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We are on the threshold of some very significant

changes in our district. This school year we

have laid the foundation for short term and long

term success for our students.

This month the Board of Education approved the

bids for our two major construction projects, the

renovations at Woodbridge Middle School and a

new Ross St. School #11. This multi-million

dollar undertaking is part of the referendum

passed last year. Groundbreaking on both

projects is expected in the next few months.

Both projects have an anticipated completion

date of September 2020.

Another initiative we are excited about is full-

day kindergarten. Kindergarten students in

Woodbridge have always attended only half-day

sessions. Starting in September 2018,

kindergarten students will attend school full day.

Full-day kindergarten is only possible because of

the acquisition of the former St. Cecelia’s

School in Iselin. In September 2018, we will

enter into a lease that will allow us to open Oak

Tree Rd School #29 (formerly St. Cecelia’s).

Students and staff from Kennedy Park (right

down the street) will move into School #29.

Kennedy Park will be used for overflow

kindergarten sections.

Another project we’re excited about is our

improvements in technology. We included some

technology infrastructure upgrades in the

construction referendum, including installing

internet access points in every classroom. An

access point is like an antenna that a wireless

device, such as an iPad, can use to connect to the

internet. Since access points have a limit to how

many devices can use them, more access points

in schools allow for more internet accessibility

for more devices. We are doing this project in

three phases; the middle schools are completed,

the high schools will begin soon, and the

elementary schools will be the final phase.

Success in 2017-2018 INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Success in 2017-2018 1

Construction Updates 2

Board of Education Projects 3

National Junior Honor Society 4

National Honor Society 9

Photos 14

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One of the reasons we have access points in

every classroom is our commitment to digital

curriculum. This year we implemented a 1:1

iPad initiative in grade eight—every eighth

grader received their own personal iPad. In

addition, the eighth grade science and math

curricula were re-written on a digital platform.

We will be expanding this connect next year to

grades 9-12. Each high school student will

receive their own chromebook, and we will

begin to transform our high school curriculum to

a digital platform.

As always, we want to provide our students with

the very best facilities for extracurricular

activities. We are able to accomplish this with

our unprecedented relationship with the

Township and Mayor McCormac. The big

projects this year include replacing the

Woodbridge HS football field turf, replacing the

wall padding in the Woodbridge HS gym,

adding bleachers at the Colonia HS baseball

field, and improvements to the Colonia HS

greenhouse.

One of our first events on the new turf at

Woodbridge HS will be the Snapple Bowl. The

Snapple Bowl is an annual all-star football game

between the best players from Middlesex

County against the best players from Union

County. The game serves as a fundraiser for

charities in both Middlesex and Union Counties.

We are proud to host this event on July 19, 2018

on the new Woodbridge HS turf.

By Robert Zega

Woodbridge Township School District, 428 School St, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 732.602.8472 April 2018

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Construction Updates As part of our historic joint effort between Mayor McCormac, the Woodbridge Town Council, and the

Woodbridge Township Board of Education, our schools facilities have undergone major upgrades. These

upgrades include:

Woodbridge HS football field resurfacing: May 2018

Traffic gates between IMS & JFK HS: COMPLETE

CHS baseball field bleachers: SPRING 2018

Oak Tree Rd School #29 (formerly St. Cecelia’s): June 2018

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Be brave enough to live life creatively.

The creative place where no one else has ever been.

Alan Alda

Board of Education Construction Projects

Ross St Elementary School #11: Bid awarded April 2018; groundbreaking expected spring 2018

Woodbridge Middle School renovation project: Bid awarded April 2018; groundbreaking expected Spring

2018

Architect’s rendering of the new Ross St. School #11

Architect’s rendering of the new Woodbridge MS

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National Junior Honor Society

This past spring our five middle schools held their annual induction ceremonies for student who

have demonstrated the requirements needed to be inducted into the National Junior Honor

Society. Students who demonstrate the requirements of scholarship, service, leadership,

character, and citizenship are eligible to become members. The current members and new

inductees from each school are listed below.

