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RTNJ NEWS 1
Randolph Township Schools Newsletter June 3, 2016
Upcoming Events:
June 3: Grade 6
Field Day
RHS Dance Show-
case
June 4: SAT
June 6-7: Schools
Closed for Unused
Emergency Days
June 8: RHS Col-
lege Essay
Presentation
June 9: CG Grade
5 Stardust Event
RMS Rockapaloo-
za
RHS Senior Prom
Fernbrook End of
the Year PTO Par-
ty
Ironia Whole
School Picnic
June 10: Fern-
brook K-5 Play-
date Picnic
RMS 8th Grade
Award Ceremony
RMS 8th Grade
Dance
June 11: ACT
Testing
June 13: CG Fun
Day
RHS Senior Picnic
BOE FFT Commit-
tee meeting
Board Names Fano Superintendent At its meeting May 12, the Randolph Board of Education approved a three-year contract with Jennifer A. Fano as the district's new superintendent following a lengthy search.
Ms. Fano will officially take over as the district's new superintendent on July 1 after serving as interim superintendent and acting superinten-dent since last fall. Board members congratulat-ed Ms. Fano and took turns praising her and congratulating her.
Board of Education President Al Matos, who was at a technology conference, offered his congratulations to Ms. Fano through a video, which was played at the meeting. Mr. Matos noted that the board had the privilege to see Ms. Fano as both acting and interim superinten-dent. "As a board, we challenged ourselves to seek the best qualified person for the job, attracting some 30 applications from four states and interviewing a handful, with Ms. Fano rising to the top," Mr. Matos said. "The role of the Randolph Superintendent includes implementing the board of educa-tion's policies. The superintendent is the educational leader of the district and is the manager of the $90 million large organization."
Matos described many of the qualities that make Ms. Fano the perfect candidate for the job. "She is a thought leader, a trusted source who moves and inspires people with innovative ideas, turning those ideas into reality and knowing how to replicate success."
Ms. Fano also "has a collaborative style" and "has the confidence to share her ideas and accept oth-ers, and is what the district needs, not only to heal, but to move us into new levels of education as a team."
(Pictured above, The Randolph Board of Education and Randolph High School Stu-dent Council representative Molly O’Meara congratulate Ms. Fano..)
Board Honors Teachers of the Year
The Randolph Board of Education honored
the district’s 2016 teachers of the year
from all six schools and thanked them for
their hard work and dedication to Randolph
students.
(Left, The BOE, Interim Superintendent Jennifer A.
Fano and principals thank the district’s teachers of the
year.)
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RHS Students Selected for Prestigious Programs
RHS Principal Debbie Iosso has announced that two high school juniors have been selected to attend pres-tigious summer programs.
John Yager will attend the 2016 Governor's School of Engineering & Technology from June 26-July 22 at Rutgers University's School of Engineering while Jessica Freund has been accepted to the N.J. Scholars Program at the Lawrenceville School.
"This is a tremendous honor," said Yager, who noted he is also proud to represent RHS.
The Governor's School of Engineering & Technology is a unique and intensive residential summer program that brings together some of New Jersey's most talented and motivated high school students. Students take team-based courses in areas such as "robot soccer" and research projects including designing water purification systems for the developing world. The scholars work with peers and professors who are ex-perts in their fields. The students gain hands-on experience in re-search and work on challenging and open-ended problems with others who share their passion for engineering and technology.
Jessica said she is very excited for the N.J. Scholars Program at the Lawrenceville School because of its focus on the great war. The program is titled "The Great War Era: Cultural Splendor or the Collapse of Civilization?" The students will attend daily lectures and seminars, take field trips and even attend a special graduation ceremony at the culmination of the program.
RHS Principal Debbie Ios-
so said she is proud of
John and Jessica and know that they will represent RHS well in
these prestigious programs. "John and Jessica are absolute role
models for all of Randolph High School students," she said. "I
can't wait to hear about their experiences."
(RHS Principal Debbie Iosso and Guidance Counselor Debbie
Holz congratulate Jessica Freund, above, and John Yager, left.)
Meredith Conway Appointed as New Human Resources Officer
Meredith Conway, the Human Resources Officer for the Paramus
Board of Education, will begin her new position as the Human Re-
sources Officer for Randolph Township Schools on July 1. The board
approved her appointment May 19.
Conway, who has also worked in human resources for the School
District of the Chathams and New Century/Pinnacle Financial, has a
master’s degree in human resource management from the College of
St. Elizabeth and a bachelor’s degree in history from Muhlenberg
College. “I am excited to be returning to my home, Morris County,”
said Conway, who lives in Oak Ridge. “This position is going to bring
a great deal to Randolph Township Schools and I look forward to
working with all of the staff to continue the tradition of excellence
the Human Resources Office provides to the district.”
