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STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH March: Adrian Rodriguez April: Josie Walsh

Welcome to the fourth edition of this year’s Bridgemen

Bulletin! We hope you enjoy reading about all of the great

things that are happening at Fort Lee High School!

The Class of 2017 received extremely noteworthy college

acceptances. There were two students accepted to Harvard,

three students accepted to Cornell, three students accepted

to Princeton, and multiple acceptances to Columbia, Stanford,

Yale, MIT, University of Alabama, Arizona State, Boston

University, Boston College, University of Delaware, Emory,

George Washington, University of Michigan, NYU,

Northeastern, Purdue, Rice, Syracuse, Tulane, and more!

CONGRATULATIONS COACH DAN

CIRONE 2016-2017 BERGEN COUNTY

WINTER TRACK COACH OF THE YEAR

M A Y 2 0 1 7

5/16/17 – HS Spring Concert – 7pm

5/23/17 – Academic Awards – 6pm

5/24/17 – AOF Career Day – 8am

5/24/17 – NHS Induction – 7pm

5/25/17 – Circle the Arts – 6pm

5/29/17-Memorial Day Parade

5/31/17 – Performing Arts Awards – 6pm

5/31-6/1/17 – Bio Exams – 7:45am

6/1/17 – Prom – 7pm

6/3/17 – SAT Testing – 7:30am

6/7/17- Science Symposium-6pm

6/8/17 – Athletic Awards – 6:30pm

6/10/17 – ACT Testing – 7:30am

6/12/17 – AOF Senior Recognition Ceremony –

7pm

6/16/17 – Second Annual FLHS Band Boosters

Faculty Showcase Concert – 6pm

6/23/17 – High School Graduation

ALMOST THERE!

UPCOMING DATES

CLASS OF 2017

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES

FLHS LIBRARY /

MEDIA CENTER

Ms. Walsh’s AOF Business Economics students were the first

group of FLHS AOF students to take the National Academy of

Finance End of Course Assessment in the hopes of achieving

NAFTrack Certification. NAFTrack Certification is achieved

through an online system created by education and business leaders to

assess college and career readiness. Student performance is measured

not only through end-of-course exams, but also through culminating

projects and internships. NAF uses a multi-method approach to assess

students on a broad range of college and career readiness skills. We

are proud of our AOF Juniors who are on track to obtain this special

certification. Stay tuned for second semester results for the

NAFTrack end of year assessments for all AOF courses - Advanced

Finance (Mrs. Walsh), Entrepreneurship (Mr. Gehres), Business in a

Global Economy (Mr. Gehres), and Principles of Finance (Mr. Della

Fave).

The Fort Lee High School Academy of Finance (“AOF”) held its

Annual Internship Luncheon on March 2nd. This event was attended

by the AOF Seniors and Juniors who completed their 200 hour

Summer Internship requirement, AOF Advisory Board Members,

Members of the Board of Education, AOF Teachers, administration,

and, of course, the Internship Sponsors. Academy students complete

an intentional sequence of work-based learning experiences, which

prepares them to make informed college and career choices and

allows them to acquire necessary college and career readiness

skills. The internship experience is beneficial for both the students

and the sponsors. Students are able to make direct connections

between classroom learning and real world applications and build

personal ownership of learning by connecting hands-on experiences

to individual career goals. Internship Sponsors develop a pool of

skilled and motivated potential future employees and also support and

improve educational programs. Congratulations to our AOF

students!

You may have seen some well-dressed juniors on March 8th. Our

AOF Juniors participated in mock interviews with our Advisory

Board members as their mentors. Mock interviews allow students to

practice their interviewing skills through one-on-one interaction with

business mentors. In a mock interview, a student is paired up with a

business mentor who interviews them as if the student were being

interviewed by an employer for a paid internship. Students practice

professional behavior and develop their comfort level in

communicating with professionals. This is a key career exploration

tool that AOF Juniors must complete prior to their required Summer

Internship.

