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On April 18, 2005 Ms. Chiavuzzo, Mrs. Walker and 30 Ewing High School freshmen joined several Mercer County high school and college students, and politicians to hear a presentation given by Mikhail Gorbachev at the Sovereign Bank Arena. Gorbachev was the last communist leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. During his term he instituted various policies including his political policy of Glasnost and economic policy

Ewing High Students Attend Gorbachev PresentationWhitney Lewis, EHS Freshman

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The recipients of the 2005 Teacher of the Year Awards were honored at a luncheon on April 29th. Jan Fay, 2004 Mercer County Teacher of the Year, was a guest speaker. 1st row (L to R): Joan Zuckerman, Principal Antheil; Sharon Solomon, Lore; Jan Fay, 2004 Mercer County Teacher of the Year; Inetta Emery, Principal Parkway; Danielle Miller, EHS; Superintendent Ray Broach. 2nd row: Darrell Jackson, Principal FMS; Donna Andreas, Antheil; Don Barnett, FMS; Betsy Turgeon, Parkway; Rodney Logan, Principal EHS.

Nearly sixty years since Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps, the now elderly survivors of the Holocaust are turning to a new generation to preserve their testimony about their wartime experiences for future generations. Holocaust survivors are steadily dwindling in number. Many have made it their mission to educate the world that anti-Semitism and racism easily lead to murder, and to speak about the horrors they and their families suffered. With the passing of time, it has become urgent to find a new generation to continue the survivors’ mission and tell their stories after the survivors can no longer do so. On April 12, the Adopt-a-Survivor (AAS) program was introduced to the Trenton area at Ewing High School. Six Holocaust survivors were adopted by twelve Ewing High sophomores. The adopted survivors—Moshe Gimlan, Vera Goodkin, Marion Lewin, Ruth Lubitz, Charles Rojer and Jack Zaifman—were originally from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Belgium. The AAS program pairs a survivor with one or more students. The students embark on a joint journey with the survivor through discussions about life before, during and after the Holocaust. Participating students will be able to represent the survivor and tell the survivor’s story with accuracy and feeling in the years to come. In addition, each student makes a commitment to tell the survivor’s story in a public venue in the year 2045, a hundred years after the liberation of Auschwitz. The twelve student adopters are Dave Angebranndt, Tyler Barnes, Annie Cook, Liz Dunham, Emily Everett, Curtis Fornarotto, Vildana Hajric, Devon Jones, Jen Meade, Billy O’Callaghan, Nikyta Sharma and Melysa Wilson.

Adopt-a-Survivor Program Begins at Ewing High School

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of Perestroika. His policies reopened churches, released political prisoners, and lifted bans on previously censored books. The 20th anniversary of Perestroika was one of the essential themes of Gorbachev’s presentation. The policy’s main goal was to make the Soviet economic system more efficient. Perestroika involved the transfer of control from the government to the business owners. This policy

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Congratulations and Best Wishes toCongratulations and Best Wishes to Ewing High School’s Class of 2020!Ewing High School’s Class of 2020!

“On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.”

– Gregory S. Williams

This design features the last names of our EHS Seniors.

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Senior Spotlight: Meet Michelle Frolio

What colleges and univer-sities did you receive ac-ceptances from? Rowan University, where I will be at-tending, Rutgers, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Ste-vens Institute of Technology, Rochester Institute of Tech-nology, Widener University,

NJIT, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Who is your favorite teacher? My favorite teacher is Craig Halpern, my Physics teacher. He reminds me of Richard Feynman, a famous theo-retical physicist known for his ability to teach physics to anyone.

What accomplishments are you most proud of? I am most proud of not giving up in my college class. It was one of the most difficult classes I have ever taken for reasons I can't explain but I commit-ted to the class and followed through even when I dreaded entering class every day.

What awards or acknowledgements have you received in school and/or outside of school? I received the Joshua Scott Award which is in memory of Joshua Scott. He is described as “a loving son, friend to many, and a person to be trusted.” The award is presented to the ninth grade student who shares these qualities. Dur-ing ninth grade I also received the MVB (Most Valued Baker) award for Cross Country; I really appreciated the sentiment of this comical award.

