Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Hopatcong school board reschedules days to make up for Sandy.
The Board of Education voted Monday to take one day off Presidents Day weekend and change four spring break days back into school days. The district has to schedule 12 class days at the high school and 11 days of instruction at the other schools to make up time lost to Hurricane Sandy. Superintendent Dr. Charles Maranzano said that the choices were made to avoid scheduling extra days in June and to allow a hedge against potential snow days. The district could not schedule classes after June 30, he said. School will now be held on Friday, Feb. 15, and April 2 through 5. The changes were made over the objections of some parents and teachers who said that they had planned trips during the April break and had already paid deposits. Maranzano…
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Hair salon in Netcong will hold fundraiser on Sunday for Hopatcong High School.
Residents will have the chance to raise money for this year's Hopatcong High School project graduation by getting a hair cut at Gina Marie's Hair Studio on Sunday. The Holiday Hair Trimming event will be held at the Netcong hair salon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All of the money raised will go towards providing the high school seniors with a fun and safe night after graduation in June. The salon will be offering walk-in hair cuts priced at $10 for men and children and $15 for women. Salon owner Gina Marie Martinelli said she hopes to see some of her former customers after recently relocating to Netcong from Landing in August. "We're just hoping we have a good turnout and we can raise a good amount of money for them," she said. Hopatcong parent …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
More than 50 community members met for the first time Monday night to discuss future of the high school.
About 50 borough community members, including parents, students, teachers, and board members came out to the first Task Force meeting Monday night to brainstorm ideas for how to improve Hopatcong High School. Board President Cliff Lundin said the focus of the group, which was created in late August after New Jersey Monthly ranked the high school number 289th in the state, will be on "the high school of the future," while starting to create the strategic planning process. Lundin, who facilitated the meeting with high school principal Noreen Lazariuk, said he was "pleasantly surprised" with the response on Monday night. He said there were parents of students at both the high school and lower schools, as well as parents who grew up in …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
High school releases names of students who received honors for the first marking period.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
The following is the list of students Hopatcong High School released on Wednesday who made high honor roll and honor roll in the first marking period for the 2012-2013 school year: Gabrielle Acierno, Christian Ammiano, Charles Auriemma, Dana Bibeault, Breea Boylan, Valerie Chaverra, Roseann Cid, Carly Coddington, Brianna Crowley, Cristian Delgado, James DiGrazia, Nicole Dispenza, Megan Donnelly, Jake Dorman, Claudia Feinberg, Ariana Ferraro, Kenneth Gogick, Wallis Guo, Carly Hattrich, Jessica Jones, Tatiana Karram, Daniel Kiely, Cassandra Koets, Jamie Kufta, Emily Lerner, Daniel LoBue, Matthew Manlapig, John McCloskey, Ryan McManus, Emily Meyers, Aakash Muir, Andrew Nee, Corey O'Connor,Elijah Perez, Ashley Perri, Anton Pezzano, Rebekah …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Students donate 85 turkeys, 52 baskets, and 14 boxes of food for annual food collection.
As the borough continues to recover from Sandy, the Hopatcong community once again pulled together to help each other out at a time it is needed most. This year's Thanksgiving Food Drive at the high school received double the amount of food normally collected, after losing several weeks from Hurricane Sandy. National Honor Society adviser Lisa Kenny organized the drive, and said every year the school has about three weeks to collect food. However, Kenny said the group was at a disadvantage this year because they only had three days once the school reopened last Wednesday. She said despite the loss of days, students were able to collect 85 turkeys, 52 baskets, and 14 boxes full of Thanksgiving food items to help out borough families in need…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Mike Wichart brings turkeys to high school on Monday to help families in need during holiday.
Some residents still feeling the repercussions from Sandy's aftermath will be able to have a Thanksgiving dinner thanks to a recent donation of turkeys from a former Hopatcong student. Mike Wichart, a graduate from Hopatcong High School in 1996, drove from South Jersey to the high school on Monday and donated 45 turkeys to the borough. Wichart, a teacher at Clearview Regional High School in Gloucester County, saw the town was in need and wanted to contribute in anyway he could. He got the Clearview Regional Education Association and the student Varsity Club to contribute to the donations that will help a number of borough families in need. Wichart, who still has family in Hopatcong and keeps in contact with his former teachers and friends…
New panel to improve high school will meet on Dec. 3.
The 52-member High School Task Force will meet for the first time on Dec. 3 at Hopatcong High School. Board of Education president Clifford Lundin said Monday that the time of the meeting will be determined as soon as the board hears from the New Jersey School Board Association facilitator, who will help organize the group’s efforts. The task force was formed late in the summer after Hopatcong’s ranking in two statewide magazine and newspaper rankings slipped sharply. The task force is designed to find ways to improve the educational experience at the district schools. Parent Jackie Turkington, who is a member of the task force, said she was concerned about the drop in ranking. “People make the decisions about where they purchase a home on…
District faces making up two weeks of classes.
The Hopatcong Borough School District has asked the state Department of Education for a waiver of some rules to provide flexibility in addressing the need to schedule two weeks of classroom time lost to Hurricane Sandy. School Board president Clifford Lundin said at Monday’s board meeting that the high school lost 12 days of instruction and the other schools lost 11 days when the storm forced the schools to close. By law, New Jersey public schools must schedule 180 days of instruction. Whatever decision is made, Lundin said, the Christmas vacation will not be affected. He said the education department will have to make a statewide decision because of the large number of schools closed by the storm. One possibility, Lundin said, is adding …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Rematch with North Warren in first round exciting to Chiefs players.
Playoff football often gives teams a shot at redemption. The chance to defeat an opponent that had beaten you earlier in the season provides players with a huge incentive going into a big game. That’s why the Hopatcong High School Chiefs are savoring a second chance when they face the North Warren Patriots again. Seventh-seeded Hopatcong (4-4) travels to second-seeded North Warren (7-2) in the quarterfinal round of North 1, Group II state football playoffs in a 7 p.m. contest on Friday night. Like many local teams, the Chiefs are just getting back into playing form. Hurricane Sandy knocked down numerous trees and power lines in town and the subsequent winter storm that followed exacerbated the problem and eliminated any chance for the team…
Monday, November 12, 2012
Classes will resume on Wednesday after shelter gets cleared out Monday and Tuesday.
After two weeks of being a temporary home to hundreds of displaced residents, Hopatcong High School will reopen its doors on Wednesday. The shelter that opened two weeks ago at the height of Superstorm Sandy will shut down by Monday night, District Superintendent Dr. Charles Maranzano said. "It's been very complicated but we were able to service the needs for the citizens in a very effective way," he said. "It was highly successful and served an incredible unanticipated need." Most of the borough had power restored on Sunday night, 13 days after the storm left the town completely in the dark. Maranzano said there were about a dozen residents who were still staying at the shelter on Monday, but the borough is finding them either another …
Nucky Thompson
9:25 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
C'mon people, can't we resolve this situation with the paraprofessionals et. al.? This is absolutely unacceptable. These are mostly town residents and taypayers who are paid just above minimum wage, with no benefits, and among other important tasks, change diapers for special needs students! Almost three years without a contract? Why would anyone in their right mind want to purchase a home in … more ›