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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

Have a Happy Summer!!GoodNews will resume

with the September issue of the Observer

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

When one thinks of the long, storied athletic history of Ewing High School, certain sports quite often come to mind.

Championships in basketball and football, one of the most accomplished bowling programs in the state, impressive runs in softball and Girls soc-cer, a strong outdoor and indoor track program…

But cross country? Eh…maybe not so much.Sure, there are exceptions. Matt Bearden won

county and state sectional cross country champi-onships in 2011 before embarking on a collegiate career at the US Military Academy at West Point. On the girls’ side, Carolyn Calhoun was a stand-out harrier in the mid-aughts.

And now EHS freshman runner Teagan Walk-er is looking to make her own mark on the local running scene, and has made quite an impression in doing so during her debut campaign.

After just one season, the resume building is already underway. Walker finished in first place in the prestigious New Balance Shore Confer-ence Freshman Invitational at Holmdel, 10th in the highly competitive Mercer County Champi-onships, and 6th in the state sectional meet, earn-ing an invite to the state championship meet.

For Walker, part of a family of runners, her in-terest in cross country has been evolving as she moves forward in her academic and athletic career.

“I ran on some different track clubs in elemen-tary school, but I would consider first really get-ting into distance running in 6th grade.” Walker shared. “I ran for Fisher’s cross country team in 6th and 7th grade. Unfortunately, my 8th grade season was non-existent due to the pandemic.”

As has often been stated, there is a loneliness to long distance running, but Walker has man-aged to find solace, enjoyment and friendship in the pursuit.

“Honestly, I love all the people I’ve met through distance running,” she stated. “It’s really fun talking to everyone on runs-especially long

Impressive Debut for Frosh EHS Harrier!

The Ewing High School football team made an impressive post-pandemic return this autumn, winning a division title and earning a spot in the state playoffs, but that wasn’t the only quality entertainment taking place on Bruce Martz Field.

The Marching Blue Devils, now under the di-rection of EHS Instrumental Music teacher Jason Price, bounced back from a lost COVID-season and provided a stirring halftime show and an in-game soundtrack with the fans enjoying the event and gridiron action.

For Mr. Price, who came over from Lore School, it was a fun and enjoyable debut in his new role.

“It is so rewarding to see former elementary students evolve into such talented high school musicians,” Mr. Price stated. “Working with them now in marching band, and seeing their families through the years, has been an honor.”

Mr. Price has experience with marching bands going back to his high school days at Neshaminy

runs-and enjoying the scenery at parks. Another thing that’s awesome about cross country is the feeling of relief and excitement on the bus rides home from meets. A bonus is the food we eat during meets too!”

As Walker reflects on her freshman campaign, she takes pride not only in her academic achieve-ment, but in how the sport has helped her grow as a student and person.

“I’m really proud of how running has helped me become more social because I’ve met and talked to a lot of new kids through cross coun-try,” she remarked. “I’m also really happy with how my races went this season and breaking 20 minutes, which I had no idea I could actually do!”

With three more years of high school, Walker is hoping to stay healthy and has her eyes set on the Meet of Champions one day, and preparing for college will be a big part of her plans. Her coach-es at EHS are certainly excited about her future.

“Teagan is an extremely coachable, talented, and dedicated runner,” Coach Montferrat shared. “Whether it be in practice or races, she works hard to be the best each and every day. She is an outstanding teammate, loves to strategize and game plan for races, and has an amazing amount of Ewing pride!”

EHS Marching Band Makes Tri-umpet Return!EHS Marching Band Makes Tri-umpet Return!High School. In college, Price worked with a few competitive high school bands in Mercer County - Steinert High School as drumline instructor for four years, and then as assistant director at West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School.

Price’s halftime show theme this year was “Ascend”, inspired by the title of the last song of the show.

“Since our students had not been able to per-form music together due to COVID, the idea be-hind the theme was to inspire our band to reach new heights, accomplish goals, and move for-ward to better times together,” Price shared.

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Happy Holidays!



Senior Spotlight: Meet Nicholas CanaveraEwing High School just hosted the EHS Open House, what would you like future Ewing High School students to know about your high school? Future EHS students should know that no matter what your interests are, there is some-

thing for everyone here at Ewing High School.

What has been your favorite class to date and why would you encourage another student to take that class? My favorite class has been CIS-CO IT Essentials because it gives you hands-on ex-perience with solving real life computer problems. At the end of the semester, you can also take a test and get CISCO IT certified which can be beneficial in the future when you go to apply for a job.

What advice can you give in regards to bal-ancing academics, activities and out of school responsibilities when you are a high school stu-dent? My advice to help balance all of these re-sponsibilities would be to make sure you stay on top of your work. It can be easy to fall behind if you procrastinate so I recommend that you keep an agenda which will help you keep track of deadlines.

In which activities do you participate in school? I participate in Soccer, Bowling, Lacrosse, Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor So-ciety, Student Council and Culinary Club.

What activities do you participate in outside of school? I volunteer at my church and work part time at the Pennington Quality Market.

