2015-2016SPORTS

YEARBOOK

Congratulations on a successful 2015-2016 season of Roadrunner Athletics! This year saw the debut of our girls lacrosse team. The girls competed as a Junior Varsity team and we hope to have them compete as a Varsity team in the near future. Our Girls Varsity

Tennis team repeated as Colonial Division champs in the SEC, and our Girls Middle School Basketball team went undefeated. Many of our athletes received All Conference and All Division honors, and achieved record breaking performances in all of our sports!

This past year, we fielded nearly 30 teams with 75% of our student body participating in one or more sports, while the national average is 55% participation. In total, there were over 300 roster spots filled and over 300 games played!

This success of the GOA athletic program would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of our school administration. I personally owe them all a huge debt of gratitude. I could not do my job without their unstinting help, support and encouragement. I have to thank all of our coaches as well. The knowledge and commitment they bring to our program is a major part of its success and a huge benefit to all our athletes. Finally, I would be remiss if I did not thank the parents of our athletes who encourage their children to play school sports and travel all across New Jersey for away games. Thanks to the many parents who chaperoned our away games and provided wonderful support for the coaches and snacks for the athletes. I would especially like to thank Shari Beth Susskind, Jodi Moskowitz, and Rachel Scherzer for organizing our Annual Sports Awards Dinner, as well as Anne Kroll and Jim Bratek for their help in producing this Yearbook.

Most of all, I would like to pay tribute to our students. It is not easy being an athlete at Golda Och Academy. We have a shortage of fields, practice facilities and, most of all, time. Our students have heavy academic workloads and non-academic commitments: GOA athletes can be found acting in school plays, singing in the choir, working on the newspaper, the literary magazine, the yearbook and participating in many other activities, in school and outside. We compete against public schools with student bodies much larger than ours, against private and prep schools that practice six days a week and play two and three times as many games as we do. The fact that so many of our students are willing to defy these odds and make time in their busy lives for team sports is a tribute to their school spirit and to their personal ideals and aspirations.

Mazal Tov, Golda Och Academy Athletes! You make us all very proud.

Janet HermanDirector of Athletics

Tamar AriehDavida Berkowitz

Scott BieberStephanie Bonder

Sharon BrickmanElizabeth Cohen

Matt HaleJeremy Hirsh

Sheryl PerlsteinRandee SolomonAlette Slobodien

Abi Spierer

Lisa SturmShira Vickar Fox

It has been another banner year for our Golda Och Academy Roadrunners and you should all be quite proud of your hard

work and achievements. It is not easy to balance both the academic and athletic demands but you all continually find a way to do it with determination in your hearts and smiles on your faces. You have spent hours honing your skills during practices, put your hearts and souls into your performances on the sports fields and courts, and along the way have made it quite easy for the rest of us to stand and cheer you on! To dedicate oneself to a team sport is admirable and has certainly taught each and every one of you valuable lessons that you will carry with you for many years to come. Thank you for being the wonderful individuals and teammates that you are, for always giving it your all, and for being the incredible role-models that all of us at Golda Och Academy are proud to claim as our own. I also want extend a special thank you to all of our coaches. The success of each and every one of our teams happens because of the dedication of both our coaches and our athletes and for that we are all grateful. Yashar kochachem to all of you on another great year of GOA Athletics!

Adam ShapiroHead of School

In the short time I have been at Golda Och, I have come to see that athletics play a significant and multi-faceted

role at GOA. First, it gives our students a chance to represent our school with pride and conviction. Second, it allows students the opportunity to use skills and learning styles that aren’t always accessible in the classroom. GOA athletics also provides an opportunity to explore what it means to be part of a team, to understand one’s individual role in the context of contributing to something bigger than the individual experience. Finally, the athletics program gives students the chance to interact with adults who commit themselves to a role of coach and mentor towards a goal of athletic excellence. Our Athletic Director, Janet Herman, is always there to keep a close watch on all these aspects of the program. I want to thank her for all of her efforts to strengthen the program every day. I feel blessed to have joined such a spirited school that supports the role of athletics in a significant way. Yashar Koach to all of the athletes for taking up the mantle of student-athlete. You make us proud!