I received the Outstanding Achievement Award sophomore year for the Robotics Team Mid-Atlantic District Champion title. During my junior year, I was a Dean-List semi-finalist for Robotics, which is an acknowledgment of an in-dividual student who exemplifies the ideas and principles of FIRST Robotics. Throughout high school, I received varsity letters for spring track, cross country, swim, and robotics.

Who or what has impacted your life in a posi-tive way? Tiny, my dog, impacted my life in a positive way. That cute little rat Terrier and Jack Russell mix is my knitting buddy, study partner, and a fellow gardener.

What is your favorite quote or book? Every time I say I had a bad experience with some-thing or I am disappointed in an outcome my dad would say, “It’s not a bad situation it's a learning experience.” It has helped look at the brighter side of things when it is easier not to.

The week of March 8th, 2020 will be one hu-manity will remember infamously. In the midst of our nation and the world preparing for a pan-demic . . . for EHS drama, the cast, crew, pit, parents and production team of Seussical will re-member this time as one where we associated the WHO with the Whos of Whoville. As the world prepared for uncertainty, all 89 students and teachers involved spent 15 hour days at Ewing High School. We were ready to save the Whos from floating on a speck of dust, promoting in-dividuality in our community, and savoring the thought that ANYTHING is possible if you set your mind and heart to it.

Seussical’s first night of Tech week on Thurs-day, March 12th was a strong success, with little hiccups along the way, as if the entire production could sense, we were on the brink of something monumental despite not knowing when they’d be back in school next. In fact, artistic director Christina Monaco Caldwell notes, “This was the smoothest night of Tech I’ve ever experienced.”

Students were told to encourage the unknown and to stay positive in times of uncertainty. Caldwell reminisces, “Our first and unknow-ingly last night of Tech, I shared with our drama community that Seussical may not manifest how we expected. However, this production will live on and will be a show, just not in the manner we originally intended. Let’s embrace the unknown together and when we come back, we’ll be more refreshed and reset than before.”

The Blue Devil Players have proven to be re-silient and navigated the adrenaline leading up to show week, a production that was five months in the making, all to be put to a dead halt days

before opening night. Cast members currently stay connected with drama zoom costume par-ties, recording the show’s number, “Anything’s Possible,” and checking in with everyone's “state of their state” to practice mindfulness while in quarantine.

The community of EHS drama has done ex-actly this, sharing gratitude and support every moment of their unexpected journey, just like Seussical characters, Horton and Jojo when they set out to save the Whos of Whoville from disap-pearing and having their tiny world destroyed, we can remind our community, “A person’s a person no matter how small.”

Theatre reinforces the powerful thought to consider all one can have gratitude for even when it seems impossible to control external circumstances, one can still be an individual and take note of one’s mindset and perspective.

Fisher Middle School's spring musical was set to thaw the hearts of all those that planned to attend the magical pro- duction of Dis-ney’s FROZEN,

JR. but Snow Queen Elsa and the Coronavirus played a cruel trick and have frozen time and the hearts of the 2020 cast and crew instead. When school closed due to the pandemic and it seemed the icy spell could not be broken, Fisher

Seussical Theatre in Times of Uncertainty

FMS Presents Disney’s Frozen, JR. – Postponed to Spring 2021!

Mark your calendars now!was trapped in a perpetual state of closure. The fearless directors, Ariel Swain and Heather Riehl joined forces to set forth a plan, in the world of theatre, the ‘show must go on’ but when? FMS Disney’s FROZEN, JR. will return to the stage in 2021. The cast may look a little different as eighth grade students will be freshman setting the stage ‘a blaze’ with their talents at EHS and will be missed, but the icy spell will be finally be broken and the show will go on.

We would like to give a ‘shout out’ to the 2020 FMS cast and crew of this year’s production of Disney’s FROZEN, JR. who embraced the theme of overcoming adversity with love and kindness.

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Ewing High School was looking forward to hosting nine neighboring high schools on March 31st for a Math League meet which was cancelled due to the Coronavirus. In a traditional setting, Math League is a school club that meets to dis-cuss strategies and applications of Algebra, Ge-ometry, and Algebra II. One meet consists of ten challenging questions in 60 minutes. The EHS Math League travels to nine different schools in a year and hosts one meet at home. It was EHS’s turn to host and that was when advisor Keri Wil-kes’ creativity was sparked to host the meet in a different platform, an online Math League meet.

