1. education
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Mission Statement
What We’ve
Accomplished
The South Brunswick High School
community values academic
excellence, diversity, and a safe
learning environment. The school
empowers students to develop skills
and character as they explore their
talents and interests in order to
become informed citizens and leaders
in the global community.
2012-2013
Faculty Accomplishments
Swim Team donated $1,425 to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America from their
swim-a-thon.
AP Achievement District Honor Roll
Courtney Rohrig participated in Adopt-a-Survivor Program. Courtney met several
times with a Holocaust survivor, recorded the story, and promises to pass his/her story
onto future generations
Our district was selected to be a part of the 3rd Annual Advanced Placement Program’s
AP Achievement District Honor Roll for Significant Gains in Advanced Placement
Access and Student Performance.
Marc Babich
One of his Holocaust and Genocide students participated in the Adopt-aSurvivor Program. The student met several times with a Holocaust survivor,
recorded the story, and promises to pass his/her story on to future generations.
Marisol Ciccone
Magic 98.3 Radio Station “Teacher Who Makes Magic” inside her classroom
winner. Marisol was nominated by two of her students and the principal.
Julianne Erdi, Aubrey Thomas, and Catherine Gottfried and Felica Zikria came in 2nd
place in Six Flags Great Adventure’s Marketing Challenge. The students placed 2nd
out of over 50 entries.
Marissa Modi volunteered at the South Brunswick Food Pantry for over a year , having
organized several food drives.
Simone Klein was selected to serve as one of the two student delegates from New Jersey
at the 51st Annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).
Roxann Clarke-Holmes
• South Brunswick High School Educator of the Year
• History Service Learning Projects - Community Outreach Project Initiative
• Annual Hosting of New Brunswick Students/Student Exchange - along with
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Ramon Quinones
Diversity Learning Cross Curricular Collaboration - along with Catherine
LaMoreaux
New Jersey Science Olympiad medal winners: Cynthia Lo, Nitika Yadlapalli (Chem Lab
- 5th Place) Cynthia Lo, Grace Li (Designer Genes - 5th Place), Brandon Botsch, Pranav Marupudi (Fermi Questions - 2nd Place), Davis Liu, Monica Kumar (Forestry - 4th
Place), Eric Hang, Justin Fu (Magnetically levitated vehicle - 5th Place), Monica Kumar, Ritesh Ragavender (Thermodynamics - 6th Place), David Liu, Richard Xu (Write
It, Do It - 4th Place)
C.J. Hendricks (Assistant Baseball Coach)
Hendricks organized a group of players, coaches and parents to go to
Manasquan to aid storm victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Mark Kraft
Band Director at SBHS for thirty-three years is a quarter-finalist in the
GRAM MY Music Educator category. This represents the top 217 candidates
from a field of over 30,000. We are awaiting word of his continuing progress
with this award.
Catherine LaMoreaux
Contributed to the Senior Center’s National Award for the program Living Legacies.
What parents and alumni said about our faculty members…
“This teacher has worked tirelessly to make sure that her students know how to write,
how to back up an argument with facts, and how to analyze text. I’ve seen my child’s
writing grow this year tremendously and I’m not at all concerned about her ability to do
well in sophomore year, thanks to this teacher.”
Donna Sichta and John Marron
Co-chaired the South Brunswick Diabetes Parent Support Group that met
monthly throughout the school year. All parents of school-aged children with
Type I Diabetes are welcome to join the group and share experiences as parents
of children with diabetes. Guest Speakers for the group have come from
the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and St. Peter’s University Hospital. Diabetes
dog Lucky made a special appearance to the group for its final family group
meeting!
“This teacher seems to teach in such a way that it makes it easier for students to learn.
I don’t know what she does, but her methods of teaching work even on the toughest
kids.”
Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
Staff members volunteered to assist with Hurricane Sandy Relief efforts at
the Jersey Shore including Union Beach and the Highlands.
“Now more than ever, we are grateful to the educators and staff who inspire and nurture our kids to become their best in life. You are truly the heroes, on the front line,
protecting them and guiding them in an ever –changing society.
“There is no surprise why my daughter loves being in your class! Thank you for being a
true testimony to the positive impact educators can have on students if they choose
to...thank you for choosing to do so!”
Individual Student Recognition
Academic Achievement
Marketing students Julianne Erdi, Aubrey Thomas and Catherine Gottfried from Christina Santowasso’s Marketing class and Felica Zikria from Peri Sokol’s Fashion Marketing class came in second place in the Six Flags Great Adventure Marketing Challenge.
AP Exams
88% of Advanced Placement students earned scores of three or higher on Advanced Placement tests in 2012.
1,258 exams were administered this May to 593 students.
19 art students were selected to show in the Rush Holt Congressional Art Show.
David Landy won outstanding soloist at the Gala Concert at Rutgers University.
We placed 1st and 2nd in Drawing, (Jody Friedman and Katie Ronquillo), 3rd in Painting (Rosie Waniak), 1st in Collage (Rachel Galang), and 1st in Computer Art (Emily
Charniga). South Brunswick took 1st Overall (Jody Friedman), and her work will hang
for a year in the US Capital building. We also took 2nd and 3rd Overall, Rachel Galang and Katie Ronquillo, whose work will hang in his Congressional offices. Rush
Holt made a personal visit to SBHS to congratulate us!
Governor’s School
Three students were selected to attend his/her school of interest.
24 “Pathways to Business” students earned certification through passing the A*S*K
Institute Fundamental Business Concepts exam. Our passing rate improved to 88.9%.