Christine StodolskiUpper School Principal

Each of our athletic teams is fortunate to find Team Parent volunteers to assist the coach in a variety of details, such as finding chaperones for away games, organizing end

of season parties for middle school teams, making phone calls, and whatever else may be needed. Their time and energy in this capacity is invaluable. We would like to thank all the

team parents for their commitment to the athletic programs at Golda Och Academy:

BOYS VARSITY SOCCER

David Shepard, Aryeh Lande, Yoni Arieh, Aaron Pearlstein, Elijah Taitel, Alex Brodsky

Alex Beigelman, Jeremy Berkowitz, Aaron Lavitsky, Jordan Mayor, Theo Deitz-Green, Josh Kalet

Ian Rosen, Seth Gleaner, Harrison Slobodien, Gil Moran, Mathan Poller, Eitan Gerstle

Jordan Broder, Max Bruch, Rafi Jones, Alex Moskowitz, Itai Rekem, Noah Schlesinger, Coach Joan Pintado

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

FALL 2015

GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER

Coach Josh Breitman, Maddie Herman, Emily Binstein, Rachel Berger, Adi Brickman, Emily Blum, Manager Mikayla Talmud,

Kim Robins, Coach Rob Cohen

Alissa Lampert, Rachel Bonder, Abby Faynshteyn, Anna Shpilsky, Rebecca Landau, Jessie Ruchman, Maya Robbins

Maya Freedman, Talia Solomon, Daniella Shapiro, Rachel Kramer, Leia Kessler, Avital Kessler-Godin

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

2015 FALL

BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER

Ethan Landau, Inbar Adiel, Ozzie Landy, Daniel Gohar, Avi Deitz-Green, Michael Lurie, Matthew Saperstein

Eli Berman, Aaron Scherzer, Zach Dorf, Jared Berelowitz, Adiel Benisty, Noah Feldman

Nathan Scherzer, Yoni Arzt, Joe Weiss, Assaf Arieh, Josh Berger, Jeremy Liebman

Nadav Soudry, Coach Mike Kriak

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

FALL 2015

GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER

Sabrina Joseph, D.J. Mevorah, Eva Hale, Mia Har-El, Amy Gaffen

Karen Kurson, Zoe Grayer, Maya Soudry, Adina Solomon

Shayna Denlow, Emma Beigelman, Lilly Kubany, Hayley Lampert

Coach Mike Kriak, Coach Ray Rowek

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2015 FALL

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

Gideon Fox, Eitan Szteinbaum

Uri Meltzer, Jon Lavitsky, Josh Katz

Coach Chris Troyano

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

FALL 2015

MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

Ellie Nadelmann, Zece Brown, Coach Josh Breitman, Aaron Brown, Karen Kurson

Zach Bialik, Ben Bargad, Gabi Weiss, Jade Chan

Yael Abergel, Aaron Hubscher, Adina Solomon, Emily Schall

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

2015 FALL

GIRLS VARSITY TENNIS

Emily Berger, Emme Young, Nina Robins, Maddie Lefkowitz

Hayley Mevorah, Hannah Sturm, Shira Kalet, Lindsay Biebelberg

Rayna Landa, Rebecca Marcus, Sara Hessdorf, Rachel Slobodien, Corrina Ronen

Coach Sandy Glatt

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

FALL 2015

GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL TENNIS

Danielle Hodes, Liat Cohen, Ellie Nadelmann, Ilana Chernoff, Betsy Chernoff, Lily Berman

Dara Brownstien, Hannah Brownstein, Sarah Herman, Robyn Liss, Shir Komorovski

Rachel Gutnick, Jamie Kaplan, Jessica Moskowitz, Sarah Cohen, Alexis Fulop

Coach Chris Hardiman

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2015 FALL

GIRLS VARSITY/JV VOLLEYBALL

Sophia Heimowitz, Shana Slater, Amanda Feldman, Fanya Hoffman, Ayala Jones, Sarah Shafir