Promoting AOF Internships is important to securing summer

internships for our AOF Juniors. On January 24th AOF Seniors

Valerie Manzano, Amoy Davidov, and Michelle Dyagileva

represented both AOF and FLHS well as they promoted the AOF and

shared their Internship experiences at the Rotary Club meeting. AOF

Seniors Luke Athanassopoulos, Mandeep Patwalia, and Valerie

Manzano also attended the Fort Lee Regional Chamber of Commerce

Breakfast Meeting to explain to local business leaders the benefits of

hiring a Summer Intern.

The Euro Challenge team comprised of AOF freshmen and

sophomores and IB Economics sophomores competed on

Wednesday, March 29 at Credit Suisse in New York. They

researched the economy in the Euro Area and Italy as well as

developing policy recommendations to improve the pace of economic

growth in Italy. Results will be reported in the next newsletter.

Students at the high school continue to engage in many

community service projects in order to benefit the Fort Lee

community. In the past month, students have submitted

permission slips to volunteer at churches, hospitals, schools,

and after-school programs in the surrounding area. Students

have also assisted with multiple fundraisers and drives in order

to help families from Fort Lee that are in need. Fort Lee High

School also ran a clothing, toy drive, and household item

drive; the proceeds of which were donated to the Vietnam

Veterans Association of America Foundation. The amount of

items donated by the students and their families was truly

amazing. Finally, in the last couple of months the high school

rolled out its new community service platform, Pleasantville,

to the students. Using Pleasantville, students can check their

progress toward the 50 hour community service requirement as

well as sign up for community service events.

Please continue to check the high school announcements as

well as www.Pleasantville.com for any upcoming community

service opportunities. Juniors, please remember to get started

on your community service as soon as possible if you have not

done so already. We will be not offering community service

opportunities during school hours next year. See Mr. Cuozzo

if you have any questions or require assistance.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

March Madness with the Classics

Once again, in honor of the NCAA Basketball Tournament,

the FLHS Library Media Center hosted its own March

Madness celebration. Thirty-two classic children's books

faced-off with your votes determining who advanced to the

Final Four. The champion was announced during National

Library Week in April: Charlotte’s Web!

AOF / BUSINESS

CLUB HIGHLIGHTS

The Fort Lee H.S. Interact Club hosted a Fort Lee Rotary

meeting on April 17th in the media center. Interact Club

members were invited to have lunch and see how to become

more involved in community service through Rotary in the

future. Also, the Rotaract president from Felician College

shared his experiences at the college level being involved in

“Service Above Self”. Members of Interact were also able to

present all of the service they have done this year, locally and

internationally.

http://www.pleasantville.co/

The freshmen Entrepreneurship students and sophomore

Business in a Global Economy students in Mr. Gehres’ classes are

anticipating the NAFTrack End of Course (EOC) Assessments by

additional focus on the Key Learning Objectives in each lesson

and additional assignments and assessments related to the Key

Learning Objectives for their courses. Much was learned about the

EOC Assessment when the juniors’ in Mrs. Walsh’s class took the

EOC assessment in January for their AOF Business Economics

class. The juniors are blazing the path for sophomores and

freshmen!

It has been a very busy time for the entire AOF, as a

whole. On February 16th, the AOF in conjunction with the FLHS

Future Business Leaders of America club hosted the 3rd annual

Shark Tank competition. Shark Tank, which can be seen on NBC,

is a competition in which entrepreneurs pitch new business ideas

to a panel of “Sharks” in order to receive capital for their projects.

Students pitched their ideas and the top three teams received cash

prizes! The winning team pitched a fast food drone delivery

service that was immediately scooped up by the Sharks.

Also in February, the AOF, held its annual 3-on-3

basketball tournament. The Fort Lee Chamber of Commerce once

again coordinated an excellent event that not only benefits the

AOF, but pulled the entire Fort Lee community together. The

AOF received a donation as well as two internships for the

summer of 2017 which is crucial to fill internships for the

increasing number of students in the program. The tournament's

teams were filled by students, teachers as well as local business

sponsors, with the winning team headed up by former Fort Lee

High School star basketball player Sandy Burgos.

The Federal Reserve challenge is around the corner and

the team is headed up by second year senior competitors Anthony

Spinelli and Luke Athanasopolous, as well as a handful of first

year junior competitors. The competition took place at the end of

March at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Fort Lee

will be looking to advance to the Semi-final round for the first

time.

