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hanks to a local groupof volunteers, morethan 700 economical-

ly disadvantaged studentswill be walking into schoolnext month with new schoolsupplies, stylish clothes andmore confidence.

The National Council of Jewish Women, EssexCounty Section(NCJW/Essex) held itsannual Back 2 School Store(B2SS), Sun., Aug. 2, atB’Nai Shalom in WestOrange. Children in gradeskindergarten through fourthfrom Newark, East Orangeand surrounding areasshopped from 9:30 a.m. to 4p.m.

As advocates for women,children and families, theB2SS has been an ideal pro-gram of the NCJW since itbegan participating in 2009.

“This project fits in sowell with our mission,” saysLisa Blumert, director of

communication for theNCJW Essex chapter. “Wewant them to have a betterstart; a healthier start.”

Children who are eco-nomically disadvantaged

tend to start off school witha disadvantage if they do nothave proper supplies andeven clothing to succeed.

“There are a lot of disad-vantaged children in ourbackyard,” she says.

The B2SS has benefittednearly 3,000 children andutilized more than 2,000volunteers during the pastseven years. This year, 700children with the aid of more than 400 volunteers,including one-on-one per-sonal shoppers were expect-ed.

Hundreds of childrenfrom kindergarten throughfifth grade are identifiedannually by partner agenciesand invited to “shop” cost-free for new school supplies,clothes, and personal careitems in a department-store-type setting with 4,000square feet set up just forthem.

Throughout the year,local individuals, families,

and businesses donate thebrand new clothes and sup-plies. With financial contri-butions made, NCJW volun-teers also shop for brand-new clothes and supplies in

major retail stores.With the assistance of

NCJW volunteer “personalshoppers,” each child isescorted

through the store to selectand try on clothing to createan entire new outfit includ-ing a shirt, pants, sneakers,socks, underwear, winter

jacket, hat and gloves.Volunteers also act as shoefitters, staff private fittingrooms and restock invento-ry.

In addition to the clothes,children are given a newbackpack which they fillwith school supplies andpersonal care items.

The event is not open tothe public as children arerecognized by more than 30local social service agenciesas needing additional finan-cial support.

“We partner with about32 agencies,” says Blumert.“They identify the childrenbased on need and we sign

them up.”While the children are

shopping with their personalshopper, parents do not gointo the store, she adds. It isthe goal of the program to

“empower these children tomake choices and go shop-ping,” says Blumert.

By shopping without aparent, children “gain confi-dence and make somechoices on what they wantto wear and what colorbackpack they want.”

Parents and caregivers,meanwhile, are invited tovisit the onsite GaelenFamily Resource Center atthe synagogue for freehealth screenings for chil-dren, blood pressure screen-ings, glucose tolerance test-ing, eye exams and properdental care for children.Information about health,community and career serv-ices, as well as educationalopportunities, is also acces-sible through the center.

For more informationabout the Back 2 SchoolStore, visit the NCJW/Essex website, www.ncjwessex.org/volunteer/back-2-school-store/.

The NCJW is a grass-roots, non-sectarian organi-zation of volunteers andadvocates, inspired byJewish values that strivefor social justice by

Volunteers Help Disadvantaged Children ShopFor Free School Supplies And Clothes

improving the quality of life for women, children,

and families and by safe-guarding individual rightsand freedoms. With morethan 3,200 members, EssexCounty Section is thelargest of the more than

100 NCJW sections aroundthe country. The section

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It is tempting to compare our brains to computers, butwhen it comes to speed, a neuron takes its time, sendingsignals at a maximum of 180 miles (280 km) per hour,

the top speed of a Formula One racecar, or a quarter of the

speed of sound. In comparison, an electrical circuitapproaches the speed of light, which is 671 million miles(1.08 billion km) per hour. Clearly, speed is not our strongsuit when we are pitted against a circuit board. Our advan-tage is understanding ñ not mindlessly crunching ones andzeros. Yet for some reason, math educators continue toemphasize speed at the expense of humanity's greater giftsof interpretation and problem solving.

With schools choreographed by hourly bells and stan-dardized tests timed to the second, we seem to be convincedthat the clock is as instructive as the blackboard. Severalchains of after-school learning centers reflect this philoso-phy, notably Kumon, whose students drill math worksheets

repeatedly under the unforgiving supervision of a stop-watch. A quick search of YouTube turns up dozens of stressed, frustrated Kumon students venting their rage, evenburning the worksheets in one video. Clearly, this type of approach has emotional ramifications, especially for a gen-eration of students who already bring home record amountsof homework.

