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Hunger Banquet Organized By High School Students
SCOTCH PLAINS – Students Concerned for the Needy, a service group spearheaded by Scotch PlainsFanwood High School students, will sponsor a Hunger Banquet at 7 p. m. on Wednesday, March 1.
The Hunger Banquet is a dinner program that raises community awareness of hunger.
Guest speakers from Heart for Humanity and the Coalition for Hunger Awareness will attend. Guests will be separated into three groups based on social class. The meal provided to each group will reflect their social class. Therefore, since the dinner mirrors global hunger issues, a meal is not guaranteed.
The banquet is free, however, financial donations are suggested.
Donations are still welcome if unable to attend. Please send donations to Scotch PlainsFanwood High School, c/ o SCN, 667 Westfield Road, Scotch Plains, 07076. Make all checks payable to SCNSPFHS. All donations are tax deductible.
The Hunger Banquet will be held at the Scotch PlainsFanwood High School cafeteria. To attend, please call Mr. Stevens at (908) 8898600.
SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY… Ellen Earl and Donna Katz’ kindergarten classes from McGinn Elementary School in Scotch Plains recently visited Liberty Science Center. Participating in handson exhibits ranging from laser light manipulation to exploration of the human body, children also had the opportunity to examine insect and marine areas, the rock climbing wall and building block areas. Pictured, left to right, at the ocean tides exhibit, are: Julia Vallejo, April Quinn, Bianca Marcazzo and Abigail Slaugh. Terrill Middle School Posts
Second Period Honor Roll
SCOTCH PLAINS – Terrill Middle School in Scotch Plains has announced the names of students who received Distinguished Honor Roll and Honor Roll status for the second marking period of the 19992000 school year.
To be named to the Distinguished Honor Roll, a student must receive an “A” in all subjects. Pupils must earn at least two “A” s and no grade lower than a “B” in all major subjects, with at least a “C” in other subjects to qualify for the Honor Roll.
DISTINGUISHED HONOR ROLL EIGHTH GRADE Flora Alexander Lindsay Ordower Alexander Clark Vaidehi Patel Hannah Greenspan Roshni Patel Cheryl Kaplun Arianna Power Vani Kilakkathi Allyson Salisbury Kimberly Lorenzini Tracy Salmon Amanda Miller Barie Salmon Jared Montagna Eric Swenson Scott Moynihan Stephen Tavares Jessica Neuringer Christopher Wallden
DISTINGUISHED HONOR ROLL SEVENTH GRADE Aliza Burns Michael Leighton Elise DeVries Kelly McManus Rachel Dolgin Lauren Perrotta Elizabeth Elko Jamie Quale Rachel Goor Sarah Schwartz Karina Gotliboym Brittany Speer Nora Isack William Swenson Stephanie King Michelle Swick Rebecca Koransky Katie Zaleski
DISTINGUISHED HONOR ROLL SIXTH GRADE Allison Abbott Gary Herzberg Matthew Anderson Daniel Ingram Cheryl Beqaj Alexander Kontur Michael Bonacum Caroline Lazur Kara Brass Matthew Linsenberg Daniel Bugg Andrew Lipstein Meryl Coker Joanne Schurtz Elise Coker Jennifer Seemann Neil Dalal Amira Selim Samantha Feldman Joshua Shvartsman Victoria Fosdal Leah Siegal David Ginsberg Gabrielle Streep Christian Hambelton Sam Tepper Kristen Henkels Emily Wallden
Katerina Wong HONOR ROLL EIGHTH GRADE Jesse Allen Andrew Loomis Ricardo Arocha Joseph Malchow Ryan Aspell Laura Manzi Theodore Baker Peter Miller Sara Beckerman Christina Minniti Shaun Bendik Joshua Parker Erica Bloom Matthew Rien Kristen Bover Abigail Rosenblatt Ayana Brody Rosanna Ryskasen Heather Caldora Juliana Sams Ghasson Channaoui Kristin Schardien Rupnath Chattopadhy Jeanne Schneider Kevin DelMauro Elaine Shea
Michael DeNichilo Dana Skwirut Rachel Diken Dustin Tenenbaum Caryn Feder Michael Thompson Dani Finkel Jared Timmons Kristi Gayara Jonathan Wagner Jaime GomezSalvador Daniel Wasserman Michael Hessemer Ryan Weber Morgan Larkin Talia Weinberg Joshua Liss Sara Woods Arleta Lobacz Edward Zazzali
