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DECA Students Present Outstanding Service Award

SCOTCH PLAINS — Scotch PlainsFanwood High School DECA students Chris Gawryluk, Eric Konzleman and Doug Gillie presented DECA’s Outstanding Service Award to Richard Gonzales, President of Personal Assistance Management Company for his support of the students in their national competitions.

The marketing students won First Place in the nation in the Free Enterprise

Promotion event, for which they visited five foreign embassies in Washington, D. C., including China, Japan, Romania, Great Britain and France.

Upon their return, the students prepared a detailed report and gave presentations to several civic groups. They also organized a debate among DECA students and visited many high school classes to explain what they learned to other students.

For their national competitions against winners from all other states, and over 150 entries, Chris, Eric and Doug faced a panel of business persons to explain and defend their project. Mr. Gonzales provided the students with a laptop computer for their PowerPoint presentation.

Doug stated, “We are very appreciative of Mr. Gonzales, because his support helped us win First Place at our National Competitions.”

MAKING A DIFFERENCE… Secondgrade students in Patricia Arnao’s class at McGinn Elementary School in Scotch Plains recently raised $178.50 — including a $63 donation from their ParentTeacher Association — to help save 5.1 acres in the Maya Mountain Marine Corridor in Belize. The children saved part of their allowances, did special chores and gave up eating “junk food” to help raise the funds. This was part of an Earth Day project which empowered the children to make a difference for the planet. Pictured, above, is Ms. Arnao and her students. OFF TO GERMANY… Alison Wilks, left, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan

Wilks of Scotch Plains, was recently awarded a fourweek, allexpensespaid study trip to Germany, based on her scores in a nationwide German testing program administered by the American Association of Teachers of German. She is seen here being congratulated by her German teacher, Jillian Ritchie. Alison, a junior at Scotch PlainsFanwood High School, was one of 23,000 students across the country who competed for the study trip and 51 students, representing each state and the District of Columbia, who were eventually selected to receive the prestigious prize.

SPF Students Recognized In Annual Writing Contest

SCOTCH PLAINS — Nine students from the Scotch PlainsFanwood public school system, the highest number from any district, have been recognized in the 19th Annual Writing Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English.

The organization is a professional association for New Jersey educators in English studies, literacy and language arts.

Educators, family members and friends honored this year’s winning writers and their teachers at an awards celebration held earlier this month at BridgewaterRaritan Middle School.

Over 1,000 entries were received in this annual contest, which is open to students from kindergarten to 12th grade. Every submission in the poetry, prose fiction, dramatic scripts

and nonfiction prose categories was evaluated by at least two judges, and winners were selected by no fewer than four judges. The winning selections are published in whole or in part in an annual anthology, The Gauntlet.

Winning writers from Scotch PlainsFanwood include, in K3 poetry, Christopher Guns (Grade 1, Evergreen School), honorable mention; in K3 prose fiction, Allison Lasher, (Grade 3, McGinn School), 2nd place, Antonio Albano (Grade 3, Evergreen School), 3rd place, and Alexandra Friedman (Grade 3, McGinn School), honorable mention.

In Grades 46 poetry, Elise Coker (Grade 6, Terrill Middle School) received first place, and in 46 prose fiction, Meryl Coker (Grade 6, Terrill) also received first place.

Winners in poetry for Grades 79 included Andrea Meyer (Grade 8, Park Middle School), second place, and Allyson Salisbury (Grade 8, Terrill Middle School), third place; in script writing, Adam Corbin (Grade 8, Park Middle School) received third place.

The teachers of the winning students include Patricia McFall and Paula Franko (Evergreen School), Joan Costello (McGinn School), Stacey Tighelaar and Catherine Mattfield (Terrill Middle School), and Marguerite Fitzgerald and Barbara McGuane (Park Middle School).

Westfield Residents to Graduate From UCC

WESTFIELD – Union County College will graduated 750 students during its 66 th Annual Commencement ceremonies on May 24 at the Cranford Campus.

Westfield students included: Mary C. Bolwell, Elizabeth D. Bucciarelli, Norlen L. Cowell, Michael E. Cuenca, Kathleen M. Curialle, Brian J. Degutis, Dorothy A. Dicomo, Margaret L. Diggory, Michael D. Evans, Joseph A. Gallagher, Janice L. Guglielmi, Patrick C. Hanos, Jeffrey M. Harris, George M. Hayden and Corinne E. Hoffman.

