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Freehold Borough BOE Presents Annual Awards
The board presented the awards at the regular meeting this week.
The Freehold Borough Board of Education presented their annual awards at a ceremony held on Tuesday, June 12.
Below is a list of all the award recipients:
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- Diane Dispenza — FLC
- Peggy Earhart — PAE
- Sheryl Warrington — FIS
Freehold Borough Education Foundation Grant Winners
- Wendy Buchanan, Park Avenue Elementary School “Flip to Zip”
- Lauren Filipek, Park Avenue Elementary School “iPads for our Pad”
- Mary Anne Illes, Freehold Intermediate School “Speaking Electronic Dictionary”
- Linda Maya, Freehold Learning Center “Reading Workshop Units of Study”
- Michael Reed, Freehold Intermediate School “Kicking it Old School”
- Meghan Reistrom, Park Avenue Elementary School “Classroom Library Facelift”
- Nicole Sable, Katharine Walsh, Dawn Fetterly, Freehold Learning Center “Teacher’s Writing Library"
Freehold Borough Educational Foundation
- Jean A. Holtz, Chairperson
- Lynn Reich, Vice Chairperson
- Gene Dougherty, Secretary
- Elise Mallen, Treasurer
Trustees:
- William Barricelli, Educator, retired
- Yeni Cardenas, Educator
- George Schnurr, Council member, Borough of Freehold
- Heather McGhee-Xavier, Designer
Ex Officio:
- Annette Jordan, Board of Education Representative
- Elizabeth O’Connell, Freehold Borough Schools Superintendent
Strategic Planning Leadership:
- Patrick DeGeorge
- Ronnie Dougherty
- Lauren Filipek
- Joy Forrest
- Rich Pepe
- Shauna Schubiger
Freehold Learning Center
Word Masters
Grade 5
- Reilly Lawlor — First Place
- Erica Eurich — Second Place
- Kacey MacCutcheon, Dominic Nonnenmacher, Michael Ruegger, Jyolsna Sunny — Tied for Third Place
Grade 3
- Nathan Cervantes — First Place
- Lauren Nonnenmacher — Second Place
- Ethan Linares — Third Place
Future Problem Solvers NJ State Bowl
First Place for Action Plan Presentation
- Dominic Nonnenmacher — Grade 5
- Henry Nonnenmacher — Grade 5
- Kacey MacCutcheon — Grade 5
Anti-Bullying Poster Contest
- Michelle Cuatlatl-Teles — Grade 3
- Cristian Soriano-Guzman— Grade 1
The “Believe and Achieve” Poster/Essay Contest
- Andre Alarcon — Grade 3
- Cristina Alavez-Bautista — Grade 4
- Joseph Berryman — Grade 1
- Aiden Doherty — Kindergarten
- Brianna Reilly — Grade 2
- Jeanette Valverde-Lopez — Grade 5
Student Council Officers
- Michael Ruegger, President
- Itzumy Flores-Blanco, Vice President
- Nissa Del Carmen-Galindo, Secretary
- Eric Muhler, Treasurer
Some projects Student Council accomplished this year include: Collected food for area Food Bank; Collected and delivered toys for pediatric patients at Jersey Shore Medical Center
Central Jersey Elementary Honors Band
- Samuel Galindo — Grade 4
- Eric Muhler — Grade 5
Park Avenue Elementary School
Future Problem Solvers
NJ State Bowl First Place for Action Plan Presentation
- Evan Ciok — Grade 5
- Simon Grisinger — Grade 5
- Matthew Lichardi — Grade 5
NJ State Bowl Scenario Writing Fourth Place
- Simon Grisinger — Grade 5
The Stock Market Game – Fall 2011
Fourth Grade, Second Place
- Abril Benitez - Ceron
- Candace Patrick
- Jaylin Canada
- Luis Ortiz
The Stock Market Game – Spring 2012
Fourth Grade, First Place
- Claudia Bopp
- Julissa Cuautle
- Molly Loprete
- Ephraim Senior
NJ Association for Gifted Children Poetry Contest Honorable Mention
- Alyssa Simpers — Grade 5
American Legion Coloring Contest First Place
- Eduardo Oropeza — Grade 5
WOW Word Spelling Bee – Grade 4
- Claudia Bopp
“Powered by the Sun”, Creative Writing Award Sponsored by Celebrate NJ, PSE&G and PetraSolar
- Jaylin Canada — Grade 5
- Frank Figueroa — Grade 5
- Anthony Isaac — Grade 5
- Austin Olmedo — Grade 5
- Keegan Roche — Grade 5