Is this stress necessary when a calculator is rarely out of reach? Timed repetition does show some improvementwithin its narrow focus ñ an observation going back to class-room studies from the 1970s ñ but drilling scores of similarproblems encourages students to develop algorithmic think-ing and mental shortcuts that distance their minds from the

underlying logic of the equation. In psychology, thesecrutches are called heuristics (from the French word for

ìhour). Heuristics save time when solving familiar prob-lems, yet rule out analysis, making unfamiliar ones seemimpossible to solve.

Math has become a race, and more like a 100-yard dashthan a marathon. The latest fad in math class is the ìMadMinute,î an exercise for which students scramble to answeras many problems as possible in 60 seconds with no optionto poll the audience, phone a friend, or even raise theirhands. It seems hardly coincidental that the Mad Minuteshares its name with a World War I military drill, whichtrained British soldiers to shoot their rifles so quickly thattheir enemies could mistake them for machine guns.

The mindset of timed drills treats each problem type as aseparate race to be won with reflexes. This approach is dis-

jointed and ultimately ineffective, because math is a contin-uum of topics. For a deeper understanding, students need a

bird's-eye view of how the pieces fit together. The startinggun and the finish line are immaterial.

Though computing power has doubled every two yearssince 1971, a single processor circuit can still only handleone bit of data at a time. A human brain, however, compris-es as many as 100 trillion connections working in parallel.We are hard-wired to put concepts into context, to fit whatwe are learning into the web of what we know, and then toapply that knowledge to tackling real-life challenges.

An idea learned in isolation slowly fades away withoutthe reinforcement of related knowledge to hold it in place.The champions of memory competitions know this well.They link the digits they memorize with familiar objects or

people, then store them in the imagined rooms of ìmemorypalaces.î A stopwatch cannot teach a student to contextual-ize and apply new knowledge. That would require thepatience and attention of a human teacher. Only through dis-cussion will the numbers come alive.

The idea that long-term learning brings long-termrewards is gradually gaining ground. James and JodiRalston, who own Mathnasium learning centers inChatham, Summit, Westfield -- and now Livingston, com-pare the process of learning math to the growth of a tree,which expands outward ring by ring, held up by the woodfiber in its core. If we want students' understanding to lastpast their next report card, this is a better metaphor to runwith. After all, a race ends as quickly as it began, but a treenever stops growing.

© 2015 DREW CAYMAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Drew Cayman is a freelance writer focusing on math- andscience-related matters. Drew can be reached at drew.cay-

[email protected]. For more information aboutMathnasium's locations in Livingston, Westfield, Summitand Chatham, New Jersey, please contact Jodi or JamesRalston at 973-377-MATH (6284) or [email protected].

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details can be remembered about that

most tragic day and howlives have been forever

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One Livingston

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pen name, Hope Brooks,describes in detail how

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non-fiction memoir of her life story.Based on true events, Brooks changes

her name and the names of her characters

to protect their privacy. In her book,

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sities working as a teacher in the New York

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what she and her students wit-nessed and impacted by 911.

Described as “one of the most

emotional days of my life,”

Brooks had been working in a

Staten Island elementary schoolwhen “suddenly we could see

New York City and the smoke

over the towers. Suddenly we

hear from the principal there isa lockdown. We don’t know if

there’s terrorists! It’s real ter-ror! Then the parents come to pick up their

children and bring them to a safe place.

“We all leave school and we can’t

leave,” she continues. Brooks, who had

her car, could not drive over the GoethalsBridge to get home as there was security

everywhere. Next day when she returned

to school, Brooks learned of three of her

students who lost a person close to them in

the attack. One student lost his father whowas a firefighter trying to rescue others;

another student faced the death of his soc-

cer coach killed as a passenger on one of the planes that hit the tower; and another

student who lost her aunt who was trapped

in a blocked stairwell of one of the build-ings she worked in during the attack.

As horrible as those days were for her

students and for her as a teacher, Brooks

says she was left with a lasting impression

of hope.It was during show and tell months later

when Michael, the student who lost his

father, brought in his father’s firefighter

helmet and explained how he keeps it onhis nightstand and touches it every night

before he goes to bed. He says to the class,“My dad is a hero who gave his life for us

in America.” With that, the students all

stand up and start cheering and clapping.

“I went home with great serenity,” says

Brooks, “that the students, with their loveand encouragement, there is hope for this

world. One day you will make the world

better than it is today. The children really

understood. It was a beautiful day.”

