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GOODNEWSThe Ewing Public SchoolsJune 2005

Due to budget restraintsNO Summer School Programs

will be offered by the Ewing Public Schools

during the Summer of 2005.

Safety TownJune 30 - July 11

Contact: Jean Conrad609-538-9800 x1302

for application

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

Have a Happy Summer!!GoodNews will resume

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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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The Ewing Public SchoolsSeptember 2016

Ewing’s Assistant Superintendent Dr. Danita Ishibashi is excited about the upcoming school year and the changes and challenges it brings.

“We are always reflecting and revising our curriculum to meet changing student needs and new expectations,” Dr. Ishibashi remarked. “Our district mission statement is: The Ewing Public Schools Providing a Foundation for Life so we use that to guide and shape our student coursework.”

According to Dr. Ishibashi, Ewing High School is offering ten AP courses for the 2016-17 school year, including at least one English, Math, Science and Social Studies course for Grade 11 and 12 students. There are also several new courses being introduced at the high school this year: AP Statistics, Introduc-tion to Computer Science (Honors), Culinary Arts III, Hospitality and Tourism, and Wellness.

“The Introduction to Computer Science course is a hybrid course, taught by a high school math teacher, using a web-based curriculum to teach computer programming and introduces app de-velopment,” Dr. Ishibashi commented. “Also, students enrolled in Algebra I, Geometry and Al-gebra II courses will have updated instructional materials with web-based home access provided through a digital eBook, and students enrolled in English I and II will receive new instructional materials including eBook access.”

Dr. Ishibashi also shared that all science class-es in Grades 6-12 are implementing new cur-ricula based on the ‘Next Generation Science Standards’ which focus on 3-dimensional learn-ing and phenomena. Students will participate in developing models based on a phenomena and then revise their model to meet their goals.

The district’s effort last year in expanding the Wifi access has led to new opportunities for S.T.E.M.-focused courses, as well as technology-infused instruction. Fisher Middle School has up-dated its enrichment offers to include (S.T.E.M.) courses Exploring Technology: Introduction to Engineering and Digital Citizenship (6th grade), Introduction to Computer Science: CS Un-plugged (7th grade), and Exploring Technology: Invention and Innovation (8th grade). There are also several new fine arts enrichment courses in-cluding Fantasy Illustration and Graphic Design. Dr. Ishibashi also shared her excitement about being able to offer Introduction to Italian as an 8th grade World Language enrichment class.

At the elementary level, the district is expand-ing its integration of Google Apps and other col-laborative tools through the district Google do-main to Grade 3-5 students. Currently all Grade 6-12 students access the district’s Google domain which provides a safer environment for our stu-dents to navigate collaborative tools. Grade 3-5 elementary students will complete a mini-research project in their school’s Media Center exploring web-based research tools and a S.T.E.M.-related project in computer class this school year.

“A tremendous amount of work and planning has occurred behind the scenes to bring these new curricula and projects to promote engaging learning experiences for the students in the Ew-ing community,” Dr. Ishibashi stated. “As you can see, Ewing Public Schools continues our commitment to providing innovative curricula and learning experiences for our students.”

New Staff Joins District Administrative OfficeThe new school year brings new team

members to the District Administrative Offices of The Ewing Public Schools, located at 2099 Pennington Road, replacing long-time Ewing Schools employees who have moved on to a well-deserved retirement.

After the retirement of Caren Pankiewicz, Theresa Hullings joins the 2099 Team as Execu-tive Assistant to the Superinten-dent of Schools. Mrs. Hullings, a TCNJ graduate, has been with the school district since 2002,

most recently as main office secretary at Lore School.

Lauren Zablow steps into the Human Resources Department at 2099, succeeding Peg ‘The Closer’ Friedman. Ms. Zablow is a Summa Cum Laude gradu-ate of Rider University with ma-jors in both Human Resources

Management and Business Administration. Ms. Zablow has personnel management experience from several organizations prior to joining The Ewing Schools.

“We have high standards for professionalism and constituent relations, which were embodied by Mrs. Pankiewicz and Mrs. Friedman,” Superinten-dent Mike Nitti stated. “We are happy to welcome Mrs. Hullings and Ms. Zablow to our adminis-trative team, and we look forward to them doing great things for the Ewing school community.”

