The Danny A. Robertozzi Su-perintendent Scholarship Fund gave out scholarships of $1,500 each to 10 top students at Linden High School this year. The schol-arships, which have grown from

a single scholarship of $500 five years ago, are funded completely through private donations and honor the memory of Dr. Rober-tozzi’s parents, Nan and Tony. In total, $100,000 of scholarships

were distributed at the annual LHS awards program on Mon-day, May 13. Read more about the Superintendent Scholarship and see a full list of scholarship winners.

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School No. 4tribute keepslittle girl’sspirit alive School No. 4 held an emotional dedication ceremony on Monday, May 6, for a new elec-tronic display board in the front of the school, with an inscription read-ing “In Loving Memory of Sofia K. Thomas, Kindergar-tener 2018, She Loved People and Learning.” The sign was purchased with dona-tions gathered through a GoFundMe page in Sofia’s memory after she died tragically along with her grandmother in a motor vehicle accident on Nov. 8. Dozens of friends, family, school staff and community members gathered in front of the school for the dedication ceremony and memorial. Click here for story, more photos and video.

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Hearty breakfast features recipe of science, life skills Students at the Academy of Excellence alternative high school presented their second annual “Count the Calories Breakfast” on Wednesday, April 24, as a way to integrate what they’ve learned in science and math classes into a real-life work experience. Specials guests at the two breakfast sessions includ-ed administrators and staff from throughout the district, Board of Education members and other elected officials, and families. Students met them at the door of the school, showed them to their seats and took their orders. Click here to read more.

From left are Superintendent Scholarship Chairman Theodore Simonelli, recipients Piotr Zelazny, Love Desrosiers, Darius Lewis, Austin Urban, Brooke Beyer, Jaclyn Beviano, Ariana Eastwood, Siarrah Myers, Daniel Lopez, and Superintendent Danny A. Robertozzi. Not pictured is recipient Asia Todd.

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Educator of the Year and Ed-ucational Service Professional of the Year from each school were honored with a special Mexican-themed luncheon on Wednesday, May 15. Principals stood up to speak about the 22 honorees’ dedication to their schools and students, after which Superintendent Danny A. Ro-bertozzi presented each with a certificate and gift. The event was put together by a committee led by School No. 8 Principal Michelle Rodriguez and Supervisor of Student Services Annabell Louis, with generous support from the Linden Education Association and

Linden School Administrators and Supervisors Association. Guests enjoyed food donated by Chevys Fresh Mex, Meson Tropical, and

ShopRite of Clark, and watched a video tribute to the honorees. Click here to see video. Click here to see more photos.

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Coming This MonthMay 31: LINCS Walkathon, Wilson Park and other locations, 9 a.m.

June 5: Middle school sports informa-tional meeting, McManus, 6 p.m.

June 8: LHS Color Run to support Class of 2020, at School No. 1 and sur-rounding streets. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

June 20: Middle school graduations, 10 a.m.

June 21: LHS commencement, 10 a.m.

Next Board of Education meeting: June 27, 7 p.m., at Linden High School’s Susan L. Hudak Auditorium

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The Linden Board of Education unanimously approved a bud-get on Thursday, April 25, that calls for no tax increase on city residents. The budget also includes no new or existing debt. The total operating budget of $134,673,315

covers all educational, personnel and other spending for the 2019-20 school year. The budget is sup-ported by $30,940,458 in aid from the state, an increase of $3,668,890 over the 2018-19 school year. “I don’t know if it’s the first time

in history, but this is my 20th budget, and it’s the first time we’ve had a zero tax levy increase,” said Business Administrator Kathleen Gaylord, who prepared the budget for the board’s approval. Click here to read more.

Staff honorees treated to lunch

Board approves school budget with no tax increase

Linden High School’s 109th Commencement Ceremony will be on June 21 at Tiger Stadium at Cooper Field.

McManus Principal Peter Fingerlin, paraprofessional Karen Kocienski, and Superintendent Danny A. Robertozzi.

The Linden High School NJROTC held a Change of Command ceremony on May 13, revealing the commanding officer for the 2019-20 school year, as well as the regimental staff, which will lead the unit through the next school year. Commanding Officer Cadet Capt. Gilbert Nolasco was relieved by junior Mario Rodriguez. The Change of Com-mand followed the annual awards cere-mony. The top honors of the night went to cadets Gladylise Mendez and Maurice Faulk, who were named Cadets of the Year. Faulk was also honored along with cadets Erik Hernandez, Onelvi Martinez and Andrew Lopez for their enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps. Click here to read more and see video of ceremony.

