GOODNEWS DecemberJune TheThe EwingEwing PublicPublic SchoolsSchools 20052012 Adopt-a-SurvivorParkway Program Panthers’ Teacher Pink-apalooza of the Year for Recipients Breast Cancer are Honored BeginsDuring the monthat Ewing of October, High the Parkway School School in order to wear jeans with their pink items and Fri- baskets will contain items such as mints, herbal teas, family immersed itself in many activities to raise days in October were renamed ‘Denim Days’. Over fuzzy socks, lotions, puzzle books and felt blankets. awareness Nearly of sixty the yearsdisease since and Allied funds forcestowards liberated its cure. the $750 was collected from ‘Denim Days’ and a staff A chart with grade level donation amounts and pink NaziBreast concentration cancer has touched camps, the the lives now of elderly many Parkwaysurvivors luncheon and a donation will be made to the Susan G. jugs were placed in the front lobby for the students ofPanthers the Holocaust – staff members, are turning parents/guardians to a new generation and Komen Race for the Cure Foundation. to make ‘free will’ donations. How exciting it was toextended preserve family their members testimony alike. about “I am sotheir PINKALI wartime- The students were also able to make donations each morning to see so many students crowd around experiencesCIOUS proud for to future be a partgenerations. of the Parkway Family, to the cause in the form of spare change. Teachers the table to dump their change and to see how much whoHolocaust has shown survivorssupport for are all familiessteadily thatdwindling are af- in informed the students that Parkway School would be their grade level had donated in total. The grand total fected by breast cancer. xoxo Mrs. Voorhees.” donating baskets filled with ‘comfy’ items to local donated was $413.69. number. Many have made it their mission to educate With the help of Mrs. Debra Klevze-Cornelius and cancer treatment centers for patients who are receiv- For the last Friday in October, a ‘Pink-apalooza’ theGirl world Scout thatTroop anti-Semitism # 70633, a pink and and racism black easily banner lead ing chemotherapy and radiation treatment. These was planned. Students and staff alike were dressed in towas murder, hung in and the tocafetorium speak about as a livingthe horrors acknowledge they and- as much pink as possible. That day, Parkway School theirment/memorial families suffered. to women With who the have passing been of diagnosed time, it has abounded in pink shirts, pants, socks, sneakers, hair, becomewith breast urgent cancer. to findNotification a new generationwas sent home to continue for wigs, hats, jackets, jewelry, headbands and even eye- theParkway survivors’ families mission to send and in tellthe namestheir stories of any after women the lashes! To cap off the event, the entire student body survivorsthey wanted can listed no longer on the do mural. so. Hearts were created and staff gathered on the back field to take a picture in and Onlabeled April with 12,each thename Adopt-a-Survivor and attached to the (AAS)mural. the shape of a pink and blue pawprint. programStudents was were introduced encouraged to the to Trentonwear pink area clothing at Ewing Mrs. Mulry added, “Parkway has really rallied every Friday of the month with a different emphasis around Breast Cancer Awareness as a cause in our High School. Six Holocaust survivors were adopted each week. From ‘pink in general’, to head gear and school as it has affected so many in our families. Stu- byfoot twelve wear, toEwing the ultimate High Pink-apaloozasophomores. The(wear adopted as dents and teachers have had a lot of fun while work- survivors—Moshemany pink items as Gimlan,you can) onVera Fridays, Goodkin, pink becameMarion ing hard to make a difference in our community.” Lewin,a third ParkwayRuth Lubitz, School Charles color. Rojer The and staff Jack also Zaifman— respond- So, just as in years past Parkway School not only wereed to theoriginally ‘call for pink’from everyGermany, Friday andCzechoslovakia, wore pink ‘did it up big’ for Breast Cancer Awareness during the items with jeans. Teachers gave monetary donations month of October, they ‘did it up pink’. Poland and Belgium. The recipients of the 2005 Teacher of the Year Awards were honored at a luncheon on April 29th. Jan Fay, 2004 Mercer County The AAS program pairs a survivor with one or Teacher of the Year, was a guest speaker. 1st row (L to R): Joan Zuckerman, Principal Antheil; Sharon Solomon, Lore; Jan Fay, 2004 more students. The students embark on a joint journey Mercer County Teacher of the Year; Inetta Emery, Principal Parkway; Danielle Miller, EHS; Superintendent Ray Broach. 