November 2016

GOODNEWSThe Ewing Public SchoolsJune 2005

Due to budget restraintsNO Summer School Programs

will be offered by the Ewing Public Schools

during the Summer of 2005.

Safety TownJune 30 - July 11

Contact: Jean Conrad609-538-9800 x1302

for application

On April 18, 2005 Ms. Chiavuzzo, Mrs. Walker and 30 Ewing High School freshmen joined several Mercer County high school and college students, and politicians to hear a presentation given by Mikhail Gorbachev at the Sovereign Bank Arena. Gorbachev was the last communist leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. During his term he instituted various policies including his political policy of Glasnost and economic policy

Ewing High Students Attend Gorbachev PresentationWhitney Lewis, EHS Freshman

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The recipients of the 2005 Teacher of the Year Awards were honored at a luncheon on April 29th. Jan Fay, 2004 Mercer County Teacher of the Year, was a guest speaker. 1st row (L to R): Joan Zuckerman, Principal Antheil; Sharon Solomon, Lore; Jan Fay, 2004 Mercer County Teacher of the Year; Inetta Emery, Principal Parkway; Danielle Miller, EHS; Superintendent Ray Broach. 2nd row: Darrell Jackson, Principal FMS; Donna Andreas, Antheil; Don Barnett, FMS; Betsy Turgeon, Parkway; Rodney Logan, Principal EHS.

Nearly sixty years since Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps, the now elderly survivors of the Holocaust are turning to a new generation to preserve their testimony about their wartime experiences for future generations. Holocaust survivors are steadily dwindling in number. Many have made it their mission to educate the world that anti-Semitism and racism easily lead to murder, and to speak about the horrors they and their families suffered. With the passing of time, it has become urgent to find a new generation to continue the survivors’ mission and tell their stories after the survivors can no longer do so. On April 12, the Adopt-a-Survivor (AAS) program was introduced to the Trenton area at Ewing High School. Six Holocaust survivors were adopted by twelve Ewing High sophomores. The adopted survivors—Moshe Gimlan, Vera Goodkin, Marion Lewin, Ruth Lubitz, Charles Rojer and Jack Zaifman—were originally from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Belgium. The AAS program pairs a survivor with one or more students. The students embark on a joint journey with the survivor through discussions about life before, during and after the Holocaust. Participating students will be able to represent the survivor and tell the survivor’s story with accuracy and feeling in the years to come. In addition, each student makes a commitment to tell the survivor’s story in a public venue in the year 2045, a hundred years after the liberation of Auschwitz. The twelve student adopters are Dave Angebranndt, Tyler Barnes, Annie Cook, Liz Dunham, Emily Everett, Curtis Fornarotto, Vildana Hajric, Devon Jones, Jen Meade, Billy O’Callaghan, Nikyta Sharma and Melysa Wilson.

Adopt-a-Survivor Program Begins at Ewing High School

Teacher of the Year Recipients are Honored

of Perestroika. His policies reopened churches, released political prisoners, and lifted bans on previously censored books. The 20th anniversary of Perestroika was one of the essential themes of Gorbachev’s presentation. The policy’s main goal was to make the Soviet economic system more efficient. Perestroika involved the transfer of control from the government to the business owners. This policy

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The Ewing Public Schools

EWING HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE!On Thursday, November 17th, beginning at

6:30PM, Ewing High School will open its doors to the community for its Open House/8th Grade Ori-entation. The event is designed for 8th grade stu-dents and their parents, but is open to any child or parent from the community who is interested in learning about the high school and its programs.

“This is an opportunity for us to showcase our out-standing staff, highlight all of our accomplishments and improvements, and really convey that Ewing High School is a great place to be,” stated 2008 New Jersey Principal of the Year Dr. Rodney Logan.

According to Dr. Logan, the Open House will begin with a presentation on the high school pro-

grams that will outline the four year curriculum requirements, describe courses available, special programs, athletics programs and after-school ac-tivities offered to all students.

“Our motto is ‘Something for Everyone’,” Dr. Lo-gan stated. “We want parents and potential stu-dents to understand that if you come to Ewing High School, there is indeed something for everyone: Excellent academics, an athletic program built to emphasize not only achievement, but participation, and outstanding offerings in arts and technology.”