Back Row Left to Right:

Daniel Melamud, Jack Schwarzapfel, Mr. Diaz, Amoy Davidov,

Dwight Kim, Evan Edelstein, Ethan Keller, Luke

Athanassopoulos, Anthony Spinelli, Allan Ablin, Mr. Della Fave,

and Mr. Gehres

Front Row Left to Right:

Ms. Glynn, Ms. Walsh, Valerie Manzano, Mandeep Patwalia,

Michelle Dyagileva, Matthew Bracken, Fedor Zadarenok,

Samantha Khorozian, Selin Bilge, Carla Sabbagh

Rotary Luncheon to promote AOF Internships:

Fort Lee Regional Chamber of Commerce Breakfast to promote

AOF Internships:

Pictured from left to right:

Mandeep Patwalia, Luke Athanassopoulos, Valerie Manzano, and Ms.

Walsh.

Fort Lee High School’s Academy of Finance is asking the local business

community to provide a paid 200 hour summer internships for our

students. This work-based learning program is an element required in

fulfilment of an AOF Certification. It provides opportunities for students

to connect what they are learning in the classroom to the world of work,

to learn about careers and the education and training requirements for

occupations within and across industries, to identify career interests and

aptitudes, and to use the workplace for both learning and applying

college- and career-readiness skills and knowledge.

Internships provide great benefits for business partners as well,

including:

Available source of temporary employees

Opportunity to select from well-prepared students who have

become familiar with industry practices through Academy

programs

Opportunity to orient students to corporate culture, nurture the

relationship through college, and hire them work-ready

Building your future employee pool

Contribution to public school education and to the creation of a

motivated, educated workforce

Challenging “the way we’ve always done it” mentality and

bringing fresh, new ideas to the company.

Please join us in making a difference in the lives of young people. These

students will be the next generation of leaders for your industry. We need

your commitment, creativity and energy to make sure they are prepared.

If you are interested in hosting a student for a summer internship, please

contact Josie Maceri Walsh at [email protected] or by phone at 201-

585-4675 x 6678.

Thank you for your support of the Fort Lee High School Academy of

Finance.

ACADEMY OF FINANCE / BUSINESS (continued)

THE ARTS Mr. Cirone Students in Art 4 completed a work called “Getting Small.” They had to

paint/draw a common scene and put themselves in it as a miniature figure.

Ha Ram Kim, Art 4 Hannah Chang, Art 4

Rachel Chand, Art 4

Mrs. Hetman 3D Design 1 and 2 students participated in the 6th

Annual Montville Mudd Invitational Ceramics

Exhibition at Montville Twp. HS. Congratulations

to all the participants!

Bryan Kim Sophia Kim

Justin Chen Yurika Kono

Mrs. Stephenson The Fort Lee High School and Middle School Orchestra Program got

together as a whole on February 28th in the middle school gym. In total,

there were over 150 students in attendance. Each group performed for

one another, and also collaborated as one group in preparation for Circle

the Arts in May. The High School Orchestra also performed at the Richard M. Nest Adult

Activity Center on March 7th, 2017.

ENGLISH

In Mr. Rogers’ World History class, students participated in a simulation of "trench warfare". This activity which is always highly

anticipated by students, helps to foster discussion and understanding of the nature of warfare in the early 20th century.

In AP World History class, students recently wrapped up an intensive analytical unit on the Columbian Exchange during which they

used complex primary source documents and maps to trace the movement of peoples and goods across the early modern world, then

drew parallels to modern exchange and commerce.

Ms. Amato's US 2 class has been working hard on determining the causes and effects of the Cold War. We are also taking a look at

the reasons for the Korean War and debating the United States involvement in the war. Mrs. Amato's World History class is currently

discussing the impact that World War 1 had not only on military, but also on the civilian population. We are comparing World War 1

effects to those of the current Syrian conflict.

Mrs. Graziano-Hempton's Honors Psychology classes have been working on writing, filming and editing their own original children's

television shows. Each show features activities that help viewers in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade develop emotional, social,

linguistic and cognitive skills. These shows highlight the extremely creative and vivid imaginations of her students.