AMS

Katherine Aina

Alexis D’Emilio

Dylan DaCunha

Laura Fitzpatrick

Jennifer Garcia

Salma Ghazi

Sean Joseph

Hanan Kedir

Keertana Krishna

Cassandra Lanjwal

Angelisse Lopez

Priyanshi Luhar

Raashi Maheshwari

Shayrra Manalo

Miriam Meshreky

Kara Mitch

Cleon Monis

Ana Robles

Julia Scotto

Jeydan Solomon

Elizabeth Spillar

Luke Tolley

Kacie Turnbull

Shreya Vyas

Siya Vyas

Annasimone Youssef

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FMS

Amal Ahmed

Sofia Alvarez

Alexa Andreola

Samantha Ayers

Natalee Barto

Richard Bazan

Kevin Catalon

Trinity Chipepo

Elizabeth De Leon

Rachel Egan

Tanisha Gadhavi

Bhupinder Gill

Melany Gomez

Ryan Gonzales

Ray Greenridge

Kayla Hackett

Luisa Hinterstein

Hannah Holness

Adreanna Hricko

Chalsea Ilagan

Esha Kamath

Lia Katarski

Colleen Kester

Jessica Kral

Tyler Lako

Darshan Lakshminarayanan

Tara Mahon

Karthik Manian

Anantesh Mohapatra

Ibrahim Mudassar

David Oyefesobi

Katherine Page

Sarah Pajaro

Kush Patel

Shane Pereira

Katherina Pinto

Barbara Pszeniczna

Jorrel Rajan

Maira Raza

Meilani Rea

Matthew A. Rivera

Bianca Robinson

Tyler Rock

Cameron Rock

Morgan Ryan

KatrinaSan Pedro

Marc Shimko

Michelle Solano

Alexander Valientes

Alexandra Valladares

Shakthi Venkatesan

Jada Williams

Kalel Wong

Daria Wroblewski

Richard Wu

Madison Yip

Jodi Zada Owusu

Christy Zheng

CMS

Matteo Angel

John Richard Argonza

Victoria Ben-David

Zachary Berger

Julia Brys

Danna Cardenas

Faith Cavalieri

Dylan Conklin

Nicholette Cortez

Parth Dangi

Gabriel Darocha

Virginia DeLuca

Katrina Demkowicz

Allison Devitt

Emma DiNatale

Emma Downes

Caitlyn Dugan

Isabelle Miller

Jasmine Miller

Francis Milone

Gwendolyn Mirdala

Amna Nadeem

Serena Neal

Cristiano Nogueira

Roopinder Notra

Alejandro Nowak

Maya Oboz

Toju Ogunnowo

Isabella Oliveira

Haley O'Neill

Marissa Ortega

Evan Panepinto-Lande

Erika Pannone

Dhvani Parikh

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CMS (continued)

