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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

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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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A most welcome and enjoyable sight this April has been the return of Ewing High athletes to the fields, diamond and tracks that make up the spring high school sports season.

Over a year ago, practices had just begun for the upcoming season when the pandemic struck. What began as a cancelled practice ended up becoming a lost season, as the spring scholastic sports season became another casualty of the coronavirus.

For five standout senior Ewing High School student-athletes, the pain of last year still reso-nates, but they are happy to have the opportunity to again represent their high school and play the sports they love and enjoy.

“I was so upset last year,” softball player Kate McConnell shared. “I was very close with a lot of the seniors who would be playing their last season, but unfortunately never got to. It was just all so sudden and unexpected I didn’t even know what to think.”

“I couldn’t really believe it,” Blue Devils baseball TJ Quigley stated. “It was a shock to me and everyone on the team that we would have a year without baseball, something that we have been playing together for almost fourteen years.”

“I was very frustrated when we got the news of how extended quarantine was going to be,” track athlete Lucas Vasquez related. “It was so disap-pointing to miss a year of progress.”

Faced with a world without traditional school or sports, the students searched for ways to cope with the loss and manage their mental and so-cial-emotional health during the early days of the shutdown.

“It was a huge adjustment for me. I went from having practice every day after school and work-ing after practice to having to stay home,” Boys Lacrosse standout Michael Franks shared. “I was going crazy. I am not a person that sits around and does nothing.”

“After the loss of the season, I made sure to stay connected with my teammates through so-cial media,” Girls Lacrosse counterpart Abigail Buker shared. “I was hoping to have a chance to play in 2021, for my senior year.”

The loss of last season has given the seniors a sense of perspective, and an appreciation for the simple joys of playing their sport.

“Just being back out on the field is wonderful,” McConnell stated. “I missed it so much more than I even knew while I wasn’t playing. While I miss the past players who graduated, it has been great to meet and grow close with the new under-classmen and play with them as a team.”

“After last year, I am able to let go of a lot of the things that would worry me in my sports,” Vasquez added. “It has helped me to actually enjoy what I do and has allowed me to find humility.”

The return of sports has brought with it the joy of victory and pain of defeat, all welcome emo-tions after a lost season. McConnell had a big game at the plate to lead the Blue Devils to a key victory over neighboring rival Hopewell. Quigley has provided steady senior leadership to a young baseball team that has knocked off Lawrence and Nottingham in early season action. Buker and Franks are fixtures in the lacrosse lineups and Vasquez a main cog in the EHS distance crew.

The return of these athletes to their sports is a harbinger to brighter days ahead. Vasquez will run and study psychology at Connecticut Col-lege. Three-sport athlete Quigley committed to play football at Montclair State. Buker will study Nursing at TCNJ as part of their Honors program. McConnell is headed to Rutgers Uni-versity and Franks is a proud owner of his own lawn care business.

Buker summed up the lessons they will bring with them quite eloquently.

“The best and my favorite thing about this season is being back and able to play with such a loving and positive team,” she remarked. “No matter what happens, we never give up.”

EHS Spring Athletes Return EHS Spring Athletes Return to their Sports!to their Sports!

Abigail Buker

Kate McConnell

Lucas Vasquez

TJ Quigley

Michael Franks

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It was a scholastic sports year unlike any oth-er, with the COVID-19 pandemic upending high school athletics for over a year, but many Ewing High School student-athletes had the opportu-nity to put on the blue and white and represent the Blue Devils. Once again this year, a number of EHS student-athletes from the Class of 2021 have declared their plans to continue their ath-letic career at the collegiate level and announced their college commitments.

Track and FieldWith a Winter Track Sectional Championship

earned during their time at EHS, two talented distance runners from the Blue Devils Track and Field program will continue their efforts on the track at the next level. Lucas Vasquez will run for the Connecticut College Camels and Dylan Navarro will join the Lions of Georgian Court.

Girls BasketballAfter being a major

contributor to an unde-feated season for Ew-ing High School Girls Basketball, strong in-side presence Geneece Boone will take the court for the Kean Uni-versity Cougars.

Boys SoccerTwo senior leaders of the vastly improved

Ewing Boys Soccer program will take the pitch at the collegiate level. Cadel Bolden will play for the Aggies of Delaware Valley State and Jordy Santiago-Caraballo will join the Cente-nary University Cyclones.

BaseballSweet-swinging outfielder Tucker Elder will become an Osprey and join the Stockton University Baseball program.

SwimmingCounty finalist Emily Czelusniak will follow in her sister Olivia’s footsteps and look to make a splash in the pool for the Skidmore College T-breds.

FootballComing off a high-scoring and always-enter-

taining season, two members of the EHS Foot-ball team will continue their exploits on the col-lege gridiron.

Rugged lineman, TJ Quigley, who paved the way for a prolific running game, will join the Montclair State University Red Hawks.

Defensive End/Line-backer Aaron Forde, who was named All-Area and Defensive Player of the Year by the Times of Trenton, will join the Wagner University Seahawks.

SoftballKayla Rivera will join the Gyrenes Women’s Softball team at Ave Maria University in beautiful southwest Florida.

