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Safety TownJune 30 - July 11

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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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EHS FITNESS CENTER EARNS RAVE REVIEWS!The Ancient Greek ideal of a sound mind in a

sound body is still alive and well at Ewing High School.

One of the many cool things about the athletic and academic programs at EHS is that the school is a home to a modern and progressive fitness center consisting of almost 5,000 square feet of innovative training equipment.

The fitness center has largely been upgraded and stocked through the fundraising endeavors of physical education teacher Dave Sheffel and his colleagues in the physical education department.

Their efforts have allowed the physical education and coaching staff at EHS to implement state of the art fitness approaches throughout their curriculum and athletic programs.

“There are a variety of innovative exercises we utilize on a regular basis in the EHS Life Fitness Center that help students and athletes continue to improve on muscular endurance, strength and conditioning, and on their overall health,” Mr. Sheffel stated.

According to Physical Education Supervisor Bud Kowal, two main exercises being practiced on a regular basis are TRX® and plyometric exercise.

“The TRX® system is a suspension system designed to use the person’s body weight to improve the muscular strength and endurance,”

Mr. Kowal stated. “The TRX® system delivers a fast, effective total-body workout that utilizes the persons own body weight to develop stronger muscles. It also helps develop a solid core which will in turn help the student-athlete become better in all exercises being practiced. Lastly, all age groups are able to use the TRX® system making it a very versatile piece of equipment.”

Plyometric exercising can help a student athlete enhance strength and speed, increase endurance, burn calories, and build stronger bones. There is minimal equipment needed for this type of exercising which makes it a very useful tool in a student athlete’s routine.

“Being able to perform plyometric exercise helps the muscle be able to stretch and contract faster, making it easier for an athlete to react and perform at any sport movement,” Mr. Sheffel commented.

The Ewing Schools have become a leader in inclusive, unified physical education, and these courses use the center weekly to help promote fitness. Students are given a fitness plan and follow the plan around various weight and cardio machines.

This teaches our students with disabilities how to properly use fitness equipment and how to follow fitness plans. The fitness plans are similar to those used at local Fitness Center's in the community. Doing this teaches students the life skills they need to be active in their community.

The EHS Life Fitness Center also offers creative programing for students such as:

• Pre-Season and Out of Season Training for EHS Athletic Teams

• Group Fitness, Yoga and Pilates on the turf

• Strength circuit stations in the weight section.

• Cardio intervals on spin bikes and ellipticals.

• Core Training on the turf using the kettle bells and/or weight bags.

“We are very proud of our fitness center and offerings,” Mr. Kowal stated. “We believe one of the most important things we do is promote and appreciation of lifelong healthy living.”

EHS Hoops Star

Hits 1,000 Points!

EHS Girls Basketball senior standout Jaycee Lowe recently surpassed the 1,000 point plateau for her career against Toms River North during the WOBM Holiday Classic in Toms River, New Jersey.

The versatile guard has been a four year varsity player who has

played a major role in helping the team win back to back Central Jersey Group 3 Championships during the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons.

Jaycee is currently averaging 20 points per game as she leads the Blue Devils into the upcoming tournament season.

Board Game Fridays at Parkway

Kindergarten students of Parkway School excitedly wait for the first Friday of each month. Their new friends from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch will be arriving to make Fun Fridays a little more fun. A rotating group of six volunteers visit the kindergarten classes to play board games in small groups during the last 45 minutes of the day. The noise level rises as students learn to roll dice, move pieces, take turns, follow directions and celebrate wins.

The Kindergarten teachers and students want to thank our Bank of America/Merrill Lynch volunteers for taking time to play with us – we are having a blast!

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The Ewing Township Board of Education met on January 7th in the Fisher Middle School Media Center to conduct the annual BOE reorganization meeting.

School Business Administrator/Board Secretary Dennis Nettleton opened the meeting and then read into the record the official results of the November BOE election. He then conducted the oath of office for returning Board members Anthony Messina, who was elected to his third term on the Board, and Lisa McConnell, who was elected to her second term on the Board, as well as new member Deb Delutis.

Mr. Nettleton then recognized Superintendent Michael Nitti, who shared that January was Board of Education Recognition Month in New Jersey.

January is a time to raise public awareness of the roles and responsibilities of local boards of education. Mr. Nitti thanked all Ewing Township Board members, present and past, for their efforts on behalf of the school community.

BOE and Administration Honor Maria Benedetti for ServiceThe administration and Board of The Ewing

Public Schools honored departing longtime Board member Maria Benedetti for many years of dedicated service.

Ms. Benedetti first served as a member of the Board of Education from April of 2003 to April of 2004. She was then elected to the Board in April of 2007 and has since served

the community continuously, including stints as Board President, Vice President and as a member of many important committees. Always a proud Ewing Schools parent first, as both her children graduated Ewing High School, Ms. Benedetti was a strong advocate for the children of the district, and consistently promoted a whole child educational approach that was student-centered.