Between the two years of offering this certification assessment, we've had 41 students
take the test, and 32 earn certification (78% passing rate). Two of the students (Senior
George Janovsky and Junior Preema Patel) were recognized with Exemplary Achievement, having received scores of 90% or higher on the certification exam.
Nine (9) students participated in testing using the NOCTI Accounting - Basic assessment. This assessment, offered for the first time here at SBHS, includes a 3-hour written
test and a 3-hour performance test. Of the nine participants, one student achieved a
passing score on the written portion and two students earned passing scores on the performance test.
Princeton HealthCare System honored the following high school volunteers: Edna M.
Wilson Award: Pratyusha Chamarti; 300 Hour Service Award: Simrit Dhatt and
Shivam Patel; 200 Hour Service Award: Patyusha Chamarti, Sanika Dighe and Sonali
Patel; 100 Hour Service Award: Amrutha Alladi, Rupreet Anand, Archana Bottu, Julia
Epelbaum, Natalie Falk, Akshita Gurajala, Farid Kazi, Khuram Khan, Aaron Laserna,
Jonathan Mathew, Alisha Matreja, Nithya Mitta, Vinay Mudadla, Komal Patel, Rahul
P. Patel, Rohith Putcha, Rohini Putcha, Gautam Ramaswamy, Akila Sarathy, Nitish
Sharma, Shweta Sharma, Saisuma Veerapaneni.
Sophomore Evan Wu qualified for the USA Junior Math Olympiad examination (that
lasted over 9 hours over 2 days). His score on the exam ranks him among the top 80
contestants in the U.S.
Senior Davis Liu and junior Manvith Narahari were named U.S. Physics semi-finalists,
two of about 400 students in the country. Manvith was a bronze medalist, placing him
in the top half of the semi-finalists.
Students Jared Austerlitz, Pooja Gadani, Matthew Tantoy, and Kasyap Tenneti received
gold medals for their performance on the National Latin Exam.
National Merit Scholarship Program
8 Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition
6 National Merit Special Scholarship Recipients
36 National Merit Program Commended Students
3 Outstanding Participants in the National Achievement Scholarship Competition
2 National Hispanic Recognition Program Recipients
World Language Awards
57 students were awarded certificates and medals for their performance on the
National Latin Exam.
3 students were awarded medals for their performance on the National
Mythology Exam.
Class of 2013
Members of the Class of 2013 were accepted into the following colleges and Universities. This is not a complete list, but just a sampling of where our students will be continuing their education:
Albright College
American University
Boston University
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
DeVry University
Drexel University
Fordham University
Kean University
Lehigh University
Monmouth University
Montclair University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Rider University
Rowan University
Rutgers University
Seton Hall University
St. John’s University
Syracuse University
The College of New Jersey
Towson University
University of Delaware
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
Villanova University
William Paterson University
Athletic Recognition
Fall Season Recognition
Gymnastics
5TH Place in Raider Invitational
3rd Place in GMC’s
Sarah Capraro
Morgan Rybinski
4th Vault GMC Meet, Sectional Qualifier
2nd Place Bars Central Jersey II Sectionals
All Around State Qualifier
All Red Division, All Conference and
Home News Tribune All Area
Pedals for Progress
Collected 57 bicycles, 1 sewing machine, 1 bag of soccer equipment. $2,465 ($2,000
from a grant from NJEA) was collected to cover shipping costs.
Food Drive
Collected over 2,800 pounds of food for M.C.F.O.O.D.S .
Cagnie Antczak
All Red Division and All State Recipient
Jessica Puchalski
All County, All State, Top 20 in Central Jersey,
All Region Nominee
All Region Recipient
3rd Team All Group IV
1st Team Middlesex County
Boys’ Soccer
GMC Finalists
All Red Division, All Conference, All State
All Red Division, All State
All Red Division, All Conference, All State
All Red Division, All State
Girls’ Tennis
GMC Finalist
Surya Ramesh
Tanya Krishnakumar
Mara Stegaru/Avni Bali
Giving Tree
$2,500 in gift cards were collected and donated to South Brunswick Social Services for
distribution to needy families.
All Around Central Jersey II Sectional Champion
All Around State Qualifier
Girls’ Soccer
Thomas Dorsay
Alexander Hwang
James Quilter
Dylan Elias
Adopt-a-Family
Coordinated by the Activities Office, 14 South Brunswick families were adopted during
the holiday season.
IPLE
IPLE students helped raise $2,300 for the South Brunswick Human Intervention Trust
Fund. Students also helped raise awareness for Radi-Aid: Africa for Norway. We also
hosted a forum on the local response to Superstorm Sandy and to terrorism.
Volleyball
Danielle Padovano
Community Service
All Red Division,
GMC Champion, 3rd Singles
GMC Tournament Finalists 1st Doubles/ All Area
Home News
Packages for the Troops
Ms. Sanyigo’s Vietnam Era classes collected personal care items for the troops in
November. The classes packed about 150 shoeboxes that were sent to SBHS graduate
Zach Melchisky who is currently serving in Afghanistan. The Military History classes
also helped in collecting items. Various English and Social Studies classes wrote letters
to the troops. The Kids, Kids, Kids program provided arts and crafts for the goodie bags
sent in each box.
G.I. Go Jeans for Troops Day
The staff wore jeans to support Jeans for Troops Day and collected $115.
Chris Molnar Fundraiser
Staff and students raised over $2,000 to help with the medical bills of alumni Chris
Molnar.