Although completed one year ago,Brooks is now promoting her book in

hopes that readers would want to purchase

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was “I didn’t know how to write; how to

organize my story. So she took an adult

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had to overcome so many challenges.” She

wants to spread the message “to don’t give

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thing.

“People should read my book,” she

continues. “They could find the strength tosucceed and overcome any challenges that

they have. There is always hope.”

For her next book, Brooks hopes to

write about mental illness and how it

affects people’s lives. Married at the age of

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affiliated with JCSS since 1999. “Ourchildren are alumni of the school. The four

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alumni families as well as interested

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evening before (Erev) in rented space at

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for all ages. After building a sukkah there

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of these Jewish holidays. Each costs $10

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state level."These teachers are

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With a B.S. in mathe-matics from the New JerseyInstitute of Technology, aM.A.T. in mathematicsfrom the University of Florida, a M.S.T. in physicsfrom Rutgers University,and an Ed.D. in scienceeducation from RutgersUniversity, Lawrence was abeloved physics teacher atWest Orange High School,

teaching honors andadvanced placementphysics C to 11th and 12thgraders for 40 years untilhis retirement in June 2014.

“There are no words toconvey how special my 40years teaching physics atWest Orange are to me,”began Lawrence. “I amboth honored and fortunateto have spent my entirecareer in the West Orange

School District. I havemore deeply pleasant mem-ories than any one persondeserves. The classroom, inparticular, was, to me, a

sacred place (primarilybecause of the students);somewhere where I wouldexperience pure being on adaily basis! The studentsmade that happen... theygave so much more to methat I could ever give backto them. I miss the dailyinteractions with students,both in terms of teachingand simply chatting about

things they are involvedin...that's the hardest part of being retired,” he said.

In addition to his workas an educator, Lawrencespent over 20 years inphysics education research,serving as a co-director andexpert lead teacher for theRutgers AstrophysicsInstitute from 1998-2013;consultant for theAssessment of Scientific

Abilities from 2003-2006;consultant for theInvestigative ScienceLearning Environmentsfrom 2002-2005; and

expert lead teacher for theVideo Assessments inScience Teaching Institutefrom 1991-1996.

Lawrence wrote and co-authored six published jour-nal articles and presentedhis work at regional andstate conferences as well asnational meetings of theAmerican Association of Physics Teachers. He has

been recognized by theMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton, andthe College of New Jersey.Lawrence was one of 29winners of the MITInspiriational TeacherAward in 2013.

In speaking of thePAEMST award, Lawrencesaid, “It's extremely gratify-ing to receive recognition,especially recognition of

this magnitude. It's alsoquite humbling, becausewhatever I did to win thisaward, I had a lot of help indoing.”

“The administration atWest Orange High School,both principals (JerryTarnoff, Art Alloggiamento,Hayden Moore) and super-visors (Sandy Antoine,Alex Rosenwald, StephSuriano) were always therefor me, providing the sup-port for what I was trying toimplement in the class-room,” he continued.

He credits RutgersProfessors Eugenia Etkina(science education) andTerry Matilsky (physics)for his growth as an educa-tor, as well as his students atWOHS.

“I enjoyed year afteryear of wonderful, interest-ing, talented, and uniquestudents who inspired medaily, and who I missimmensely as students, and

more importantly, as peo-ple,” he commented.

Lawrence concluded his

comments by saying, “I'dlike to take this opportunityto say that the town of WestOrange is lucky to have theteachers that they do. Thelarge majority of them don'tget the pleasure of beingrecognized for their efforts,but make no mistake: theyare all deserving of recogni-tion for what they do. TheWest Orange HS faculty issimply outstanding.”

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ly if it involves driving to the air-port, deciding where to park in crowded

lots, remembering where the car is parked,getting the luggage out of the vehicle and

then finding the means to get to the gate in

time for a flight.A lot of these concerns can be avoided

for those drivers who choose Vista Parking

for their off-site parking destination.

Located directly across Newark Liberty

International Airport, customers can park

their car valet style in a secure 24-houraccess lot before they even get to the busy

airport and then receive car-door to air-

port-door service any time of day without

any wait.

Family operated and owned since 1988,Vista Parking has been providing the most

convenient means of off-site parking for

travelers who use Newark Airport.

The service at Vista Parking is “much

more convenient than long-term becauseit’s a door to door service,” says the com-

pany president. “Customers are immedi-

ately greeted by a van; there’s no waiting

for shuttles, not waiting every 15 minutes.We take you on demand; you come in, we

are ready to go.” Unlike other lots, “They

are not walking through long dark parking

lots in snow or far away.”What used to be four or five lots at

Newark Airport has grown, but at Vista

Parking customers can park before they

get to the airport.