EHS Student-Athletes Make College Commitments FMS Celebrates Culture & Diversity Week

Fisher Middle School students celebrated the rich diversity and cul-ture of Ewing the week of April 19th with Cul-ture and Diversity Week. Throughout the week, students were exposed to information about differ-ent cultural celebrations around the world, words and phrases in other lan-guages, and facts about

the many cultures around Ewing and Mercer County. Student Council members put together a Virtual Cookbook, which featured recipes from Mr. Milecki, Mrs. Suseendran, Mrs. Canavan, Mr. Soto, the Abtouche family, the Lima-Flores fam-ily, and the Owusu-Mensah family. The Student Council also provided teachers with a full week's worth of "Do Nows" which quizzed students on celebrations such as Ramadan, the Japanese Cher-ry Blossom Festival, Carnival, and more.

A few students also contributed language in-struction videos for the whole school to enjoy: Sofia Latushka and her friend Lada - who tuned in virtually all the way from St. Petersburg - led a video in Russian; Amine Abtouche provided a video in Arabic; and Stephania Camblard taught a variety of phrases in Haitian Creole.

Lore Elementary School held a CELEBRA-TION DRIVE THRU on Saturday May 22nd for Lore 4th grade student Ke’yair Christie who con-quered chemotherapy treatments for fighting Stage 4 Pediatric Osteosarcoma Cancer! Horns, shouts and claps could be heard throughout the neighbor-hood! Let’s give Ke’yair a loud LORE “ROAR’’!

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Senior Spotlight: Meet Kayla HawkinsThe school year is wind-ing down, do you have any ‘words of wisdom’ to share with your class-mates as we are still nav-igating the COVID-19 health crisis? I think the best thing to do is look to-wards the future. Things

are still messy and we may be unsure right now, but things will eventually turn out and we need to remember that.

What do you want people to know about Ew-ing High School that they might not know? There are so many different kinds of people at Ewing, and they all have their own unique talents. There are so many cultures in Ewing that you can learn about through the students.

In which activities do you participate in school? I am on the Girl’s Tennis Team and a member of the Key Club. I also participate in the Pit Orches-tra during the school musicals.

What activities do you participate outside of school? Outside of school, I participate in numer-ous volunteer activities with my church.

What accomplishments are you most proud of? One of my biggest accomplishments is when I completed Mission Serve. It was so cool to be able to help so many people, and I was really proud of myself and my group for all that we did.

What is your favorite memory of high school to date? One of my favorite memories is when I won my first tennis match in freshman year. I was so proud of myself and my partner, and all the practice we did to make it happen.

Who is your favorite teacher and/or coach and why? My favorite coach is Coach Mosty (Chris-tina Mosteller). When I joined the tennis team my freshman year, I did not know anything about ten-nis. She was an incredible teacher, and she helped me to improve very quickly into my first tennis season. She truly cared for everyone on the team and was always so kind and sweet.

Who or what has impacted your life in a posi-tive way? My parents have always been my num-ber one supporters of anything I put my mind to. They have always inspired me to do my absolute best, and I am so grateful for them.

How do you define success? My definition of suc-cess is when I’m proud of what I have accomplished.

What are your plans after you graduate from Ewing High School? I plan to go to Mercer Com-munity College and study Music, then transfer to another college to finish out my degree. Afterward, I would like to pursue a career in Music Therapy.

What is your favorite quote or book? "Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value." - Albert Einstein

Now the important question, during this time of social-distancing what have you been doing in your free time? One of the main things I took up during quarantine was learning Japanese. I had so much time on my hands, and I’ve always want-ed to learn multiple languages. I am also starting to learn how to play the piano.

The New Jersey Thespian All State Show qualified for Na-tionals! Ewing High School students Nia Whaley and Fa-toumata N'Diaye were both part of this experience. This

is the first time that a New Jersey show has ever been selected as a Main Stage at Nationals! The International Thespian Festival will take place virtually June 22nd–25th, 2021.

Parkway: A year in review...PANTHER-demic Style!

This year has been hard, challenging and filled with unexpected changes. Regardless, at Parkway School, we still have been able to come together, as a community of learners and civic-minded citi-zens, to regularly show our Panther Pride. This year we endeavored to continue our Parkway tra-ditions in spite of pandemic dictated boundaries.

We put our creative minds to work and remod-eled both the Ice Cream Social and the Pancake Breakfast to be “drive through” and were able to successfully facilitate both events. Our annual Pajama Reading Night became Pajama Reading Day and everyone loves any reason to wear pa-jamas to school.

With help from the PTA, we were able to fun-draise for the Thanksgiving baskets for the Park-way community and for toiletry items to donate to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). Our Title 1 program offerings were just as numer-ous as in years past with virtual Parent/Child Book clubs, Social Skills groups, Skill Building groups, Every Panther-One Book, Family BIN-GO night, STEM clubs, Performance Choir and Instrumental/Percussion Group.

A fifth grade assembly during Black History Month, Junior Achievement in a Day for fourth and fifth grade students and many social and emotional learning webinars sponsored by PEI kids were all able to be conducted virtually.