She’s the First
Student volunteers raised $2,000 through bake sales to support the education of three
high school girls in Guatemala for an entire year. Dr. Kathleen Murphy organized this
event.
Stop &Shop A+ School Rewards Program
$575.42 was given to the school from Stop & Shop’s A+ Rewards Program.
Student Council (continued)
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Powder Puff Charity Fundraiser on November 17th 2012 that raised over
$3,000 for charity. Over 200 students and 30 staff members participated in this
annual event. The Junior Class proved to be victorious as they defeated the
Senior Class in many, many overtimes. All proceeds were donated to:
◊ Women Aware
◊ Wounded Warrior Project
◊ NJASC State Charity: Hugs-For-Brady
Leadership Association was an organization started to bring together leaders
from several branches of the school (Class Presidents, Drum Majors, Club
Presidents and Team Captains). This group met once a month to discuss school
wide issues and promote each others events.
Members of the Student Council attended 2 NJASC Statewide Leadership
Conferences where officers networked with students from around the state to
discuss leadership programs and school spirit.
SBHS Student Council Officers hosted 4 workshops at the NJASC Winter
Conference
South Brunswick Student Council was recognized as an Honor School for the
ninth year in a row by NJASC.
This year’s Student Council decided to start a new tradition with a Dance-AThon sponsoring our NJASC charity Hugs-For-Brady. This brand new event
earned a $1000 donation to the cause and all participants had a great time.
The annual Mr. SBHS pageant was hosted on April 19th 2013. The highly anticipated event generated a large crowd which made the event a success. Students, staff and parents alike came to support this event, and the contestants put
on an amazing show. David Landy stole the hearts of the crowd, and ended up
winning the title. Contestants were:
Jack Aquino, Charles Covin, Kennedy Hart, Aaron Laserna,
Quentin Madia, Mike Moriarty, Shekar Muruganathan,
Joey Poshkus, Jimmy Quilter, Freddie Strebeck
4 Student Senate meetings here held to inform senators of the upcoming events
and past accomplishments of student council. The meetings are a great way to
distribute information to the school and have students participate in Student
Council discussions.
November 5, 2012 - 106 Attendees - First Senate Meeting, Introduced Members
December 4, 2012 - 70 Attendees - 2nd Senate Meeting, Discussed Powder Puff
February 7, 2013 - 82 Attendees - 3rd Senate Meeting, Color Wars/Spirit Week
Information
May 8, 2013
94 Attendees - 4th Senate Meeting, Changes to Elections,
End of year information
Football
Central Jersey Group V State Champions
TJ Taylor
All Red Division, All Conference, 1st Team Home News,
2nd Team All State
TJ Perkowski
All Red Division, All Conference, 1st Team Home News,
Offensive Player of the Year by Star Ledger and Home News
Kenneth Drost
All Red Division, All Conference, 1st Team Home News
Dahrae Ford
All Red Division, All Conference, 1st Team Home News
Dontae Strickland All Red Division, All Conference
Field Hockey
Alyssa Talarick
Alison Wahl
All Red Division, All Conference
All Red Division, All Conference, 1st Team Home News
Boys’ Cross Country
Phil DeFroscia
Kyle McCann
Nicholas Neville
Matthew Zamorski
All Red Division
All Red Division
All Red Division
All Red Division
Girls’ Cross Country
Red Division Championship
Carly Trill
Zenzali Lael
Elisa Meranchik
All Conference, All Area
Red Division
Red Division
Cheerleading
Qualified for Nationals
Student Council
Winter Season Recognition
Girls’ Swimming
2nd in GMC Championships
John Harding
Coach of the Year
Cindy Shi
GMC Champions in 500 free
All Conference, All Red Division Team
All Conference, All Red Division Team
All Conference, All Red Division Team
All Conference, All Red Division Team
Emily Charniga
Samantha Chan
Christina Napoli
Boys’ Swimming
Jeffrey Chan
James Wu
All Conference, All Red Division Team
All Conference, All Red Division Team
Boys’ Basketball
Christopher Bourne
All Red Division Team
Ice Hockey
Thomas Fisher
All Conference, Hobey Baker Award Winner
Advisor - Kelly Boyer
• Awards earned from New Jersey Association of Student Councils – the oldest
State Student Council Organization in the nation:
◊ Community Smile Award
◊ $1,000 State Charity Club Award
• Student Council Officers joined with Senior Class Officers to help organize
and host Convocation on September 14th, 2012. Student Council President
Tessa Trach, Vice President Julia Hernandez, and Board of Ed Rep Victoria
Monteiro all welcomed the crowd and introduced key speakers.
• Spread awareness about Various Causes and supported through fundraising,
wearing a color, and giving away various items to encourage school wide support:
ο September 27- Ovarian Cancer (Teal)
ο October 25 – Breast Cancer (Pink)
ο November 29th – Support the Troops (Yellow)
ο January 11 – Hugs-For-Brady (Gold)
ο February 7 – Heart Disease Awareness (Red)
ο March 21 – Feed the Hungry (Orange)
ο April 25 – Autism Awareness (Blue)
ο May 14 – Cystic Fibrosis (Purple)
ο June 6 – Environmental Awareness (Green)
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Wrestling
Jordan Pagano
Ali Yildiz
Constantine Rissiotis
GMC Champion, Region V Champion
GMC Champion, District XX Champion, Region V
Champion
3rd Place Finish in NJSIAA State Championships
District XX Champion
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Girls’ Basketball
Ashley DeGroff
Danielle Padovano
Red Division Team
All Conference Team, All Red Division Team
1000 pt. Scorer
Home News Player of the Year 2013
Dance Team
State Champions
Christina Trautwein
Regional Solo Champion
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2 Spirit Weeks and a Pep Rally held each year to increase school spirit and
recognize our athletes, and student/faculty accomplishments. Staff and students dressed up for Black and Gold Days, Class Color Days, College Day,
Mismatch Day, Lazy Day and many more. School spirit was showcased
throughout these weeks with participants being recognized and awarded the
Spirit Cup.
