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We are on the threshold of some very significant
changes in our district. This school year we
have laid the foundation for short term and long
term success for our students.
This month the Board of Education approved the
bids for our two major construction projects, the
renovations at Woodbridge Middle School and a
new Ross St. School #11. This multi-million
dollar undertaking is part of the referendum
passed last year. Groundbreaking on both
projects is expected in the next few months.
Both projects have an anticipated completion
date of September 2020.
Another initiative we are excited about is full-
day kindergarten. Kindergarten students in
Woodbridge have always attended only half-day
sessions. Starting in September 2018,
kindergarten students will attend school full day.
Full-day kindergarten is only possible because of
the acquisition of the former St. Cecelia’s
School in Iselin. In September 2018, we will
enter into a lease that will allow us to open Oak
Tree Rd School #29 (formerly St. Cecelia’s).
Students and staff from Kennedy Park (right
down the street) will move into School #29.
Kennedy Park will be used for overflow
kindergarten sections.
Another project we’re excited about is our
improvements in technology. We included some
technology infrastructure upgrades in the
construction referendum, including installing
internet access points in every classroom. An
access point is like an antenna that a wireless
device, such as an iPad, can use to connect to the
internet. Since access points have a limit to how
many devices can use them, more access points
in schools allow for more internet accessibility
for more devices. We are doing this project in
three phases; the middle schools are completed,
the high schools will begin soon, and the
elementary schools will be the final phase.
Success in 2017-2018 INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Success in 2017-2018 1
Construction Updates 2
Board of Education Projects 3
National Junior Honor Society 4
National Honor Society 9
Photos 14
Board of Education 19
One of the reasons we have access points in
every classroom is our commitment to digital
curriculum. This year we implemented a 1:1
iPad initiative in grade eight—every eighth
grader received their own personal iPad. In
addition, the eighth grade science and math
curricula were re-written on a digital platform.
We will be expanding this connect next year to
grades 9-12. Each high school student will
receive their own chromebook, and we will
begin to transform our high school curriculum to
a digital platform.
As always, we want to provide our students with
the very best facilities for extracurricular
activities. We are able to accomplish this with
our unprecedented relationship with the
Township and Mayor McCormac. The big
projects this year include replacing the
Woodbridge HS football field turf, replacing the
wall padding in the Woodbridge HS gym,
adding bleachers at the Colonia HS baseball
field, and improvements to the Colonia HS
greenhouse.
One of our first events on the new turf at
Woodbridge HS will be the Snapple Bowl. The
Snapple Bowl is an annual all-star football game
between the best players from Middlesex
County against the best players from Union
County. The game serves as a fundraiser for
charities in both Middlesex and Union Counties.
We are proud to host this event on July 19, 2018
on the new Woodbridge HS turf.
By Robert Zega
Woodbridge Township School District, 428 School St, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 732.602.8472 April 2018
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Construction Updates As part of our historic joint effort between Mayor McCormac, the Woodbridge Town Council, and the
Woodbridge Township Board of Education, our schools facilities have undergone major upgrades. These
upgrades include:
Woodbridge HS football field resurfacing: May 2018
Traffic gates between IMS & JFK HS: COMPLETE
CHS baseball field bleachers: SPRING 2018
Oak Tree Rd School #29 (formerly St. Cecelia’s): June 2018
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Be brave enough to live life creatively.
The creative place where no one else has ever been.
Alan Alda
Board of Education Construction Projects
Ross St Elementary School #11: Bid awarded April 2018; groundbreaking expected spring 2018
Woodbridge Middle School renovation project: Bid awarded April 2018; groundbreaking expected Spring
2018
Architect’s rendering of the new Ross St. School #11
Architect’s rendering of the new Woodbridge MS
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National Junior Honor Society
This past spring our five middle schools held their annual induction ceremonies for student who
have demonstrated the requirements needed to be inducted into the National Junior Honor
Society. Students who demonstrate the requirements of scholarship, service, leadership,
character, and citizenship are eligible to become members. The current members and new
inductees from each school are listed below.