Julia Gaffen, Yael Liebman, Mikayla Spierer, Jamie Singer, Michelle Bilmes, Carly Mast, Dana Bluevise

Coach Mike Karu, Mira Blecherman, Veronica Slater, Talia Ramer

Stefanie Siegel

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

FALL 2015

COED VARSITY SWIMMING

Coach Leann Winn, Gidi Fox, Adam Gross, Nina Robins

Andy Antiles, Abby Faynshteyn, Liora Finkel, Noah Brown, Gur Adiel

Andrew Schwartz, Michael Antiles, Kim Robins

Carly Mast

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2015-2016 WINTER

BOYS VARSITY/JV BASKETBALL

Aaron Lavitsky, Matt Friedman, Ari Esrig, Jamie Gutterman, Corey Blum, Matan Kogen

Manager Yoni Wechsler, Etai Barash, Alex Moskowitz, Aaron Pearlstein, Yoni Arieh, Elijah Taitel, Ian Rosen

Coach Sandy Pyonin, Dylan Mendelowitz, Harrison Slobodien, Noah Susskind, Matt Blum, Jon Lavitsky

Jordan Mayor, Coach Grant Mayes

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

WINTER 2015-2016

GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL

Manager Dena Feldman, Maddie Herman, Sharoni Marcus, Stefanie Siegel, Alana Wernick, Tallie Elisha

Manager Mikayla Talmud, Haylee Mevorah, Maya Robbins, Talia Solomon, Carly Paternite, Emily Binstein

Rebecca Landau, Leia Kessler, Adi Brickman

Maya Wasserman, Coach Josh Breitman, Coach Aaron Breitman,Manager Josh Katz

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2015-2016 WINTER

BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Coach Sandy Pyonin, Oren Ramer, Kai Ronen, Pacey Ely, Ezra Tobin, Yoni Arzt, Ozzie Landy

Inbar Adiel, Eli Berman, Ilan Feldman, Noah Kamens, Assaf Arieh, Zach Dorf, Matt Saperstein, Amitai Nelkin

Logan Biebelberg, Joe Weiss, Ben Bargad, Ethan Landau, Zece Brown, Noah Zuckerman, Josh Berger, Jake Kroll

Jacob Solomon

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

WINTER 2015-2016

GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Coach Aaron Breitman, Coach Josh Breitman

Yakira Kress, Mia Har-El, Gavi Newman, Maya Tobin, Sofie Paternite, DJ Mevorah, Eve Askin

Manager Alexis Fulop, Emily Schall, Ally Landau, Jessica Moskowitz, Ellie Nadelmann, Lily Kubany, Lily Solomon

Isabella Stelmak, Yael Abergel

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

SECOND ROW (L-TO-R)

THIRD ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

2015-2016 WINTER

BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Adiel Benisty, Avi Deitz-Green, Jonah Bieber, Aaron Hubscher

Elan Wasserman, Ari Bieber, Jonathan Raport

Jonah Heimowitz, Ben Hirsch, Coach P.J. Ernst

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

WINTER 2015-2016

GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Sarah Cohen, Jamie Kaplan, Lilly Berman, Liat Cohen

Shir Komorovski, Jade Chen, Dara Brownstein, Robin Liss, Sabrina Joseph

Amy Gaffen, Hannah Brownstein, Eva Hale

Zoe Grayer, Coach John Chang

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2015-2016 WINTER

VARSITY BASEBALL

Jamie Gutterman, Elijah Taitel, Matan Kogen

Jake Halpern, Etai Barash, Alex Moskowitz

David Rosenberg, Nadav Aronoff, Ari Esrig, Matt Nadel, Yoni Wechsler

Coach Frank Genova, Jeremy Berkowitz

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

SPRING 2016

VARSITY SOFTBALL

Maya Wasserman, Shana Slater, Dana Bluevise, Fanya Hoffman, Alana Wernick, Maddie Herman