A bonfire was also scheduled to occur on October 11th 2012. Student Council
coordinated with Activities Director, Class Officers and Athletics. This year
had an even better attendance than last year, and included a DJ and various
snacks for sale.
Homecoming Float Parade on October 12th: Our theme was “SBHS Travels
the World” and that is exactly what we did. All 4 Classes, Student Council and
the Dead Presidents Society showcased floats to represent different countries.
14 seniors were members of the court, with Jimmy Quilter being crowned
King and Patricia Walsh being crowned Queen.
Other court members included:
Tommy Fisher, James Izzo, Matthew James, Quentin Madia,
Rory Monaghan, Michael Moriarty, Christina Gramieri,
Julia Hernandez, Victoria Monteiro, Natasha Pande,
Karen Reyes, Gianna Rosamila
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Students baked “Unicorn Poop” cookies and made chocolate-covered pretzels
for a bake sale
Bake sale held to raise money for the club’s big event-the “Spring Fling” at
Stonebridge
Paper flower sale held to raise money for the ”Spring Fling”
Donations solicited at football games and Open House to raise money for the
“Spring Fling”
“Spring Fling” held at Stonebridge at Montgomery on April 27th. Approximately
40 residents attended and participated in planned games, won prizes, enjoyed
music, dancing, and partaking in special food. Event guests received giveaways.
A “Spring Fling” king and queen were crowned.
The SBHS Sketch-up Improv Club joined the W.I.S.H. Club for two very
successful visits to Genesis Park Place.
Dance Team (continued)
All American Honors
Douglas Arouh
Anna Goldin
Danielle Siegel
Rebecca Arroyo
Caitlyn Ignall
Mackenzie Rice
Gianna Rosamilia
Christina Trautwein
Samantha Wereszczek
Girls Bowling
GMC Champions, GMC Red Division Champions
Tara Burniston
Conference Coach of the Year
Amy Caruso
GMC Champions
All Conference Team, All Red Division Team
All Conference Team, All Red Division Team
All Red Division Team
Alanna Zetchus
Brianne Font
Boys’ Bowling
Dominic Anghelone
Kristopher Kimberlin
Steven Krier
Alex Sorge
All Conference Team, All Red Division Team Bowled a Perfect Game
All Red Division Team
All Red Division Team
All Red Division Team
Boys’ Winter Track
Group IV State Relay Champions
949 students qualified for club memberships
585 students were members of one club
238 students were members of two clubs
82 students were members of three clubs
30 students were members of four clubs
44 students were members of four or more clubs
Wilfredo Rivera
Conference Coach of the Year
Jonathan Pitt
All Conference Team
State Record Holder for the Triple Jump 49’71/2”
And Long Jump 23’3”
Finished 2nd in the Nationals in the Triple Jump
Home News and Star Ledger Winter Track Athlete
of the Year 2013
Girls’ Winter Track
Middlesex County Relay Champions 6th straight year
Stefan Moorhead
Division - Coach of the Year
Aspen McMillan
Central Jersey Sectional Champion 55 Meter
GMC Champion, 55 Meter, 55 Hurdles
All Conference, All Red Division Team
Elisa Meranchik
All Red Division Team
Spring Season Recognition
Boys’ Golf
Parth Ahuja
Devan Naik
All Conference Team, Red Division Team
Red Division Team
Boys’ Tennis
Sportsmanship Award Winner
Dylan Karchere-Sun
Viknesh Lakshmanan &
Vijay Chockalingam
All Conference, All Red Division
GMC 1st Doubles Champions All Conference,
All Division
Boys’ Lacrosse
Matthew Golden
All Conference
Baseball
Sean Keenan
TJ Perkowski
Brian Oates
All Conference, All Red Division
All Conference, All Red Division
All Red Division
Girls’ Golf
Julia Bae
Viking Volunteers
Advisors - Anastasia Marcella and Amanda Auerbach
• Collected over 1000 pounds of food for the MCFOODS Food Drive
• Participants completed over 1000 hours of community service
• Assisted nursing offices with preparation for winter and spring sports physicals
• Collected over 800 stuffed animals to be used as prizes for a charity carnival
for children with disabilities
• Recognized by the Middlesex County Freeholders for participating in the
County McFoods drive.
Yearbook Club
Advisor - Anna Lehre
• The 2013 Yearbook was once again selected by Balfour Publishing to use as an
over-run yearbook which will be used as a model book by sales representatives
at prospective schools.
• 2012 Yearbook Awards:
◊ National Scholastic Press Association – First Class Rating (second
highest award available) with two marks of distinction for Concepts/
Essentials and Design
◊ Garden State Scholastic Press Association – All New Jersey Platinum
Award (second highest award available)
All Conference
Boys’ Volleyball
Brandon Mariano
Viking Closet (continued)
beauty services.
• Awarded the Education Foundation Grant: $1,000.00 in 2013
• Donated 15 bags of clothing to Carteret High School
• Donated approximately 300 Prom dresses to New Brunswick High School.