LaurenDugan

Ashley Eisdorfer

Brooke Feliciano

Natalie Filocamo

Rashmee Gade

John Genoni

Anthony Genova

Peter Gomulka

Kennedy Goncalves

Arden Gonzalez

Zoe Gotti

Gianna Grasso

Matthew Grimalovsky

Karina Hapun

Abigail Haskell

Ariana Hiraldo

Paige Huntley

Alexis Jorge

Nicole Jorge

Justin Kane

Shannon Kavaja

Kaizer Kharawala

Izabel Korycki

Liam Lake

John Latorre

Joel Lawore

Alexa Leviten

Ryan Lobur

Tiffany Marques

Mihika Mehrotra

Hiral Parikh

Shikha Patel

Jenna Persaud

Joseph Pinho

Logan Ponik

Jessica Pontoriero

Aastha Pujara

Dev Pujara

Kayla Rajcevic

Meghan Richards

Laila Rivera

James Rodas

Cadence Roodenburg

Sophia Ruffini

Aaron Ruiz

Matthew Salcedo

Ohm Shah

Chandni Shah

Ayesha Silat

Emma Squeglia

Michelle Stankiewicz

Jessica Szubartowicz

Gabrielle Tanyag

FranciscoTellez

Aidan Thompson

Anthony Troyan

Jessica Vasquez

Morgan Williams

Anish Yande

Ahdaf Zaman

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IMS

Yousef Abdelaal Henna Jadav Khushi Patel

Apurva Amin Lavanya Jasra Kripa Patel

Roshni Aneja Deexa Kachhia Sakshi Patel

Eshan Ankulkar Rida Kadri Amisha Raikar

Potri Barama Yumna Khan Shreesaran Satapathy

Neha Baskaran Hiya Mavani Yaksha Seth

Amanda Castillo Bansari Mistry Aaryaa Shah

Saiashraya Chegu Anusha Kini-Nayak Bharath Srividhya

Jiselle D’Souza Aashita Patel Anaina Vineeth

Aarushi Gaikwad Dev V. Patel Victoria Vira

Aroosha Irfan Diya Patel Stephanie Yu

Durva Patel

WMS

Olivia Alvarez Victoria Liska

Teresa Androvich Julia Lubas

Kaelyb Barahona Brett Lukachyk

Gianna Benicaso Klaudia Marcisz

James Boelhower Caitlin McNish

Allyson Brucato Cristina McNish

Daniela Burton Kiana Medina

Glen Cantalupo Brianna Mendoza

Aidan Castro Jayden Mercado

Kaitlyn Chepel Ryleigh Mihalics

Mark Cimaszewski Julia Milevoi

Joseph Cristancho Julie Mitchell

Kya Dessources Chloe Monsanto

Claire English Allyson Montesdeoca

Rachelle Estinvil Jackie Morel

Brandon Flores Richard Nagy

Erick Fraga Daniela Notinaru

Tracey Freier Javier Pacheco

Nicole Galicia Giavanna Polak

Lorena Gama Haniya Qureshi

Noah Gibb Madison Rackett

Anthony Giron-Gonzalez Ashley Ring

Kacper Glaba Abigail Rodriguez

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The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling

upward in the night.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

WMS (continued)

Ximena Gonzalez Martinez Sophia Rollo

Nicholas Hilenski Isabella Rosano

Emma Hodgins Angelica Rosario

Aidan Idell Jake Serrano

Anginette Ipanaque Savannah Taveras

Rayna Jagasia Julia Terrel

Rachit Jain Ylia Thumann

Anyla Jenkins Ashley Tolocka

Jessica Joseph Ella Tom

Ryan Kalin Andrea Valladares

Nicholas Karabinos Jake Vazquez

Sukhdeep Kaur Anthony Velardo

Ty Kobylakiewicz Ashley Vincent

Jakub Kowalski-Zukowski

Emelia Kraft

Ananya Krishnan

Daniel Li

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National Honor Society

This past spring our three high schools held their annual induction ceremonies. Students who

have demonstrated the requirements of scholarship, service, leadership, and character were

inducted into the National Honor Society. The current members and new inductees from each

school are listed below.

