Dear Parents, Guardians, Good Morning! Please see some important information below: CONGRATULATIONS!! Congratulations to the following visual arts students for their achievements at the Ocean County Teen Arts Festival! Six awards were received by High School North students! Michael Garcia had his artwork chosen for the visual arts touring exhibit, one of only four from Ocean County! Nasia Flowers and Caitlin Bonifacio had their artwork chosen for state exhibit. Diana Ferrulo, Cameron King, and Briane O’Brien had their artwork “Critiqued for Excellence”! Great Job! HELP SAVE OUR SCHOOL FUNDING! The communications campaign to restore our state funding continues! We are now looking for as many letters as possible to bring to the state budget hearing on April 10. Please go to this page for more information. A separate message will also be sent home soon. http://www.trschools.com/community/cant-make-it-to-trenton-here-is-how-you-can-stay- involved Match our students efforts! Write a letter by April 8th. We'll be collecting letters from students, parents, and other community members to deliver en masse (Miracle on 34th Street-style) at the feet of legislators the April 10 budget hearing. C:\Users\ekeller\Desktop\Copy of State Funding Appeal Letter Template 3.19.docx District Leaders Testify About Funding Crisis at State Conference: http://www.trschools.com/community/district-leaders-testify-about-funding-crisis-at-state- conference FREE EVENT! CHANGING THE SCRIPT – An important evening for athletes and their parents. Please attend this important forum designed to prevent opioid exposure among young athletes. C:\Users\ekeller\Desktop\IFPR Athletes Conference Flyer_m1.pdf ATTENTION SENIORS INTERESTED IN OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE!!!! If you are planning to attend Ocean County College, we will be taking 60 seniors to OCC on Tuesday, May 28 for an Enrollment Day, the final step in the OCC College Pathways program. Students will go through OCC Orientation, and schedule their classes for the fall semester. First preference will go to students who took the Accuplacer test through the Pathways Program in February and have already applied to OCC. Since space is limited, spots will be filled first come, first serve. Sign up with Mr. Borthwick in the Guidance Office, by having your parent send an email or by dropping off a written request to him in Guidance. Please see Mr. Borthwick or your guidance counselor with any questions. SMOKING AND ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES As per board of education policy 5533, smoking is prohibited by pupils at any time in school buildings and on any school grounds, at events sponsored by the Board away from school, and on any transportation vehicle supplied by the Board. This includes electronic smoking devices. Students who use tobacco products and/or these devices will be subjected to school discipline as per our Code of Conduct. Additionally, students could be subject to civil penalties under the New Jersey Smoke free Air Act. These penalties may carry fines beginning at $250 and a mandatory court appearance for first offenders. As you may be aware, it is possible for electronic smoking devices to contain with illegal chemicals of unknown origin. As such, any student found to be in possession or using these devices will be subjected to our district substance abuse protocols under board policy 5530. Click the link below for an important workshop on the truth about vaping. C:\Users\ekeller\Desktop\DART Flyer - Vape.pdf SCHOLARSHIPS Below please find a list of scholarships available to our students. This list is also posted on the Guidance section of our Toms River North page on the Toms River Schools website. It is updated regularly so check back often: HSN Scholarship Listings : 2018-2019 Scholarship Eligibilit Amoun Scholarship s Due Date y Information t # Senior must have wrestled for at least 2 years in Toms River Schools. 2 John DeMarco Attending college or post-secondary Click Scholarship 3/30/18 education. Here $1,000 #1 Toms River Basketball Any student who will be attending Association an accredited college or university 3 Scholarship in the fall of 2019. Must have Program. Jim played in the TRBA at least 5 years. Quigley Memorial A student who has contributed to Click Scholarship. David 4/11/19 the betterment of the school and Here $500 #5 Treglia Memorial has also exhibited outstanding Scholarship. Rossi sportsmanship, school spirit and a Sportsmanship high moral standard. Award. Student must be a child of a military member, veteran, or a 4 Rolling Thunder fallen soldier. Must be pursuing a 2 Inc. New Jersey or 4-year degree or attending a Click Chapter 2 3/20/19 trade school. Here $1,000 #7 Member of a high school swim program and resident of Ocean County who exemplifies 5 extraordinary spirit and John M. Hoffman determination. Must