Please Join Us!District Back to School Nights:

Antheil Elementary School - Sept. 15, 2016Lore Elementary School - Sept. 20, 2016

Parkway Elementary School - Sept. 14, 2016Fisher Middle School - Sept. 21, 2016Ewing High School - Sept. 22, 2016

New School Year Brings New Courses

On a hot summer day, it is not unusual to see Antheil School teachers, students and parents weeding the courtyard garden or tending to the luscious plants. What Christine Perkins and Ger-ry Hahn have created continues to grow and has become an outdoor oasis for all members of the Antheil family and community.

Antheil’s Garden Club’s Increasing Success

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The Elks Trenton Lodge 105 BPOE graciously and generously donated 95 backpacks to The Ewing Public Schools this summer.

A long-time strong supporter of the Ewing Schools and the Ewing Township community, the Elks Trenton Lodge 105 BPOE is located on DeCou Avenue in Ewing and is dedicated to helping build strong communities.

Elks Trenton Lodge 105 BPOE Exalted Ruler, Jim Catelize, Mr. Tim Anderson, Trustee, and Mrs. Rebecca Catelize, Drug Awareness Coordi-nator were on hand to facilitate the handing off of the backpacks to The Ewing Public Schools in early August.

This is the third year the Elks Lodge has re-ceived a grant from the Elks National Founda-tion to create and distribute the backpacks. The endeavor was coordinated by Joan Siwy, Grant Coordinator and Secretary for the organization. Approximately 12 Elks volunteers assembled to organize the school and classroom supplies that are contained in the backpacks. The supplies included the following: a pencil box with cray-

What do you like best about Ewing High School? One of the greatest things about EHS is the diversity among students. We are one of the most di-verse high schools in Mercer County, where

the students come from different racial, cultural, religious and economic backgrounds. The stu-dents at EHS reflect the world, and one of the greatest things we do with our diversity is cele-brate it. This comes through Diversity Week and multiple spirit days that introduce and acknowl-edge the unique backgrounds our high school has to offer.

Who is your favorite teacher(s) or coach and why? To start off, EHS has an outstanding teach-ing staff, making it hard to choose only a few. Madame Hill and Mrs. Ginsburg have made my time in high school particularly great. Madame Hill has been my French teacher since freshman year, and every semester with her is enjoyable. She makes learning a tough language fun and she is one of the most caring and understanding teachers I have ever met. From the first day I met Mrs. Ginsburg, she made me feel important. She works so hard to make sure her students succeed and I am so appreciative of her. Coaches Conant and Hammer with lacrosse and Coaches Murphy and Reynolds with soccer have done phenom-enal jobs believing in not only my own athletic ability, but every players’ ability in and out of

each season. Other influential teachers have been Mr. Burley, Mrs. Walker, Mr. Olson, Mr. Csillan, Mr. Besler, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mr. Dalessio, Mrs. Bailey-Williams, and Mr. Hammer.

In which activities do you participate? I am on the Varsity Girls’ Soccer and Lacrosse teams and am a member of the Key Club, National Honor Society and Project Unify. I am also the presi-dent of Student Council and the Sports Medicine Club. For two years, I participated in the school musicals, both on stage and in the pit, and for three years I was in the Concert/Marching Band, being a Drum Major in my final year.

What is your favorite memory of high school? The many days after school spent in Mr. Csillan’s athletic training room. He allows me to observe his physical therapy and prep with athletes, pro-viding influence to my career path. He has allowed me to help him prepare for football and basketball games while mentoring me at the same time.

What do you do outside of school? I work part-time at RedBerry Frozen Yogurt, babysit and en-joy time with friends and family.

What are your plans after you graduate? Af-ter graduating, I plan on studying Neuroscience and Immunology at a four year university. Dur-ing my time in school, I hope to study abroad and play intramural sports.

Where do you see yourself in five years? In five years, I see myself graduating college and preparing for medical school, where I will study another 4-6 years to become a doctor.

Members of Antheil’s Garden Club are not only taught about proper gardening techniques and wildlife habitats, but they are learning valu-able life skills. Beyond the beautiful flowers and trees, there is an area designated for composting and a composting machine. Students are able to experience sustainable gardening through both experience and practice.

The Eagle Scouts have built benches in the garden for classes to use for academic activities, such as reading, writing and class meetings. The Girl Scouts tend to the garden daily. Because of the hard work that our community has put into the courtyard, teachers are able to utilize the area for differentiated instruction. Lessons are now easier to teach in the garden because of the usable space for multiple classes at a time. Girl Scouts, Eagle Scouts, teachers and students all work together to keep this garden growing.