AMS
Katherine Aina
Alexis D’Emilio
Dylan DaCunha
Laura Fitzpatrick
Jennifer Garcia
Salma Ghazi
Sean Joseph
Hanan Kedir
Keertana Krishna
Cassandra Lanjwal
Angelisse Lopez
Priyanshi Luhar
Raashi Maheshwari
Shayrra Manalo
Miriam Meshreky
Kara Mitch
Cleon Monis
Ana Robles
Julia Scotto
Jeydan Solomon
Elizabeth Spillar
Luke Tolley
Kacie Turnbull
Shreya Vyas
Siya Vyas
Annasimone Youssef
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FMS
Amal Ahmed
Sofia Alvarez
Alexa Andreola
Samantha Ayers
Natalee Barto
Richard Bazan
Kevin Catalon
Trinity Chipepo
Elizabeth De Leon
Rachel Egan
Tanisha Gadhavi
Bhupinder Gill
Melany Gomez
Ryan Gonzales
Ray Greenridge
Kayla Hackett
Luisa Hinterstein
Hannah Holness
Adreanna Hricko
Chalsea Ilagan
Esha Kamath
Lia Katarski
Colleen Kester
Jessica Kral
Tyler Lako
Darshan Lakshminarayanan
Tara Mahon
Karthik Manian
Anantesh Mohapatra
Ibrahim Mudassar
David Oyefesobi
Katherine Page
Sarah Pajaro
Kush Patel
Shane Pereira
Katherina Pinto
Barbara Pszeniczna
Jorrel Rajan
Maira Raza
Meilani Rea
Matthew A. Rivera
Bianca Robinson
Tyler Rock
Cameron Rock
Morgan Ryan
KatrinaSan Pedro
Marc Shimko
Michelle Solano
Alexander Valientes
Alexandra Valladares
Shakthi Venkatesan
Jada Williams
Kalel Wong
Daria Wroblewski
Richard Wu
Madison Yip
Jodi Zada Owusu
Christy Zheng
CMS
Matteo Angel
John Richard Argonza
Victoria Ben-David
Zachary Berger
Julia Brys
Danna Cardenas
Faith Cavalieri
Dylan Conklin
Nicholette Cortez
Parth Dangi
Gabriel Darocha
Virginia DeLuca
Katrina Demkowicz
Allison Devitt
Emma DiNatale
Emma Downes
Caitlyn Dugan
Isabelle Miller
Jasmine Miller
Francis Milone
Gwendolyn Mirdala
Amna Nadeem
Serena Neal
Cristiano Nogueira
Roopinder Notra
Alejandro Nowak
Maya Oboz
Toju Ogunnowo
Isabella Oliveira
Haley O'Neill
Marissa Ortega
Evan Panepinto-Lande
Erika Pannone
Dhvani Parikh
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CMS (continued)
LaurenDugan
Ashley Eisdorfer
Brooke Feliciano
Natalie Filocamo
Rashmee Gade
John Genoni
Anthony Genova
Peter Gomulka
Kennedy Goncalves
Arden Gonzalez
Zoe Gotti
Gianna Grasso
Matthew Grimalovsky
Karina Hapun
Abigail Haskell
Ariana Hiraldo
Paige Huntley
Alexis Jorge
Nicole Jorge
Justin Kane
Shannon Kavaja
Kaizer Kharawala
Izabel Korycki
Liam Lake
John Latorre
Joel Lawore
Alexa Leviten
Ryan Lobur
Tiffany Marques
Mihika Mehrotra
Hiral Parikh
Shikha Patel
Jenna Persaud
Joseph Pinho
Logan Ponik
Jessica Pontoriero
Aastha Pujara
Dev Pujara
Kayla Rajcevic
Meghan Richards
Laila Rivera
James Rodas
Cadence Roodenburg
Sophia Ruffini
Aaron Ruiz
Matthew Salcedo
Ohm Shah
Chandni Shah
Ayesha Silat
Emma Squeglia
Michelle Stankiewicz
Jessica Szubartowicz
Gabrielle Tanyag
FranciscoTellez
Aidan Thompson
Anthony Troyan
Jessica Vasquez
Morgan Williams
Anish Yande
Ahdaf Zaman
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IMS
Yousef Abdelaal Henna Jadav Khushi Patel
Apurva Amin Lavanya Jasra Kripa Patel
Roshni Aneja Deexa Kachhia Sakshi Patel
Eshan Ankulkar Rida Kadri Amisha Raikar
Potri Barama Yumna Khan Shreesaran Satapathy
Neha Baskaran Hiya Mavani Yaksha Seth
Amanda Castillo Bansari Mistry Aaryaa Shah
Saiashraya Chegu Anusha Kini-Nayak Bharath Srividhya
Jiselle D’Souza Aashita Patel Anaina Vineeth
Aarushi Gaikwad Dev V. Patel Victoria Vira
Aroosha Irfan Diya Patel Stephanie Yu
Durva Patel
WMS
Olivia Alvarez Victoria Liska
Teresa Androvich Julia Lubas
Kaelyb Barahona Brett Lukachyk
Gianna Benicaso Klaudia Marcisz
James Boelhower Caitlin McNish
Allyson Brucato Cristina McNish
Daniela Burton Kiana Medina
Glen Cantalupo Brianna Mendoza
Aidan Castro Jayden Mercado
Kaitlyn Chepel Ryleigh Mihalics
Mark Cimaszewski Julia Milevoi
Joseph Cristancho Julie Mitchell
Kya Dessources Chloe Monsanto
Claire English Allyson Montesdeoca
Rachelle Estinvil Jackie Morel
Brandon Flores Richard Nagy
Erick Fraga Daniela Notinaru
Tracey Freier Javier Pacheco
Nicole Galicia Giavanna Polak
Lorena Gama Haniya Qureshi
Noah Gibb Madison Rackett
Anthony Giron-Gonzalez Ashley Ring
Kacper Glaba Abigail Rodriguez
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The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling
upward in the night.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
WMS (continued)
Ximena Gonzalez Martinez Sophia Rollo
Nicholas Hilenski Isabella Rosano
Emma Hodgins Angelica Rosario
Aidan Idell Jake Serrano
Anginette Ipanaque Savannah Taveras
Rayna Jagasia Julia Terrel
Rachit Jain Ylia Thumann
Anyla Jenkins Ashley Tolocka
Jessica Joseph Ella Tom
Ryan Kalin Andrea Valladares
Nicholas Karabinos Jake Vazquez
Sukhdeep Kaur Anthony Velardo
Ty Kobylakiewicz Ashley Vincent
Jakub Kowalski-Zukowski
Emelia Kraft
Ananya Krishnan
Daniel Li
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National Honor Society
This past spring our three high schools held their annual induction ceremonies. Students who
have demonstrated the requirements of scholarship, service, leadership, and character were
inducted into the National Honor Society. The current members and new inductees from each
school are listed below.