2nd Place GMC Championships
W.I.S.H. – Working in Senior Housing
Advisors – Meryl Orlando and Ann Jahr
• Club created in response to students’ requests following a character initiative
last year
• 19 club members participated
• 50 visits to four different assisted living and skilled nursing facilities (Franklin
Care in Franklin Park, Genesis Park Place in Monmouth Junction, Acorn Glen
in Princeton and Stonebridge at Montgomery in Skillman) made by club
members on weekends and after school.
• Student members planned activities to engage the residents including Scrabble
using student-made Scrabble boards and guessing games like Pictionary,
What’s My line, and Password and socialized with the residents in these facilities.
• Two guest speakers invited to educate club members at club meetings about
their careers and working with the aged: LeAndra Smith, recreation director of
Stonebridge at Montgomery and Roberta Scharff, Director of the Rehabilitation
Center.
Science League
Advisor - Jane Rothfuss
• 52 students currently enrolled in Science Department classes participated in
Science League tests in 2013. As of May 5, 2013, the final scores and place
ment of teams and individuals has not yet been released by the New Jersey
Science League organization.
Sketch-Up Club
Advisors - Catherine LaMoreaux and Marc Lifland
• Performed at “Skwish” three times this year along with the WISH club. This
event is an improv performance at Genesis Park Place, a local nursing home.
• Held Annual Wing-It Event and raised $300 for Broadway Cares Equity Fights
AIDS. The winner of this event was invited to perform with a professional
improvisational troupe.
• Participated in improvisational games with a Harry Potter theme with the
Dumbledore Army club.
Special Olympics
Advisor - Kathleen Kirby
• Family BBQ - Coaches, athletes, volunteers, and their families gathered for a
BBQ to mark the end of track practice. Awards and t-shirts were given out to
athletes and volunteers.
• Area 5 Track Meet - Athletes each competed in three track and field events.
• Summer Game - Six athletes will spend the weekend at TCNJ competing in the
Track and Field portion of the Special Olympics Summer Games.
Technology Student Association (TSA)
Advisors - Lisa Sokol and Peri Sokol
• Attended the TSA State Competition at TCNJ and came home with the following:
◊ Fashion Design - 3rd place
◊ Architecture - 1st place in the state
Viking Closet
Advisors - Jennifer Webb and Mary Francis Ryan-Howley, Brianna Logan and
Karen Lopez
• Back to School Event - 8/23/12 - 70 attendees - 40 students and some people from the community received back to school supplies, clothing, and accessories. More than 30 volunteers helped out with this event.
• Free Raffle - 12/6/12 - 400 volunteers and participants. 16 prizes were raffled
off. Anyone could enter the raffle for free. Items raffled included Coach bags,
Vera Bradley bags, Tiffany jewelry, Viking Wear and much more.
Prom Dress Drive - 4/4/13 - 75 volunteers, 87 recipients of dresses - Prom
Dress drive began in January and continued through until March 22nd. Close to
400 dresses were donated by the community, staff, students and businesses. 11
businesses donated decorations, money, food, dry cleaning, alterations, and
Girls’ Lacrosse
GMC Champions (5th straight)
John Coppolo
Conference Coach of the Year
Marissa Cavett
Elizabeth Hvozdovic
Anne Marie Rolwood
Eileen Rolwood
Elizabeth Ruedemann
All Conference
All Conference
All Conference
All Conference
All Conference
Girls’ Track and Field
GMC Champions, GMC Relay Champions (8th Straight)
Red Division Champions (7th straight)
Danielle Padovano
Central Jersey Group IV Champion Shot Put/
Discus
GMC Champion
Lindsay Del Piano
Aspen McMillan
GMC Champion
GMC Champion
Softball
Melissa Mielko
Sara Finnegan
All Red Division
All Red Division
Boys’ Track and Field
Group IV State Champions
Central Jersey Group IV Champions
GMC Champions
GMC Relay Champions
Red Division Champions
Wilfredo Rivera
Conference Coach of the Year
Jaleel Alston
Jonathan Pitt
GMC Champion in High Jump and Long Jump
GMC Champion Triple Jump
NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Champion
Triple Jump
NJSIAA Group IV Champion Triple Jump
GMC Champion 800m
Central Jersey Group IV 400 HH
Morgan Murray
Stephen Teques
Boys’ Track and Field (continued)
4 x100 (GMC Champions)
4 x 800 (GMC Champions)
4 x 100 (Group IV Champions)
4 x 800 (Central Jersey Group
IV Champions)
4 x100 (Group IV Champions)
4 x 800 (Group IV Champions)
Emmanuel Agyen, TJ Taylor, Maxwell Rowe,
Elijah Suggs
Christian Garrido, Matthew Tamasi, Maxwell Rowe,
Morgan Murray
Emmanuel Agyen, TJ Taylor, Maxwell Rowe,
Elijah Suggs & Central Jersey
Christian Garrido, Matthew Tamasi, Maxwell Rowe,
Morgan Murray
Emmanuel Agyen, TJ Taylor, Maxwell Rowe, Elijah
Suggs
Christian Garrido, Matthew Tamasi, Nicholas
Neville, Morgan Murray
Division I Scholarships
T.J. Taylor
Rutgers University
Football
Elle Hvozdovic
Elon University
Lacrosse
Sean Keenan
Marist University
Baseball
Danielle Roberts
Southern Georgia University
Basketball
Danielle Padovano
Fordham University
Basketball
Emily Charniga
Drexel University
Swimming
Jonathon Pitt
Louisiana State University
Track and Field
T.J. Perkowski
Rutgers University
Baseball
Cindy Shi
Binghamton University
Swimming
Positive You (continued)
Strauss, Peri Sokol, Erin Sanabria and Kristen Meehan. Activities included
yoga, hands on food preparation, review of healthy food choices, recipe shar
ing, journaling and crafts. The emotional side of eating was explored through
group discussion focusing on body image perception, societal pressures and
media expectations. Guest speakers included Allison O’Brien from The Gar
den State Community Kitchen.