Carly Mast, Emily Saperstein, Rebecca Landau, Avital Kessler-Godin, Sharoni Marcus, Renee Moskowitz

Manager Josh Katz, Coach Cory Berger

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2016 SPRING

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASEBALL

Ben Hirsh, Ethan Landau, Noah Kamens, Aaron Hubscher, Jacob Solomon

Ari Bieber, Yoni Arzt, Ilan Feldman, Zach Dorf, Matt Saperstein, Stephen Elias

Ben Gutstein, Jonah Bieber, Josh Berger, Steven Kurson, Logan Biebelberg, Ozzie Landy

Pacey Ely, Michael Lurie, Ezra Tobin, Eli Berman, Inbar Adiel, Oren Ramer, Coach Mike Stern, Coach Jon Del Russo

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

SPRING 2016

MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL CLUB

Betsy Chernoff, Rachel Gutnick, Lily Solomon, Adina Solomon, Elana Chernoff

Coach Aaron Breitman

(L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2016 SPRING

BOYS VARSITY TENNIS

Ian Rosen, Gidi Fox, David Wingens

Ariel Gohar, Aaron Pearlstein, Corey Blum

Josh Schuman, Mathan Poller

Sam Lurie, Adam Gross, Coach Sandy Glatt

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

SPRING 2016

BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL TENNIS

Josh Bamdas, Nathan Scherzer, Aaron Scherzer

Noah Feldman, Jared Berelowitz, Jeremy Liebman, Jonah Altmann

Nadav Soudry, Kai Ronen, Aaron Brown, Daniel Gohar, Zece Brown

Jonah Heimowitz, Elan Wasserman, Jonathan Raport, David Heimowitz, Coach Amanda Buyes

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2016 SPRING

BOYS VARSITY/JV VOLLEYBALL

Itai Rekem, Theo Deitz-Green, Josh Kalet, Eitan Gerstle

Ari Denlow, Gur Adiel, Noah Brown, Alex Brodsky, Matt Friedman, Yoni Arieh, Jordan Mayor

Seth Gleaner, Ben Moses, Coach John Chang, Coach Patrick Ernst

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

SPRING 2016

GIRLS JV LACROSSE

Jessie Ruchman, Carly Paternite, Rachel Bonder, Rachel Berger, Shira Kalet, Faye Hochberg

Dena Feldman, Amanda Feldman, Emme Young, Nava Wasser, Hayley Mevorah, Emily Blum

Naomi Marcus, Julia Gaffen, Hannah Sturm, Talia Feldman, Emily Binstein, Mikayla Talmud

Miriam Morris, Iris Beman, Tallie Elisha, Coach Kyle McCourt

TOP ROW (L-TO-R)

MIDDLE ROW (L-TO-R)

BOTTOM ROW (L-TO-R)

NOT PICTURED

2016 SPRING

Jonah Altmann (7)TENNIS

Congratulations, Jonah, from Mom, Dad, and Rebecca

Eve Askin (6)BASKETBALL

Eve — We’re so proud of you and the Middle School Girls Basketball UNDEFEATED season! Love, Mommy, Daddy, and Joey

Jeremy Berkowitz (12)SOCCER, BASEBALL

Throughout your life you never stop amazing us with your passion, team spirit, and leadership abilities. You play to win and are always trying to help and support your team members. We love you and are so proud of you always. Love, Mommy, Dad, and Daniel

Eli Berman (6)SOCCER, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

Dear Eli, Continue to work hard and do your best. Your great attitude and determination will take you far. We are very proud of you and love you very much! Love, Mom, Dad, Danielle, and Leah

TributesAri Bieber (7)VOLLEYBALL, BASEBALL

Congratulations Ari! From Aliza, Jonah, Mama, and Dad

Jonah Bieber (8)VOLLEYBALL, BASEBALL

Congratulations Jonah!! From Ari, Aliza, Mama, and Dad

Mira Blecherman (12)VOLLEYBALL, SOFTBALL

Mira! We admire your dedication, your energy, and your enthusiasm in volleyball, in softball, and in everything else. You rock! Love, Mom and Dad

Corey Blum (10)TENNIS, BASKETBALL

Corey,We are very proud of your accomplishments on and off the court. Thanks to all your coaches. We love to watch you play. Love, Mom, Dad, and Matt

Matthew Blum (12)BASKETBALL

Matt, Congratulations on a great season. We are proud of your leadership, determination, and effort. We enjoyed watching you grow over the last few years on and off the court. Love, Mom, Dad, and Corey

Rachel Bonder (10)SOCCER, LACROSSE

Rachel, We are so proud of all you do! You are our family athlete!

