The Beacon

A Student Publication of Shore Regional High School

Volume 48, Issue 5 Summer 2012

IN THIS ISSUE:Summer Reading Guidelines and AssignmentsMake sure you’re on the “right page” for all of your summer reading work!See Page 3

School News

Puzzles Clubs

Sports

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Senior Prom a SuccessBy Staff

This year’s well attended Senior Prom was held on June 8th at the PNC Bank Arts Center. Seniors enjoyed dinner, dancing and this year’s new edition- a photo booth! The hard work of Senior Class Advisor, Mrs. Vanessa Miano, and all of the Senior Class Officers was evident as the night was a beautiful success!

Do You Have Devils Pride?Take a look back at spring sports. See Pages 4

Congratulations to the Class of 2012!

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SHORE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOLBoard of Education

Ronald O’Neill, PresidentNancy DeScenza, Vice President

David BakerBeth J. Garrigal

Mary Lynn MangoDiane Merla

Anthony F. Moro, Jr., Ed.D.Frank J. Pingitore

Paul RolleriTadeusz Szczurek

AdministrationInterim Superintendent/Principal: Renae LaPreteBusiness Administrator: Dennis W. Kotch, CPAAssistant Principal: Harry S. Chebookjian, III

Vice Principal: Vincent G. DalliCardilloDirector of Athletics: Michael Carr

Director of Curriculum & Instruction: Bruce PrestonDirector of Student Personnel Services: Jon Warner

Technology Coordinator: Michael Vaccarino

The Beacon StaffAdvisor: Mrs. Victoria KoontzDesign Editor: Jenna Wyatt

The Beacon is published several times a year by the students at SRHS, West Long Branch, New Jersey. The staff encourages letters and editorials from inter-ested readers. Items for possible publication should be submitted to The Beacon Staff, c/o Victoria Koontz, Room A15, Shore Regional High School.

The views and opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily represent those of the staff or the administration of Shore Regional High School.

School NewsHighlights from the 2011-2012 School Year

The Voices Coffeehouse NHS Induction

Senior Fashion Show Battle of the Classes

Junior Prom “Annie Get Your Gun”

Shore Players 50th Anniversary

Student vs Faculty Basketball Game

Spring Concert

Sophomore Carnival

Summer Word Search M O V I E S Z P Q B B S K P R D R Q F B E A C H G E S H Y J L R N O I T A C A V O V E O R G R A D U A T I O N S H J U T C Y Q L O O P N J S U M M E R O N A E C O A M U L N N S Y W N U W U D S J O R E G B L M A C H N O S C H O O L L Q E R U E U O B R W T T K L A G E U P R D M I W L A A D B S B P N M T I N E E R C S N U S M I E Z S E N I H S N U S W E F N Y F W S A S I X K Q E S S U G F U A C B O K Q S Y N N E B Y N I V R G T A N N I N G G H T H P

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* Answers will be posted in the next edition of The Beacon.

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School NewsSummer Reading at Shore

As you are making your summer vacation plans you are, no doubt, considering what books you should bring with you... or you may be wondering why you have to bring any books at all! Teachers and researchers alike have long talked about the “Summer Slide.” This term refers to the loss of skills stu-dents experience during the summer break. One of the easiest yet most beneficial things we all can do for our students and ourselves is KEEP READING! Reading is a skill like any other: it requires upkeep to be sustained, and challenge for improvement. Without con-tinued reading, reading abilities quickly slip. Much of the research supporting summer reading programs focuses on how to improve reading levels of economically disadvantaged and minority students over the summer months. Reading between the lines of this research tells us that frequent and sustained exposure to interesting, and challenging books will improve everyone’s ability to read and think critically. But, the scarier inference to that statement is this: anyone who is not reading is falling behind those that are. One article from Phi Kappa Delta does a good job illustrating this point. It still requires us to read between the lines, but the evidence is clear: what we read, and how much of it has a direct impact on our continued learn-ing. Knowing this, the Summer Reading Committee at Shore Regional High School has put together a summer reading list of works that will both challenge and interest students. The summer assignment also calls on students to use skills they have developed from the year prior to support their reading. In September every student will be given a writing assessment that will be based on the work they will do with their summer reading. The summer reading guidelines, and more detailed information about assignments, can be found online at: www.shoreregional.org/ SummerReading. So grab your books and get reading to get ahead!

9th GradeRequired: Troy by Adele Geras and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyChoice (pick one): Living Up the Street by Gary Soto or Women Hollering Creek by Sandra CisnerosHonors: Read and respond to one literary criticism (see web-site for further details)

10th GradeRequired: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway and The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathChoice (pick one): Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain or Little Women by Louisa May AlcottHonors: Read and respond to two literary criticisms (see web-site for further details)

11th GradeRequired: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Hound of Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleChoice (pick one): The Curious Incident of the God in the Night-time by Mark Haddon or Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteAP/ Honors & IB: Assignments will be modified and distrib-uted by teachers Melissa Bahrs, Linda Ensor, and Cecilia Ross

12th GradeRequired: On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, and “The Handmaid’s Tale: The Carving out of Feminist Space in Margaret Atwood’s Novel” by Dr. P. Madhurima ReddyChoice (pick one): Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson or Life of Pi by Yann MartelAP/ Honors & IB: Assignments will be modified and distrib-uted by teachers Melissa Bahrs, Linda Ensor, and Cecilia Ross

*All students will be required to keep annotated quote logs while reading, though requirements vary by grade level. Please visit the “Curriculum” page

on Shore’s website for more information. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Preston, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at extension

2180 or via e-mail at bpreston@shoreregional.org.

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Sports

Track and FieldBaseball

Boys’ Tennis

Girls’ Lacrosse

Softball

Golf

Boys’ Lacrosse

Spring Sports Photo Highlights