Interim Superintendent Jennifer A. Fano said that Conway “will be a
positive and proactive resource for all district employees” and she
looks forward to her assuming the position this summer.
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Scenes from RHS Junior Prom at the Skylands (below)
RHS Global Café—Students Celebrates Different Cultures
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Fernbrook Tricky Tray
Parents and staff spent an evening out at RHS for the Fern-brook Tricky Tray and bingo night May 13. Lots of prizes were given out including gift certificates and purses. (Fernbrook PTO President Theresa Fogel and PTO Volun-teers Tracey Drozek and Wanna Li enjoy the evening.)
Register for Randolph Community
School Summer Camps
The Randolph Community School is offering new and
exciting trips and activities this summer at its three
summer camps: Summer Kids (grades K-1), Summer
Stars (grades 2-5) and Camp Discovery Travel (grades
5-8). Give your child the summer to remember before
space runs out. We offer eight one-week sessions from
June 27-August 19. Summer Kids and Summer Stars
are conveniently located at Fernbrook Elementary
School while Camp Discovery Travel is located at Ran-
dolph Middle School.
New this summer: dance, improv, jewelry making and more athletics and new field trips to ex-
citing places. Camp Discovery Travel now offers three fun trips per week!
The Community School will also offer Young Rembrandts art workshops at Shongum and Cen-
ter Grove schools, Super Science Workshops at Shongum School and Summer Strings, Guitar
and Piano Camp at RHS. For more information, please visit rtnj.org and click on the channel
bar for Community School and then summer camps. Call (973) 361-0808 ext. 8603.
RMS Welcomes Jackie Fik as New Vice Principal
The Randolph Board of Education approved Jackie Fik, a 22-year school district employee and current RMS instruc-
tional coach, as a new RMS vice principal beginning July 1.
RMS Principal Dennis Copeland welcomed Fik to her new
position and said “I am extremely pleased and look for-
ward to the contributions and value that that Mrs. Fik will
add to the RMS community.”
Mrs. Fik, a former RMS language arts teacher, has a
bachelor’s degree in political science from Rutgers Uni-
versity and a master of arts in teaching from Fairleigh
Dickinson University. She will complete a post-graduate
educational leadership program with NJ EXCEL through
the Foundation for Education Administration in June. Mrs.
Fik’s appointment is contingent on her pending certifica-
tion.
Interim Superintendent Jennifer A. Fano said that
“Jackie has spent the past 22 years as a dedicated em-
ployee of Randolph Township Schools, first as a language
arts teacher at Ironia and later at Randolph Middle
School. More recently, she has worked as an instructional coach at the middle school, educating our staff about the
latest innovations in instruction, benefiting all of our students. She has been an asset to teachers and administra-
tors in the middle school and we anticipate her transition to the role of vice principal to be seamless. She will be an
asset to the administrative team as well.”
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CG Kindness Tour
On April 29, Center Grove second grade students
set out on a kindness tour by bus which took
them to a senior center where they sang songs
for the residents and shared flowers they made.
They then visited the animal shelter where they
dropped off donations they collected. The stu-
dents then went to the post office to mail letters
they wrote to soldiers at Fort Dix. The final stop
was Freedom Park where the children enjoyed a
nice lunch and celebrated their acts of kindness.
Public Enjoys Randolph’s Abilities Fair
On May 23, students, parents and staff spent the evening learning that people with dis-
abilities have many abilities at the Randolph
School District’s Abilities Awareness Fair.
The event also showcased services available
to people with disabilities and featured a va-
riety of speakers including current students
in Randolph’s Special Services Program and
Randolph’s Supervisor of Special Services
Evy Falcon-Duran. Several community agen-
cies were also represented at this free
event. (RHS Nurse Nicole Haydock at one
the tables at the fair.)
Senior Celebration
Before its games versus Roxbury, the RHS Girls
Softball Team celebrated its seniors by present-
ing each one, pictured above, with flowers. (Rose
Bollinder, Nicole Ferry and Rachel Fennel)
RTNJ News Recognized
The New Jersey School Public Relations As-
sociation awarded the RTNJ News, our
school district newsletter, with the first-
place award in the newsletter category at
its annual Communication Awards May 20
at Rowan University. (NJSPRA Vice President
Lori Perlow presents Allison Freeman, Ran-
dolph’s Communications Coordinator, with the
first place
award dur-
ing the
awards cer-
emony.)