“We are right there,” says the owner.

“We are located right when you come off

78; right at the end of the exit, right at exit58B; or exit 14 off of the NJ Turnpike”

located at the Howard Johnson’s Hotel in

Newark.

At Vista Parking, “award winning serv-

ice is provided;” cars are kept in a safe andsecure lot; and service is available 24

hours a day.

Customers get free shuttle service to the

airport, just a three minute ride. “We drop

you off right at the terminal and pick youup right at the terminal.” Also offered are

corporate rates, fast check out, all valet

parking, frequent parker rewards club, lug-

gage assistance and security.

Vista Parking Unlocks The Key To Secure, Convenient Parking

New Jersey Blood Services, a divi-

sion of New York Blood Center,

which supplies blood productsand services to 60 hospitals throughout

the state, is in need of volunteers at blood

drives. The blood service volunteer is an

integral member of the collection team

whose task it is assist donors with regis-

tration, escorting and canteen duties, and

to watch for post donation reactions.Volunteers should have the ability to

relate to the public, be able to perform

different jobs as needed and have the

willingness to follow the rules. For addi-

tional information contact, Manager of

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All size vehicles are welcome and there

is no minimum to days parked.

“We are very customer service friend-

ly,” he said. “Once you pull in you don’t

have to pull your bags. We clean off your

car when it snows. There’s nothing worsethan coming home from the Bahamas and

there’s two feet of snow on your car. We

make it so simple for you. It starts and fin-

ishes so nice. This is valet; the car isbrought up to you, warmed up on a cool

night.”

According to the website, “At Vista

Parking, you won’t have to worry about

navigating massive parking garages or

where you parked your car. All you have to

do is call the number on your claim ticket

and one of our shuttles will be dispatched

to meet you at the arrival terminal and

return you to your vehicle.”

At random parking lots, cars can bestolen, misplaced, sometimes people for-

get where they parked their car or what

row they are in. “If you have a problem

with your car when you get back, it justbrings aggravation.”

Cost to park at Vista Parking is reason-

ably priced. For more information, go to

www.vistaparking.com or call 973-263-

2009 or 973-465-9400.

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Teams For Kids Foundation is a non-

profit organization that enables chil-

dren from homeless and low income

families within New Jersey to participate in

recreational sports programs.The foundation is the brain child of Abby

Bauer, a senior at The Pingry School in

Basking Ridge and a resident of Long

Valley.“I started the organization last summer,

which is when we received our 501 (c)(3)

nonprofit status,” Bauer said.

The foundation is still growing and mold-

ing to the needs of the children residing in

shelters and temporary housing facilities inMorristown, but the success stories are

flooding in of kids who are now providedwith the opportunity to participate with their

peers in recreational sports programs.

For Bauer, the start of the long yetrewarding process of running a nonprofit

organization began while she was volunteer-

ing at Homeless Solutions, a homeless shel-

ter and low income housing program in

Morristown.

“I’ve been kind of running a children's

program there since I was 12-years-old,”

Bauer said. “Two summers ago I was run-ning my children’s program at the shelter

and we were making s’mores and playing

kickball with the kids at the shelter and this10-year-old boy named Giovanni

approached me with his baseball glove andasked if we could have a catch and so I said

sure. We threw the ball back and forth a few

times and I realized that he had a really great

arm and he could toss really well so I asked

him if he played on a little league team and

he said he wished he could.”Later in the day, Giovanni’s mom

explained to Bauer that families at the shel-

ter couldn't afford to put their children on

recreational sports teams because they need-ed to save money for rent and living expens-es when they left the shelter.

“That kind of just resonated with me and

it really bothered me that he didn't have the

same opportunity to play sports that I had

and so many other children have, so I reallywanted to help kids like Giovanni to have

this opportunity which is why I started the

Local Teen Helps Kids Join Sports Teams, Asks Businesses To Contribute

Teams For Kids Foundation,” Bauer said.

Bauer and the foundation distributedtheir first grant of $2,500 to Homeless

Solutions in March. Teams For Kids then

gives the money to Homeless Solutions and

they allocate it to the needs of the families

living in the shelter.

“We have had some success stories sofar,” Bauer said. “I know for a fact that cur-

rently there are four kids signed up to play

sports who have utilized the funds for equip-

ment and for team registration and thingslike that, so the funds are constantly being

used.”

Included in the updates that Bauer

received from Homeless Solutions were sto-

ries of a boy who was able to join a track

team and placed fifth at a meet, a boy who isnot only signed up for football in the fall but

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