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 SchoolsJune 2015

Congratulations and Good Luck to the Class of 2015!

Parkway 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony: June 22 - 9:30am

Lore & Antheil 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremonies: June 23 - 9:30am

FMS 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony: June 23 - 6:30pm @ EHS

EHS Graduation Ceremony: June 24 - 7pm @ Sun Nat’l Bank Center

EHS Softball’s Infield Tandem a Family Affair

Coming off a run to the Group III State Cham-pionship last year, EHS softball coach Dan Ber-noski did not have to look very far to replace graduated senior stand-outs, shortstop Nicole Rinaldi and second base-man Nicole Capuano.

In fact, their successors were at the same address, as younger sisters Dani-

elle Rinaldi and Jenna Capuano have stepped in to take over the double play combination for the Blue Devils at the very same positions.

For three years, the older siblings were main-stays for Bernoski’ s Blue Devils and each had a large hand in the program’s success, with their leadership and consistency in the infield spark-ing the squad to a remarkable State playoff run last year. With Nicole Rinaldi now at Princeton University and Jenna Capuano at St. Joseph’s, Bernoski knew it would be a challenge to re-place them, but felt comfortable knowing that the next part of the family lineage was waiting in the dugout.

For the younger Rinaldi and Capuano, step-ping in for their sisters has been fun and reward-ing, although perhaps a bit intimidating at first.

“I do admit, it puts a bit more pressure on you,” shared Danielle Rinaldi, a sophomore. “But when someone says, ‘You play just like your sister out there’, it makes me feel proud and accomplished.”

A source of comfort and confidence through-out the transition process for both has been the sage words and support of their college-attend-ing sisters.

“I get a text from my sister every day that mo-tivates and inspires me,” junior Jenna Capuano stated. “She encourages me, offers great advice, and is always there for me if I have a tough game.”

With the EHS softball team enjoying another strong season as Good News went to press, Coach Bernoski is comforted by the fact that both Rin-aldi and Capuano will return next season, and he will have one more year before having to look “outside the family” for a middle infielder.

EHS Marching Band

On April 30th, Ewing High School’s Instru-mental Music Director, D. Blair Olson, along with 54 music students, embarked on a four-day trip to Washington, DC and Williamsburg, VA. The group was comprised of EHS Band, Orchestra and Choir students. The trip included visits to Historic Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens Williams-burg, and the National Air and Space Museum (Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center) in Chantilly, Vir-ginia. While in Washington, the group toured the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural Histo-ry and visited the U.S. Capitol Building, National WWII Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. A spe-cial ‘thank you’ to the parent chaperones who as-sisted Mr. Olson during this trip!

The Ewing Public Schools Integrated Pre-school Program, located at Antheil, Lore and Parkway Elementary Schools, serves both typ-ically-developing and special needs children, three to five years of age. Our special needs chil-dren are placed in the program through eligibility criteria outlined in the New Jersey Administra-tive Code. Children must be three years of age in order to begin the program. We look forward to serving our preschoolers in our Integrated Pre-school Program!

Program questions? Please contact Maria Petsos, 609-538-9800 X4131

Registration questions? Please contact Diane Sholes or Julie Miner, 609-538-9800 X7181 or X7175.

Integrated Preschool Program

Summer Reading 2015This year’s summer reading initiative prom-

ises to be an exciting one for students who at-tend The Ewing Public Schools. All students in Grades K-11 will receive Summer Reading 2015 information on Monday, June 15th. Be sure to read it carefully because students who complete this year’s summer reading may see their princi-pal turned into an ice cream sundae! Some stu-dents may even be eligible to win an e-reader in September. Happy reading!

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empathy and, in turn, provide a service to mem-bers of the community.

After reading the story How Do I Stand in Your Shoes?, the students decorated a jigsaw puzzle as well as a card and a scratch-off butterfly. This year, the children had an opportunity to enter a poetry contest. Winning entries from each grade level were included in a poetry booklet that was presented in the gift bags.

The students donated a dollar to participate in several spirit days and raised hundreds of dollars to help support this service learning project. Additionally, for the second year in a row, former principal Patricia Womelsdorf generously provided $500 to purchase the snack food items for the bags.