2nd row: Darrell with the survivorAntheil’s through discussions Annual about Spooktacularlife Jackson, Principal FMS; Trunk Donna Andreas, or Antheil; Treat Don Barnett, Was FMS; Betsy aTurgeon, HUGE Parkway; RodneySuccess! Logan, Principal EHS. before, during and after the Holocaust. Participating A special thanks to chairperson, Jen Mazzoni, the PTO mem- students will be able to represent the survivor and andEwing Antheil’s PTO High for supporting Students and volunteering Attend Gorbachev Presentationbers, DJ Chris Whitney Lewis, EHS Freshman tell the survivor’s story with accuracy and feeling in countless hours to make this year’s Spooktacular and the families the years to come. In addition, each student makes suchOn a special April 18, and 2005 memorable Ms. Chiavuzzo, night. Volunteers Mrs. Walker of Perestroika. His policies reopenedwho made churches, trunk a commitment to tell the survivor’s story in a public andfrom 30 Ewing Ewing High High School’s School Keyfreshmen Club joinedjoined the several fes- released political prisoners, andor liftedtreat such bans a on tivities and ran games for families to enjoy as parent success. venue in the year 2045, a hundred years after the Mercer County high school and college students, previously censored books. andvolunteers politicians manned to thehear bake a salepresentation table. given by The 20th anniversary of PerestroikaA special thank was liberation of Auschwitz. The haunted courtyard was a HUGE success this you to Judy Akey The twelve student adopters are Dave Angebranndt, Mikhail Gorbachev at the Sovereign Bank Arena. one of the essential themes of Gorbachev’s Gorbachevyear. Antheil’s was courtyard the last was communist magically leadertransformed of the presentation. The policy’s mainfor organizinggoal was to Tyler Barnes, Annie Cook, Liz Dunham, Emily Everett, into a friendly passageway for younger children and a fifth grade student Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. During his make the Soviet economic system more efficient. Curtis Fornarotto, Vildana Hajric, Devon Jones, haunted passageway for the daring! A special thanks volunteers to pro- term he instituted various policies including his Perestroika involved the transfer of control from Jen Meade, Billy O’Callaghan, Nikyta Sharma and to Christine Perkins, who coordinated with other vide creative face- political policy of Glasnost and economic policy the government to the business owners. This policy Melysa Wilson. continued on page A2 teachers, parents and the Garden Club, in order to cre- painting activities ate and organize Antheil’s authentic haunted court- continued on page A2for the night. Safety Town yard.Have The funds a generatedHappy for the Summer!! haunted house will Due to budget restraintsSecond graders June 30 - July 11 go toward maintaining Antheil’s beautiful courtyard. decoratedNO Summerthe hallways Schoolwith family Programs haunted house For over five years, Antheil’s PTO, staff, students, Trunk or GoodNewstreat hosted more will than resume 40 decorated ve- projects, which were proudly displayed throughout. parents and communityContact: Jeanhave come Conrad together to create hicles on Antheil’s black top. Upon walking outside The proceedswill frombe offeredAntheil’s Spooktacular by the event with the September an amazing Halloween609-538-9800 festival forx1302 Antheil students to the beat of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, families will supportEwing a variety Public of student-related Schools activities. and families to enjoy!for application This year’s Spooktacular fes- thoroughly enjoyedissue ofvisiting the Observereach decorated vehicle Spooktacular was a magical night for Antheil stu- tival, held on October 26th, did not disappoint. to receive a candy treat. A special shout out to all of dents duringand families. the Summer of 2005. The Ewing Public Schools Story of Amanda Todd Shows Complexities of Teens and Technology Michael Nitti, Superintendent As an educator, an occasional presenter on cyber- In her chilling video, Todd acknowledges a pain- ing his free time posting scantily-clad pictures of bullying and internet safety, as well as an adjunct ful reality that has become obvious to far too many teenage girls stolen from their unsecured Facebook professor of school law, I have become far too naïve children, proclaiming: “I can never get that or Instagram pages and moderating lewd conversa- familiar with the many sad stories of young people picture back. It is out there forever.” tions about them on Reddit groups such as ‘Jail- making mistakes as they navigate their increasingly In an attempt to flee from her humiliation, Todd bait’. complex technological world. moves to another school, but discovers a brutal When this got boring, typical troll behavior The tragic suicide of 15-year old Amanda Todd in reality of the internet era; there is no refuge or moves on to collecting and posting surreptitiously Canada sets an unfortunate new low standard with sanctuary for the victim; as the online taunts and taken pictures of unsuspecting women on a forum regard to the dangers, perils and pitfalls of children teasing continued despite her desire to escape. called ‘creepshow’ or creating memes about the trying to live their lives in the modern day fishbowl Todd then compounded her problems by suicide of an unstable fifteen-year old. that is the internet era. Indeed one of the media ac- ‘hooking’ up with a boy who happened to have a Perhaps the time has come for us to stop being counts I encountered had the simple but profound girlfriend.