HONOR ROLL SEVENTH GRADE Jonathan Altman Yuney Lio Jessica Binkiewicz Jason Livingston Matthew Bronikowski Jonathan Lorenzini Jenny Burke Nicole Malchow Jennifer Calvo John Mangan Joscelyn Chang Jennifer Marcketta Amanda Cohen Marissa Mastroianni Christopher D’Annunzio Jennifer Marcketta Tiffany Davis Marissa Mastroianni Elizabeth DeCataldo Janice Matasi Alexa DiGiorgio Christopher Mattern Michael Dinizo John Monti Janee Easley Laura Mortkowitz Marc Fabiano Alan Neuhauser Anthony Ferrante Vanessa Okoro Alexander Gerveshi Manish Pandya Nicole Hagerty Sara Parisi Eddie Han Matthew Richers Shannon Hassett Sean Richers Laura Henderson Sophia Riordon Abraham Hiatt Nathalie Rodriguez Casey HoynesO’Connor Michael Ross Cara Hurley James Scalfaro Steven Kazmierkiewicz Rebekah Sedwin Aaron Klemow Alyssa Shea Hillary Klimowicz Sean Smith Jason Krueger Michael Sprung Robert Lasher Erica Stuppler Jessica Leide Chloe Sundstrom Gregory Leischner Sean Varsolona
Laura Webb Brendan Weber
Kelly Zajac HONOR ROLL SIXTH GRADE Claudia Ahiabor Jonathan Greenspan Christine AlbaneseDeMair Sarah Halpern James Alfano Julie Hyman Christopher Barry Kelli Kaskiw Lauren Benovengo Krista Kazmierkiewicz Michele Calvo Elisbeth Kipping Maxwell Carow Alexa Knox Bassam Channaoui David Kruglyak Jared Chmielnik Emily Lange Henry Coxe Dana Levinson Nicole Desiato Richard Lisojo Carolyn DiProspero Alyssa Markovits Christine DiTrolio Brittany McDonald Kelly Dougher Devang Patel Caitlin Driscoll Elaine Piniat Danielle Egan Brian Plagge Joseph Fallon Edward Ragan Thomas Fitzgibbon Stephanie Ricca Dennis Fitzpatrick Allison Rosi Anne Frier Dana Sacks Daniel GlabermanAppel Katherine Schrieber Staci Goldberg Robert Tallmo, Shannon Gousman Christina Timoni Jonathan Grana Karyn Toffolo
Colin Weber Andrew Wong
Westfield High PTO To Discuss Diversity At March 1 Meeting
WESTFIELD – There will be a Westfield High School Parent Teacher Organization meeting on Wednesday, March 1, in the cafeteria of the high school, located on Dorian Road.
The main topic will be “Celebrating Diversity: An Evening with PFLAG.” All parents are invited to attend.
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SCOTCH PLAINS — Application forms for the Adele deLeeuw scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, are currently available from guidance departments at 11 area high schools. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, March 15.
Previous winners currently attending college are welcome. These students must submit complete official transcripts of college grades with their applications.
This is the fifth year the scholarships have been offered. Last year, 48 winners shared over $100,000 from the Adele deLeeuw Scholarship Fund, a fund of the Plainfield Foundation. The awards are funded from a bequest by Adele deLeeuw, author of over 75 books, journalist and arts activist.
Plainfield Rotary Scholarship Foundation will supervise Rotary Clubs from
designated areas to act as selectors for the scholarships. Only students from high schools in Plainfield, North Plainfield, South Plainfield, Watchung, Warren, Scotch Plains, Fanwood and Edison are eligible. Location of high school, not student’s residence, is the qualifying factor. The student must also be accepted at an accredited college or university.
Applicants must plan to major in one of the following areas of study: engineering, art, journalism, writing or poetry. They must demonstrate financial need and the scholastic aptitude and interest to pursue study in one of these specified areas.
Interested students should consult their guidance counselors to obtain necessary application forms. For more information, please call Scholarship Administrator Sally Young at (732) 3816269.
LIQUID NITROGEN… Andrew Post Zwicker, a research scientist from Princeton Plasma Physic Laboratory in Princeton, held scientific demonstrations to the delight of students at Wilson Elementary School in Westfield. Mr. Zwicker is a research scientist whose specialty is fusion energy. When he is not in the lab, he is a member of the Science Education Program through PPL Labs and visits schools to do handson workshops and demonstrations. Visiting Wilson kindergartners and first graders, Mr. Zwicker pours liquid nitrogen onto a table in his demonstration of hot and cold. During the demonstration, Mr. Zwicker placed a banana, tennis ball, popcorn, a balloon, and grapes into liquid Nitrogen and showed the children the effect on the objects and explained why it happened. Joanne Kaplan Bartosik
Discusses Objectives For Educational Services
By KIM KINTER
Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times
WESTFIELD — It was in the early 1960s that Joanne Kaplan Bartosik used to walk daily to Westfield’s Lincoln School to attend elementary school.