What awards or acknowledgements have you received in school and/or outside of school? Most improved Cross Country runner during my freshman year.

What accomplishment are you most proud of? The accomplishment I am most proud of is the hon-orable mention award I was given at the VE Busi-ness Plan competition commending when I present-ed a business plan solo in front of 200 people.

What is your favorite memory of high school to date? My favorite high school memory is when the boy’s bowling team won the Burling-ton County Scholastic League tournament my freshman, sophomore and junior year. With only five boys on the team, it was a great accomplish-ment each year that we won.

Who is your favorite teacher and/or coach and why? My favorite teacher is Mr. Perricone be-cause he has given me plenty of knowledge from his personal experience of owning his own busi-ness. He has made FBLA very informative with various business tournaments such as JA Titan. He also was my biggest supporter when I presented for the virtual enterprise international competition.

Who or what has impacted your life in a posi-tive way? My parents have impacted my life in a positive way because they have helped me become a good young man and reminded me to work hard to achieve my goals.

How do you define success? My definition of success is when you are able to look back at your actions and see that you have had a positive ef-fect on others.

What are your plans after you graduate from Ewing High School? After graduating, I plan to go to a four-year university and major in Com-puter Engineering.

What is your favorite quote or book? “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” Jackie Robinson

Kindergarten Halloween Switch

On October 26th, the Antheil Kindergarten stu-dents participated in their ‘Halloween Switch’. The teachers prepared different activities in each of their classrooms and the students spent time in each area. Some activities included Halloween Bingo, a Halloween Dance party, a spooky story, pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern, bean bag toss into the jack-o-lantern and ‘Ten Torrid Ghosts’ story and activity working with base 10 numbers.

Price was aided by assistant director, Kayleen Gibbs, who instructed the color guard. He was also fortunate to have the support of dedicated marching band families who help with moving equipment, uniforms and other needed tasks.

“The community’s encouragement has helped the band's morale as we return to performing in-person,” a grateful Price commented.

According to Price, the best part of being a member of the EHS marching band is the sense of community and comradery. The members love coming to rehearsals, playing great music for the community and feeling the sense of pride in our band.

“Although our season is coming to an end, the sense of passion for performing incredible mu-sic for our community is just impressive,” Price concluded. “I look forward to many years of working with the talented musicians at EHS. My greatest aspiration is to ignite a sense of passion in the students for creating great music and put-ting on exciting shows for our community.”

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Reading Challenges are at FMS!

Reading Challenges are on at Fisher Mid-dle School! Students in Mrs. Bolden-Coo-per's, Ms. Burdick's, and Mrs. Marroquin's 7th Grade Language Arts classes will track their indepen-dent reading progress throughout the year.

Students will be challenged to read between 15 and 25 independent reading books from now until June, and will earn a special celebration at the end of the year to acknowledge their achievement.

Antheil’s Spooktacular Trunk or Treat Night

The Antheil Parent Teach-er Organization successfully hosted the annual Spook-tacular Trunk or Treat Night on October 29th. Students arrived in grade level desig-nated shifts to safely trick or treat to different car trunks. Thanks to the donations by

Antheil families, all of the students present en-joyed plenty of candy throughout the night. Stu-dents also had the chance to submit jack-o-lan-terns or decorated pumpkins for the event.

The Ewing Police Department also got in the fun and dressed up as Mystery, Inc. and submitted some of the pumpkin entries.



EHS Baseball’s Leary Commits to Wagner University

Ryan Leary, a standout student-athlete on the Ewing High School baseball team, committed to continuing his academic and athletic career at Wagner College on Staten Island during the early signing period.

Leary, a smooth-fielding shortstop for the Blue Devils, is coming off a solid junior season where he anchored the middle infield for Ewing and contributed a steady bat.

Leary will be joining a Division 1 Wagner Col-lege squad that looks to move up in the competi-tive Northeast Conference. The Seahawks finished 8-22 last year, coming in 6th place in the NEC behind conference champion Bryant University.

“Ryan is a determined and passionate individ-ual, who strives for success on and off the field, and continues to enhance his skillset,” Ewing High Head Baseball Coach David Angebranndt stated. “Ryan takes pride putting on the uniform every day and will leave it all out in the field for the Blue Devils this year and for Wagner when he gets to college.”

Red Ribbon Week at EHS“Drug Free Looks Like Me!”

To kick-off Red Ribbon Week at EHS on Monday, Paige Haugland, EHS SAC Counselor and ASYSST set up a table in the cafeteria to have EHS students take the drug-free pledge and sign a red slip of paper which was

made into a paper chain and hung in the main entrance of the school building.

Other Red Ribbon week activities included a Kahoot that was offered on our Fun Friday with prizes given in teachers mailboxes, informative wall hanging in the hallway of symptoms of sub-stance use disorder with contact information to get help, and a selfie mirror hung outside of ASYSST with the slogan "Drug free looks like me" with a hashtag for students to tag their selfies.

