Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The middle school's student council vice president is also a member of the superintendent's advisory team, plays baseball and competes in track and field.
Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Michael Deluca Whiz Kid’s Age: 13 Whiz Kid’s Grade: Eighth grade Whiz Kid’s School: Galloway Township Middle School Whiz Kid’s Accomplishment: Michael Deluca is the vice president of Student Council, a member of the Superintendent’s Advisory Team and is a major part of the council’s autism fundraising efforts. Whiz Kid’s Keys to Awesomeness: Michael Deluca is the vice president of Student Council, which is in the midst of preparing its autism fundraiser, to be held after school on April 2 and 3. “We’re making blue chocolate lollipops in the shape of puzzle pieces that say ‘autism’ on them,” Deluca said Monday night while attending the Galloway Township Board of Education meeting as the …
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Friday, January 27, 2012
The Absegami High School sophomore joins the Forensics acting team this year.
Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Marla Reese Whiz Kid’s Age: 16 Whiz Kid’s Grade: Sophomore Whiz Kid’s School: Absegami High School Whiz Kid’s Accomplishment: Marla Reese is heavily involved in singing and performing at Absegami High School. Whiz Kid’s Keys to Awesomeness: Absegami High School Sophomore Marla Reese has sung in front of the Taj Mahal, loves English, Spanish and History classes, and is heavily involved in singing and performing at her school. She’s now also getting ready to join the school’s Forensics team, which finished second in the statewide acting competition last year. “I had a lot of friends who did it, so I joined, and then I found out we got second place last year,” Reese said. It shouldn’t be …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
This A-B student got a head start on first grade.
Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Catherine Thomas Whiz Kid’s Age: 12 Whiz Kid’s Grade: Eighth grade Whiz Kid’s School: Galloway Township Middle School Whiz Kid’s Accomplishment: Catherine Thomas skipped kindergarten and went right to first grade, and she’s been an A and B student ever since. Whiz Kid’s Keys to Awesomeness: Catherine Thomas spent three weeks in kindergarten before her teachers realized she didn’t belong there. Her mother had a sneaking suspicion even before that. “She began reading fluently at 3 years old,” Jennifer Mauroff, Catherine’s mother, said. “I didn’t say anything to her teachers, but they came to me and said she was finishing her work and helping everyone else finish theirs. So they gave her a …
Friday, May 27, 2011
The Galloway Township Middle School Student Council president presided over history.
Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Robert Mears Whiz Kid’s Age: 14 Whiz Kid’s Grade: Eighth grade Whiz Kid’s School: Galloway Township Middle School Whiz Kid’s Accomplishment: Robert Mears presided over the first Galloway Township Student Council to make an amendment to the school’s constitution. Because of the amendment, council representatives will now be selected by the school’s social studies teachers and not by the student body. Whiz Kid’s Keys to Awesomeness: “Our adviser told us at the beginning of the year to look around the room,” Mears said. “He said less than half of you will still be here at the end of the year. He was right.” That’s when Mears and the other members of council decided it was time to do something that had …
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