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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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Welcome Back to School !New Year, New Look Guidance Department

at EHS!

As the 2019-20 school year begins, there has been a lot of change in the EHS Counseling De-partment. Now under the leadership of Dr. Karen Allen, let’s learn a bit more about the team!

Meet EHS Guidance Counselor Maeve DiPasquale:

Why did you want to become a guidance coun-selor? For the longest time, I wanted to be a canine police officer. It was my senior year of high school, and I had declared a criminal jus-tice major at the university I would be attending in the fall. However, a month before graduation, I lost a close friend and teammate to suicide. In those following days, I realized I wanted to help people on a different level. The next week, I switched my major to psychology, and I never looked back. Now in my fifth year as a Ewing Public Schools School Counselor, I know I made the right career choice.

What are your goals for the upcoming school year? For this coming school year, I am hoping to be a part of the team that brings some rejuve-nation to the Ewing High School Counseling De-partment. With so many new faces, the opportuni-ty for collaborative, modern ideas and techniques is achievable. Overall, I am hoping for this de-partment to create an atmosphere for students that supports them equally in all aspects of their lives.

Meet EHS Guidance Counselor Joseph Bensky:

Why did you want to become a guidance coun-selor? I have two reasons for wanting to become a School Counselor. One of the reasons is because of my high School Counselor and baseball coach, who taught me, the way you do anything is the way you do everything. They made me realize in order to succeed it must come from within. They both motivated me to be a better student, person, and athlete. I realized how important educators are and the impact they can make. Secondly, as a freshman in college, it was a very difficult adjust-ment for me. I reached out to a counselor who helped me significantly. These three important people made such a big impact in my life that I wanted to help students who had difficulties.

What are your goals for the upcoming school year? To ensure my students know the guidance department and my office are safe places where they can be themselves and speak freely. Another goal of mine is to continue educating students on post-high school planning and scholarships.

Meet EHS Guidance Counselor Jennifer Denard:

Why did you want to become a guidance coun-selor? After teaching for three years, I decided to transition into school counseling. My desire to work with students on a more personal level, both academically and personally, led me to this work.

What are your goals for the upcoming school year? As a new school counselor to Ewing High

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2019-20 Ewing Schools Theme: “Caring about our Community!”

The Ewing Schools have a long history of giv-ing back to the community, and for the 2019-20 school year, that tradition will be encapsulated by our district theme.

A year after the refrain of “One Community, One Vision, One Vote!” resonated around Ewing Township as the defining mantra of the ultimate-ly successful Referendum ’18, this year’s Ewing Public Schools’ theme will be “Caring about our Community!”

“Throughout our schools, we truly do have staff and students who go above and beyond to do great things for our community,” Superin-tendent Michael Nitti stated. “These are chari-table and altruistic things that they don’t have to do, that they aren’t required to do, but they do because they really care and want to make the community, and people’s lives, better.”

This district theme will be emphasized in district media and communications throughout the school year, and will be highlighted by the hashtag: #epscommunityservice. Furthermore,

each month in the popular “GoodNews” there will be a feature story on each of the district school’s community service efforts and endeavors.

“I have heard from so many people over the years how impressed they were with our stu-dents when they were giving up their own time to help out at an event or function,” Superinten-dent Nitti added. “This will be a way to highlight and showcase all the great work our kids do for the community.”

So whether it’s the SOAR Club at Fisher helping out Mercer Street Friends Food Bank, the Lore Giving Tree Project, the Antheil Help-ing Hands Club Thanksgiving Day Food Drive, Parkway Kindergarten Alex’s Lemonade Stand or EHS student-athletes helping Special Olympics, look for #epscommunityservice to get caught up with all the Ewing Schools’ charitable exploits.

“In the end, it really highlights what we already know; that we have a community that cares about its’ kids, and kids that really care about their community,” Superintendent Nitti concluded.

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School, one of my goals for the 2019-20 school year is to meet with as many families and stake-holders as possible to gain a better understanding of the community in order to appropriately meet the needs of our students. Another goal is to de-velop new and strengthen existing partnerships with companies and institutions of higher learning for the betterment of our entire school community.

I am excited to join Ewing Public Schools and look forward to an amazing school year!

Meet EHS Guidance Counselor/SAC Paige Haugland:

Why did you want to become a guidance coun-selor? Following graduation, I worked in the field of mental health and substance use treat-ment in a variety of settings from partial-hospi-talization programs to outpatient school-based programs. While treating such issues, I began to see not only the benefit, but the necessity for ear-ly intervention. From there, I decided to change my specialization to school counseling in hopes to help teens in a crucial and confusing stage of life and pursue my passion in this work as well.

What are your goals for the upcoming school year? My first goal of the year is to foster positive relationships with students and their families, as well as, staff and the community as a whole. I want our students to know that my door is always open to provide guidance whether it be related to social/emotional issues, academic concerns and goals, career development, etc. I believe that everyone deserves happiness, peace, and success in their lives, and by providing the proper tools, I hope that I may assist our students in achieving this!