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Boys’ Soccer Team Kicks Cancer
The Randolph High School Boys' Varsity Soccer Team is helping Morristown Memorial Medical Center "kick cancer" by edu-cating women about breast cancer.
The team sold black T-shirts with pink soccer balls printed with "Let's Kick Cancer" and raised $1,300 for the Carol W. and Julius A. Rippel Breast Center at Morristown Memorial Medical Center. In a special ceremony in the RHS auditorium on May 6, team members presented a check to Renee Tram-bert, a nurse navigator/patient care coordinator at the breast center. "Every year we try to do something to give back to the community," said Kevin Weber, one of the team's captains.
Art Shows
The artwork of RHS and RMS students was
featured in recent art shows at both schools.
(RMS artists Karina Garbarini, Emily Tully and
Megan Pinyan with their work for the show.)
Teacher Appreciation
Each Randolph PTO organized special
staff appreciation events at each school
to recognize staff. (Above, RHS staff
enjoyed baked goods made by parents.)
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RHS Anti-Bullying Assembly
RHS Students attended an anti-bullying assem-
bly which taught students about diversity.
(Maitri Shah performs, right.)
Freshman Musicians
Nine RHS freshman musicians performed
with the North Jersey Jr. Region Band. (Left to right, above, Hanna DeOliveira, Zach
Freheiter, David Goldberg, Andre Hance, Jack
Knapp, Zach Kozma, Katie LaBold, David Popkin
and Tommy Yager.)
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Muffins for Mom
Center Grove preschoolers invited
their moms and some grandmas to
a special “Muffins for Mom” pro-
gram for Mother’s Day.
Dance Showcase
RHS Dancers will perform their annual showcase
June 3 at 7:30 p.m. at RHS.
Field Day! Fourth and fifth graders at
the four elementary schools enjoyed field
day at RMS last month.
Ironia Has Heart
Ironia students donated cars, trucks and
other toys to needy children through the
Ironia Has Heart Program. The toys were
brought to Head Start’s School Readiness
Program, which will distribute the toys to
needy preschoolers and also use in Head
Start classrooms.
Mayo Center Honors Ran-
dolph Music Students in
April and May
Morristown’s Mayo Center for the
Performing Arts recognized Randolph
High School cellist Natalie Stadler, a
senior (pictured left) and RMS eighth
grade violinist Olivia Guarinello
(right) who were invited to meet
Itzhak Perlman on May 7. In addition, RMS sisters Jacqueline and Jose-
phine Wu, (pictured right with RMS Music Teacher Sherry Griggs and Olivia,) were honored in April.
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RHS Night of Fashion
The Commons at RHS resembled the
runways of Milan and Paris as stu-
dents modeled the fashion designs of
our talented fashion design class stu-
dents in classes taught by Jill
Petrucelli and Karen GaNung one
evening last month. Students dressed
in everything from evening gowns to
casual designs perfect for school
which they paraded down the RHS runway. Afterwards, parents and students enjoyed delicious refreshments and
viewed special displays featuring designs created by students. (The designs of Lauren Forstenhausler, left with models Delane
Shakar and Emma Baxter, and Mackenzie Sheehan, right, with Sutton Todd, Haley Ornstein, Mackenzie and Jillian Fantuzzi.)
Constitutional Convention
Center Grove fifth graders in
Mary Curtis’ class “performed”
the Constitutional Convention
for parents last month.
Memorial Day
Center Grove second grad-
ers honor soldiers at a spe-
cial concert presentation for
Memorial Day.
Principal for a Day!
Fernbrook fifth grader Emily
Peia enjoyed being principal
for a day and working with
Principal Danielle Soldivieri.
“Being a principal is a lot
more work than people
think,” Emily noted. Mrs. Sol-
divieri said she enjoyed work-
ing with Emily, who won the opportunity in a raffle.
RMS Sign Elves
Mr. Sheehy’s technology students were
caught changing the sign outside RMS
one recent morning.
RHS Debate Students Compete
RHS sent students to two national
forensics championships including
one in California last weekend and
one in Salt Lake City in June.
RMS Author Day!
Author Wendy Mass spent
two days at RMS conducting
writer’s workshops and
meeting with students
thanks to the PTO. (Mass talks
to 6th graders in the library above.)
Ironia Family Night
Ironia students and their families
enjoyed a special family night of
STEAM activities last month. (Hetal and Manu Raiyani with son
Vedant Patel enjoy a workshop.)
Global Presentation
Center Grove students enjoyed a spe-
cial presentation about the earth. Stu-
dents event got to visit inside the
globe in the school’s all-purpose room.