Freehold Borough BOE Presents Annual Awards

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:

Teacher of the Year Awards

• 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”