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EHS Student Doing Her PartWhat happens at

school during the summer? A whole bunch! The summer team works togeth-er to accomplish many goals in or-der to best prepare students for the upcoming school year. Often a part of that team includes our very own Ew-ing High School

volunteers. This summer, Antheil Elementary School was honored to have Jeorjet Reyes help out with our summer programs and help prepare for the opening of school this September. Jeorjet Reyes is sophomore at Ewing High School; she enjoys reading and spending time with family and friends. Jeorjet plays viola for the EHS orches-tra and is involved with three EHS clubs: Rotary Club, Key Club and the Yearbook Committee.

Throughout the 2015-16 school year, Jeorjet was one of the members of Rotary Club to reach the most hours volunteered for the entire school year. She enjoyed volunteering her time in her community so much that when the lead teacher of Rotary Club, Ms. Wood, asked for volunteers to help the elementary schools this summer, Jeorjet was quick to accept! During her time at Antheil, it was evident that she is an asset to her community. The Antheil staff enjoyed having her help and hope to see her and more volunteers next summer! We hope Jeorjet took time to relax on her family vacation to California and at the beach with some friends. She deserves it!

ons, pencils, pencil sharpener, pens, glue stick, and a book mark from the Elks National Drug Awareness Program. The backpack also included colored pencils, markers, scissors, ruler, pocket calculator, Webster’s dictionary, composition book, subject notebook, two folders, a package of ruled paper, and the Elks Coloring Book from their Drug Awareness Program.

“We are deeply appreciative and grateful to the Elks for this noble and altruistic gesture,” Superin-tendent Mike Nitti commented. “We are fortunate to have them as valued partners in learning and thank them for really caring about our students.”

Elks Lodge 105 Donates Backpacks to Ewing Public Schools

Senior Spotlight: Meet Caroline Unger

The Ewing Public Schools

For more than 20 years, the Ewing Public Education Foundation (EPEF) has championed education by providing grants to teachers and awarding scholarships to graduating seniors. Last May, we awarded a record $51,000 for grants and $3,250 in scholarships. Listed below is a com-plete list of the grants and scholarships awarded for the 2016–17 academic school year.

Ewing High School: Graduating Senior EPEF Scholarship Recipients pictured here with EPEF Trustees from (l-r) Karl Clark (EPEF Vice-Presi-dent), Lynn Lowe and Laura Canavera.

EHS Awardees/Colleges: (l-r) Albaro Rivas, Hofstra University; Sarah Bystrycki, Alvernia University; Ailin Cornelius, TCNJ; Abigail Bergstrom, Iowa State University; Claire Ehret, TCNJ; Jacquelyn Gummel, MCCC.

Antheil Elementary SchoolHands-on Science with a

Dash of Math Night‘Cooking’ Up Good Speech

and LanguageHokki Stools

The Art in My WorldMultiplication Masters!Measuring Fitness Daily

Lore Elementary SchoolBuilding Our Brains with

BrainPOP!The Construction Zone! Building Each Other UpCalling All First Grade

Authors!Math Mania ExtravaganzaWhat’s Up Google Doc?

Parkway Elementary SchoolParkway Panther Book ClubControlled Free Movement in

the ClassroomDiscovery Dry-Erase Traverse

Rock Climbing WallPawsitive Panthers Days of

ServiceHearbuilder Literacy ProgramDance to Learn – Roxy Ballet

Elementary Pre-School Inclusion

From Page to Stage

Fisher Middle SchoolSOAR Above and Beyond

The Screaming EaglesMission to Mars:

Engineering Design with STEM in the 21st Science

ClassroomTheatrical Curtain FMS

O'Brien AcademyTechnology in the Art Room

Thank you to our corporate sponsors, local businesses and individual donors for your continued support. 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.

Instrumental Music Folders Donated to Antheil

The Antheil El-ementary School Instrumental Music Program was fortu-nate and thankful to receive a generous donation through Ms. Heather Raub in memory of her father Curt Patter-

son. Ms. Raub, working with the Ewing Public Education Foundation, purchased a new set of beautiful leather music folders for Antheil. The folders are imprinted not only with ‘Antheil Ele-mentary Instrumental Music’ on the front, but also proudly display ‘IMO Curt Patterson’ to honor her father. Ms. Raub said that she choose to make this particular donation because her father was a musi-cian and, growing up, she has fond memories of him playing guitar. She made it clear; she wants to encourage and support young students in mu-sic and inspire their love of music and the arts. The only thing that exceeds our excitement to use these wonderful folders is our gratitude to Ms. Raub for choosing us to help honor the memory of her father with this amazing donation.