Earlier this marking period, Mr. Choi’s AP US History classes investigated how American culture emerged at the turn of the 20th

century. The students learned about the social, cultural, and political spheres of American life. The students ended the unit by

choosing a famous figure of the 1920s and creatively presenting a short biography in the form of a eulogy.

In recent weeks students in the AP US History classes have made comparisons of American culture in the 1920s and the

1950s. While studying the Cold War students are examining the cultural angst coming to a rebellious climax in the 1960s, as well as

the protests of the 1960s (women, Latino, gay rights, disabled, Asian, etc.).

The students in Mr. Wolowitz's United States History I Honors class took the debates of the Election of 1800 to a new level this year.

The students participated in a "Hamilton" inspired rap battle to debate the opposing sides of the Election of 1800. The students read

an analyzed five opposing positions between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. The class was then split in half with

one side representing the Federalists and the other representing the Democratic-Republicans. After reading the positions of the two

political parties, the students, instead of writing a response to defend their positions, had to write rap lyrics that best represented their

position. Mr. Wolowitz found two rap instrumental beats and the students practiced their rap skills to the beats in preparation for their

rap battle. The students faced off against one another in two groups. The students really enjoyed the different take on debates and

some students were able to express themselves in a different way.

In Mr. Dominguez, Ms. Bruno, and Ms. Baker's English 9 classes, students are working on creating body

biographies of major characters in Romeo and Juliet. Body biographies are a visual and written portrait

illustrating several aspects of the character’s life within the literary work. Students are then presenting

their projects to the class with a thorough explanation to help their classmates understand their creative

representations.

Ms. Bruno’s AP Literature and Composition class just finished reading Brave New World. Their

culminating project consisted of examining the novel for literary device examples and creating a Slides

presentation. The presentation was to include specific AP terms, definitions, and evidence from the text

as a review for their upcoming AP exam in May. Next up, poetry!

Mr. Cirone’s 9th grade students are exploring themes of bullying, fear, and control while reading Lord of

the Flies. Students will investigate social issues that occur in schools that relate to the plight of the

characters in the book. This will result in a culminating research paper integrated with multiple sources.

HISTORY

Senior English classes are currently reading Hamlet and Robinson Crusoe. Students in English 12 Honors are working on

comic recreation of specific scenes from Robinson Crusoe. This is a good integration of technology into the classrooms while

still connecting to Literature. In the other sections, students are working on project-based learning assignments around the

themes of Hamlet. As the year transitions to the final quarters, students will start working on College Based Writing and

assessments to prepare for next year’s challenges.

SCIENCE March Madness happened in Dr. Jacobs’ AP Chemistry

class. During the month of March, students began doing a series

of exciting labs involving titration. In addition to confirming

theory, students learned the nuances involved in this type of

experimentation. Labs included: standardization of an unknown

acid or base, determination of the acid dissociation constant of a

weak acid, determination of the appropriate pH indicator to be

used for specific titrations, and how to work with buffered

solutions.

Mrs. Gumberg’s Anatomy & Physiology class just

finished learning how their breakfast, lunch, and dinner are

broken down in the body. They concluded the unit with each

student picking choices from an extensive menu. Students had to

choose an appetizer, entree, two side dishes, dessert, tea or coffee,

and an alcoholic beverage. Each student then wrote a paper

explaining how their meal was digested, absorbed and

excreted. Students have just started learning about the endocrine

system; they will explore the many endocrine glands and how the

hormones they secrete interact with other body systems.

Mrs. Gumberg’s Biology classes have just finished a unit

on Human Genetics. They examined dominant and recessive

genes, multiple alleles, and sex-linked genes, as well as associated

genetic diseases. Mrs. Schwed’s Biology Classes presented

Mutation Projects in the form of oral power point presentations.

Students taught the class about the specific genetic mutations they

researched and answered questions from the class afterwards,

demonstrating how much knowledge they truly gained by this

assignment.

