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THE VALLEY VIEW W INTER 2007
Staff Achievements
Rankel to Speak at National Chemists Conference
Lillian Rankel, Ph.D., chemistry teacher at Central High School, will present her paper,“Teaching
Chemistry to Mainstreamed Blind Students" at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in
March. Rankel will share the strategies she has developed to teach honors and AP chemistry to a blind student
currently enrolled at CHS. Rankel also co-authored another paper to be presented at the Chicago conference.
"Independent Laboratory Access for the Blind" will be presented by co-author Cary Supalo. Supalo,
a blind chemist and doctoral candidate from Penn State University, visited CHS twice in the last year to
gather research for his thesis. Last October, Rankel presented a similar paper on the same topic at Penn State.
Schott Named to Standards Board
Timberlane science teacher Ron Schott has been chosen to serve on the New Jersey Professional
Teaching Standards Board.The Board promotes high quality professional development and focuses on
teaching issues linked to student success.
A member of the Timberlane faculty since 2002, Schott was named to a two-year term, ending Dec. 31,
2008. He is one of 10 teacher representatives on the 19-person board, which includes school board members,
administrators, college educators and members of the public. Appointments are made by the state
education commissioner.
O’Boyle Finalist in Photo Contest
Robert O'Boyle, Ph.D., art teacher at Central High School, was one of the top winners in the
Honoring Hopewell's History Photo Contest. O'Boyle's black and white photography of the gravestone
of Rebecca Creed, located in the historic Pennington Methodist Cemetery, captured 3rd place in
Grand Prize judging in the competition.As a finalist, O'Boyle's photography was included in the 2007
Hopewell Township calendar. ■
Bullying Expert to Speak
Bestselling author and bullying expert Rachel Simmons comes to Hopewell Valley
Feb. 26 in a special 7 p.m. presentation at the Performing Arts Center at Central High
School. Parents and community members are encouraged to attend this free event.
Simmons, who wrote Odd Girl Out:The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, interviewed
300 girls from across the country in gathering research for her 2002 examination of girl-ongirl
bullying.
The Rhodes Scholar is the founding director of the Girls Leadership Institute and a consultant to
schools nationwide. She is writing another book, on leadership skills for girls, and is co-writing a film
about aggression between women.
Simmons will address staff from Timberlane and CHS on Feb. 27. Later that day she will meet with
girls in grades 7-9.
Simmons’ visit is being funded through grants from the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation and
the Timberlane PTO. Her appearance last year at The College of New Jersey drew a large crowd,
including many adolescents and parents from Hopewell Valley. ■
Hopewell Valley Regional
School District
Board of Education
Kim Newport, President
Linda Mitchell,
Vice President, CHS Liaison
Kevin W. Doran, Toll Gate Liaison
Edward R.Gainsborg, Jr.
Werner H. Graf, Bear Tavern Liaison
Jeffrey Bartolino, Stony Brook Liaison
Judy Karp, Hopewell Liaison
Mel H. Myers
Carl Swanson, Ph.D., Timberlane Liaison
Douglas Deutsch, Student Representative
Judith A. Ferguson, EdD
Superintendent of Schools
John W. Bach
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
John Nemeth
Business Administrator
District Wide Number............737-4000
Central High School..............737-4003
Timberlane
Middle School........................737-4004
Bear Tavern Elem. School.......737-4005
Stony Brook Elem. School.....737-4006
Hopewell Elem. School..........737-4007
Toll Gate Grammar School....737-4008
JoAnn M. Meyer.....................737-4002
Director of Communications Ext. 2104
and Development
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