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NJROTC welcomes new cadet leadership

School No. 5 poet among topYoung Writers of Union County School No. 5 student Adriana Fer-nandez won first place among all fourth-graders in the “Young Writ-ers of Union County” poetry con-test celebrating Arbor Day. Adri-ana’s poem is titled “My Pear Tree” and centers around how much joy the tree brings her. “I tried to talk about how pretty the tree was,” she said. The contest was sponsored by

the Union County Board of Free-holders and Union County Shade Tree Advisory Board. The aim was to give students “an opportunity to obtain a greater understanding of Arbor Day by allowing them to portray the importance of trees in our natural environment and man-made landscapes.” Click here to read more.

Commanding Officer Mario Rodriguez and the regimental staff for the 2019-20 school year.

McManusgives parks

a pick-me-upStudents from McManus

Middle School spent part of the morning of Tuesday, April 23, helping to keep their

neighborhood clean for Earth Day. Dozens of them scoured Wilson

and Sunnyside parks for trash. Click here to see

more photos.

Students at Soehl Middle School created an Autism Awareness Tree in the front lobby of the school to help raise understanding. Under the leadership of language arts teachers Jennifer Mac-Donald, Mackenzie Anderson and Jamie Pierson and student teacher Christina Muha, the students researched autism, learning about famous au-thors, inventors and mathe-maticians who were diagnosed with autism. They created puzzle pieces with statistics on autism, quotes, and informa-tion about how to be a friend to someone who has been diagnosed.

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The “Make Cancer Disappear” magic and comedy show at McManus Middle School on May 3 raised over $4,700 for the families of two students fighting cancer. Magician Joe Holiday and comedian John Pizzi, who donat-ed their time and talents, amazed and delight-ed the audience, which included the guests of honor: School No. 1 third-grader Arion Mamudi, who is fighting osteosarcoma, and School No. 8 second-grader, Isabel Domin-guez, who is battling leukemia. The show was organized by School No. 8 and School No. 10 technology teacher Kim Kefalas, who is a breast cancer survivor. Click here to see the video.

A magical night to help two families

School No. 2 getsto see the view frominside a hot-air balloon Even after their trip to see a hot-air balloon in action got rained out on May 14, School No. 2 students wouldn’t let it dampen their spirits. Instead, repre-sentatives from RE/MAX brought their balloon into the school, where students learned about how the balloons fly, and got to explore the inside of one after it was blown up in the gym. Click here to see video.

Soehl autism tree raises awareness and understanding

Moms get heroic welcome at School 10

Many of School No. 10’s young superheroes celebrated Mother’s Day weekend with their moms at the school’s Mom and Superhe-ro Dance on Friday, May10. Watch video.

Hands-on safety lessons for seniorsThe Linden Municipal Alliance and the Linden Police Department brought the Save a Life Tour to Linden High School on May 15 to urge seniors to be safe as they prepare for year-end celebrations of prom and graduation. Driving simulators and DWI goggles demonstrated for the students the dangers of drinking and driv-ing and texting behind the wheel. Click here to see video.

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Three Linden High School senior athletes are being honored for excelling on the field of play as well as in the classroom. From left are Samuel Aristizabal-Sanchez, Brooke Beyer and Kyle Lipscomb. Beyer and Lipscomb were honored by the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference on May 22 at The West-wood in Garwood, and Aristizabal-Sanchez was honored by the New Jersey State Inter-scholastic Athletic Association on May 19 at the Pines Manor in Edison. “These three epit-omize the term scholar athlete,” said Athletic Director Steven Viana. “They share similar characteristics in that they are truly gifted athletes, but what strikes me the most is how well-rounded, humble, and respectful they are. We couldn’t ask for better representatives to carry the flag for Linden athletics.” Click here to read more.

Tigers honored as scholar athletes

Teacher flash mob pumps up School No. 8An inspiring speech by School No. 8 Princi-pal Michelle Rodriguez exploded into a staff flash mob on April 29, led by English as a Second Language teacher Eloy Delgado. The event was aimed at inspiring students to keep up the good work for the last eight weeks of the school year. Watch video.