“Over the past few years, we have won champi-onships in many sports, had our staff recognized by various organizations for their excellence, seen

our art, music and technology programs reach new heights, and sent many of our graduates to the best colleges and universities in the nation,” Dr. Logan remarked. “These are things we want prospective students to understand that they can be a part of.”

After the approximately one hour presentation, there will be tours of the high school where visi-tors can view many of the facility improvements that have taken place, which include aesthetic additions, technology improvements, a revitalized gym, modern athletic facilities and an expanded fitness center. Exhibits highlighting academic of-ferings and displays from clubs and activities will also be available.

The Ewing Public SchoolsEHS Homecoming Court

Community Ambassadors for 2016-17

On Saturday, October 1st, the Ewing High School Homecoming Court recognized students from Grades 9-12 who have distinguished them-selves in the areas of academics, athletics, extracur-ricular activities, leadership and service. Over 75 nominations were submitted by the EHS faculty, and students and faculty both participated in the voting process. The following Senior Court mem-bers were recognized during a half-time ceremony at the Homecoming football game: Jesse Amank-waah, Chibuzo Amonu, Lucinda Conteh, Edamiyon Doggett, Samuel Joseph, Velinda Ramsey, Danielle Rinaldi, and Terrance Stokes II. The Homecoming Court Royalty was officially crowned at the Home-coming Dance later that evening.

All fourteen Homecoming Court members ex-emplify the spirit and highest standards of EHS and will serve as community ambassadors for the 2016-17 school year.

Principal Dr. Logan of Ewing High School announced that Olivia J. Czelusniak and Alex-ander E. Toler have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship

Devlin Named New EHS Varsity Swim Coach

During the August Board meeting, Antheil Elementary School teacher Erin Devlin was named as Ewing High School’s new varsity swim coach.

Devlin is an EHS graduate who is one of the most accomplished swimmers in Blue Devils history. She went on to continue her swimming career collegiately at American University. Devlin has been a highly-respected club swimming coach in Mercer County for years and also has considerable experience in the scholastic arena, most recently serving as head coach for the Robbinsville-Allentown co-op high school program.

“We are excited to have Erin join our Ewing High School staff,” Athletic Director Bud Kowal stated. “We think that she will do an outstanding job with the program and our swimmers.”

To keep students reading into the summer months The Ewing Public Schools challenged their students to read a certain number of pages before they returned to school in September.

At the elementary level, students were given a recommended number of pages to read. If each student read the recommended number of pages, the school would reach its reading goal and the building principal would do something WILD AND CRAZY! At the middle school, the chal-lenge was by grade rather than by building.

This year, all three elementary schools far ex-ceeded their reading goals, and students in Grades 6 and 7 read well beyond the minimum expecta-tion. Students who attend Antheil School were challenged to read 50,000 pages and actually read 124,231 pages. Parkway students, who attend the smallest school in the district, were to read

EHS Students Olivia Czelusniak & Alexander Toler Named as Commended Students of

2017 National Merit Scholarship ProgramProgram. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corpora-tion (NMSC), which conducts the program, has been presented by the Principal to these scholas-tically-talented seniors.

Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commend-ed Students placed among the top 5% of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2017 competition by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

Parkway School Thanks Our Ewing Police Officers

Parkway Elementary School students began the year learning about communities. In correlation with this social studies unit, the students wrote thank you letters to the brave men and women of the Ewing Township Police Department for Na-tional Thank a Police Officer Day. In their letters, the students thanked the police officers for keeping their school, homes and community safe. Students then taped Life Saver candy to the tops of their letters with the saying, “Thanks for being a life saver.” Members of the Ewing Township Police Department came to Parkway Elementary School to receive the letters and see a banner the students had created, with their handprints, in appreciation of their service. Students then listened to a book about police officers and shared a snack together.

K-8 Students Read Over 500,000 Pages this Summer30,000; they exceeded this expectation by read-ing 75,895 pages. Lore students beat their goal of 45,000 pages by 281%, reading 171,619 pages.