Student Council Officers
- Destiny Crudup, President
- Meghan O’Connor, Vice President
- Jael Fierros, Secretary
- Taylor Colby, Treasurer
Some projects Student Council accomplished this year include: Cleaned and planted flowers at Veteran’s Park in Freehold; Collected food & delivered to Lunch Break Food Bank in Red Bank; Collected pop-tabs & delivered to Ronald McDonald House in Long Branch; Collected pennies for the “Pennies for the Planet “(Audubon Society) Campaign
“Project Lending Library”: Service Lending Project
- Lesley Lazaro-Carerra — Grade 5
Word Masters
Grade 5
- Mya Gartner — First Place
- Evan Ciok — Second Place
- Hannah Kelly — Third Place
Grade 3
- Spencer Hurley — First Place
- William Edwards — Second Place
- Anthony LoCurcio — Third Place
Freehold Intermediate School
Student Council Officers
- Jithin Sunny, President
- Mahmoud Abdalla, Vice President
- Autumn McNeill, Secretary
- Joseph Verni, Treasurer
Some projects Student Council accomplished this year include: Helped fundraise for the FIS Student Activity Fund; Collected pennies for the “Pennies for Patients” Campaign raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Central Jersey Elementary Honors Band
- Seth Linares — Grade 6
Where Everybody Belongs (WEB) Leaders
- Peterson Bellinger
- Jose Beltran
- Marian Blancas
- Wendy Briaguez
- Lindsay Castro
- Melissa Cecchini
- Kayla Ciok
- Aslie Corella
- Kimberly Corella
- Cameron Costanzo
- Alexis Diaz
- Derek Elliot
- Elisabeth Flores
- Uriel Flores-Bolanos
- Yaslyn Fuentes
- Raymond Gray
- Hannah Grisinger
- Roger Herrera
- Julie Keelan
- Gunnar Larsen
- Alyssandra Macabangon
- Shane MacCutcheon
- Denzell Marable
- Frank Messina
- Felisha Milligan
- Reed Nappi
- Selene Philben
- Irvin Rivera
- Jithin Sunny
- James Tomasello
- Alisha Zaman
Freehold Borough Youth Government Council Members
- Marian Blancas — Youth Councilperson
- Kayla Ciok — Youth Borough Clerk
- Cameron Costanzo — Youth Councilman
- Ricky Coyne — Youth Councilman
- Allyssa Gonzalez — Councilperson
- Caitlyn Kafka — Youth Deputy Borough Clerk
- Mackenzie Parke — Youth Administrator
- Nicole Ray — Youth Council Alternate
- Thomas Ray — Youth Council Alternate
- Cierra Sims — Youth Council Alternate
- Christopher Leuper – Youth Council Alternate
NJ Association for Gifted Children Poetry Contest
- Julie Keelan — Grade 8 — Honorable Mention
- Valentina Zapata — Grade 7 — Fifth Place
Congressional Youth Leadership Council Nomination
- Esmeralda Mendez — Grade 7
Future Problem Solvers NJ State Bowl
Global Problem Solving — Independent Second Place
- Kayla Ciok — Grade 8
Competed in Future Problem Solvers International Competition — Indiana University, June 6 — June 10, 2012
Congratulations to the following Students for being accepted into Specialized High Schools
Biotechnology High School
- Kayla Ciok
High Technology High School
- Alisha Zaman
Marine Academy of Science & Technology
- Frank Messina
Academy of Allied Health & Science
- Hannah Grisinger
Culinary Arts / Hospitality Management
- Derek Elliot
- Shane MacCutcheon
- Autumn McNeill
- Selene Philben
- Felisha Milligan
Humanities
- Kayla Ciok
Peddie School
- Kayla Ciok
Medical Science
- Cameron Costanzo
- Hannah Grisinger
Law Enforcement & Public Safety
- Allyssa Gonzalez
Genevieve M. Hawley Memorial Foundation Community Service Award
- Brenda Martell — Grade 8
Staff Awards
Donors Choose Grant Recipients
- Tracy Corsano “A Literary Journey in Partnerships”
- Lauren Filipek “iPads for our Pad”
USA Today Grant Recipients
- Suzanne Peltzman ”Classroom set of online newspapers”
Winner of the 2012 izzit.org Teacher of the Year Contest
- Wendy Buchanan
Donors Choose Grant Recipients
- Nicole Sabel, Freehold Learning Center “Seat Sacks”
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