Ms. Cuff’s Biology class has been busy this semester

learning about how organisms acquire and use energy; they

learned about photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and the human

digestive system. Students researched specific digestive organs

and created diagrams of these organs, along with a slideshow that

demonstrated the function of that organ. The completed projects

were presented to the class, followed by a question and answer

session. The class then moved to the biology and history of

photosynthesis, starting with research on the scientists Jan van

Helmont, Joseph Priestley, Jan Ingenhousz, and Melvin

Calvin. Using Chromebooks, students created a timeline for the

contributions each scientist made to the discovery of

photosynthesis. They learned the chemical equation for

photosynthesis and the role that light and chlorophyll play in the

process.

For the process of cellular respiration students are

learning that food serves as a source of raw materials for the cells

of the body, and is an important source of energy as well. They

will be researching foods that are good for the body and the foods

that are not good for the body. Students will create healthy choice

menus by examining nutrition labels of foods they bring in, and

share their findings with the class.

Students are also continuing to research weekly current

event articles and complete graphic organizers that answer the “5

W’s and How.” These articles are chosen from science websites

and pertain to all the new and interesting things going on in the

world of science.

MATH

ESL Mrs. Kim’s ESL students have prepared for PARCC exams by going

over practice exams according to their grade level and learning about

literary devices and writing narrative analysis/expository essays. In

addition, they did oral presentations on process analysis ("How To").

They taught their classmates many things such as "How to Make

Friends", "How to Make Origami", "How to Apply for College", "How

to Practice Soccer", "How to Make Korean/Japanese/Venezuelan

desert", etc.

In Mrs. Han’s ESL Environmental Science class, students are learning

how the climate is determined and exploring ways that human activities

may be causing climate change. Two serious issues are explored and

discussed: the hole in the ozone layer and global warming. Students will

be looking at the current trend in the US government's role in this issue

as President Donald Trump signed an executive order at EPA

headquarters to reverse most of former President Barack Obama's

climate regulatory initiatives.

Algebra 2 Honors - Students just finished creating their own

sine/cosine function. Students were able to change each value and

analyze the graph. Students will be starting Chapter 14, Trigonometric

Identities and Equations.

Calculus - Students completed a Tootsie Roll Experiment. Students had

to determine the rate of change of the radius to determine the rate of

change of the volume of a sphere. Students are finding the area under a

curve.

Algebra 1- Students will be taking a straight line and writing the

equation of the line so that the slope and the y-intercept are

immediately apparent.

Geometry- Students will be using Trigonometry to find a function of an

angle. Students also will be taking triangles and rotating, translating,

and reflecting them along a coordinated plane.

Finite Math - We will continue our unit on logic, including conditional

statements.

We have been very busy travelling for our Community Based

Instruction (CBI) trips during the past months. As part of our objective

for planning purchases, we have visited Bergen Town Center and

Paramus Park Mall. Visits to the Metropolitan Plant Exchange have

helped us to become familiar with various tools and equipment for

gardening and landscaping needs. We have also successfully completed

our Life Skills curriculum clothing care objective by visiting the

laundromat. The Bergen Performing Arts Center has a dynamic

schedule of School Time Series performances. The MathMagic

performance was very entertaining! We have also enjoyed The

Underground Railroad performance at the Bergen PAC.

We have strengthened our research skills through our visits to the Fort

Lee Public Library. For English class, we have been learning about

biographies and autobiographies. We’ve completed posters about

notable people such as Bill Gates, Michael Phelps, Beyonce, John Cena,

Kelly Clarkson, and Jeff Bezos. One of our students successfully began

an internship at the Fort Lee Public Library; he visits once a week and

maintains the books, DVDs and magazines for the library staff. It’s

been a very busy month for the students of Room 111!

ROOM 111

PHYSICAL EDUCATION As marking period three came to a close, the physical

education department wrapped up its most popular unit:

volleyball. As always, the students loved participating in

exciting and competitive volleyball games and looked

forward to the final championship tournaments. This year,

we incorporated basketball into the third marking period to

keep the curriculum fresh and to make sure students

wouldn’t get tired of volleyball. In marking period four we

are excited to get the students outside to enjoy the sunshine

and fresh air. We look forward to incorporating new

activities like lawn games into our spring repertoire that are

enjoyable and easy for every student to participate, no

matter their fitness level.