JFKMHS

Unnati Agrawal

Iqra Ahmad

Adnan Akbar

Param Amin

Charu Arya

Aditi Basu

Heena Champaneri

Prakher Chandra

Advith Chegu

Nicole Chun

Jordan Daniels

Jimmy Dhillon

Shreya Dhyani

Marina Finis

Anthony Hein

Arianny Isabel

Elizabeth Jimenez

Alex Kalmar-Gonzalo

Harvinder Kaur

Jacqueline Kelly

Cheshta Kundra

Hetal Lad

Giovanni Magee

Neel Mayur

Krista Novoczynski

Aayushi Patel

Anjali Patel

Darshini Patel

Kajal Patel

Maithili Patel

Niki Patel

Raj Patel

Savan Patel

Vasu Patel

Christopher Russo

Carmela Sadaya

Danielle San Pedro

Alyssa Santiago

Hena Shah

Jenny Shah

Neev Shah

Rishabh Shah

Julia Sinatra

Mohita Sinha

Megan Smith

Jarred Tolley

Louis Truppa

Russell Van Liew

Arthraj Vyas

Stuti Vyas

Naveenan Yogeswaran

Jeffrey Alfaro

Aimun Akhtar

Akhilesh Arya

Niranjan Behera

Justine Bennett

Shivani Bhatt

Lois Cho

Abhisek Dave

Karan Dedhia

Jenna Della Torre

Aashi Faldu

Nicholas Garison

Chris Gomez

Juliana Impaglia

Kirsten Javier

Jayla Johnson

Moksha Kachhia

Umair Kadri

Keshav Kalia

Vidhi Kapoor

Caitlyn Kennedy

Sadaf Manjara

Sydney Mellage

Dara Mendez

Abhiram Pasumarti

Dikshita Patel

Alisha Patel

Urvish Patel

Elisa Pinkowitz

Samiksha Raman

Priya Shah

Yash Shah

Ghada Shehata

Miranda Sica

Devangi Vachhani

David Valverde

Rhea Vanjani

Sarah Velez

Michael Vira

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CHS

Mehak Ali Kiernan Lavelle Shiv Rathod

Kya Amaro Archna Mahendru Britney Renquifo Seguil

Emily Anan Shainna Manalo Jaden Riveles

Brianna Araujo Shania Manoppo Timothy Rodriguez

Naomy Arias Fernandez Racquel Matos Isabella Romero

Bryan Barros Seaerra Michalsky Brooke SanGiacomo

Isaiah Bartlett Thomas Mitch Sahil Sangu

Nicole Blauvelt Yamilee Moreta Robert Shackley

Kelly Branco Janae Motley Sharmi Shah

Frances Brock Casey Mulrooney Shreel Shah

Maria Brock Adrianna Munoz Faiza Sikandar

Camila Camacho-Tenreiro Lelani Nascimento Leah Smighelschi

Ryan Campbell Kim Nguyen Anjelica Solomon

Samantha Cioni Julia Nowak Annarose Sorvillo

Tatiana Correia Sara Orbe Gianna Tavormina

Daniel Darocha Jordyn Pagnozzi Adara Temizler

Julie Fakeh Palak Pandya Kevin Thai

Gianna Fantell Nicholas Pastor Rutu Thakkar

Alexander Francisco Akhil Patel Sabrina Tiseo

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CHS (continued)