At the middle school, students entering 6th grade exceeded their goal of 38,000 by reading 59,348 pages; 7th graders exceeded their goal of 48,000 by reading 58,404; and 8th graders read 65,626. In all, Ewing’s elementary and middle school students recorded 555,123 pages on their summer reading logs.

Google Chromebooks Integrated Across the Curriculum at Antheil!The Google Chromebooks have arrived in Mrs.

Pagano’s and Mrs. Chmiel’s fourth grade class-room at Antheil School. Students enthusiastically began research on a topic of their choice for a social studies and computer project. They are research-ing a cultural feature of the northeast region of the United States. They will use the information from their research to create a 30 second ‘commercial’ using transitions and voiceovers during computer class with Ms. Papadopoulos. This is just the start of a great year with our Chromebooks!

The Ewing Public Schools

What do you like best about Ewing High School? I really like the diversity of the student population and how we try to learn about and include each other’s cultures. Last year, Cul-tural Diversity week was

amazing since the entire school came together to celebrate each other’s cultures, religions and eth-nicities. I also like the fact the EHS has an activity for everyone so that every student can be included.

Who is your favorite teacher(s) or coach and why? My favorite coaches hands down are Mrs. Conant and Mrs. Hammer. They have coached me in both lacrosse and field hockey. Many peo-ple think sports are just physical activities but, because of sports, I know that being an athlete is about commitment, responsibility, leadership, persistence and, most importantly, playing with passion. My coaches have always been patient with me when I ‘messed up’ on and off the field and they have helped me become the person I am today. Because of them, I will always say ‘Pow-er, Passion, Pride’ as I go on in life and continue to apply what they have taught me.

I would also like to thank Mr. Besler for teaching me how to become a writer, and Mrs. Hutchinson and Madame Hill for making every day of French, Bio and Forensics enjoyable and unforgettable.

In which activities do you participate? I am Co-Captain of the Varsity Field Hockey Team alongside my best friend Jade Hall, and a member of the Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team. I was also a

member of the Drama Club for two years, Project Unify Team for one year, Orchestra for one year, and I participate in Student Council. Last year I was inducted into the National Honor Society.

What is your favorite memory of the high school? All of the relationships I have made with very special people, not just students but also facul-ty. The sound of our coaches yelling, “One More” or “Best One Last One” because they know you are capable of success even though you are tired. The bus rides home after a victory and the practices that seemed endless but were greatly appreciated.

What do you do outside of school? I am heavily involved in my church. I take care of the children and work with them at camps. I also help with and participate in special events that my church hosts. I spend time with my family and I love to hang out with my friends whenever I get a chance.

What are your plans after you graduate? I plan to go to a university and study some sort of medicine such as becoming a pediatrician or an orthopedic. I am greatly considering the Univer-sity of Puerto Rico in Arecibo where I will start out in microbiology and graduate to move on to medical school. I will also apply to colleges and universities in the United States.

Where do you see yourself in five years? In five years, I see myself still in college ready to graduate and move on to medical school so I can have a successful future in which I can support myself and my family. I may not be completely sure what my life will look like in five years, but I trust in God as he guides me through this jour-ney. I just hope to be happy and have peace in my heart wherever I may be.

Senior Spotlight: Meet Natalia Rodriguez Garcia

Composting in Fisher’s Life Science Class

Mrs. Fagin’s 7th grade life science class is com-posting this school year. Composting teaches stu-dents how nature recycles. The students in Mrs. Fagin’s class are extremely enthusiastic about main-taining and expanding their compost. Their overall goal is to create awareness about the importance of composting. They intend to reduce and reuse waste to create rich soil that will assist with future garden-ing projects. Mrs. Fagin and her students are hope-ful their efforts will expand from their classroom and become a school-wide initiative.

School Weather Emergency Information

by Michael Nitti, SuperintendentAs November begins and memories of beach

visits and campfires are replaced by thoughts of the holidays, I wanted to take a moment to remind the Ewing School community about our weather emergency procedures.

Having navigated many weather emergencies over the past several years, I can tell you that each event has its own ‘personality’ and we do our best to handle the situation appropriately; student safety is always our paramount concern, as well as com-municating effectively with the school community.

