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The Best of FlorhamParkHanoverthisweek Your votes are in: Here’s the Best of Florham Park Hanover This Week From July 13 through August 7, we invited our readers to cast their votes in our Best of Parsippany This Week contest. One lucky voter was even selected to win $100. Readers were asked to be the judge in a wide range of categories, from Best Pizzeria to Best Physician, Best Pub and Best Real Estate Agent. Well, the results are in. On the next few pages, you can see the winners and runners-up. In some cases, there were ties, so we’ve included all the top vote-getters in alphabetical order. Thanks for voting! FPHTW Best Teacher Winner: Alyssa Skiff, East Hanover Middle School By JENNIFER L. NELSON learning the language — through SPECIAL TO FLORHAM PARK HANOVER THIS WEEK school,” she said. “There are so many benefits to speaking another Lifelong Whippany resident Alyssa language, and even if my students Skiff isn’t afraid to bring some fun into don’t realize that now, someday they her classroom, where she has been will. The students come to me with teaching Spanish to grades six, sev- little exposure to the language, and en, and eight at East Hanover Middle seeing their improvement throughout School for two years. the year is truly rewarding.” “I try to keep class fun. I pay atten- When it comes to her personal tion to what the students enjoy, and teaching style, Skiff knows how to what’s effective,” she said. retain her students’ interest in the A graduate of the education pro- language. She and her students all gram at Muhlenberg College in Allen- enjoy playing original games as well town, Pennsylvania, Skiff has always as classics like Jeopardy, Scrabble, harbored a love of learning. She has Bingo, and “Guess Who?” to rein- known that she wanted to pursue a force the concepts they’re learning career in teaching since childhood. in class. “The games keep class fun, but are educational at the same “My teachers and coaches inspired time,” she said. me to become a teacher. They be- came role models to me and I knew Her eighth grade students also that, someday, I wanted to have maintain online pen-pals who live that same effect on my students,” Spain, and are learning English while she said. “I chose to teach middle her students practice their Spanish. school because the students are so “The project helps the students prac- great at that age…they keep the job tice reading and writing in Spanish, to spending time with her parents, interesting, and definitely keep me while they learn about the culture brother, and sisters. laughing.” and life in Spain,” she said. “The pen “There are so many amazing, dedi- pals share stories about their families, cated teachers in the district, and Though Spanish is not her first lan- towns, school, and holidays.” guage, Skiff said it was her favorite they inspire me to work hard and do subject to study when she was a stu- Outside of the classroom, Skiff is the best that I can,” Skiff said. “Along dent. “I learned Spanish the same a coach who enjoys running and with my students, they’re a huge rea- way that most of my students are reading in her spare time, in addition son why I love what I do.”

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