Students at Lore School ex-citedly prepared gift bags for the 150 neighbor-hood friends who receive Meals on Wheels. Lore has partnered with

Meals on Wheels for about nine years and, be-cause of this long-standing relationship, we chose a project theme of ‘You’re a Piece of Our Puzzle’.

The Lore Unity Program provides unique op-portunities for building family groups, combin-ing kindergarten through fifth graders in each group. These students are immersed in a lesson that will help them understand the importance of

Ewing High School displays school spirit all year long. In September, the Student Council helped plan and execute the Freshman Orienta-tion Program and ensured that every freshman arrived on the first day of school to find a person-alized welcome note on his/her locker. Over the first two weeks of the school year, EHS faculty and students participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and EHS was proud to send a donation of $326 to the ALS Association of Philadelphia benefiting Lakewood Walk - Team Steady Eddie.

The Spirit Calendar kicked off with a Blue Day and Backyard BBQ prior to the first home football game in September; a Pink Day to coincide with the Play for the Cure field hockey game in Octo-ber; and Fall Spirit Week. Students earned class points for dressing up on Mismatch Day, Pajama Day, Class Day, and Blue and White Day. The fall pep rally was immediately followed by the Powder Puff game. Having accumulated the most points during Spirit Week, the Juniors won the Spirit Cup and celebrated at the Homecoming Dance.

October also launched a new Student Council initiative designed to strengthen the school com-munity. A Leadership Council now holds month-ly meetings with all the club/activity presidents, class presidents, and the Student Council Execu-tive Committee. They work to promote awareness of all student activities, coordinate a school-wide calendar of events, and provide a forum for ongo-ing dialogue among various student groups.

December witnessed the continuation of the Spirit Calendar with the Twelve Days Before Break Scavenger Hunt and spirit days to cel-ebrate the boys and girls basketball home open-ers, as well as clothing, toy and food drives for additional class points.

January’s Winter Spirit Week featured Dress Up Day, Pajama Day, Ugly Sweater Day, Throw-back Thursday, and an improved pep rally in

Parkway Elementary Lights It Up Blue!

During Autism Awareness Month in April, Parkway Elementary partnered with local chapter of Parents Of Autistic Children (POAC) to raise money and spread awareness for autism, which now affects 1 in every 49 children born in the State of New Jersey. In an effort to educate and inform as many people in the school community as possible, Parkway coordinated two separate fundraising projects. During the entire month of April, students were encouraged to show their support for autism through puzzle piece rib-bons to color in. For every fifty cents donated, students were given a ribbon. At the end of the collection, over 175 ribbons had been purchased and hung in the cafetorium. In direct conjunction with POAC, Parkway established its own team and joined the Ewing community walking for awareness at Fisher Middle School on May 2nd. On Friday, May 1st, Parkway participated in a ‘light it up blue’ event where students and staff wore blue as a school community. Overall, the Parkway community raised over $1300!

the gym featuring high-flying slam dunks and a ‘Pump It Up’ cheering competition with the Se-niors defending their title.

Though snow days derailed February plans, March featured a Blackout Day to support bas-ketball playoff games, Toga Day/Pi Day (where students pied 14 teachers during lunch with all proceeds going to local relief efforts), and a St. Pat-rick’s Day after-school scavenger hunt for the pot of gold. On March 18th, the inaugural Course Ad-vising Fair provided students with insider’s guides to choosing courses in each academic department and offered students an opportunity to speak with teachers and students about specific course offer-ings. The following day, over 100 students assem-bled after school to prepare 200 bagged lunches for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.

Lunch Time Fun Time games and Trivia Thurs-days have given students and faculty the chance to win free prizes. Student Council kept the good times rolling in April with a Spring Fling Dance, an Earth Day celebration, student vs. faculty bas-ketball, Blue and White Night and Spring Spirit Week during the first week of May.