Kavita Gordon Heer Patel Tiffany Tshimanga

Matthew Gouda Jay Patel Amy Valencia

Hakim Hines Manav Patel Julia Vargas

Sameen Jamal Misri Patel Arjun Venkatesan

Amanda Jean-Marie Shivani Patel Jessica Viegas

Manasa Kallur Zachary Pereira Natalia Vislocky

Harish Kanagal Hezekiel Poluan Michael Webster

Amanda Kavaja Alexandra Poulakowski Camilla Wnek

Zachary Kaye Given Pregil Isabella Wnek

Nicholas Krowicki Diya Pujara Lauren Wright

Sean Lambert Mariana Jessica Purukan Ankit Yande

Brittany Langevin Konrad Zawadzki

WHS

Selena Alcaide Polina Kerimbayeva

Maggie-ann Aube Alexandra Kuziemski

Agyeiwaa Boateng Fatima Lone

Lorenzo Castillo Katriel Marquez

Beyla Cayenne Alyssa Mata

Evan Chan Nestor Matos

Orianna Childress Kaitlynne Mccarthy

Carmen Chukwuocha Eric Mckenzie

Melissa Ciaccio Adriana Mencia

Jordan Cinelli Danielle Montalvan

Melanie Cordova Julianne Mundy

Melissa Cordova Turteel Nawaz

Kevin Cubillos Dylan Obeng

Kaylee Cuyuche Jean Orrego

Margaret Deignan Rachyl Otoo

Savannah Dimaio Nishita Patel

Katy Dinkelacker Hagan Pereira

Samuel Duffy Kimberly Ponce

Karima Elgamal Jeremiah Reodica

Patrick Fee Kendall Riscoe

Vanessa Gama Gabriella Rosano

Jaanhavi Ganesh Kayla Rosario

Christopher Garcia Nia Rosato

Kylie Gautier Elizabeth Samuel

Joanna Gavina Gia Sanchez

Sheenika Greenidge Steven Skros

Dominique Groguhe Justin Smith

Christal Haniff Crystal Solano

Alishma Haq Dynasty Suarez

Valerie Hinojosa Charles Sulse

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WHS (continued)

Taiwo Ibironke Pia Tolentino

Ikmat Ibrahim Bruce Truppner

Crystal James Ryan Vazquez

Preethy John George Wenson

Gabrielle Jones Davyani Yadav

Shania Kelly Sabrina Yip

Woodbridge HS seniors Miles George, Gebran Abdulhai, and Malik George

The George twins are going to MIT. Gebran is undecided but was accepted into the

University of Pennsylvania.

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The trick is growing up without growing old.

Casey Stengel

The School #22 Choir performed at CitiField, the home of the Mets, on April 15

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest

appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

John F. Kennedy

JFK Head Football Coach Peter Christathakis joins JFK Senior Lou Truppa as he signs his letter

of intent to play football at The College of New Jersey

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions

drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Steve Jobs

Colonia HS seniors sign letters of intent to colleges for athletics and academics. Pictures are

John Piccinic (New York University), Sam Ashton (Caldwell College), and Franco Toseo

(Muhlenberg College)

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never

decreases by being shared.

Buddha

Colonia HS Senior Monika Burzynska signs her letter of intent to swim and study at the

University of Pennsylvania next year. She is joined by Principal Pace and Head Swimming

Coach DeGraw

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Woodbridge Township

Board of Education

Jonathan Triebwasser

President

Term - 2019

Ex Officio

Frank DellaPietro III

Vice President Term - 2020

Ad Hoc Committee Policy & Planning Committee

Security & School Safety Chairperson

Special Education Committee

Marie Anderson

Board Member Term - 2020

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@MarieAnderson24

Athletics & Extracurricular Chairperson Cafeteria Committee Chairperson Finance & Insurance Committee Policy & Planning Committee Technology Committee

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Daniel Harris

Board Member Term - 2018

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@danielharris08

Curriculum Committee Chairperson Finance & Insurance Committee Personnel & Grievance Committee Policy & Planning

Committee Chairperson Technology Committee

Brian Molnar

Board Member Term - 2020

Athletics & Extracurricular Committee Building & Grounds

Committee Chairperson Personnel & Grievance

Committee Chairperson Security & School Safety Committee Transportation Committee

Akshar "AJ" Sidana

Board Member Term - 2019

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@AksharAJSidana

Ad Hoc Committee Athletics & Extracurricular Committee Curriculum Committee Negotiations Committee Technology Committee Chairperson

Ezio Tamburello Board Member Term - 2018

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@EzioTamburello

Ad Hoc Committee Chairperson Building & Grounds Committee Finance & Insurance

Committee Chairperson Negotiations Committee Personnel & Grievance Committee

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you

decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Amelia Earhart

Joseph Velez Board Member Term - 2019

Cafeteria Committee

Negotiations Committee Chairperson

Special Education Committee

Security & School Safety Committee

Transportation Committee Chairperson

Eileen Zullo Board Member Term - 2018

Building & Grounds Committee Cafeteria Committee Curriculum Committee Chairperson Special Education

Committee Chairperson Transportation Committee

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See the latest version of our school district video series: The Bridge

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Central Administration

Robert Zega, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

732-602-8550

John Bader

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction

732-602-8487

Brian Wolferman

Business Administrator/Board Secretary

732-602-8536

Joanne Shafer

Director of Personnel Services

732-602-8470

Julie Bair

Director of Special Sevices

732-602-8575