PROBING POE AT FMSThe 8th graders at FMS are study-

ing the genre of Horror in ELA class! The students enjoyed the mood and tone of the lessons as they approached Halloween. They have participated in an author study of Edgar Allan Poe while reading

The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven.The Humanities students in Ms. Romanko's

class also participated in a student led debate. The debate began with an evidenced-based, claim-written response, deciding if the narrator from The Tell-Tale Heart is sane or not!

21-22 School Weather Emergency InformationBy Michael Nitti, Superintendent

As December begins and we start to think about dealing with winter weather, I wanted to take a moment to share some thoughts about weather emergency procedures and potential closings, delays and early dismissal.

First of all, you may, quite logically given re-cent history, have the question: Hey, can we just pivot to fully virtual if the winter weather is bad?

The short answer is: NoThe longer answer is: Well, if there is a de-

clared state of emergency by the Governor and school has been closed for three consecutive days, then…maybe. So, see the short answer.

This means we are back to dealing with win-ter weather like back in the pre-COVID days, so keep the following in mind:

Having navigated many weather emergencies during my long career in education, 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 communicating effectively with the school community.

We have three “weather emergency days” built into our calendar. After they are used, 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.

Please make sure to monitor our official communication portals: SchoolMessenger, the School District Website, and Ewing Public Schools Television (Channel 19-Comcast/Chan-nel 31-Verizon). Our Ewing Public Schools Twitter Feed is designed more for public rela-

tions 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.

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 4:30AM, consulting with other school administrators and local authorities about weather and road conditions. We like to make our decision at about 5:00AM and begin communicating that decision to the community about 5:30AM through our official communica-tion portals. I realize that is early in the morning to receive phone calls; however, the high school staff begins at 7:15AM and we have many em-ployees 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.

Finally, 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!


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December 2021 Schedule in Ewing SchoolsDec 2 Lore - Picture Day Makeups

Lore- Title 1 Winter Wonderland Wellness Family Night @ 5:30pm-7pm

Dec 3 EHS - Underclassman Picture Day Makeups

Antheil - Picture Day Makeups

Antheil - PTO Winter Wonderland Event

Dec 8 Lore - Title 1 Winter Wonderland Wellness Family Night @ 5:30pm-7pm

EHS - Ring and Sing @ 7pm

Dec 9 Parkway - PTA Winter Wonderland @ 6:30pm

Dec 14 FMS - FPA Meeting @ 6:30pm

Dec 17 EHS - S1 T2 Q3 Parent Progress Reports

FMS - 2nd Marking Period Parent Progress Reports

Elementary Schools - 2nd Marking Period Parent Progress Reports

Dec 20 Board of Education Meeting @ FMS - 7pm (Public Session 8pm)

Dec 23 K-12 Early Dismissal - NO PM EDP

Antheil - Full Day Preschool Early Dismissal @ 1pm

Antheil/Lore/Parkway - NO PM Integrated Preschool

Dec 24 SCHOOL CLOSED - Winter Break

Dec 27-31 SCHOOL CLOSED - Winter Break

To our Ewing Township families: Ewing Public Education Foun-dation (EPEF) wishes everyone Happy Holidays as we celebrate our various traditions this season. EPEF is a non-profit educational organization that provides grants to the Ewing Public Schools for innovative educational programs and scholarships to graduating EHS seniors pursuing higher education in accredited colleges, uni-versities, or vocational institutions.

During this season, EPEF wishes continued success to our part-ners who support our mission. They include Educational Testing Service (ETS), New Jersey Manufacturers (NJM), Church and Dwight, The Credit Union of New Jersey (CUNJ), American Prop-erties, and teachers, administrators, staff, and families, all of whose generous donations have enabled EPEF to fulfill its mission year after year. Thank you all!

EPEF celebrates the accomplishments of the Ewing Public School District as it closes out this calendar year. The administrators, teach-ers, and staff have been met with so many additional challenges as they guide our students through these challenging times, and we are grateful for their constant dedication to meeting the needs of the district. We hope our approved grants have supported their efforts to CONNECT, INNOVATE, and INSPIRE our students to success and create an enhanced educational experience.

Finally, to the students, their parents, and families: as you cel-ebrate your various holiday traditions and bask in your relationships with family and friends, we hope you will also recognize and de-light in the significant impact our community as a whole has on each of our experiences. EPEF meets its goals through contribu-tions from corporate donors, but also through personal donations from individuals such as you. There’s more we wish to accomplish in our continual support of the Ewing Public Schools, but we need your help. Please visit us at www.epef.org for information on how to make a donation. No amount is too small. We hope you can sup-port our mission.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

2021 Ewing Township Board of Education Ms. Lisa A. McConnell, Mr. Anthony F. Messina, President Vice President Dr. Channing C. Conway Mr. Michael S. Miller Mrs. Deborah A. Delutis Mr. Tyrone A. Miller, Jr. Ms. Deborah A. Jones Mrs. Stephanie F. Staub

Mrs. Jennifer L. Miller

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