Coach Aaron BreitmanBASKETBALLCoach Josh BreitmanBASKETBALL

Thank you for being amazing coaches and for an incredible season!!! Emily Schall & Family

Jordan Broder (12)SOCCER

Congratulations on a job well done! A big thank you to Janet Herman and all of the GOA coaches and congratulations to all of the Roadrunners on a great year! From your biggest fans! Love, Mom, Dad, and Zach

Max Bruch (12)SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL

Mazel Tov, Max! We are proud of you and your teammates. We thank Mrs. Herman and all of your coaches for providing a wonderful athletic program for you to partake in. It has been a pleasure watching you play! Yasher Koach! Love, Mom and Dad

TributesAdi Brickman (11)SOCCER, BASKETBALL

Congratulations to Adi and all her teammates on the Girls Varsity Soccer and Basketball teams. It’s been a great year! Love, The Brickman Family

Ari Esrig (11)BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

Ari: You play as hard as you work. We are so proud of you. We love you, Dad, Mom, Eli, and Naomi

Gidi Fox (9)TENNIS, CROSS COUNTRY, SWIMMING

We’re proud of our three-season athlete, Gidi Fox, and year-round wonderful son. Thank you to his coaches for their devotion to our teams. Chris Troyano, Leann Winn and Sandy Glatt, Shira Vickar-Fox and Jonathan Fox

Gidi Fox (9)TENNIS, CROSS COUNTRY, SWIMMING

To our all-star grandson, from your St. Louis fan club! Love, Baba and Zaida

Alexis Fulop (6)TENNIS, BASKETBALL

Congratulations Alexis! We are so proud of your determination and enthusiasm. We loved watching you play. You are a true team player. Much love from your biggest fans— Mom, Dad, and Amber

Eitan Gerstle (9)SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL

Eitan—You are following in your brother’s footsteps, but (as always) doing it your own way. Congrats on a terrific year! Mom, Dad, and Jack

Jamie Gutterman (9)BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

Congratulations Jamie on your first year with GOA Athletics! You are an asset to your teams. GO ON ACHIEVING great things! Love, Mom, Dad, and Aaron xox

Sarah Herman (8)TENNIS

Sarah—We are so proud of you! You represented GOA so well as Captain of the Middle School Tennis Team. You played great against tough competition. We loved watching your matches!! Love, Mom, Dad, and Ilana

Benjamin Hirsh (8)VOLLEYBALL, BASEBALL

Congratulations “Hirsh” to you and your teammates for a GREAT year of volleyball and baseball! We love you. Mom, Dad, Gabriel, and Claire

Noah Kamens (8)BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

Noah—You are always on our “A” Team! We’re proud of all the work you do to grow your skills, and of what a great teammate you are. Love, Mom, Dad, and Aviva

Leia Ruth Kessler (12)SOCCER, BASKETBALL

Our final season of Schechter/GOA sports has been amazing! Leia Kessler: your drive, dedication, leadership, and resiliency is truly inspirational. You are always a star to us—on and off the court! With deep appreciation to our coaches and fans!! XO

Avital Kessler-Godin (10)SOCCER, SOFTBALL

Avital—We are so proud of your persistence, dedication, love of the game, and commitment to your team. You always come in first place in our hearts. Love, Mommy and Abba

Jake Kroll (8)BASKETBALL

“All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them.” —Magic Johnson Well, Jake, Coach Sandy has helped polish your skills, and you and your teammates have always demonstrated hope, and we both definitely believe in you! With love always, Mom and Dad

Steven Kurson (8)BASEBALL

Mazel Tov to a pretty good catcher and a very good guy. Love you Shmoop. Daddy and the girls.