Red Cross Club
Advisor - Holly Studzinski
• Hosted a Blood Drive on May 21st and May 22nd and collected a total of 133
pints of blood product! Together, our SBHS community saved 399
lives!!
• We would like to recognize Nikhil Gandhi and Kedar Venkataramani (Class of
2013) Badminton Club presidents, as well as the entire Badminton Club for
hosting a successful Badminton Tournament in November to raise funds for
the American Red Cross Hurricane Sandy Relief. A total of $387.20 was
raised and contributed to the American Red Cross.
Renaissance
Advisor - Dr. Roberto DeBari
• Held annual Quidditch Night with 250 in attendance. Event raised $1,000 for
the Annual Paraprofessional/Custodial Luncheon which was held on May
23rd.
Robotics Team
Advisors - T.J. Fawcett and Michael Snook
• Won an Excellence Award at the State level competition and qualified for the
World Championship in Anaheim, California. A total of 16 students and two
advisors competed against 420 teams from across the world and reached the
semi-finals. This was an excellent showing for a rookie team.
sbEarth - Environmental Club
Advisor - Jane Rothfuss
• Recycled 100 lbs of plastic caps through a program sponsored by Aveeda
• Held a bake sale and contributed $250 to International Fund for Animal Welfare, in support of its elephant conservation education program
• Made recycled paper to better understand the recycling process
• Special Meeting -- Mrs. Nancy Paquette, South Brunswick Recycling Coordinator and another representative from South Brunswick township Public
Works came to discuss the township's single-stream recycling program
• Special Event - sbEarth Coffee House to benefit Chimp Haven on April 26,
2013. Over 135 people attended and the event raised $500 for Chimp Haven.
Newspaper Viking Vibe (continued)
• We have deployed the android version but we were set back by technology
issues. The apple version is complete but needs additional fine-tuning which
we plan to complete next year.
• We are exploring cost-effective ways to bring at least a limited print version
back next year through a partnership with the South Brunswick Post.
• We assumed Vibe Culture as a part of our normal operations.
• We founded an online literary magazine called Vibe Expressions as part of the
newspaper.
• We partnered with She’s the First to bring an official chapter here to SBHS.
• We also ran our third Ultimate Frisbee tourney in conjunction with the
Ultimate Frisbee Club.
• Our students won several awards from the GSSPA scholastic press conference
in October. (See below)
• Viking Vibe students and alumnus won the following awards at the Garden
State Scholastic Press Association’s (GSSPA) Annual Statewide Writing Contest:
Newswriting
Newswriting
Simone Klein
Nishtha Raval
Akanksha Acharya
Feature Writing Rory Monaghan
Sports Writing Brendan Jackson (‘12)
David Kim
John Thau
In-Depth
Ektaa Sanghvi (‘12)
Simone Klein
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honor Societies
National Honor Society
Advisors - Kelly Boyer and Samantha Saldanha-Kuncharam
Assistants - Alex Witkowski and Nicholas Gazzale
Inducted 172 new members
309 total members
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NHS completed over 3,000 hours in community service.
Some placements include: Homework Help Center, Red Cross Blood Drive,
Back-to-School Night, Asian Show, The Food Drive, Hugs-For-Brady events,
and various other placements in and out of the South Brunswick Community.
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Subject Area Honor Societies
Art Honor Society
45 new students qualified for inclusion
English Honor Society
24 students qualified for inclusion
French Honor Society
20 new students qualified for inclusion
First Place
Honorable Mention
PALS (Peers Assisting Life Skills)
Advisors - Catherine Sisk and Kathleen Kirby
• Held 6 Friday night social events for life skills students
Photography Club
Advisor - Norman Chow
• Photographed Mohamad Sanu’s jersey retirement
• Photographed Spring Pep Rally
• Photographed 5K Run
Positive You
Advisors - John Marron, Jennifer Schrob, Patricia Bramson, Kathleen Kirby and
Donna Sichta
Group continued its second year, funded by a grant from the Education
Foundation of South Brunswick. Open to girls, grades 9 through 12, weekly
activities such as positive body attitudes, stress reduction techniques, and self
care behaviors were incorporated. The group was led by Donna Sichta and
Kris Kauda. Team members included John Marron, Angela Racz, Bridget
Latin Honor Society
8 new students qualified for inclusion
Mu Alpha Theta (Math)
27 new students qualified for inclusion
Social Studies Honor Society
42 new students qualified for inclusion
Science Honor Society
74 new students qualified for inclusion
Spanish Honor Society
39 new students qualified for inclusion
Technology Honor Society
12 students qualified for inclusion
Tri-M Music Honor Society
20 new students qualified for inclusion
Performing Arts Awards
The South Brunswick Concert Choir
• Sang at Carnegie Hall on May 25, 2013. Accompanied by the New England
Symphonic Ensemble they performed the Mozart “Requiem” and received
a standing ovation.
• The choir also served the community at numerous events throughout the
year.
The South Brunswick Wind Ensemble
• Received a GOLD Rating at the New Jersey State Concert Band Festival and
an invitation to the NJ State Gala Concert.