EHS Guidance Counselor Meet Stephanie Lippincott:

Why did you want to become a guidance counselor? I decided that I wanted to become a School Counselor when I was in high school be-cause of the impact that my counselor had on me. High school is an important time in the life of a student and I decided that I wanted to attempt to have the same influence that she had on me, on as many students as possible.

What are your goals for the upcoming school year? As a new counselor to Ewing High School this year, my goal is to jump in and experience as much as Ewing High has to offer! Coming from Antheil Elementary School, I am already familiar with the Ewing community, so I hope to make this year one of meeting and learning about as many high school students and commu-nity members as possible while discovering how I can make the most positive impact in the Ewing High Community.

Ewing High School senior, Jada Bolling at-tended the Center for Future Educators at The College of New Jersey’s, Urban Teacher Acad-emy July 9th-19th, 2019 this summer. The Urban Teacher Academy is an intensive 10 day summer program offered to high school juniors interested in pursuing careers in urban education and/or high shortage subject areas.

Jada had the opportunity to actively engage in lectures and discussions with TCNJ professors and experienced educators, visit area schools, educational institutions and community based programs to observe curriculum based instruc-tion focused on content area discussed previ-ously in lectures put into action.

Ewing High School students from the Class of 2022, Aisha Pena, Joseph D’Oleo, Shakera Patter-son and Nekhi Glover were selected to attend the Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP). The Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP) is an academic and cultural program that

Leo the Lion has long been the mascot of Lore Elementary School. Leo can be seen throughout Lore School, and he is often in atten-dance at community events. In fact,

the word leo means lion in Latin. Throughout history, the lion has been seen as a symbol of strength and courage, and what is most unique about lions is the fact that they live in a group, or pride. They live within their group, helping each other to survive, and a lion’s roar is what marks its territory, what makes it “home”. Much like lions, the students of Lore School are proud to live as a group each day, helping each other to succeed and excel, roaring to mark our territory and make our strong, positive, powerful voices heard in the community around us.

This year, the students of Lore School will continue to honor the history of Leo the Lion and

It was all smiles for Parkway students attending the summer program at FMS!

EHS Student Attends TCNJ’s Urban Teacher’s Academy

The culminating activity highlighting the pro-gram brought Jada home to Ewing where stu-dents enrolled in summer camp were taught les-sons in math, science and physical education to elementary aged students.

EHS Class of 2022 Students Selected to Attend PUPPsupports high-achieving, high school students who are selected by a rigorous qualifying applica-tion process. This multi-year, tuition-free program prepares participants for admission to and success within America’s finest colleges and universities. PUPP, founded in 2001, serves students from part-ner high schools in Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence, Princeton and Trenton. Only 24 or 25 students are accepted into the program each year.

PUPP Scholars participate in three intensive six-and-a-half week summer institutes at Princ-eton University and take part in school-year pro-gramming, which includes weekly after-school enrichment sessions throughout the academic year and periodic cultural excursions. PUPP cov-ers the full cost of the program, which is valued at approximately $12,500 per student per year.

Getting Ready to ROAR at Lorecelebrate his powerful character traits through our ROAR initiative. The acronym ROAR stands for Respect, Ownership, Achievement, Respon-sibility, the four expectations we will celebrate and honor throughout the school year.

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What do you like best about Ewing High School? What I like best about Ew-ing High is the sports. I love how competitive we are as a school and how we are the team to beat. I appreciate how the coaches of all teams are dedicated to see improve-ment in all their players.

Who is your favorite teacher or coach? My favorite coach is my softball coach, Daniel Ber-noski, because this man is committed to his job. He puts in countless hours with the softball team and he does extensive fundraising to take the team to Florida every year for spring training without any complaints. Coach B does things not because he has to, but because he wants to and I think that's what sets him apart from many other coaches. Coach B is just a person who honestly cares for the well-being of others and is willing to do anything for his players.

In which activities do you participate? Basket-ball, Softball, Student Council (Homeroom Rep-

Senior Spotlight: Meet Jentle Sheridan

The Ewing Public Schools’ Structured Learning Community (SLC) Program provides employ-ment, recreational, social, and independent skills for students

ages 16-21 in selected special education pro-grams. SLC seeks to offer the highest quality of life learning skills possible in order to achieve maximum levels of personal independence for our students. Components of transition-related services offer the framework for developing a coordinated set of activities which provides stu-dents 16-21 (in selected programs) with quality employment and vocational opportunities.

The SLC models current research that sup-ports best practices for the successful transition from school to adult life in all areas. In addition, New Jersey Administrative Code requires Com-munity Based Instruction (CBI) and Structured Learning Experiences (SLE) to be designed as rigorous activities integrated into the curriculum and created for students to demonstrate and ap-ply a high level of academic attainment, develop career goals, and develop personal/social skills.