“During her time on the Board, we have seen significant accomplishments, up to and including the recent passing of our bond referendum,” Superintendent Michael Nitti commented. “Ms. Benedetti has played an important role in many of these achievements, and the school community is grateful and appreciative.”

Mr. Nitti then shared with the Board and public a display created by EHS teacher Christina Harrison’s Graphics 1 class that highlighted the important work of the Board of Education. The artwork showed Ewing students from the primary level through high school emphasizing the district mission of “Providing a Foundation for Life” silhouetted by the iconic Ewing High School clock tower imagery. Mr. Nitti thanked Ms. Harrison and her classmates for their efforts.

The Board then conducted its election for President, which resulted in the nomination and unanimous selection of Anthony Messina. This will be Mr. Messina’s second stint at Board President. He served as Vice President in 2018. The Board then unanimously elected Lisa McConnell as Vice President.

The Board also approved its meeting calendar for 2019, which is posted to the website under the Board of Education/Ewing BoardDocs/Library/Events.

The Ewing Public Schools Reorganizes for 2019 Ewing BOE Welcomes New Member: Deborah Delutis

On November 6th, Deborah Delutis was elected to her first three year term as a member of the Ewing Township Board of Education. Mrs. Delutis is a lifelong Ewing resident and a Ewing High School graduate who has children at Ewing High School and Fisher Middle School.

Mrs. Delutis, who has a Bachelors Degree in Humanities and Social Science from Thomas Edison State University and has worked as a Manager at Pennington Quality Market for over twenty years, has always been very involved with the community and schools. She served as team parent for many Ewing Little League teams and as President of the Parkway School PTA. Mrs. Delutis also sat on Parkway's Anti-Bullying, Teacher of the Year and Title 1 committees and was President of the Fisher School FPA.

Mrs. Delutis has shared her goal of working with the Board and administration to continue to promote practices that create a positive and harmonious school culture, and also on expanding the district’s inclusive and unified practices.

Since the last Roundup, the district has completed their bond sale and is in receipt of bond proceeds. Currently, the administration has been meeting regularly with its professionals and is working on finalizing the schedule and bid specifications for the projects expected to take place over the summer of 2019. Those projects are expected to be bid in early February.

Referendum Roundup

First grade students at Antheil Elementary School have been immersed in integrated STEM instruction. After learning about sorting in math, they collected and sorted leaves. They used the engineering design process to design and create a leaf collector. Pictured left: Raiya, Mabel and Erin are trying out their prototype.

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What do you like best about Ewing High School? The teachers; I’m amazed by how much all of my teachers know when asked any random question about their subject. It’s motivating to know that I’m learning

from someone who is actually interested in what they are teaching.

Who is your favorite teacher or coach why? It’s hard to pick one favorite because I’ve had so many good teachers and good coaches. All of my favorite teachers share the great quality of encouraging their students to care for the subject. At the end of the day, what I love most about every single one of them is that they care about the students.

In which activities do you participate? I am a member of the National Honor Society which is an organization focused on helping others. I can also be seen in the media center with chess/gaming club from time to time and I regularly participate in Math League. I also participate in Robotics, where I edit their website, develop apps, oversee the production of the robot, and write code for the team. I played 2nd singles for the tennis team last year and hope to play varsity for the tennis team again this year.

What is your favorite memory of high school? My favorite memory of high school would probably be winning the District Championship with the Robotics team last year. The team as a whole did a lot of work to make sure we were competing with the best robot possible, and in order to qualify for nationals, we had to literally either win the District Championship

Senior Spotlight: Meet Sterly Deracyor gain enough points to get picked to move on. Needless to say, everyone became less tense once we brought home the 1st place medal.

What do you do outside of school? I currently work at McDonalds as a crew member and when I’m not busy working, I spend time researching stuff related to programming.

Who or what has impacted your life in a positive way? Programming has had a big impact on my life because it’s taught me that most issues can be solved with enough patience and time. My friends and family have also played a key role in my life since they find a way to make me laugh no matter the circumstance that I’m in.

How do you define success? I define success by the amount of people who have been positively affected by what you’ve done. I always want to be sure that what I’m doing makes me happy, but seeing that my actions make others happy as well, is my definition of success.

What are your plans after you graduate? After I graduate high school, I’ll plan to visit some companies for internships to get some early experience in my field. I want to do more with website design so I’ll probably look into becoming a professional website designer so I can do that as a side job. To get a full-time job, I plan on going to a four-year college with a major in Computer Science and hope to be a qualified software engineer by the time I graduate.

What is your favorite quote or book? My favorite book is “Fahrenheit 451”. I feel that there was a lot to that book that I definitely would have missed had I read it alone, so I’m happy that I got to read the book in class.

February is the month of LOVE.We want to take this time to say

THANK YOU to our Partners & Sponsors:Educational Testing Services (ETS)

Credit Union of NJNJM

American PropertiesETEA

*Without the help of our partners & sponsors, EPEF would not be able to operate*

THANK YOU from the bottom of our HEARTS!