6th Annual Lore Laps for Life

The 6th Annual Lore Laps for Life event was held on May 19th at Lore Elementary School. Approximately 25 families came out to partici-pate in the event along with teachers and stu-dents involved in Lore’s after-school program. Participants walked and ran, some younger sib-lings even rolled in strollers, around the Lore School fitness trail. They enjoyed oranges and decorated luminary bags that illuminated the pe-rimeter of the track during the evening Relay for Life events held in June.

It was a wonderful Lore School event on a beautiful sunny afternoon and the participants helped raise $900 for The American Cancer Soci-ety. Pictured below are Megan Kalamas, 4th grade teacher, Nancy Van Saun, STARS volunteer and annual Lore Laps volunteer, and Doreen Roman-chuk, Physical Education teacher. Together they organize and make this event possible each year.

Breathtaking photography, intricate water-color paintings, and artworks made of materials you might need to take another look at to figure out what it’s made of, can be found right here in town at the Ewing Township Municipal Build-ing, 2 Jake Garzio Drive, Ewing, New Jersey. The Ewing Arts Commission and the Art Has No Boundaries organization has come together to bring out all the hidden talent here in Ewing. The display will be changed out monthly until the end of January and feature two to three dimensional artworks from local artists in Ewing. Local stu-dent artwork will be on display after January. Par-ticipating artists are affiliated with the Ewing Arts Commission, a municipal body that seeks to pro-mote the arts in our community and the Art Has No Boundaries organization, a group that teaches watercolor classes at the Ewing Senior Commu-

Lore student Samantha Eppolito’s artwork was displayed by ART HAS NO BOUNDARIES at the student art exhibit presented by the Ewing Art Commission and the Trenton Elks Lodge #105.

Champions for Education in Ewing

nity Center on Wednesday evenings. If you are a local artist interested in becoming involved with the display, check out the artist survey on http://www.ewingartsnj.com/calling-ewing-artists/.

Hidden Talent Featured at Municipal Building

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September 2016 Schedule in Ewing SchoolsSept 1 School Closed - Staff DevelopmentSept 2 School Closed - Building Meetings/ New Student OrientationSept 5 School Closed - Labor DaySept 6 First Day of SchoolSept 13 FMS - Picture DaySept 14 Parkway - Back to School Night @ 6pmSept 15 Antheil - Back to School Night @ 6pmSept 20 Lore - Back to School Night @ 6:30pmSept 21 FMS - Back to School Night @ 6:30pmSept 22 EHS - 9th & 10th Gr Parent Mtg w/Guidance @ 5pm EHS - Back to School Night @ 6:30pmSept 26 BOE Meeting - 8pm @ FMSSept 27 Lore - Parent Association Meeting @ 7pmSept 28 Antheil - Parent Organization Meeting @ 6:45pmSept 29 EHS - Senior Parent Night @ 6:30pmSept 30 Antheil - Back to School Night Picnic Lore - ‘Spaghetting to Know You’ Dinner @ 6:30pmOct 1 EHS - Homecoming

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IPM and AHERA NotificationsThis notice is being posted to comply with the New Jersey

School Integrated Pest Management Act. The Ewing Township Board of Education has adopted an IPM policy and has imple-mented an IPM Plan to comply with this law.

The Ewing Public Schools hereby notifies all parents, students, employees and staff that the activities required by the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) have been fulfilled.

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EHS Class of 1966 ReunionSaturday, October 29, 2016 @ 6:00-11:00pm

Trenton Country Club - Trenton, NJ - $85 per personInformation: Facebook messenger EwingHSClassof1966

Email: Rick Pollock @ rcpollock1@aol.com

EHS Class of 1976 Reunion Saturday, November 5, 2016 @ 7:00-11:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn - Hamilton, NJ - $85 per personInformation: Facebook messenger or

email @ EwingHS76@gmail.com

Class of 1968 Ewing Graduates! Attention!We are calling you to appear at our Ewing High School 50th reunion!

Contact: Rodney Richards @ rodrichards62@gmail.com or cell 609-964-6955