Ally Landau (8)BASKETBALL

Dear Ally—We are so proud of your leadership and work ethic on and off the court. Congratulations on your undefeated season! We love you! Love, Mom and Dad

Ethan Landau (8)SOCCER, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

Dear Ethan—We are so proud of your leadership and work ethic on and off the fields and court. You are always our champion! We love you. Love, Mom and Dad

TributesRebecca Landau (10)SOCCER, BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL

Rebecca—You are always our champion! We are so proud of your spirit and leadership, on and off the fields and court. We love you! Love, Mom and Dad

Aaron Lavitsky (9)SOCCER, BASKETBALL

Mazel Tov on another great year. May you continue to grow and accomplish all your goals. Love, Mom, Dad, and Jonathan

Jonathan Lavitsky (12)CROSS COUNTRY, BASKETBALL

Mazel Tov on all your achievements! We are excited for what lies ahead for you! Love, Mom, Dad, and Aaron

Jeremy S. Liebman (7)SOCCER, TENNIS

Jeremy—Congratulations on another great year of soccer and tennis. May you go from strength to strength. We will always be there to cheer for you (if you would only let us watch!) Love, Mommy, Daddy, Ariella, Yael, Bobbie, and Savta

Yael Liebman (10)VOLLEYBALL

Yael—You have opened our eyes to the intensity and excitement of the game! We hope you continue to love it. Side out! We love you, Mommy, Daddy, Ariella, Jeremy, Bobbie, and Savta

Jordan Mayor (10)SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL

We love GOA Athletics and our particular GOA Athlete. They know “Champions keep playing until they get it right” and GOA got it right.

Dylan Mendelowitz (12)BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

So proud of the athlete you are, your dedication to your teams, and the amazing examples of sportsmanship you always exhibited. Love, Mom, Rachel, and Bella

DJ Mevorah (7)SOCCER, BASKETBALL Haylee Mevorah (11)TENNIS, BASKETBALL, LACROSSE

Dear Haylee and DJ, Congratulations to both of you on another great year of sports. We’re so proud of you and love cheering for you on the courts. Keep having fun. Congrats to the coaches and GOA athletes on a wonderful year. Love, Mom, Dad, and Harris

TributesAlex Moskowitz (10)SOCCER, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

Alex—Congratulations on another great year of GOA sports. Looking forward to the 2016-17 season! Love, Mom, Dad, and Jess

Jessica Moskowitz (7)TENNIS, BASKETBALL

Jess—We love watching you play tennis and basketball. Can’t wait until next year! Love, Mom, Dad, and Al

Matthew Nadel (11)BASEBALL

Congratulations on a great season to our dear son Matt! Love, Mom, Dad, and Amanda

Gávrielle Newman (8)BASKETBALL

Mazel Tov Gávrielle and the Undefeated Girls Middle School Basketball Team! Go Roadrunners! Love, Ima, Abba, Adina, Peri, and Shoshie

Kim Robins (11)SOCCER, SWIMMING

Kim Robins: Three-year Varsity Soccer and Swimming Teams. Successfully achieved the awesome 500 yard freestyle/200 yard individual medley combination in the same meet. Looking forward to Senior Year. Way to go Kim!

Nina Robins (9)TENNIS, SWIMMING

Nina Robins: Undefeated 16-0 match record and 32-0 set record playing First Singles in Varsity Tennis team matches. Runner-Up in Essex County Girl High School Tennis Singles Tournament. Varsity swim team multi-event performer. Way to go Nina!