Lore Fifth Grade Sign Language Club

Kickball, Four Square, and soccer aren’t the only activities taking place during fifth grade recess at Lore School. On Wednesdays, over 30 fifth graders spend their recess time participating in the Fifth Grade Sign Language Club. The student club is led by fifth grader Eli Smith and his interpreter Sharon Snyder. Each week, Eli and Mrs. Snyder, who the students affectionately call Ms. Sharon, co-plan and deliver the instruction to a roomful of eager learners. Using American Sign Language, the participants have learned to sign the alphabet, numbers, colors, family terms, and animals.

In its second year, the club began when Eli transferred to Lore as a fourth grade student. Having a full-time interpreter in the classroom was a new experience for Eli’s classmates. The students immediately took interest in sign language and would ask Eli and Ms. Sharon how to sign different words. In the first year, Eli and Ms. Sharon offered to host the club for students in Eli’s fourth grade class. When Eli returned to school for fifth grade, there was an even greater student interest to join the Sign Language Club, so the co-leaders decided to offer it to all fifth grade students.

What started as curiosity will hopefully reach and inspire these fifth graders for many years to come!

Ewing High School’s Creative Writing class visited the kindergarten classes at Lore Elementary School and read original children’s books the high school students wrote and illustrated. The kindergartners were very excited and welcomed the special guest readers to their classrooms with enthusiasm. When asked about how the kindergarteners reacted to the books, EHS student John Ulrich said, “They all asked questions and had comments. The one thing I wished I would have known before the visit was how into the books they would actually be.”

After the visit, high school student Michael Kerr shared, “What I enjoyed the most was the smiles on the kids’ faces after everyone read their books.” Through the books, the kindergarteners learned lessons such as: never give up, teamwork

and dedication is the key to success, and to love yourself the way you are!

Kindergarten students cheered and celebrated their guest readers and shared their own stories with the group. Siarra Ruiz commented, “I went to Lore as a child, seeing my old school and teachers was nostalgic. Plus, seeing a new generation of children in the same classrooms I used to learn

in was really cool.” The EHS Creative Writing class would like to extend their gratitude to Lore for welcoming them and supporting this project.

EHS Creative Writing Class Visits Lore

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February 2019 Schedule in Ewing SchoolsFeb 2 Odyssey of the Mind Officials Training - 8am @ FMS

Feb 4-11 FMS - Book Fair

Feb 7 Lore - Title I Bingo Night @ 6:30pm

Feb 9 Parkway - Pancake Breakfast @ 8am-12pm

Feb 11 Parkway - PTA Meeting @ 7pm

Feb 12 FMS - FPA Meeting - 6:30pm @ Professional Library

POAC – Teaching Language to Early Learners - 6:30pm @ FMS Media Center

Feb 13 EHS - Back to School Night @ 6:30pm

Feb 15 Lore - LPA Winter Evening Student Event @ 6:30pm

Feb 18 SCHOOL CLOSED - Presidents’ Day

Feb 25-28 Parkway - PTA Book Fair

Feb 26 FMS - Title I Language Arts Night @ 6:30pm

Feb 27 K-8 EARLY DISMISSAL - Conferences by Appointment

NO AM Integrated Preschool

Feb 28 Antheil - PTO Meeting @ 6:45pm

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Should there be a delayed opening, all students report to school 1 hour and 30 minutes later than normal. Do not drop your child off earlier as there will not be sufficient staff for supervision.

Delayed Opening Hours: Early Dismissal Hours:Ewing High 9:15am Ewing High 12:15pmFisher Middle 9:55am Fisher Middle 12:55pmElementary 10:30am Elementary 1:40pmO’Brien Academy 9:05am O’Brien Academy 11:55am

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Notice of Board of Education Meetings The Ewing Township Board of Education has scheduled the following

Board Meetings. All meetings are regular business meetings unless otherwise noted. Board Meetings commence at 7:00PM at which time the Board may convene in Closed Session for one hour and return to Public Session at 8:00PM. Formal action will or may be taken.

January 28, 2019 Parkway Media Center

February 25, 2019(Preliminary Budget Overview) Antheil Auditorium

March 18, 2019(Preliminary Budget Presentation/Tentative Budget Approval) FMS Auditorium

April 29, 2019(Public Hearing on Budget/Approval of Final Budget) FMS Auditorium

May 20, 2019 EHS Auditorium

June 24, 2019 FMS Media Center

July 29, 2019 FMS Media Center

August 26, 2019 FMS Media Center

September 23, 2019 FMS Media Center

October 28, 2019 FMS Media Center

November 25, 2019 Lore Media Center

December 16, 2019 FMS Media Center

January 6, 2020(Board Organization Meeting)

NOTE: There will be NO Closed Session unless otherwise specified

FMS Media Center

2019 Ewing Township Board of Education Mr. Anthony F. Messina, Ms. Lisa A. McConnell, President Vice President Mr. Carl A. Benedetti, Jr. Mrs. Karen A. McKeon Mr. Kenneth J. Bradley, Sr. Mrs. Stephanie F. Staub Dr. Channing C. Conway Mr. Bruce J. White

Mrs. Deborah A. Delutis

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