JFKMHS
Unnati Agrawal
Iqra Ahmad
Adnan Akbar
Param Amin
Charu Arya
Aditi Basu
Heena Champaneri
Prakher Chandra
Advith Chegu
Nicole Chun
Jordan Daniels
Jimmy Dhillon
Shreya Dhyani
Marina Finis
Anthony Hein
Arianny Isabel
Elizabeth Jimenez
Alex Kalmar-Gonzalo
Harvinder Kaur
Jacqueline Kelly
Cheshta Kundra
Hetal Lad
Giovanni Magee
Neel Mayur
Krista Novoczynski
Aayushi Patel
Anjali Patel
Darshini Patel
Kajal Patel
Maithili Patel
Niki Patel
Raj Patel
Savan Patel
Vasu Patel
Christopher Russo
Carmela Sadaya
Danielle San Pedro
Alyssa Santiago
Hena Shah
Jenny Shah
Neev Shah
Rishabh Shah
Julia Sinatra
Mohita Sinha
Megan Smith
Jarred Tolley
Louis Truppa
Russell Van Liew
Arthraj Vyas
Stuti Vyas
Naveenan Yogeswaran
Jeffrey Alfaro
Aimun Akhtar
Akhilesh Arya
Niranjan Behera
Justine Bennett
Shivani Bhatt
Lois Cho
Abhisek Dave
Karan Dedhia
Jenna Della Torre
Aashi Faldu
Nicholas Garison
Chris Gomez
Juliana Impaglia
Kirsten Javier
Jayla Johnson
Moksha Kachhia
Umair Kadri
Keshav Kalia
Vidhi Kapoor
Caitlyn Kennedy
Sadaf Manjara
Sydney Mellage
Dara Mendez
Abhiram Pasumarti
Dikshita Patel
Alisha Patel
Urvish Patel
Elisa Pinkowitz
Samiksha Raman
Priya Shah
Yash Shah
Ghada Shehata
Miranda Sica
Devangi Vachhani
David Valverde
Rhea Vanjani
Sarah Velez
Michael Vira
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CHS
Mehak Ali Kiernan Lavelle Shiv Rathod
Kya Amaro Archna Mahendru Britney Renquifo Seguil
Emily Anan Shainna Manalo Jaden Riveles
Brianna Araujo Shania Manoppo Timothy Rodriguez
Naomy Arias Fernandez Racquel Matos Isabella Romero
Bryan Barros Seaerra Michalsky Brooke SanGiacomo
Isaiah Bartlett Thomas Mitch Sahil Sangu
Nicole Blauvelt Yamilee Moreta Robert Shackley
Kelly Branco Janae Motley Sharmi Shah
Frances Brock Casey Mulrooney Shreel Shah
Maria Brock Adrianna Munoz Faiza Sikandar
Camila Camacho-Tenreiro Lelani Nascimento Leah Smighelschi
Ryan Campbell Kim Nguyen Anjelica Solomon
Samantha Cioni Julia Nowak Annarose Sorvillo
Tatiana Correia Sara Orbe Gianna Tavormina
Daniel Darocha Jordyn Pagnozzi Adara Temizler
Julie Fakeh Palak Pandya Kevin Thai
Gianna Fantell Nicholas Pastor Rutu Thakkar
Alexander Francisco Akhil Patel Sabrina Tiseo
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CHS (continued)
Kavita Gordon Heer Patel Tiffany Tshimanga
Matthew Gouda Jay Patel Amy Valencia
Hakim Hines Manav Patel Julia Vargas
Sameen Jamal Misri Patel Arjun Venkatesan
Amanda Jean-Marie Shivani Patel Jessica Viegas
Manasa Kallur Zachary Pereira Natalia Vislocky
Harish Kanagal Hezekiel Poluan Michael Webster
Amanda Kavaja Alexandra Poulakowski Camilla Wnek
Zachary Kaye Given Pregil Isabella Wnek
Nicholas Krowicki Diya Pujara Lauren Wright
Sean Lambert Mariana Jessica Purukan Ankit Yande
Brittany Langevin Konrad Zawadzki
WHS
Selena Alcaide Polina Kerimbayeva
Maggie-ann Aube Alexandra Kuziemski
Agyeiwaa Boateng Fatima Lone
Lorenzo Castillo Katriel Marquez
Beyla Cayenne Alyssa Mata
Evan Chan Nestor Matos
Orianna Childress Kaitlynne Mccarthy
Carmen Chukwuocha Eric Mckenzie
Melissa Ciaccio Adriana Mencia
Jordan Cinelli Danielle Montalvan
Melanie Cordova Julianne Mundy
Melissa Cordova Turteel Nawaz
Kevin Cubillos Dylan Obeng
Kaylee Cuyuche Jean Orrego
Margaret Deignan Rachyl Otoo
Savannah Dimaio Nishita Patel
Katy Dinkelacker Hagan Pereira
Samuel Duffy Kimberly Ponce
Karima Elgamal Jeremiah Reodica
Patrick Fee Kendall Riscoe
Vanessa Gama Gabriella Rosano
Jaanhavi Ganesh Kayla Rosario
Christopher Garcia Nia Rosato
Kylie Gautier Elizabeth Samuel
Joanna Gavina Gia Sanchez
Sheenika Greenidge Steven Skros
Dominique Groguhe Justin Smith
Christal Haniff Crystal Solano
Alishma Haq Dynasty Suarez
Valerie Hinojosa Charles Sulse
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WHS (continued)