FAMILY LIFE Family Life has another successful year in the books with

their RealCare baby simulation. Almost every senior in the

building has taken care of a RealCare infant for 24 hours to

get a very small idea as to the difficulties young parents

face when they raise a child. The Physical Education and

Health department is very proud of this program as it is one

of the most “hands on” projects Fort Lee has to offer that

gives a glimpse into the reality of parenting.

TEEN PEP Teen PEP performed their annual Family Night on

Tuesday, March 28 in the cafeteria. During the

performance, the “Teen Peppers” worked with students and

adults to help break down communication barriers

regarding issues like abstinence and safe sex. The

presentation discussed that the best defense for protecting

students were the adults and parents in their lives having

open lines of communication and for their children to feel

comfortable approaching them. This year, we had almost

double the amount of participants than we have ever had

attend Family Night. We were elated to have so many more

people interested in Parent/Teen communication and look

forward to more next year! If you have any questions

regarding teen/parent communication, please contact Kevin

Oliver [email protected] or Kelly Horton at

[email protected] for information and reading

materials. Teen PEP looks forward to finishing out the year

with a few more workshops for the freshman class.

ACADEMY OF THEATRE ARTS The winning plays that will be heading to the Main

Stage Play Competition from our One Act Play

Festival are Help Wanted and Couples Therapy. We

are very excited to bring these student-written plays

to our first Theatre competition.

Hanna Kdiry, author of Beneath the Stars, There Lies

the Truth, the play that came in second at our

festival, also won Honorable Mention at another

Bergen County Playwriting Festival.

Daphne Sardis won 1st place in the Sights and

Sounds competition for her monologue performance.

The mini performances at Schools 1 and 4 were

theatrically successful. The school administrations

and parents all had a wonderful time and are longing

for more theatre in their schools. Kudos to the

student actors that bring this after school program to

life.

IB FILM The IB Film 12 HL students recently completed their

short independent films.

PRE-IB LITERATURE

AND PERFORMANCE The Pre-IB Literature and Performance students

published their very own poetry journal

entitled REFLECTIONS.

YEARBOOK

We have nearly completed the 2017 yearbook and

are getting ready for final submission! If you would

like to purchase a yearbook, please visit jostens.com,

and type "Fort Lee High School" to take you to the

purchase page. You may also submit $85 cash or

check, payable to "Fort Lee High School," to Ms.

Karabatsos. Please include students name and grade

on the check.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://jostens.com/

FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

Ms. Lu’s Chinese 1 class is talking about school and community in class. Students are able to describe their daily activities,

school schedule, and how to visit different locations in our community. There will be a project creating an itinerary about

traveling to China. Students will use their knowledge of the language to explore a fun adventure to China from the fascinating

landmarks to the metropolis.

Ms. Acosta’s Spanish classes learned about Spanish artists this month. They created media presentations with their group

members and presented their projects to the class. Students also read Tumba. Tumba, a Spanish short novel about the Day of

the Dead and life in Mexico. Students explored Mexican art and culture and wrote poems in Spanish. Spanish 2 classes are

learning to speak about their childhood and past actions in Spanish. Students brought pictures of their childhood to class to

discuss with the class their favorite hobbies, foods, and childhood friends.

Mrs. Torres’ Spanish 3 Honors students learned about the famous Dominican baseball player, Felipe Alou, through reading and

discussions. Many aspects of Dominican culture were also explored. The students are currently reading about and viewing

videos on various Spanish traditions such as: bullfights, flamenco music, and dances. Students will also discuss several

dangerous sports as an introduction to vocabulary, discussions, and writing on the theme of Health.

After completing rich and colorful Hispanic Menus presentations, Spanish 4 and 4 Honors classes are embarking on the

wonderful world of the adventures of Don Quijote.

AP Spanish students continue to work on speaking, discussing, and writing essays in Spanish in preparation for the AP Spanish

Test which will take place in May 2017.

Mrs. Marotta Baccan’s Spanish 3 and 3 Honors students are excited about continuing their journey in the Dominican

Republic. They are extending their knowledge about the Spanish language through reading Felipe Alou, a novel based on a

true story. A variety of topics are included in the instruction such as: societal sensitivity, overcoming obstacles, and working

hard toward your goals.