Let us not forget our end of year celebrations for Kindergarten and 5th grade students that will look a bit different this year but will involve both virtual and in-person students. As this school year comes to an end we want to express our gratitude to all of the parents, teachers, other dis-trict staff members and outside resource people for giving us a helping “paw” anytime we asked. You are all PANTHER-rific in our book!

Antheil Interdisciplinary Roller Coaster Design Challenge

Antheil Elementary School fourth and fifth grade students in Ms. Joy’s Library class read “Engineering Marvels: King-da Ka Roller Coaster” and dis-cussed why it is important for engineers to understand how

roller coasters work. In Ms. Papadopoulos' and Ms. Springsteens’ Technology Class, students re-viewed physics terms (gravity, friction, kinetic & potential energy), for how their model roller coast-er works. Students recorded a FlipGrid showcas-ing their roller coaster designs and explained what they liked about the STEM challenge and what they would do to improve their designs.

Lore Students Create PollinatorsLore Elementary School students in Mrs. Mo-

carski's 2nd grade class planted seeds in the gar-den and examined flowers and insects. To honor Earth Day, they followed the Engineering De-sign Process and created pollinators.

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June 2021 Schedule in Ewing SchoolsJun 8 FMS - 8th Grade Celebration Day @ 3:30pm–5:50pm

Jun 9 EHS - Senior Awards Night @ 6pm - EHS Athletic Complex

Jun 10 EHS - Senior Awards Night Rain Date

Jun 11 FMS - 8th Grade Celebration Day Rain Date

Jun 15 Lore - 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony (Students Only; Event Live-Streamed)

Jun 16 Parkway - 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony (Students Only; Event Live-Streamed)

Jun 17 Antheil - 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony (Students Only; Event Live-Streamed)

FMS - 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony @ 6:30pm EHS Athletic Complex

Jun 18 Early Dismissal (No Lunches): EHS 12pm; FMS 12:35pm; AES/LES/PES 1:10pm; OBA 11:55am

Jun 21 Early Dismissal (No Lunches): EHS 12pm; FMS 12:35pm; AES/LES/PES 1:10pm; OBA 11:55am

FMS - 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony Rain Date

Jun 22 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL – Early Dismissal (No Lunches): EHS 12pm; FMS 12:35pm; AES/LES/PES 1:10pm; OBA 11:55am

EHS - Graduation @ 7pm - Cure Insurance Area (Ticket REQUIRED to enter)

Jun 28 BOE Meeting - Fisher Middle School Auditorium 6pm: Honoring District Retirees and 2019-20 & 2020-21 Educators of the Year 7pm: Executive Session 8pm: Public Session

What a year! As we close an incredibly unique and challenging educational year, the Ewing Public Education Foundation (EPEF) wishes to share all the wonderful things that occurred during this time. EPEF continues to celebrate our Ewing teachers, educators, administrators, support staff and the parents. We wish to thank our special partners that always stood by us. EPEF is so proud of all they have done to support the families and children attending Ewing Public Schools. None of this would have come to fruition without the variety of support from everyone previously men-tioned.

EPEF had to adjust also. We developed altered plans that en-abled delivery of programs and services approved for the 2020-21 school year. EPEF worked closely with our teachers and ad-ministrators in exceptional ways to adjust and extend grants for implementation. We maintained constant communications with our close partners who have supported us greatly and that of the Ewing Schools community. Yes, it was indeed a challenging year. But we did it. We all did it!

EPEF believes it is especially important that our community knows that through all the challenges, we NEVER lost focus on our determination to help cultivate a wonderful educational year for the children, as we maintain adherence to our mission: “To champion education in our Ewing Schools by providing grants to teachers and scholarships to graduating seniors. To build commu-nity support and acquire supplementary resources through private donations and corporate giving that fund innovative educational programs, experiences, and technology that enhances teaching and learning.”

To all, EPEF says thank you. For our students, congratulations for completing this challenging year. To our graduating seniors, congratulations on your accomplishments and good luck on your future endeavors. You did it!

If you wish to learn about or contribute to Ewing Public Educa-tion Foundation, please visit our website for additional informa-tion at www.epef.org . Thank you.

Safety Town: CANCELLED for 2021Safety Town 2021 has been cancelled for this year but the

program will return in June 2022. See you next year in 2022!

Kindergarten Round-Up 2021 InformationThe Ewing Public Schools’ Registration Department is pleased to an-

nounce that Kindergarten Registration is now open to children residing in Ewing Township, New Jersey who will be 5 years old on or before October 1st, 2021. Please visit the Kindergarten Registration webpage on the Ewing Public Schools district website at www.ewing.k12.nj.us. All kindergarten registrations should be completed online using our Gen-esis registration portal. Please be sure to finish all three steps in order to complete your child’s enrollment. If you have questions regarding the on-line registration process, you may contact Ms. Sholes or Ms. Cook in the Registration Department at (609) 538- 9800 extension 7181 or extension 7175. You may also email Registration at registration@ewingboe.org.

This is the last 2020-21 issue of GoodNews. Look for us in the September issue of the Ewing Observer. Have a safe

and healthy summer! Remember to READ, READ READ!