Mrs. Wilkes created the online version on Google Forms using the official questions of the 2019-2020 Math League season. All of the advi-sors collaborated to make it a ‘secure’ meet with clear expectations for the students. Honesty was the foundation of this meet, as you can imagine.

In October of 2018, the Ewing Township com-munity supported the School District’s Referen-dum ’18 vote. The referendum consisted of a se-ries of district-wide facility projects designed to create healthier, safer, and more modern schools for future generations of Ewing students.

Since this landmark vote, the school district has completed its Referendum ’18 Phase 1 projects along with several other facility projects that were previously scheduled and budgeted:

In March the unprecedented COVID-19 Public Health Crisis has caused the district to rethink our project timelines going forward. Details provided below.

Completed Referendum Projects• Roof Replacement at Parkway and

O’Brien Academy• Roof Replacement at Lore • District-Wide Security &

Communications Projects • Interior Classroom/Bathroom

Renovations at Antheil and Lore • District Tennis Courts at Antheil • Ewing High School Parking Lot Expansion • Ewing High School Multipurpose Field

Staircase replacement

Completed Non-Referendum Projects• Ewing High School Multipurpose Field Re-

placement and Storm Water Drainage Repairs

Ongoing Non-Referendum Projects• Targeted office and conference space

renovations at the Gusz building, expected completion February of 2020

With completion of these projects, the school district is set to embark on its schedule for Referendum ’18 Phase 2 projects. Please review the chart below for a district-wide overview:

2020 REFERNDUM ROUNDUP – PHASE 2 Ongoing Projects Continuing

• The district-wide Fire Alarm Project was already underway and is continuing. It is anticipated that this project will continue and should wrap up by the end of the summer.

• Chiller replacements at Fisher Middle School, Antheil Elementary School, and Parkway Elementary School was also underway and will continue. These projects were a bit further along and are expected to wrap up shortly in the next few weeks.

• A Ewing High School & Fisher Middle School athletic fields improvement project was also underway. This project will add additional ADA accessibility to our Athletic Stadium at the Multipurpose Field, and renovate the scoreboards and baseball field at the High School. It will also place a permanent surface for the running track at Fisher Middle School.

• A complete re-roof of the John Gusz Warehouse building will commence at the beginning of May, it is expected to take about a month weather permitting.

Upcoming Projects Expected To Continue• Partial re-roof of Fisher Middle School is

scheduled for this summer. It is anticipated that this project will start on time and last partially through the summer.

Ewing Schools Announce Referendum ’18 Phase 2 Projects/ScheduleProjects on Hold

• One of our largest anticipated projects was a massive district-wide HVAC project as well as the complete renovation of our High School and Middle School Gymnasiums and Locker Facilities. Although Governor Murphy allowed school construction to continue, these projects are so complex they would have required a workforce of construction workers that would be too large to allow for any kind of social distancing. In consultation with our professionals, it became clear that the most prudent thing to do was to postpone these projects for now. Throughout the Summer and Fall the schedule of remaining work will be re-evaluated along with the public health conditions at the time.

“We continue to be appreciative of the sup-port of the community for our Referendum ’18 endeavors,” School Business Administrator Den-nis J. Nettleton commented. “The positive impact of our Phase 1 projects is already tangible, and although we recognize the challenges ahead, we are excited to embark on our Phase 2 initiatives and see the benefits for our school community.”

No outside resources were permitted besides the acceptable types of calculators.

The highest score goes to Nicholas Vellenga with a score of 8 out of 10! Personal bests for this year went out to Azzaya Galsandum, Tuguldur Bayarerdene, and Michelle Frolio.

Schools that participated in the meet were Ewing High School, Lawrence, Hopewell Valley Central, Hamilton West, Steinert, Nottingham, Lawrencev-ille Prep, Hightstown and Robbinsville.

The outcome of the meet was amazing!

EHS Host Online Math League Meet

FMS Unify CLUB

Schools may be closed to all students and staff for the remainder of the year, but that hasn’t stopped the Fisher Middle School’s Unified Club from meeting and working together! Sure, our meetings may look a little different, but that has not stopped the FMS Unified Club partners from working together to provide fun, inclusive activi-ties for all. In May, the FMS Unified Club kicked-off epic virtual Unified Club meetings. Members collaborated together to make weekly virtual activities so all students have the opportunity to interact with each other during this time away. Virtual activities include Tik Tok dance lessons, workout sessions, Heads Up, scavenger hunts and more. It is tough to be away from each other, but these virtual activities surely boosted up morale and brightened everyone’s days.