Italian 3 Honors is excited to be exploring the gorgeous region of Liguria. Students are expanding their reading, writing, and

speaking skills through content based readings and discussions about numerous aspects of the region. Discussions range from

themes on cities to fun things to do while visiting.

Many Italian students are also involved in the Italian Club and they loved visiting Ellis Island in April. Some have had family

members that arrived through Ellis Island so it served as a personal and unforgettable journey.

MUSIC DEPARTMENT The High School Music Department is busy with a full slate of performances and activities coming up this Spring. On

Tuesday evening, May 16, the annual spring concert will feature the Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Chorus, Honors Choir,

Orchestra and Honors Chamber Ensemble. Included also will be performances by the Fort Lee Jazz Force, Flute Choir and the

Keyboard Percussion Ensemble. On Thursday, May 25, the department will be participating in the district fine arts festival,

Circle-the- Arts as well. Both our award-winning Marching Band and Honors Choir will follow that up with performances in

the annual Fort Lee Memorial Day Parade Ceremony on May 29.

Two days later, we’ll honor our outstanding student musicians and thespians at The Annual Performing Arts Awards

Dinner held at the Fort Lee Double Tree hotel. June will find the orchestra competing at the annual High-Note festival and the

Fort Lee Band Boosters sponsoring the second annual FLHS Faculty Talent Show and Student Showcase.

FLHS Music Department Calendar

Tuesday, May 16 – Annual Spring Concert, 7:00 pm, FLHS Auditorium

Thursday, May 25 – Circle-the Arts, 6 pm, Fort Lee High School

Monday, May 29 – Annual Memorial Day Parade; Ceremony, Jack Alter Community Center

Wednesday, May 31 – Annual Performing Arts Awards Dinner

Friday, June 16 – Annual Faculty Talent Show and Student Showcase, FLHS Auditorium

Boys Winter Track

First Team All-County and First Team All-League

Tahj Martin; Long Jump

Second Team All-County and First Team All-League

Michael Huertas; Triple Jump

Third Team All-County and First Team All-League

Eric Cho; 55m Hurdles

Third Team All-County and First Team All-League

4x400m Relay (Michael Huertas, Tahj Martin,

Karan Augustine, Wesley Weingord)

First Team All-League and

Honorable Mention All-County

Michael Huertas; 55m

Tahj Martin; 200m

Wesley Weingord; 400m

4x800m Relay (Eric Hong, John Lin, Kenny

Zhao, and Jose Rosario)

Second Team All-League

Jacob Im; 200m

Kelvin Francisco; 800m

Shunsaku Sagawa; 1600m

Deloyd Miller; High Jump

Tahj Martin; Long Jump

Armaan Mehta; Shot Put

Honorable Mention All-League

Victor Hua; 1600m

Girls Winter Track



Shayna Huberman; Triple Jump

Kendall Caballero; 55m

4x400m Relay (Joanne Samuel-Olagunju,

Caroline Chin, Caitlyn Lee, and Shayna

Huberman


Briana Rodriguez; 55m

Natalia Garita; High Jump

Caitlyn Lee; 55m

Joanne Samuel-Olagunju; Triple Jump

Soad Elhomsi; 400m

Shayna Huberman; Long Jump

Ronika Jain; 800m

4x800m Relay (Allison Leung, Ronika Jain,

Mariajose Ortiz, and Carolina Chin)


Josephine Wang; 400m

Wrestling

First Team All-League

and Honorable Mention

All-County

Marco Herrera


Claudio Estrada

Sean Hernandez

Honorable Mention

All-League

Sameer Idrees

Irakli Okruashvili

Girls Basketball

First Team All-League and Honorable Mention All-County

Sarah Diaz

Nicole Maldonado


Jackie McKenna

Jamie Rosa


Emily Diaz

Boys Basketball


Honorable Mention

All-County

Zakai Gillman


Huasly Paredes

Honorable Mention

All-League

Randi Sutton

Boys Bowling

Third Team All-State, First

Team

All-County First Team All-

League

David Grant



Luke Athanassopoulos

Michael Choe


Chris Park


Andrew Choi

Girls Bowling

First Team All-League

Jennifer Yoon

Kathrin Panchenko

Rael Samaria


Natliya Zalyvanska

Winter Athletics

Post-Season Honors

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