Now she finds it hard to believe she has returned to the same school on a daily basis, this time to take on the challenging new post of Director of Development for the Union County Educational Services Commission.
The Union County Educational Services Commission, which is housed in the former Lincoln School on Westfield Avenue, is an agency that provides educational programs and services to disabled and nondisabled county children who are not succeeding in a regular classroom or through their school’s special education departments. The commission was started in 1969.
The commission operates special education secondary education programs for students ages 12 through 21 in two settings: Beadleston High School on Lamberts Mill Road in Westfield for students classified as emotionally disturbed and in need of mental health support services, and Centennial High School in the former Lincoln School, for the emotionally disturbed and individuals who may have neurological or perceptual impairments.
In addition, the commission offers a nonspecial education alternative high school at the Hillcrest Academy on Plainfield Avenue in Scotch Plains for students who have not succeeded in their regular schools.
Special education programs for elementary and junior high school students are also available at two local sites, both known as the Westlake School. One facility, situated on Lamberts Mill Road in Westfield, is for students with orthopedic and multiple disabilities. The other, located on Woodacres Drive in Mountainside, is for multiplyhandicapped, emotionally disturbed and neurologically impaired youngsters.
The commission also provides a number of auxiliary services, such as speech therapy and testing and classification, for children in private school settings.
In her thirdfloor, nofrills office, Ms. Bartosik is now in charge of working with and promoting the commission, finding additional funding for the body and developing contacts within the business and industrial community to help the commission.
She also is working closely with the Union County Educational Services Foundation, formed by the commission in 1994, to rally support and raise funds for programs and services the commission could not afford.
“I guess if you’re not uniquely involved with the commission through your children or a job, you wouldn’t know anything about it,” mused Ms. Bartosik about her job, which she began in the fall. “I want to raise awareness.”
She pointed out that about 7,000 Union County children in both public and private schools currently are using the commission’s services.
Edward M. Hartnett, Superintendent of the commission, agreed with Ms. Bartosik. “It has been very frustrating to get the word out (about the commission and Foundation). That is why we decided to hire a director of development full time.”
Ms. Bartosik’s past experience and personality has prepared her well for the post.
A 1970 graduate of Westfield High School, Ohio University and New York University, where she earned a master’s
degree in leisure services and resources administration, Ms. Bartosik has held a variety of jobs throughout her career that have entailed promoting organizations and looking for alternative sources of funding.
In Manhattan, she worked for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and helped open the Asser Levy Recreation Center. When the city cut back on funding, she was faced with trying to find ways to keep it
afloat. The city paid for her return to school and she received a certificate in fundraising management from New York University’s School of Continuing Education.
After the birth of her two children, and tired of maneuvering a double stroller throughout Manhattan and into her building’s elevator, which she described as “the size of a refrigerator,” Ms. Bartosik decided it was time to move.
She and her family relocated to Scotch Plains. Ms. Bartosik took on a number of parttime posts, including Director of Development for the Resource Center for Women in Summit and an events coordinator for the John F. Kennedy Medical Center’s professional development program.
About a year ago, she decided she wanted to begin working fulltime.
When she began looking for a job, she found out about the new post at the Union County Educational Services Commission. She had some experience with the commission with one of her children, and had a natural interest.
Ms. Bartosik, whose quick smile and outgoing manner may make the sometimes difficult task of asking for money seem easy to others, has several goals in her new post, particularly for the Foundation.
For one, she wants to make the Foundation, which is currently subsidized by the commission, selfsustaining. To achieve that, Ms. Bartosik wants to increase the number of people on the board and the organization’s visibility by getting out into the community and promoting its mission.
Ms. Bartosik pointed out that over the last five years, the Foundation has been successful in three areas. It has supported intraand interschool sports for the various schools it operates; has run a program, entitled The Community Advantage, which places secondary students in one of the commission’s school settings into volunteer positions within the community, and has funded minigrants for commission staff to institute programs not possible with regular commission funding.
Ms. Bartosik said she wants to continue to develop those programs and try to create new ones.
Secondly, Ms. Bartosik wants to write more successful grants for the commission and Foundation to fund programs. That, she conceded, will take time, as some of the grants that she wrote for the Resource Center for Women in Summit are just now coming to fruition.
She pointed out that she wrote and recently received an $8,000 grant from the E. J. Grassmann Trust Foundation, headquartered in Warren, to fund the purchase of fitness equipment to be used by all Commission students. The equipment will be located at Beadleston High School.
The goal, she said, is to have the fitness center open one night a week for students and their families to interact together. The idea was presented to Ms. Bartosik by a staff member.
“This is the type of thing we’re aiming for,” she said. “These kids deserve the very best shot at life.”
Joanne Kaplan Bartosik Ingrid McKinley for The Westfield Leader and The Times
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