Taiwo Ibironke Pia Tolentino
Ikmat Ibrahim Bruce Truppner
Crystal James Ryan Vazquez
Preethy John George Wenson
Gabrielle Jones Davyani Yadav
Shania Kelly Sabrina Yip
Woodbridge HS seniors Miles George, Gebran Abdulhai, and Malik George
The George twins are going to MIT. Gebran is undecided but was accepted into the
University of Pennsylvania.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
Casey Stengel
The School #22 Choir performed at CitiField, the home of the Mets, on April 15
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison
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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy
JFK Head Football Coach Peter Christathakis joins JFK Senior Lou Truppa as he signs his letter
of intent to play football at The College of New Jersey
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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions
drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Steve Jobs
Colonia HS seniors sign letters of intent to colleges for athletics and academics. Pictures are
John Piccinic (New York University), Sam Ashton (Caldwell College), and Franco Toseo
(Muhlenberg College)
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never
decreases by being shared.
Buddha
Colonia HS Senior Monika Burzynska signs her letter of intent to swim and study at the
University of Pennsylvania next year. She is joined by Principal Pace and Head Swimming
Coach DeGraw
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Woodbridge Township
Board of Education
Jonathan Triebwasser
President
Term - 2019
Ex Officio
Frank DellaPietro III
Vice President Term - 2020
Ad Hoc Committee Policy & Planning Committee
Security & School Safety Chairperson
Special Education Committee
Marie Anderson
Board Member Term - 2020
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Athletics & Extracurricular Chairperson Cafeteria Committee Chairperson Finance & Insurance Committee Policy & Planning Committee Technology Committee
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Daniel Harris
Board Member Term - 2018
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Curriculum Committee Chairperson Finance & Insurance Committee Personnel & Grievance Committee Policy & Planning
Committee Chairperson Technology Committee
Brian Molnar
Board Member Term - 2020
Athletics & Extracurricular Committee Building & Grounds
Committee Chairperson Personnel & Grievance
Committee Chairperson Security & School Safety Committee Transportation Committee
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you
decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
Amelia Earhart
Joseph Velez Board Member Term - 2019
Cafeteria Committee
Negotiations Committee Chairperson
Special Education Committee
Security & School Safety Committee
Transportation Committee Chairperson
Eileen Zullo Board Member Term - 2018
Building & Grounds Committee Cafeteria Committee Curriculum Committee Chairperson Special Education
Committee Chairperson Transportation Committee
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See the latest version of our school district video series: The Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMMaDvfBRo8
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Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Central Administration
Robert Zega, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
732-602-8550
John Bader
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
732-602-8487
Brian Wolferman
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
732-602-8536
Joanne Shafer
Director of Personnel Services
732-602-8470
Julie Bair
Director of Special Sevices
732-602-8575