This summer, the Ewing Public Schools SLC paired up with The Arc, Mercer, a premier

Ewing Schools Collaborated with The Arc, Mercer for Special Education Career Experience

agency providing community-based services for people with special needs and developmen-tal disabilities, opportunities to explore jobs, such as: Automotive Detailing, Clerical/Office Skills, Culinary/Food Service, Fulfillment, and Custodial. Ms. Danielle Hickey and Ms. Lauren Wood, teachers at EHS shared, “Students enjoy the hands on experience in a real life setting. The Arc, Mercer provides commercial facilities where students are able to practice daily living and job skills in different career occupation clus-ters that EHS students would not have access to otherwise. Students are eager to participate in the ‘out-of-classroom’ learning experiences."

resentative), National Honor Society, Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP), Peer Leadership

What is your favorite memory of high school? My favorite memory is freshman year basketball games.

What has impacted your life in a positive way? Sports have impacted my life in a positive way. I've taken away important life skills that I will always use, like the importance of teamwork.

How do you define success? I define success by a person accomplishing all their goals they have set for themselves and then setting more goals to get even further then where they are. If you are living comfortably and you're genuinely happy, I think you have mastered being successful.

What are your plans after you graduate? I plan on attending college and going down the pre-med tract with the long term goal of being an Anesthesiologist; majoring in psychology or health sciences.

What is your favorite quote? “What’s meant to be will always find a way” –Trisha Yearwood

For more than 23 years the Ewing Public Education Foundation (EPEF) has championed education by providing grants to teachers and awarding scholarships to graduating seniors. Last May EPEF awarded $9,500 in scholarships and funded a list of 20 grants totaling $26,622.

Thank you to our individual donors, corporate sponsors, and local businesses for your contin-ued support. And special thanks to Educational Testing Services (ETS) for the substantial fund-ing they provide, and have provided for the past 23 years, to EPEF annually! Together we are Champions for Education in Ewing! Contribute now to help us build for our current giving cycle! For more information, go to: www.EPEF.org.

2019 Scholarship Winners:Alexa Laflin ~ The Ewing Public Education Foundation Wayne Staub Presidential AwardAlexander Medwick ~ The Vincent J. Sciarrotta ~ Memorial & Community Service ScholarshipAmelie Francois ~ The Ewing Public Education Foundation Leadership AwardAllyson McConnell ~ Church and Dwight ~ Academic & Community Service ScholarshipCraig Wrenn ~ Church and Dwight ~ Academic & Community Service ScholarshipJaycee Lowe ~ Church and Dwight ~ Academic & Community Service ScholarshipNevin Gammage ~ Church and Dwight ~ Academic & Community Service ScholarshipSymone Summiel ~ Church and Dwight ~ Academic & Community Service ScholarshipZiara Jones-Coston ~ Church and Dwight ~ Academic & Community Service Scholarship

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September 2019 Schedule in Ewing SchoolsSep 2 SCHOOL CLOSED – Labor DaySep 3 Building Meetings/New Student Orientation Kindergarten Orientation: Lore @ 9am | Parkway @ 9:30am | Antheil @ 2pm Preschool Orientation: Lore @ 10am | Parkway @ 11:30am New Student Orientation (Grades 1-5): Parkway @ 10:30am | Lore - @ 11am EHS - Freshman Orientation - 8:45am-1pmSep 4 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL – WELCOME BACK!Sep 10 EHS - AccuplacerSep 11 FMS - Title I Information Program for Parents @ 5:30pm FMS - Back to School Night @ 6:30pm O'Brien Academy - Back to School Night @ 5:30pmSep 12 EHS - 9th & 10th Grade Parent Meeting with Guidance @ 5pm EHS - Title I Parent Information Night @ 5:30pm EHS - Back to School Night @ 6:30pmSep 13 Lore - UNITY Pep Rally @ 2:30pmSep 17 Lore - Title I Information Program for Parents @ 6:15pm Lore - Back to School Night @ 6:45pmSep 18 Antheil - Back to School Night @ 6pmSep 19 Parkway - PTA Meeting @ 6:15pm Parkway - Back to School Night @ 7pmSep 21 Ewing Community Fest @ TCNJ - 10am-4pmSep 23 BOE Meeting @ FMS - 7pm | BOE Public Session @ 8pmSep 23-27 Antheil - PTO Fall Book FairSep 24 Antheil - PTO Meeting @ 6:45pmSep 25 Lore - LPA Meeting @ 7pmSep 26 EHS - Senior Parents Night @ 6:30pmSep 27 FMS Picture Day Antheil - PTO Welcome Back Picnic @ 6:30pm Antheil - PTO Fall Book Fair Evening Event @ 6:30pm Sep 30 SCHOOL CLOSED - Staff Development/Rosh Hashanah

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AHERA MANAGEMENT PLAN ANNUAL NOTIFICATION

The Ewing Township Board of Education hereby notifies all parents, students, employees and staff that the activities required by the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) 40 CFR Part 763.93 have been fulfilled. These requirements include the Three Year Re-inspection and assessments of the asbestos con-taining materials located within the facilities comprising of the School District. A copy of the updated AHERA Management Plan document is currently available for review at the Main Office of each school and other facilities within the Ewing Township Board of Education. Please direct any further questions to Ms. Kristen Masotes at 609-392-4200.

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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

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