EHS Shows School Spirit All Year Long

Meals on Wheels

Smart Kids Rule at Fisher! Fisher Middle School

firmly believes that stu-dents should be hon-ored for their academic achievements. Our stu-dents’ accomplishments are noted during recog-nition assemblies held at the end of Marking Pe-riods 1-3. Thus far this year, 411 students were

recognized for earning Principal Honor Roll or Honor Roll status. Those students were also gifted a personalized ‘Honor Student’ backpack and an invitation to the Parent Recognition Assembly scheduled for Monday, June 8th. FMS takes pride in our students and truly appreciates the support provided by their parents and guardians. We also thank the Ewing Public Education Foundation and the Credit Union of New Jersey for sponsoring the Smart Kids Rule in Ewing grant.

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THE EWING HIGH SCHOOL BAND GETS NEW UNIFORMS!

The Ewing High School Marching Band is getting new uniforms for the 2015-16 marching band season. The current uniforms have partici-pated in more than 100 school and community events over the past twelve years, including foot-ball games, Community Fest at The College of New Jersey, Operation Dreamlift and the Ewing 4th of July parade. The new uniforms have a pol-ished, modern look and will exemplify the qual-ity of our music program.

Antheil’s Autism Ambassadors

Throughout the month of April, students from Ms. Beckmann, Mrs. Bomba, Miss Levy, Miss Taylor and Mrs. Zeutenhorst’s classes read short biographies of some pretty interesting people during morning announcements. All Antheil stu-dents learned about innovative artists and musi-cians and high-achieving athletes and scholars, as well as a Miss America contestant and a boy who built a replica of the Titanic with Legos – the world’s largest Lego ship. What does this diverse group have in common? First, they are all highly-accomplished individuals and second, they all are people with Autism.

As ‘Autism Ambassadors’, Antheil’s young biographers hope to increase awareness of the local, national and global contributions made by people who share Autism.

What do you like best about Ewing High School? I think Ewing High School is a place like no oth-er. There is a diversi-ty in the ideas, oppor-tunities and people who come here that can’t be found any-where else. We’re a

tight-knit community and the staff and faculty are always encouraging the students to be the best that they can. At the end of your four years, you gradu-ate proud of all your hard work and glad that it happened here.

Who is your favorite teacher(s) or coach and why? My favorite teacher is definitely Senora Gonzalez. She taught me that learning another language didn’t just mean endless conjugations of verbs, but rather showed me that knowing another language opens up an entire other part of the world. Through taking her class for four years I learned things about myself and my fam-ily’s culture that I would have never known if I had not taken her class. She has inspired me to continue pursuing different opportunities and taught me lessons applicable in both the class-room and life, and for that I am forever grateful.

In which activities do you participate? One of the best things about Ewing High is the pleth-

Rider University and The Ewing Public Schools have partnered to implement TEACH First Class, an innovative teacher preparation program that overcomes traditional and unpro-ductive boundaries between theory and practice. This unique partnership between Rider Univer-sity and Antheil Elementary School was celebrat-ed and recognized in April of this year when the New Jersey Department of Education took notice of this program.

TEACH First Class immerses teacher candi-dates in a K-5 classroom for a full year where they learn directly from children, classroom teachers and university professors. Rather than studying theory in college coursework and only later apply-ing it in student teaching, candidates will examine educational theory as the opportunity arises or-ganically in the elementary classroom. Candidates will enter the classroom in September as observ-ers, gradually assume instructional responsibili-ties throughout the year as they build professional knowledge, and exit in April as effective teachers. This program enhances learning and performance, and pools the expertise and resources of all stake-holders to increase elementary students’ access to knowledgeable adults. The program also provides

classroom teachers with options for, and ready ac-cess to,teacher residents and to University faculty for professional development.

The TEACH First Class mentoring residency program is being funded by a $50,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation as part of Rider’s in-volvement with 100Kin10, a coalition of more than 150 organizations responding to President Barack Obama’s 2011 call to train 100,000 new STEM teachers over the next decade. Principal Whitner and Antheil Elementary are proud to work with Rider University’s associate profes-sor, Dr. Judith Fraivillig, creator of this innova-tive residency program. They plan to continue this collaboration and partnership which benefits all students and our future educators!

Antheil Elementary Partners with Rider University

ora of opportunities it provides to the students around the campus. As such, I have taken part in various activities during my time here. I helped out with the Key Club and Rotary Interact Club, as well as participating in the Marching Band throughout all four years. I was also a member of the PUPP program and served as a Peer Leader during my senior year. I also played on the Var-sity Lacrosse and Soccer teams.

