Congratulations, Ridge High School Grad Jessica Wisotsky

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — The high school seniors of 2021 have had an experience like no other in a century — a year upended by a pandemic and by lockdowns that kept them from enjoying many of the activities that previous seniors have taken for granted.

Patch hopes to help make it up to those seniors by giving them a special sendoff. We asked parents and other family members to pay tribute to this year’s grads using a special submission form so we can publish those tributes one by one.

Ridge High School student Jessica Wisotsky will graduate this year.

Plans after graduation: University of Miami

Accomplishments: University of Miami was really the only school she wanted to get into. After 10th grade, Jessi applied to UMiami’s Summer Scholars program wherein she was accepted. She lived on campus and took 2 college courses and earned 6 college credits. After 11th grade, she applied again to UMiami’s Summer Scholars program, and received admission once again. However, due to the pandemic, the program was cancelled. Wanting to improve her chance of gaining admittance to the University of Miami for college, she decided to take college courses at Raritan Valley Community College wherein she earned 6 more college credits.

Special message: We are so proud of the young lady she has become. She worked so hard to get in to thr University of Miami. Receiving the letter of admission from UMiami was an amazing day!