Dates to Remember

May 26th— Early dismissal 29th—No School June 2nd—Senior Prom 3rd—Freshman Trip & Sophomore Trip 12th-14th—Early Dis-missal 14th—Graduation

Class of 2017 Enjoys a Trip of a Lifetime You've spent years working hard in school and you're finally graduating. But before you graduate, you and your classmates deserve a senior experience like no other! The Senior Class at PHS continued the long es-tablished tradition of traveling to Walt Disney World for their Senior Class Trip. The students spent 5 days in Florida from April 6 through April 10. For many of the students, the trip is a learning experience in many ways. From learning how to budget funds and travel without their parents, the students were accompanied by teachers from the school to help students with the transition of not being in Pennsauken. The students enjoyed the wonders and sights of Walt Disney World. The students were greeted their first night with a Pizza and Pool party at the All-Star Sports Resort. The stu-dents spent their days enjoying the various attractions of: Space Moun-tain, Soarin’, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Kilimanjaro Safari, Mission Space, Pirates of the Caribbean, Expe-dition Everest, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coast, and It’s a Small World to name a few of the rides that the students enjoyed. However, the culminating event of the trip was Disney Grad Nite H2O. Disney Grad Nite H2O is an excit-ing, once-in-a-lifetime experience at Typhoon Lagoon at Walt Dis-ney World Resort where the stu-dents of Pennsauken were able to make a splash and create one final high school memory. Riding the waves, gliding down the lazy river and dancing the night away at the magical place made for celebrating their soon to be graduation from high school. The Senior Class would like to thank all of those that made this once in a lifetime trip possible. It was a great time had by all the students at the “Happiest place on Earth.”

PHS Indians News Pennsauken Public Schools

April 2017 Volume 1, Issue 8

Best of the Class 2017

Several of our students were recognized & honored April 5th at the Scottish Rite Ballroom and Auditorium during the annual Best of the Class 2017. These stu-dents were chosen for demonstrating pride in their academic achievements, im-proving themselves as well as helping others in their communities. The following students were award recipients in the following categories:

Emily Gymr: Community Service

Asia Davis: Leadership

Essence Saenz: Most Improved

Daniel Ball: Best Overall

Michael Hartka: Most Courageous

Isaac Amato: Performing Arts

Michelle Bello: School Spirit

On Thursday, April 13, 2017, Pennsauken High School held its Sixth Annual Junior College/Career Day. Over 75 volunteers visited PHS to speak to our juniors about their professions. The Junior College/Career Day had professionals speak about the following majors: Education, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Law, Criminal Justice, Communications, Services, Trades, Culinary Arts, Sports Management, Business, Art and Music, and Technology. Students were able to learn and to talk to successful people in various fields and gain valuable insights on possible post-graduate paths. Some of the guests for College and Career Day included a doctor, a lawyer, trades people, a photographer, a music producer, an FBI agent, and many more outstanding representatives in their chosen fields. Former NFL player and cur-

rent Comcast Sports broadcaster, Gary Cobb, was one of our es-teemed guests. Additionally, several dozen col-leges set up booths in our New Gym to recruit our juniors and to explain the college process. Repre-sentatives from Rowan University and Rutgers University gave a workshop on preparing for col-lege. Several alumni sacrificed their time to come back to PHS as well. Juniors were grateful to have this opportunity and our guests raved about the students! Many teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, and staff members contributed their time and expertise to this event. However, the accomplishments of the guests of Pennsauken High School will be the most im-portant information that the students take with them from this great event.

Junior College & Career Day

Ariana Alameda - 2nd place, Book, 11th/12th grade Ruby Anwyanwu - 1st place, 100m girls, 10th and above (yes, they had her race with the wrong group and she won!) Connor Bulicki - 3rd Place, Posters (Visual), 9th/10th grade Ronald Estevez - 1st place, Limerick, 11th/12th grade Aaron Feiler - 1st place, Olympika 100 m Boys, 10th and above Tyler Lee - 2nd place, Latin Sight Reading, Upper Level Molly Moran - 3rd place, Greeting Card (Hand drawn) Saturnalia, 9th/10th grade Jamil Morris - 1st place, Latin Oratory, Upper Level; 2nd place, Original Script, 11th/12th grade Christian Nicdao - 3rd place, Original Script, 11th/12th grade Michael Nguyen - 1st place, Book, 11th/12th grade Philip Nguyen - 2nd place, Greeting Card (hand-drawn), 11th/12th grade Shaylana Nguyen - 1st place, Books, 9th/10th Grade; 3rd place, Cartoon Design

(handmade),9th/10th Thu Nguyen - 3rd place, Posters (Informational) 11th/12th Alexandra Pasamihalis - 1st Place, Name That Place Never Been to Rome Lizette Piedra - 3rd place, Greeting Card (Hand Drawn), 11th/12th grade; 3rd place, Softball Throw Girls; 3rd place, Discus Girls Yazmin Santana - 1st place, Latin Sight Reading, Latin ½ & 1 Rebecca Stallard - 3rd place, Latin Sight Reading, Latin ½ & 1 Marvin Sewell - 3rd place, Books, 11th/12th Tracy Tran - 2nd place, Posters (Informational) - 9th/10th Kieu Vo - 1st place, Cartoon Caption, 9th/10th grade Penny R. Cipolone Most Active Latin Club in NJ - 3rd place

On April 29, 2017 Pennsauken Junior classical League students competed with 20 other schools at the New Jersey Junior Classical League State Convention. Almost 450 students were in attend-ance. Pennsauken students represented the school well, winning many awards and doing a fantastic job showing their PHS spirit! There were numerous contests, for every kind of stu-dent: academic, athletic, artistic. PHS Senior Al-exandra Pasamihalis did an excellent job as NJJCL State President, both in leading the assemblies and in swearing in the new officers. Other

Pennsauken High School state officers were: Daisey Anyanwu (11), Daniel Ball (12), Aa-ron Feiler (12), Alex Fravel (11), Tyler Lee (12), Mi-chael Nguyen (12), Yazmin Santana (9), and Re-becca Stallard (9).

Junior Classical League Awards

Pennsauken HS - 1st place, Club Scrapbook, made by Niambi Fetlow, Ariana Alameda, & Tien Tran Pennsauken HS - 2nd place, Club Website, made by Christian Nicdao and Marvin Sewell Pennsauken HS - 1st Place, Spirit Pennsauken HS - 1st place, Volleyball Pennsauken HS - Community Service Spirit Award