What is your favorite memory of high school? My favorite memory of high school has to be my time spent on the Lacrosse Team. I joined the team during sophomore year without having ever picked up a stick (it showed), and grew as a person and a player. Some of my favorite times during high school were with my teammates, and I am so glad that I decided to branch out and try it as a 10th grader.

What do you do outside of school? Outside of school I like helping the community and have worked with the Ewing Public Library during their Summer Reading Program and as a tutor with the A2Z Mentoring Program. Besides that, I enjoy hanging out with my friends and family.

What are your plans after you graduate? I am attending Princeton University next fall, where I am plan to major in either International Relations or Political Science.

Where do you see yourself in five years? In five years, I hope to have graduated college and be enrolled in graduate school.

Senior Spotlight: Michael Asparrin

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June 2015 Schedule in Ewing SchoolsJune 1 FMS - Vocal Concert @ 7pmJune 3 Lore - LPA Meeting @ 7pm Antheil - 5th Gr Concert/Art Show @ 9:45am & 7pmJune 4 Parkway - Spring Instrumental/Vocal Concert @ 2:15pm & 6:30pm Lore - Field DayJune 5 Antheil - Spring & Sports Day Gr K-2 Parkway - 5th Gr Social @ 6pm Parkway - Field Day K-2 Rain Date Lore - Field Day Rain DateJune 8 FMS - Parent Recognition Assembly - Invitation Event @ 6:30pmJune 9 EHS - Senior Athletic Awards @ 6pmJune 10 Antheil - 4th Gr Concert/Art Show @ 9:45am & 7pm EMS - TEMPO Meeting @ 7:30pmJune 11 EHS - Senior Awards Night @ 6:30pm Parkway - Field Day Gr 3-5 Rain DateJune 12 EHS - Senior Breakfast @ 8:15am Antheil - Spirit & Sports Day Gr 3-5 Parkway - PTA Family Picnic @ 6pmJune 15 K-8 Summer Reading Kick-OffJune 16 ESL Parents Mtg/Student Awards - 6:30pm @ EHS Antheil -PTO General Meeting @ 6:45pmJune 22-24 Single Session K-12 - No Lunches ServedJune 22 Parkway - 5th Gr Moving Up Ceremony @ 9:30amJune 23 Antheil/Lore - 5th Gr Moving Up Ceremony @ 9:30am FMS - 8th Gr Promotion - 6:30pm @ EHS Parkway - KDG Celebration @ 9:30amJune 24 NO PM EDP EHS Graduation - 7pm @ Sun Nat’l Bank Center

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Ready Freddy Kindergarten Transition Program Overview

The 3rd annual Ready Freddy Kindergarten Transition Program for The Ewing Public Schools eligible kindergarten students will occur again this summer. This program offers a variety of early literacy activities and a way to acclimate our new students and their parents to the district and what it has to offer. This program will assist eligible students in making the move into kindergarten based on all five domains of development; adaptive, personal-social, communication, motor and cognitive, but focusing more heavily on early literacy skills.

Students will be identified for eligibility during a screening at Kindergar-ten Round-Up. Eligibility will be considered based on multiple measures.

If your child is turning 5 by October 1, begin the process and register. Call Central Registration at (609) 538-9800 ext. 7181 or 7175. Next Dates for Kindergarten Round-up: June 2 and June 9, 2015.

Working Together at Antheil!Girl Scout Troop 70138

lent a hand in creating a new Reading Garden Area in Antheil’s courtyard. Ad-ditionally, working with Mrs. Perkins, the fourth and fifth grade Garden Club students and other community vol-unteers spent many Satur-day mornings clearing away

brush, digging up unwanted trees, and hanging new birdhouses. Later, stu-dents added soil and plants to create an inviting flower garden that both birds and students enjoy. Finally, benches were painted with quotes from favorite children’s books to provide an enticing place to read. Members of Girl Scout Troop 70138 earned their Gardener Badge and Antheil School has a beautiful Reading Garden! Families were invited to view the new garden at Antheil’s Garden Festival and PTO Book Fair.