In addition, Westfielders Pamela A. Johnston, Jarett M. Kamins, Nesha G. London, Timothy J. Lyons, Anthony Marotta, Vanessa Martinez, Shaun T. McNamara, Donna L. Saunders, John S. Stagaard, James T. Stoffers, Alexander Stotler, Collin J. Szczygiel and Ruth Desiree Urbanski received degrees.

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Area Volunteers Are Recognized At Centenary Event

More than 150 Centenary College volunteers were recognized for their service at the college’s recent 2000 Volunteer Recognition Reception, held on campus during Volunteer Recognition Month.

Local volunteers included Kristen McKitish Balog of Scotch Plains and Linda Klebe Larsen of Westfield.

Nicole Kress Inducted Into Oak Knoll’s Cum Laude Society

MOUNTAINSIDE — Nicole Kress of Mountainside is one of seven seniors at Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit who was recently inducted into the Cum Laude Society during a ceremony held in the school’s Mother Mary Campion Center for the Performing Arts.

The Cum Laude Society is a national organization founded to recognize and foster academic excellence in secondary school students. Faculty members maintain each chapter and elect students once a year.

Nicole is a member of Oak Knoll’s Foreign Language Honor Society and was CoCaptain of this year’s varsity swimming team.

She also played varsity field hockey and served as a Peer Leader, providing guidance to younger students. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kress of Mountainside.

Theodore Sananman Named Recipient Of Excellence Award

WESTFIELD — Theodore O. Sananman of Westfield, a senior majoring in geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, received the Preston E. James Award for Excellence at the college’s awards convocation held on May 13.

Aileen Borrero Plans To Attend FDU in Fall

FANWOOD – Fanwood resident Aileen Borrero, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Borrero, will attend Fairleigh Dickinson University’s TeaneckHackensack campus this fall.

Aileen plans to major in business. She will be a 2000 graduate of Scotch PlainsFanwood High School.

Delbarton School Announces Graduates

Delbarton commencement exercises will be held for 103 graduating seniors at 3 p. m. on Sunday, June 4, in the St. Mary’s Abbey Church at Delbarton, St. Mary’s Abbey. Cory Booker, a Newark Municipal Council member representing the Central Ward, will address the graduates and guests.

The following students will graduate: Michael Carter, James Korn, Michael Krivak, Charles Murphy and Albert Thrower, all of Westfield.

Magnet High School Students Raise Funds for Rainforest

SCOTCH PLAINS— Students from the Union County Magnet High School were able to raise enough funds to “purchase” five acres that will extend and protect the ChocoAndean Rainforest Corridor Project in northwest Ecuador.

Because of the contributions, the Magnet High will have its name added to the list of benefactors which is displayed at the Maquipucuna Reserve in Ecuador. The funds were raised through bake sales and other schoolsponsored events.

Rainforest Concern, a nonprofit organization based in London, England, was the recipient of the school’s contribution. It is dedicated to securing the endangered lush green vegetation, wildlife and plant life of the Maquipucuna Reserve.

According to Geoffrey W. Zoeller, Jr., Principal of the Magnet High School, the rainforests are perhaps

the world’s most important natural resources. They provide the planet with oxygen, medicines and irreplaceable wildlife. They are crucial to the Earth’s survival. He added, however, cattleranching, timber extraction along with “slash and burn” agriculture are stripping the Earth of these natural resources.

Those wishing to contribute to this cause can do so by sending donations to Rainforest Concern, 27 Lansdowne Crescent, London W11 2NS. Forty dollars can protect one acre of land.

Magnet High School students who led the way during the campaign were: Katharyn Angeles, Betsy Gauthier; Mark Butler, Sara Carballo, Daniel Butchko, Kevin Reyes, Nikki Carpenter, Craig Montuori, David Levine, James Nelson, Ewa Solarz, Jeff Tangowski, Judy WickerBriscoe, and Ray Chow.

Miss New Jersey to Address Pupils in Edison Intermediate

WESTFIELD — Miss New Jersey, Victoria Andrews Paige, will speak at two assembly programs at Edison Intermediate School in Westfield on Wednesday, May 31, at 9 and 10 a. m.

The first assembly program will be attended by the sixth and seventh grade classes. Eighth graders will attend the 10 a. m. session.

Miss Paige will explain her role as Miss New Jersey, talk about her experiences at the Miss America pageant and present a motivational speech about child advocacy.

She will explain how she grew up in a single family home, overcame dyslexia

and is now attending Princeton University.

Following a few minutes set aside for questions from the students, she will perform an aria from “Non so PiU” from the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart.

Her appearance is made possible by the Miss New Jersey Education Foundation. Edison Intermediate School Guidance Counselor Gloria WhiteJames arranged the complimentary visit.

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