• Symphonic Band and both Concert Bands received Silver ratings.
• South Brunswick Wind Ensemble is one of six high school ensembles invited
to perform at Rutgers University. The group was selected from over 200
applicants.
The South Brunswick High School Orchestra
• Played in concert with The College of New Jersey Orchestra performing
“William Tell Overture.”
• The Chamber Orchestra also travelled and performed in Baltimore, Maryland
and Washington, DC.
The South Brunswick Viking Marching Band
• Performed their 2013 show “Velocity” winning several local contests including
the Mayor’s Trophies for Best Overall Band at the Monroe High School Competition and the East Brunswick Competition.
• They placed 2nd in the New Jersey State Championships and 2nd in the US
Bands National Championships held at MetLife Stadium.
The South Brunswick Visual Ensemble
• SB Visual Ensemble completed an undefeated local season and won the Gold
Medal in Scholastic Open Division of the Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network
Championships.
• The Performance Company won Gold in Scholastic Novice.
• The Visual Ensemble’s 2013 production entitled “Fragile” is set to “How
Fragile We Are”, as sung by Sting, earned 8th Place at the International
Championships. The show taught strength in a world where life is fragile.
The South Brunswick Indoor Percussion Ensemble
• Completed their first year in competition.
• The ensemble participated in 5 competitions throughout the winter receiving a
promotion from Marching Percussion A to Marching Percussion AA on their
first competition at Pequannock High School.
JSA (continued)
• Winter Congress Convention - 2/22-24/13 - 75 in attendance (from SBHS) Model Congress, SB passed 4 bills
• Spring One-Day Conference - 3/23/13 - 75 in attendance (from SBHS) - Rep.
Rush Holt (D-NJ) keynote speaker
• Spring State Convention - 4/20-21/13 - 25 in attendance (from SBHS) - Fareed
Zakaria(journalist) keynote speaker
• Simone Klein- served as Mid-Atlantic State Governor this year, organizing &
running the 3 overnight conventions
• SBHS had the most amount of students on State and Region Cabinet (Paul
Gramieri, Bhupali Kulkarni, Mihir Dixit, Meghana Bansal, Maryam Rahaman,
Sarika Pawar, Tanya Krishnakumar, Priyanka Toddywala, Amrita Mojumdar,
Robert Puzio)
• Best Speaker Awards won at conventions- Robert Puzio (8), Jerry Britto (2),
Suraj Anandalwar (1), Simone Klein (1), Meghana Bansal (1), Pravek Karwe (1),
Dave Nacianceno (1), Suman Shastry (1)
• The following received awards in the State Competition in the Fall: Pravek
Karwe (1 best speaker award,) Robert Puzzio (4 best speaker awards, the most at
the convention), Jerry Britto (2 best speaker awards)
Law Club (Mock Trial Team)
Advisor - John Lolli
• Participated in the Middlesex County Mock Trial Competition
Model United Nations
Advisor - Samantha Saldanha
• Philadelphia Model U.N. - 2/21-2/24 - 16 Students learned to publicly speak/
debate
• Kevin Rajput won Outstanding Speaker for his Committee at Philadelphia
Model U.N.
• Dodgeball Tournament - 5/17 - 50 in audience plus 21 teams of 6-8 people $1500 profit shared with Renaissance Club
New Jersey Math League
Advisors - Tara Burniston and Eileen Manzi
• Team took 6th place in Middlesex County for the NJML Contests
• Team placed 21st in the State for the NJML Contests
Newspaper Viking Vibe
Advisor - Andy Loh
• This year, the club continued to perfect the process of publishing our online
version. Next year we hope to do more to help students to “buy in” to the
online paper by the introduction of free downloadable apps for smartphones.
Interact
Advisor - Catherine LaMoreaux
• Rotary Club of Plainsboro 5K Run - Members helped RCOP with their 5K
Run
• Holiday cards - Members made holiday cards for sick children at CH
• Adopt-A-Family - Members donated items for the holidays
• Sandy Relief Fundraiser - Members fundraised for Sandy relief
• Cake Pop Fundraiser - Members helped the Bio-Med Futures Club with their
fundraiser
• Sandwich making for SHIP - Members made 75 brown bag meals
• Sandwich making for TASK - Members made 100 brown bag meals
• Arista Care - Members helped elders plant herbs
• Chocolate Fundraiser - Members fundraised for sandwich making materials
• After School Fundraiser - Members fundraised for sandwich making materials
• River Clean Up - Members helped clean the Cranbury River
• World Peace Day - Members attended the World Peace Day
• Sandwich making for TASK - Members made 100 brown bag meals
• RCOP Dance Competition - Members helped RCOP with their fundraiser
Isaac Newton Club - NJ Science Olympiad
Advisor - Dr. Amrish Garg
• New Jersey Science Olympiad - On January 17, 2013 two teams consisting of 44 students participated in the NJ Science Olympiad tournament (one
of three in the state). Thanks to the excellence of the Science Department and
the hard work of the students, the teams won trophies by placing 2nd and 3rd
out of the 20 that competed in the high school division. They also won 38
medals in total. Students on the teams were recommended for inclusion in the
teams by many of you.
• Participated in the State Tournament which was held on March 12 where participation is limited to one team of 22 students that competed in 24
events. Students intensified their efforts to do well.
