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MERIT SCHOLARS...Four Westfield High School seniors were named 2016National Merit Semi-Finalists. Westfield Board of Education President, RichardMattessich, congratulated the students and presented certificates to (from left toright) Albert Chen, Ryan Dang, Nova Qi, and Sarah Steiner on September 29,and cited their many academic and co-curricular accomplishments. Approxi-mately 1.1 percent of students who take the Preliminary SAT test qualify asNational Merit semi-finalists. They are the highest scoring entrants and areeligible to apply for National Merit scholarships. The program honors studentswho show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorouscollege studies.

WESTFIELD ON TV...Classroom Close-up NJ, an Emmy award-winning TVmagazine program focusing on innovative projects in New Jersey public schools,selected the Westfield Public Schools to showcase digital learning. Tamaquesfirst graders are pictured here at their laptops. Cameramen and producers filmedteachers and students in action at Westfield High School (WHS) and TamaquesElementary School. The Digital Learning Center and the Chrome Book Cohortled by Adam Pizzi were highlighted at WHS. Interviews of administrators,teachers and students gave testimony to the school district’s initiative to utilizetechnology to enhance instruction, engage students in learning and continue itstradition of excellence. The show will air on NJTV on Sunday, February 14 andMarch 20 at 7:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. The show will also be posted andarchived on www.classroomcloseup.org.

SEVEN PERFECT SCORES...Westfield High School has been notified thatseven students have achieved perfect scores in June 2015 on ACT standardizedtests widely used for college admission criteria. Principal Peter Renwick (at rearleft) congratulated the students, including, first row from left to right: CarolineBarry – English; Chanel Shum – English and Reading; Megan Troutman –Mathematics; and Bridget Harrington – Reading; and, second row from left toright: Jesse Liu – English; Frankanthony Guerriero – English; and CameronBremer – Science. These results bring the total of perfect ACT scores to 33 andSAT scores to 48 during the 2014-2015 school year. “This speaks volumes aboutour students’ abilities and their commitment to education,” stated Mr. Renwick.

Cranford PTC AnnounesAnnual Wreath Sale

SP-FHS Class of 1975Gives Back at 40th Reunion

Teresa Montani recognizedFor Years of Service to FDU

UNITED...On October 21, both the Mountainside and Westfield Campuses atHoly Trinity School celebrated Unity Day. At the Mountainside Campus, thekindergarten and pre-k students learned to "Be on God's Team" and care foreach other. At the Westfield Campus, students and staff “Made It Orange” aprogram in awareness to end bullying. Students wore orange T-shirts andaccessories. They participated in a short assembly on bullying organized by thirdgrade teacher Kari Saluccio, and first grade teacher Clare Trelease. At the endof the assembly students tied orange ribbons to the playground fence as a pledgeto unite against bullying and unite for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.

SCHOOL SPIRIT… Fifth graders Sanah Menon of Edison, Kapriana Payami ofScotch Plains, Jamei Schenck of Somerset, Buzz Gresh of Piscataway and AydinAziz of Mountainside are ready to play at the inaugural Lower School Spirit Dayat The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison. The event was a wild success withstudents in Junior Kindergarten through grade five participating in activitiesand games in Plumeri Gym. Clad in green and gold as part of the school's themeday before Fall Fair, the youngsters competed and cheered for each other infriendly games. Lee Nicholls, Physical Education Department Chair, organizedthe event and colleague Mike Howell worked as the DJ.

SCOTCH PLAINS – The Class of1975 from Scotch Plains-FanwoodHigh School just celebrated their 40threunion with over 100 classmates atShackamaxon Country Club and theirreunion had a little something spe-cial.

This class has always been highlyphilanthropic, having been touchedby the paralyzing injury of class-mate, Charlie Newman, in a highschool football game in 1973. So,they decided to turn their special oc-casion into another fund raiser; andtogether raised $5,000 for charity.

Mr. Newman has just retired froman honorable 30-year career withUnion County, serving the needs ofdisabled citizens. In his honor, a do-nation is being made to The Christo-pher Reeve Foundation.

The other beneficiary is The Daniel

T. Liss Memorial Fund (http://danieltliss.wix.com/memorialfund),which was founded by classmatesGina (Danielson) and Ken Liss’ fam-ily after the tragic loss of their 20-year-old son Dan, to cancer. Thisfoundation directly supports the needsof families with children who arefighting cancer.

Prior to the reunion, a “Punch-A-Thon” event was hosted by CKOFanwood. Owner Steve Johnson andhis generous trainers donated theirfacility and time and raised nearly$1,800.

Several local businesses also do-nated items for the tricky-tray. Theraffle and 50/50 added a lot of excite-ment to an already outstandingevening and everyone got into thespirit of giving and supporting thesewonderful organizations.

