WEST ORANGE, NJ – The June 21 end-of-year Board of Education meeting featured its semi-annual Parade of Honors recognitions for the notable achievements of staff and students.
Superintendent Dr. Scott Cascone, Board of Education President Terry Trigg-Scales, and Vice-President Jennifer Tunncliffe posed with recipients as certificates were distributed.
The List of Recognitions is below.
See all the photos here. (Note: Photo IDs can be found by clicking the information icon on each photo.)
West Orange Board of Education Parade of Honors, June 21, 2021
Rhianna Giuliano, Violet Kohlstein…………Outstanding Community Service Award … RMS Environmental Health
Natalia Feliz, Justin Lopez, Nicole Ng………Outstanding Creative Expression Award … LMS Passages Essay/Poem
Andree Celestin, Olivia Ridley……………………Student Leadership Award …WOHS Board of Education Liaison
Soham Bhatnagar…………………Outstanding Community Service Award …WOHS Founder of Little Free Pantry
Anya Dillard ………………………………………Student Leadership Award …….WOHS Student Council President
Anya Dillard…….….…Outstanding Community Service Award …WOHS Juneteenth, Black Lives Matter
Victoria Bratsos………………………Dylan Pennell Mountaineer Trailblazer Award ….WOHS Founder of SAMHA
Outstanding Community Service Award
Michael Kelly, D.O.
Margie Heller, RWJBarnabas Health
Anne Mernin, Toni’s Kitchen
PTA Presidents
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Skye Monahan - Gregory Jennifer Craine - St. Cloud Mary Dunleavy - Edison |
Victor Garcia - Washington Patricia Gomes - Redwood Fatou Mbaye - Hazel Susan Pasquale - Roosevelt Laura Ramos - Kelly |
Lee Sutton - Liberty Brooke Tippens - WOHS Katie Witzig - Mt. Pleasant |
West Orange Special Education Parent Advisory Council [WOSEPAC]
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Gina Velazquez, Chair Christina DeMarco, Co-Chair Amber Newsome, Treasurer Ysaura Fernandez, Diversity Chair |
Nicole Ruffo, Education Chair D'Laisa Francis Abdullah, Events Chair Deb Milstein, Web Chair Lisa Renwick, Secretary |
District Nursing Staff
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Kemi Aborisade - Redwood Eleonora Ackerman -Roosevelt Patience Allotey - Hazel Shena Brown - St. Cloud |
Linda Connolly Schoner- BMELC Rosalie Dudkiewicz - Gregory Nancy Feldman - Kelly Brianna Grasso - Mt. Pleasant |
Janis Lewis - Washington Denise Makri-Werzen - WOHS Elizabeth Ramos - Edison Rosemarie Tan - Liberty |
District Communications Team
Fil Santiago, Anthony Picinich, Jr., Rishi Ramchandani, Perry Bashkoff
District Equity & Access Committee [DEAC]
Cheryl Butler, Event de Mendez, Michael Figueiredo, Lionel Hush,
Kimya Jackson, Hillary Rubenstein, Stephanie Suriano
Grants
Terry Granato
ESL Teacher
Mary Quiroz
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Teacher of Science
Catherine Connors
OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP
Dr. Lesley Chung, Assistant Principal, WOHS
Dr. William Farley, Teacher of Vocal Music, WOHS
Dr. Jessica Nuzzi, Teacher of Math, WOHS
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
Lionel Hush, Principal, Roosevelt Middle School
Meritorious Service Award: BOE President Terry Trigg-Scales, RMS Principal Lionel Hush, Superintendent Dr. Scott Cascone, BOE VP Jennifer Tunnicliffe.