Remember, our official communication portals are as follows: Instant Alert, the School District Website, and Ewing Public Schools Television (Channel 19-Comcast/Channel 31-Verizon). We also notify Channel 6-ABC (WPVI) television. Our Ewing Public Schools Twitter Feed is designed more for public relations news, but we will use it to communicate weather-related information. Always confirm with the official communication portals, as social media outlets can be easily manipulated. Also, please make sure your Instant Alert profile is up to date with your current contact information.

We have a Weather Emergency Team which assembles during these events. This team con-sists of key Ewing Public Schools administrative, facilities and technology/communications staff. During a typical overnight weather event, we will begin our work at 4:30 AM, consulting with other school administrators and local authorities about weather and road conditions. We like to make our decision at about 5:00 AM and begin communicating that decision to the community about 5:30 AM through our official communica-tion portals. I realize that is early in the morning to receive phone calls; however, the high school begins at 7:15 AM and we have many employees who have significant commutes.

We like to make ‘delayed opening’ announce-ment as soon as possible, as we know that it has a big impact on a working family’s morning ar-rangements. We really strive to avoid ‘early dis-missals’ as we recognize that it is not an ideal situation to have students coming home before their parents but, sometimes, especially in rap-idly-deteriorating conditions when it looks like things will be far worse at the regular school ending, it is unavoidable.

A few final points: We have three ‘weather emergency days’ built into the school calendar. Af-ter that, a plan to take away previously-scheduled ‘days off’ is publicized on our school calendar. By law, we must have 180 days of school for students.

Also, please check our district information for the bell schedules for delayed openings/early dismissal days so you are prepared for those pos-sibilities. And always drive safely and cautiously in winter weather!

Good News For Sure!Mrs. Romanchuk, Physical Education teacher

at Lore School, is calling home to parents to tell them how great their children are doing in her physical education class. Mrs. Romanchuk proudly displays those students’ names written on cell phones on the Mrs. R’s. ‘Wall of Good Calls’ located outside of the gymnasium. Mrs. Romanchuk feels that all students have the po-tential to get their name on the wall if they follow her ‘Be Kind, Be Fair, and Be Safe’ rule mixed in with a little hard work!

The Ewing Public Schools

November 2016 Schedule in Ewing SchoolsNov 5 SAT @ EHSNov 8 School Closed - Staff DevelopmentNov 10-11 School Closed - NJEA ConventionNov 14-18 American Education WeekNov 14 Parkway - PTA Meeting @ 7pmNov 15 EHS - End of S1 Q2 Elementary & FMS - End of MP1Nov 16 Parkway - Title 1 Bingo Night @ 6:30pmNov 17-22 Lore - Book FairNov 17 EHS - Open House @ 6:30pm Antheil & Parkway - Picture Day Makeups Nov 21-23 Parkway - Book FairNov 21 Early Dismissal Grades K-8 (FMS Evening Conferences)Nov 22 Early Dismissal Grades K-8 (Elementary Evening Conferences)Nov 23 Early Dismissal Grades K-12 (No PM EDP)Nov 24-25 School Closed - ThanksgivingNov 28- EHS - PARCC Testing Jan 17 Nov 28 BOE Meeting - 8pm @ LoreNov 30 Antheil - PTO Meeting @ 6:45pm

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EWING HIGH SCHOOL: DID YOU KNOW...• 45% of the EHS staff possesses advanced degrees

• EHS offers 13 Advanced Placement courses and 29 Honors classes

• Since 2005, 13 graduates have attended Princeton University

• EHS Principal, Dr. Rodney Logan, was NJ Principal of the Year in 2007-2008

• EHS students can attend TCNJ, Rider University or MCCC classes while attending EHS

• Since 2006, we have had 7 NJSIAA State Championship teams and 16 Sectional Championship Teams

• EHS has 24 athletic teams, most with multiple levels and only a few with ‘cuts’

• EHS has over 25 extracurricular club offerings for its students

• The EHS music program was honored by the Grammy organization in 2012

• The EHS Robotics Program qualified for the championship match in the 2011 International Finals, finishing second in the world.

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONSNovember 8, 2016