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Giving Thanks and Congratulations!As this academic year ends, though not the way any of us wanted it to,

we would like to wish all of the SENIORS of EHS a heartfelt congratula-tions. We know you will do great things in your future because you have come from a great school district. We are proud to serve you and hope you have a wonderful summer!

We also want to thank our partners in helping us serve you because, without them, we could not do what we do. Thank you ETS, NJM, CUNJ and the countless individuals who believe in us all year long. Your sup-port is truly valued!

Best of luck to all of the students of Ewing Township! Ewing Strong!

Coronavirus Can’t Stop STEM Learning During Parkway’s Virtual Kindergarten Classroom!

Parkway School’s kindergar-ten students have been learning about weather using teacher made videos, read-a-louds, on-line videos and STEM challeng-es! They discovered that the sun

warms the Earth through experiments with water, ice, dirt and rocks. They noticed that natural objects, like trees, can provide shade to keep things cool. The students were given a STEM challenge: Design and then build a structure that would provide shade for an object. After the design and build was complete, they were tasked to test their design. They were also given an added challenge: How could they test their design if it was not a sunny day? What else could they use as a light and heat source?

The results were fun and inventive and the Kindergarten teachers were very proud of their “design and build” engineers!

Lore Students Show Teacher Appreciation The week of May 4th through May

8th was National Teacher Appreciation Week, and while Lore students were unable to honor their teachers in per-son, boy did they take the opportunity to celebrate them virtually! Each day of the week was dedicated to a differ-ent task. On Monday, students were en-couraged to dress as their favorite fac-ulty or staff member, and the costumes were just perfect! Tuesday was Teacher

Appreciation Day, where students could write a note, create a poem, or send a video message to a favorite teacher. Wednesday was National School Nurses’ Day, so students dressed in blue to celebrate Nurse Judy, Ms. Haque and Ms. Sobey. Then, came Thankful Thursday, which had students sharing messages of thanks to any Lore staff member, highlighting a specific act or event. On Friday, students were encouraged to shift their appreciation from their Lore School teachers to their home instruction or “substitute” teachers.

The appreciation shown to Lore teachers and staff members throughout this week was so powerful, and the Lore School staff and administration would like to send thanks to the families at home who are supporting their children each day.

Maya Angelou once said, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Lore staff members would like to say thank you for making them feel loved.

Our culture and society are chang-ing right before our eyes! This is a moment when new rules begin to de-velop and new cultural norms will be established, but they are not clear just yet. Mrs. Riehl's eighth grade students understand that when future historians look to write the story of life during the

Pandemic of 2020, they are going to look to first-person accounts. It’s incredibly useful both for us personally and on a historical level to keep a daily record of what goes on around us - especially during difficult times. Her students are doing just that!

During their study of West Africa, the students have embraced the role of the Griot (Gree-oh), the keepers and speakers of history. He tells the stories of the past so the future generations can learn their history.

The students have been recording their journals in a variety of media. They have been journaling, taking photos, making art, Tik Toks, upload-ing articles, memes, and other information relevant to their experiences during this pandemic.

They will use what they have collected to tell a living history. Diaries or journals are among the best evidence we have of people’s

experience with, and the truth of the era in which they lived. Some of the best stories we get are from ordinary people who are experiencing something extraordinary.

Mrs. Riehl's students will have contributed to the future's understand-ing of today's world.

The "Riehl" World: Social Studies at FMS“Spring”ing into STEAM: Floating FlowerDuring virtual learning,

Parkway’s first grade stu-dents took on the engineer-ing task of creating a floating flower using their knowl-edge of characteristics that cause objects to sink or float.

Students were prompted to make observations and ask questions to deter-mine why some objects float and some objects sink. They obtained infor-mation through books and discussions with family members to build their knowledge on sinking and floating concepts. Students then developed a floating flower model using household materials of their choice and were challenged to not only create a flower that floats but one that had to float for at least one minute! Way to go First Grade Engineers!

This is the last 2019-20 issue of GoodNews. Look for us in the September issue of the Ewing Observer. Have a safe

and healthy summer! Remember to READ, READ READ!