be continuing Click Foundation 3/21/19 their education next year. Here $1,500 #8 High school student, ages 14-19. Scholarship used towards a degree 6 The Experimental in aeronautics or to help pay for Aircraft attendance to the EAA's Air Click Association (EAA) 3/27/19 Academy program. Here $500 (2) #17 Applicant must be affiliated with the Greater Toms River Chamber of Commerce and/or a resident of Greater Toms River Toms River. GPA of 3.0 or higher. In 7 Chamber of the top 50% of the class and Commerce community involvement including Varies Foundation work and school activities. *Online Click $250- Scholarships 4/2/19 application for various scholarships Here $1,000 #18 Us Citizen or US Permanent Resident AND direct blood descendant of a Taiwanese citizen. High school senior attending college 8 in the fall. Minimum GPA of 3.0. Taiwanese Have a household income at or American below the Federal/State/County Click Scholarship Fund 3/20/19 Low Income Level. Here $5,000 (10) #20 High School senior attending college in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New 9 2019 Cathay Bank Jersey, New York, Texas or Foundation Washington. Minimum GPA of 3.0. Scholarship Open to all majors and no ethnicity Click Program 3/20/19 requirement. Here $1,000 (20) #21 Joseph A. Citta Must have attended Joseph A. Citta 10 Elementary School for at least 1 year. Will attend Click PTO Scholarship 4/11/19 college, vocational or business Here Unknown #23 school or enroll in apprenticeship program. Must show citizenship, academic achievement and leadership A student majoring in horticulture or related field (nursery management, agriculture, 11 landscaping, forestry, greenhouse Master Gardener management, aquatic botany, plant Association of ecology or restoration and Click Ocean County, Inc. 3/19/19 environmental sciences) Here $1,000 #24 Legal resident on New Jersey. Attending College in the fall majoring in one of more of the following: Agronomy, Botany, City 12 Planning, Conservation, Environmental Studies, Floriculture, Horticulture, Land Management, The Fairways Plant Pathology or other related Click $2,000 Garden Club 4/4/19 field. Must have a "B" GPA. Here renewable #25 Ocean County Will graduate from an Ocean Retired Educators County high school in the top 15% 13 Association of the class. Has applied to a 2 or 4 Philanthropic Fund year school and is pursuing a Click College Scholarship 3/19/19 degree in education. US Citizen. Here $1,000 #28 NJREA Elizabeth A. Allen & Isabelle M. 14 Hickman 4-year Will graduate from a New Jersey $1,000 College Scholarship Public School in the top 5%. Click (renewable Award for 2019 3/19/19 Attending a 4-year college. Here ) #29 NJREA Fred E. Aug Will graduate from a New Jersey 2-year Community Public School with a GPA of 2.75 or $1,000 15 College Scholarship higher. Will be attending a 2-year Click (renewable Award for 2019 3/19/19 community college. Here ) #30 $4,000 ($1,000 for 4 years) and $10,000 16 High School senior that is physically ($2,500 for New Jersey State and/or mentally challenged and will 4 years) Elks Association be furthering their education after each given Special Children's graduating from high school. to 1 male Committee (NJSEA Academics and financial need is Click and 1 SCC) 4/8/19 considered. Here female #32 Toms River School Senior who is a son/daughter of the District TR Administrative and Supervisory Administrative and Council OR any graduating senior 17 Supervisory from the TRRS continuing their Council Scholarship education at a post-secondary Click Fund 4/12/19 institution. Here $500 #33 Student must have attended West Dover Elementary for at least 4 years, planning to attend 18 West Dover college/voc/business/apprenticeshi Elementary School p in the fall. Based on academic Parent Teacher achievement, leadership and Click Organization (PTO) 4/15/19 citizenship Here Unknown #34 Students must have worked an average of 30 hours per week during the summer since the age of 16, actively participate in at least 19 one extra-curricular activity, and have a minimum GPA of 2.5. Janet Logan Daily Financial need may be considered Click Foundation 3/26/19 when selecting the recipient. Here $10,000 #40 Must have played in the Toms River Little League for a minimum of 3 years. Must be a US Citizen. Will be attending an accredited college or 20 Toms River Little university in the fall of 2018. GPA of League. Tom "The 3.0 or higher in junior year and first Candyman" two marking periods of senior year. Kelleher Applicant has not accepted a full Click Scholarship 5/17/19 scholarship. Here $1,000 (2) #42 Minimum GPA of 3.0. Must have submitted a FAFSA. Must be attending Monmouth, Georgian 21 Court, Rowan, Stockton, OCC, $1,000 and Brookdale, Atlantic Cape or $2,500 (280 OceanFirst Cumberland County College in the Click scholarship Foundation 4/12/19 fall of 2019.