Pingry Announces Nat.Hispanic Prog. Scholars

UNSUNG HERO...Susan Marie Terra, a science teacher at Westfield HighSchool (WHS), was presented Voya’s Unsung Heroes Award by Douglas Peters(at left), the company’s K-12 Regional Vice President. The presentation of the$2,000 grant took place on October 21 during the WHS Science Faculty meetingpresided by Supervisor David Stoneback (at right). Ms. Terra will use the grantto purchase equipment for laboratory investigations in her Forensics Scienceclasses. Her innovative teaching idea, “Sowing Forensic STEM* Seeds,” isfocused on teaching students how to separate, visualize and analyze DNA andhow to collect real-time data. “These experiences will increase my students’achievements in science knowledge and skills in the use of technology,” stated Ms.Terra. “They will sharpen their ability to work in teams, and above all, thisproject will encourage both STEM learning and career outcomes,” she added.Selected from a group of nearly 1,000 applicants, Terra is one of only 100 winnersacross the country who will receive this award to help fund and bring herprogram to life.

BASKING RIDGE – Pingry se-niors Jonnathan Baquero of Eliza-beth and Dillon Noone of ScotchPlains have been selected as Schol-ars, based on their academic achieve-ment, in the 2015 National HispanicRecognition Program (NHRP).

The College Board initiated this pro-gram in 1983 to identify outstandingHispanic/Latino high school students.

Each year, the NHRP recognizesabout 5,000 of the 250,000 studentswho took the Preliminary SAT/Na-tional Merit Scholarship QualifyingTest as juniors and identified them-selves as Hispanic/Latino. Studentsrecognized by the NHRP are at leastone-quarter Hispanic/Latino—basedon the program’s definition—andhave achieved a minimum PSAT/NMSQT score for their region.

The Pingry School, a K to 12 co-

educational, independent countryday school, is recognized through-out the United States for its aca-demic excellence, Honor Code, arts,athletics, and community service.The school’s mission is to foster instudents a lifelong commitment tointellectual exploration, individualgrowth, and social responsibility,while preparing them to be globalcitizens and leaders of the 21st cen-tury. Dr. John F. Pingry founded theschool in 1861 in Elizabeth, NewJersey, and today there are two cam-puses: K to five in Short Hills andGrades six to 12 in Basking Ridge.The diverse student body is com-posed of 1,117 students from over100 towns in New Jersey and Penn-sylvania. For more information visitthe school’s web site,www.pingry.org.

MADISON – Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity (FDU) held a luncheonon October 28 at the University'sFlorham Campus to celebrate fac-ulty and staff members who havereached a special anniversary intheir years at FDU. Teresa Montani,of Cranford, was recognized for 20of years of service. Ms. Montani isan associate dean at University Col-lege.

Founded in 1942, FDU has growninto the largest private university inNew Jersey, and a center of aca-demic excellence dedicated to thepreparation of world citizensthrough global education. Today,FDU offers over 100 degree pro-grams at the associate, baccalaure-ate, master's and doctor's levels.More than 12,000 students from 32states and 72 countries are enrolledon the University's two campuses

in northern New Jersey, as well asits international campuses inWroxton, England and inVancouver, Canada. The Univer-sity strives to provide students withthe multi-disciplinary, intercultural,and ethical understandings neces-sary to participate, lead, and pros-per in the global marketplace ofideas, commerce and culture.

Devoted to the preparation ofworld citizens through global edu-cation, Fairleigh Dickinson Univer-sity is New Jersey's largest privateuniversity and features more than100 liberal arts and professionaldegree programs, two internationalcampuses, dozens of partnershipswith internationally renowned in-stitutions and special programs andstatus within the United Nations.For more information, go towww.fdu.edu.

CRANFORD – The Cranford Par-ent Teacher Council (PTC) announcedits annual Christmas wreath sale. 24inch balsam wreaths are beautifullyhand-decorated with berries, orna-ments, snow-tipped pine cones and achoice of bow color: winter white, redwith gold trim, silver, gold, red andgreen plaid or burgundy.

Wreath pick-up is Thursday, De-cember 3 in the Lincoln Gymnasiumat 132 Thomas Street, from 11:30 a.m.to 5:30 p.m. Each wreath is $26. All

proceeds go toward college scholar-ships for Cranford High School Se-niors who show a financial need. Visitthe Cranford PTC website and easilypay online through our webstore athttp://cranfordptc.webs.com/apps/webstore or print out and return theorder form and a check made payableto Cranford PTC. The order form andinstructions are available on the PTCwebsite or you can email Lisa Salwayat Cranfordptc132@gmail.com for in-formation.

Local Residents InductedInto Nat. Honor Society

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JERSEY CITY – Forty-nine se-niors were inducted as members ofthe McNally-Sinnott Chapter of theNational Honor Society at SaintPeter's Preparatory School in JerseyCity during a ceremony on October20,2015, recognizing their excellencein the areas of scholarship, leader-ship, service and character.

Highlights of the induction cer-emony included reflections on the

four areas of excellence that havedefined NHS members since thesociety’s creation in 1921, given bythe chapter's officers for this year.Incoming president WilliamFitzpatrick spoke on scholarship; vicepresident Michael Dillane of Veronaon leadership; secretary JeremiahCampoverde of Hoboken on service,and treasurer Shamar Waterman ofNorth Brunswick on character. Thefollowing local residents were in-ducted: from Cranford, Robet Puhakand James Swetman; from ScotchPlains, David Clancy, and fromWestfield, Robert Brancatella, Will-iam Fitzpatrick, and John Lovito.