Emily Schall (6)BASKETBALL

Congratulations Emily and the entire GOA Middle School Girls Basketball Team on an amazing undefeated season!!! We are so proud of all of you :)

Andrew Schwartz (12)SWIMMING

Dear Andrew, Congratulations to you, the team, and your coaches on four wonderful years of swimming at GOA! Love, Mom and Dad

David Shepard (12)SOCCER, TENNIS

David—We are so proud of you for the devotion you have had to your sports and your skill balancing this demand on your time with your academics. Love, Mom, Dad, and Katie

Harrison Slobodien (12)SOCCER, BASKETBALL

Congratulations on 4 great years of SSDS/GOA sports and for setting the school’s all-time goal scoring record in soccer! We loved watching you play and are very proud of you. Wishing you all the best at Syracuse University. We love you, Mom and Dad

Rachel Slobodien (12)TENNIS

We are so very proud of all your accomplishments both on and off the courts. Congratulations on a great high school sports career. Wishing you all the best at University of Maryland. We love you, Mom and Dad

Mikayla Spierer (10)VOLLEYBALL

We loved watching EVERY game! What a great team to be a part of. Thank you Coach Karu on a great season.

TributesIsabella Stelmak (6)BASKETBALL

We are so proud of you, Isabella. You are an amazing athlete! We love you, Daddy, Mommy, Ava, James, and Hudson

Eitan Szteinbaum (9)CROSS COUNTRY

Eitan—We are so proud of you! You had a great season! Mazel tov to the team!

Mikayla Talmud (11)LACROSSE

Dear Mikayla, Wow, another athlete in the Talmud family! It was so great watching you out in the field playing with your team. Hope you had fun! Much love from your adoring fans, Mom, Dad, Adam, Jesse, and Joey

Ezra Tobin (6)BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

Way to go, Ezra!

Maya Tobin (8)BASKETBALL

Way to go, Maya!

Elan Wasserman (6)VOLLEYBALL, TENNIS

Elan—Ready, set, ACE! We are proud of your start in Middle School all around. May you reach for your dreams, even if they seem like a difficult backhand. Sharpen your techniques and we can’t wait to see your future accomplishments!! Love, Eema and Abba

Maya Wasserman (9)BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL

Maya—Like Cinderella, you get dressed for the ball and take it to the basket!! Your determination and attitude show on and off the field/court. Keep your eye on that ball (gown) as it crosses the plate!! Love, Eema and Abba

Joe Weiss (8)SOCCER, BASKETBALL

Joe—Your passion for competitive sports is inspiring. Thank you to all the coaches! Love, Mom, Dad, Eric, and Emma

Alana Wernick (9)BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL

From the Big Inning to Pharoah’s court, we are proud of our Alana the Athlete.

Emme Young (9)TENNIS, LACROSSE

Emme—So proud of the beautiful girl you are and all of your accomplishments on the courts, on the fields, in the classroom, and most importantly in your sweet neshama. Keep smiling. Big time love!! Mama Bear

Noah Zuckerman (8)BASKETBALL

Dear Noah,We are so proud of your success and growth this year as a new student at GOA. The rigorous school schedule and demanding basketball commitment was an adjustment for you, and you really “Slam Dunked” it. Keep up your hard work and dedication. We love you. Love, Mom and Dad.

From left to right: (top, standing) Drs. Emelynn Fajardo, David Lin, Mark Rieger, Tamir Bloom and Physician Assistant Tina Teng.

(bottom, sitting) Physician Assistant Jaime Anne Morley, Drs. Samara Friedman and Joshua Strassberg.

The Orthopedic Center

We Treat Your Children as Our OwnOur doctors provide the highest level of pediatric care at one of the most well respected and largest practices of its kind in the state. We treat sports injuries, fractures, scoliosis, hip dysplasia, clubfoot and other conditions which affect

adolescents and children, using the most innovative nonoperative, minimally invasive and arthroscopic surgical techniques available.

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218 Ridgedale Avenue • Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927609 Morris Avenue • Springfield Township, NJ 070811 Robertson Drive, Suite 27 • Bedminster, NJ 07921

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WILF LOWER SCHOOL CAMPUS122 Gregory Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052

973-602-3700

ERIC F. ROSS UPPER SCHOOL CAMPUS1418 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052

973-602-3600

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