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idge recognition<br />
Students<br />
In August, Norman Yao, a 2005 <strong>Ridge</strong><br />
High graduate, was awarded the Computational<br />
Science Graduate Fellowship by<br />
the United States Department of Energy.<br />
Yao, currently pursuing his doctorate at<br />
Harvard University, will receive more<br />
than $70,000 per year for the duration of<br />
his graduate work.<br />
Photo © Charlie Zavalick<br />
Kudos to junior Alex Boughton for<br />
bravely donning a lion mascot costume at<br />
the Fellowship Village Retirement Community’s<br />
“Family Fun Day Celebration”<br />
held on September 12. For the last two<br />
years Alex has volunteered to entertain<br />
children and adults alike and was featured<br />
on the front page of The Bernardsville<br />
News (9.17.09 issue) alongside 90-yearold,<br />
former New Jersey State Senator<br />
Jack Ewing.<br />
VH-1 Save The Music Song of the Year<br />
is an international contest encouraging<br />
the art of song writing. Sophomore, Julius<br />
Trombino, won the Rock division for<br />
the month of August for a song he wrote<br />
and performed called In the Summer.<br />
He competed against thousands of songwriters<br />
from all over the world. The song<br />
can be found at www.songoftheyear.com,<br />
click on past winners, 2009 Monthly<br />
winners, August results, Rock. This is the<br />
second time Julius has won this contest<br />
in the past six months!<br />
Faculty & Staff<br />
Guidance counselor, Marguerite Cahill<br />
and her husband, Matt, welcomed a baby<br />
girl on September 24,<br />
2009 at 6:09 am.<br />
Baby Stella Weston<br />
Cahill, weighing in at<br />
5 lbs. 13 oz., joins her<br />
big sister, Eva.<br />
Jennifer Troast, science teacher, and<br />
Larry Kaltenbach were married on<br />
September 26, 2009.<br />
World language teacher, Sara Kirsch, was<br />
recently awarded her M.A.T. in Spanish<br />
from Rutgers University. She maintained<br />
a 4.0 GPA!<br />
Michaela Stoudemayer completed<br />
her first triathlon! She competed in the<br />
Bassman Triathlon with veterans Maria<br />
Mensinger and Jean O’Connell.<br />
Marsha Moroni completed<br />
her first century<br />
bike ride. She participated<br />
in the Pumpkin<br />
Patch Pedal and biked<br />
100 miles in one day!<br />
Physical Education teacher, Tim Howard,<br />
received his Master of Arts in Education<br />
from Marygrove College.<br />
Vocational Studies aide, Derek Boudreau,<br />
aka Alyre, has produced several songs<br />
that are available on Amazon, iTunes<br />
and MySpace. Additionally, his song,<br />
You’re Not Alone, received airplay on 91.9<br />
WNTI in August. Derek’s music has been<br />
described as acoustic alternative rock.<br />
Not only does<br />
he write his own<br />
music, he plays<br />
guitar, bass,<br />
drums and does<br />
the vocals.<br />
The purpose of <strong>Ridge</strong> Recognition is to highlight the accomplishments of RHS students,<br />
faculty, and staff. If you or someone you know is deserving of praise and recognition,<br />
please send us an email at ridgepto@yahoo.com.<br />
THE RIDGE<br />
FORUM<br />
Welcome to The <strong>Ridge</strong> Forum. This is an<br />
opportunity for you as parents, students,<br />
teachers, and staff to ask relevant questions<br />
regarding <strong>Ridge</strong> High School. We will<br />
research your question to find the answer<br />
and also open up The Forum for you to<br />
respond as well.<br />
Dear <strong>Ridge</strong> Forum:<br />
Why are all SAT and PSAT tests<br />
scheduled to start so early in the<br />
morning? Wouldn’t it be better to<br />
start a little later when students are<br />
more alert? – A Concerned Parent<br />
Dear Concerned:<br />
According to RHS assistant principals<br />
Mrs. Tenga and Mr. Thompson, the SAT<br />
and PSAT testing coordinators, <strong>Ridge</strong> is<br />
required to follow the procedures set by the<br />
College Board. SAT and PSAT tests both<br />
start approximately the same time as<br />
a regular school day to meet the requirement<br />
that students complete them before<br />
lunch. The PSAT test takes 2 hours and<br />
45 minutes, and the SAT test takes 3 hours<br />
and 45 minutes. Students with disabilities<br />
are given extra time to complete the<br />
tests (either 50% or 100% extended time),<br />
which considerably lengthens the total<br />
testing times.<br />
Dear <strong>Ridge</strong> Forum:<br />
I am trying to find an item that was<br />
listed in a September Friday Folder.<br />
How can I find this? – Searching<br />
Dear Searching:<br />
Previous Friday Folders are archived on<br />
the BOE website. Go to www2.bernardsboe.com,<br />
click on Parents and Students,<br />
and then Friday Folder archives. The<br />
information is listed by date.<br />
If you have anything more to add to these<br />
responses or have a question of your own,<br />
contact us at ridgepto@yahoo.com and<br />
indicate <strong>Ridge</strong> Forum in the subject line.
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