Feb. 2-6, 911: MS Map Testing  Jan. 29: 6th Grade Parent Night Snow Date  Feb. 6: Dance Team Showcase  Feb. 7: ACT’s ShopRite Stars Winners Selected High School Principal Gary Suda has announced the ShopRite Stars winners for the second marking period. They are pictured with Mr. Suda below right: Isabelle Caine for Academics, Brian Gieger for the Arts, Gabriella Girardi for Athletics, Noah Eagle for Leadership and Kristin Moro for Service to the Community. The students were nominated by faculty and will have their photographs displayed in the High School Main Office and in the West Caldwell ShopRite. S E S E P T . J A N U A R Y 2 2 , 7 , 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 5 JANUARY PAGE 2015 Schools. On Jan. 13, 246 MS musicians Musicians and singers from and singers and 311 musicians and singthe Middle School and the ers in grades 4-6 Essex Fells Elementary from the four sendSchool, the Lester C. ing districts spent a Noecker School in Roseland, Gould School in North day playing instruments and singing Caldwell and the Churchill School in Fairfield came to- together in large musical groups ingether to celebrate music at cluding a Buddy Day the annual Buddy Day proBand, Chorus and Orgram at West Essex Regional chestra. Students learned new music, learned to play and sing together, helped each other, made friends, enjoyed performances by high school musical groups and ended the day with a wonderful concert. West Essex Supervisor of the Arts Buddy Day 2 Eighth graders learn all about course requirements, electives, athletics and extra-curricular activities in a special high school orientation program. News Briefs On- 22, The WEST ESSEX NEWS The WEHS Photography Club enjoyed a field trip to Unique Photo in Fairfield. Bari Schmulewitz is the chairperson for Project Graduation 2018. She can be contacted at [email protected] and (201) 294-8558. There is still time to join the PTO. Dues are $35 per family. For a form, click here. Staff dues are $5. Click here for a form. The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the HS Cafeteria. Marching Band members Victoria Dominguez and Jenny Piserchia, (pictured below), have won the Tournament of Bands Chapter X Scholarships. Parental and Community Engagement We believe that parental and community engagement is critical to the success of our students, as our cooperative partnership is what makes this school system strong and successful. Our website is a tremendous resource, but there are more ways for parents to stay in the know. In keeping pace with the social media trends of the 21st century, we are pleased to offer the following addition to our methods of keeping you in the loop: Facebook Twitter: District Twitter: Middle School Twitter: High School West Essex Athletics is also new to Twitter! Become a follower today! Twitter: WEAthletics The West Essex Board of Education has approved the 2015-16 School Calendar. WEST ESSEX NEWS Lisa Swanick said she believes the Buddy Day provides a valuable performance opportunity that allows the elementary school students in our sending districts to see what our music program has to offer. “The success of this event is a testament to the value that the send school districts and West Essex place on music education.” West Essex High School has installed two new environmentally friendly water fountains/coolers near the auditorium. The new fountains are a big hit with students and faculty. (Desiree Russo and Jaclyn Pizzano enjoy the filtered bottle filling station with sensor activation.) The Class of 2017 Tricky Tray is March 1. The class is looking for contributors. For information, click here. The West Essex Board of Education will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the MS Cafeteria/ Classroom. Other West Essex News PAGE3 West Essex High School singers and musicians have been selected for North Jersey Region honors groups. Above, singers Chloe Bottman, Victoria Jenison, Jennifer Kuscin and Caroline Lanfrank. Chloe was selected for the women’s choir while the other singers and Christina Wan (not pictured) have been selected for the mixed choir. Timothy Ruszala and Brian Gieger, pictured above right, have been selected to play with the North Jersey Region 1 Band. Memory Portraits Completed Members of the WEHS Chapter of the National Art Honor Society created portraits of neglected children in India, now on display in the high school hallway. The society is participating in the Memory Project, which connects artists to less fortunate children. West Essex students were assigned children living in India. Each of the 46 society members created a portrait which will be personally delivered to the child, along with a photo of the student artist. The society will hold fundraisers to cover the costs of delivery of the portraits. (Pictured left to right, Michele Inga, Ariana Daly, Kayla Torter, Alexis Alexander and Allison VanSchaik.) ________________________________________________________________________________ HS senior and Varsity soccer player Emily Valerian has signed her letter of intent to play soccer for Caldwell University. (Emily is pictured with her parents, Principal Gary Suda, Varsity Soccer Coach Toni-Anne Cavallo and Athletic Director Damion Macioci.) Congratulations to the WEHS Winter Track 4X400 meter Team! The team broke the indoor school record on Jan. 3 with a running time of 3:34.44 at the Essex County Championships. (The previous school record of 3:37:87 was set last year at the NJSIAA Indoor Track Group 2 Championships.) The 4 X 400 meter team is ranked first in North 1 Group 2; fourth in Group 2 and 20th in the State of New Jersey including non-public schools. (The team consists of Farukh Bhatti, Liam Fost, Isaiah Rodriguez, Leonard Mendola and Anthony Steets.) Congrats also go out to Alexa Alhout, (pictured above right,) senior track team captain who is the school record holder of the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash and long jump. She plans to attend Lehigh University in the fall.