JSA
Advisors - Keisha Spencer and Jessie Kabel
• Fall One-Day Conference 10/13/12 - 125 in attendance (from SBHS) - Political
Fair for election season
• Debate Watch Parties10/3,16,and 22/2012 - 20 in attendance - Watched
Presidential debates, involved in elections
• Fall State Convention - 11/10-11/12 - 25 in attendance (from SBHS) - Adam
Freedman speaker; Mock Supreme Court Trial
• No Labels Conference - 1/15/13 - 25 in attendance (from SBHS) - John
Huntsman, Michael Bloomberg speak about bipartisanship
• The ensemble completed the season with a first place finish on April 6th at the
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USBands Indoor Championships held at Hunterdon Central High School.
Performed at the Spring Pep Rally for the enjoyment of the SBHS student
body.
Performed at the Randolph High School Percussion Ensemble and clinic led by
famous percussionist, Michael Burritt.
The Pirandello Players
• Presented the Pat Cook comedy “Quirk of Fate” in January with rave reviews.
• In February, the children’s musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie
Brown” was presented by the Musical Theatre Class to over 1500 South
Brunswick Elementary students!
• In May audiences were wowed by a tremendous production of the Cole Porter
Musical “Anything Goes!”
The SBHS Small Ensembles (including the Men’s Vocal Ensemble, Women’s Vocal
Ensemble, Clarinet Choir, Flute Choir, Brass Ensemble, Woodwind Quintets, Sax
Ensemble, String Quartets, and Percussion Ensemble)
• The Small Ensembles have performed for the school community and the
general community in a Small Ensembles Concert that was held on March 21,
2013, as well as providing music events throughout the year. Some were also
featured in the spring concerts and were scheduled to perform for both Crossroads Middle Schools.
The Music Department
• The Music Department presented six outstanding concerts at the High School,
six full length concerts outside the building and performed for over 40 school
and community events.
• Forty students were inducted into the Tri-M National Music Honor Society.
• The Music Department opened the school year at Convocation and closed the
school year at graduation.
• Congratulations to one and all!
Strings Quartet
• Performed at the Small Ensembles Concert
• Performed at the Art Show
• Performed at AP Portfolio Night
Extra-Curricular Achievements
Asian Cultural Club
Advisor - Maritza Arango & Holly Stefanidis
• The Asian Culture is committed to serving the community by promoting cultural awareness. This year they were proud to have put on a very successful
variety show highlighting the many talents of the members. The $6,000 raised
was donated to The HELP Foundation, through which the club is sponsoring
a child’s education in India all the way through college and The Alzheimer’s
Foundation.
• The club also sponsored a Movie Night raising an additional $200.
Bio & Medical Futures Club
Advisors - Crystal Burnett & Tim Burnett
• Cynthia Lo received an honorable mention in the Biology Olympiad competetion
• $600 was donated to Action Against Hunger
• $100 donated to the Tay-Sachs Foundation
• A guest speaker from the Tay-Sachs Foundation spoke to club members.
Breakdancing
Advisor - Ramon Quinones
• Performed at Diversity Night
Chess Club
Advisor—Mesut Cakir
• 1st at KoC Shore HS Chess League
• 3rd at Elks Shore HS Chess League
• 3rd in the League Championship Shore HS Chess League
Dumbledore’a Army South Brunswick
Advisor - Alan Van Den Arend
• Bake Sale at Dance-A-Thon—$65.00 raised and donated to Hugs for Brady
• Quidditch Night - Logistics support, $60.00 raised from bake sale
• Book Drive - Collected over 200 books for donation
Dead Presidents Society
Advisors - Beth McGinley and Patrice Gorman
• Participated in the Homecoming game by crafting The Berlin Wall float.
• Held the annual DPS Inaugural Ball where serviceman Jason Moore spoke to
students about the Black Hawk Mission.
• Adopted a South Brunswick family and together raised approximately $600.
We purchased numerous items ranging from young girls clothing wear to toys
and gifts for mom.
Dead Presidents Society (continued)
• Fundraised for a field trip to NYC. Students saw Madame Toussauds famous
Wax Museum and the 9/11 Memorial.
• Participated in the Model UN Dodge Ball Tournament on Friday, May 17th
FBLA
Advisors - Karen Hunte and Ailish McGrath
• Program of Work (goals & objectives for the year) for SB FBLA chapter completed
• New “www.sbfbla.org” website created
• Sign-In Application created for attendance
• Coupon Book fundraiser conducted
• Hosted a “Parents’ Night” meeting
• Enrolled SB FBLA chapter in NJ Bridge Program as an “Established Chapter”
• Regional Competitive Events at SBHS
• FBLA Week
• MOD Awareness Day
• National Fall Leadership Conference in Charlotte, NC
• National Leadership Conference in Anaheim June 2013 (roughly 15 students
attending)
• 3rd Annual March of Dimes “Dodging 4 Dimes” Dodgeball Charity Event
March of Dimes Walk at RU Piscataway Campus
Financial Leadership Development Club
Advisor - Jeff Johnson
• Ran the FLDC stock competition. Our chapter of FLDC took home the
prize of “Top stock Pickers” and our chapter filled many of the top 10 spots.
Future Educators Club
Advisor - Janice Maiorano
• Future Teachers Conference - 1/8/13 - 18 students attended workshops related
to teaching
Gay Straight Alliance
Advisor - John Marron
• Increased membership to 60 Students and had 5 Guest Speakers
• Garden State Community Kitchen Sponsor
• Partnership with the Tyler Clementi Foundation & Family
• Sponsored Day of Silence (408 students participated)
• Awarded Site & Sponsorship for Statewide GSA Forum in November/2013
• Eagle Scout Gold Award for Gay Health Curriculum/HiTops
• Donations to Local Charities (Food Bank)