Continuing the tradition of "decorating" themselves for the holidays, the Class of 2018 came out strong. Reindeer groups, elves, and pajama groups were the most popular options for this year's crop of merry makers. The Class of 2018 wishes everyone a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year.
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The Door Decorating Contest took a bit to take off, but in the end, there were many participants. Mrs. Raposo and Ms. Bronski both went with “Elf” themed doors. Others chose a number of winter and holiday scenes. Mrs. Jacobi featured a skeleton with stockings in the shape of red bones. Mr. Nevargic decorated both of his doors with characters from “The Year Without a Santa Claus” including Mr. Heat Miser and Mr. Snow Miser. Mr. Reyes’s door was a fireplace setting with stockings made by each of his students. There were many other entries, and a few that didn’t get finished before the deadline.
The winners of the door contest were announced via email to the teachers. Mr. Nevargic took 1st place, Mrs. Raposo came in second and Mr. Reyes came in third.
Festive socks were everywhere as fabulously festooned feet pranced from class to class. A number of girls wore long candy cane striped socks, while others donned Santas and elves.
The festivities continued on Thursday across ALJ with “Holiday Sock Day” and the culmination of the 2nd Annual Gingerbread House Contest in the IMC. Today was also the final judging for the teacher’s door decorating contest. The entire school seemed engaged in the holiday spirit. On December 19th, 2017, The Arthur L. Johnson Music Program presented their Annual Winter Concert. Directed by Mrs. Rachel Bollaro, both the concert band and the choir musicians performed a number of traditional and contemporary arrangements.
Consisting of 67 members, the Concert Band opened the program with "Overture to a Winter Celebration," with solos by Tyler Moreira, Norberto Diaz, Cody Downing and Bobby Prussack. This was followed by Symphony Number 9 with soloist Sam Hayden. Winter Rhapsody was a difficult piece with soloists Michael Dews, Ryan Rutano, Chris Jimenez, and Sam Hayden. A traditional African song titled "Imani" roused the audience with drums and chimes, with soloists Zack Spricigo and Norberto Diaz. The concert ended the evening with a potpourri of Christmas music in "Twas the Night Before" with soloists Leanne Spratt and Bryan Brown. After a brief intermission, the ALJ Choir took the state. Accompanied by pianist Sasha Rabeno, the choir opened the program with "The Sleigh." The traditional Chanukah song "One Candle Lights the Way featured soloists, Dominick DePaz and Kaitlyn Caballero, with Daniel Baton accompanying on the piano. The Latin language song "Festival Sanctus" moved the audience Sasha Rabeno. The choir then entertained everyone with "I Heard the Bells" and finished the night with "Winterlight," with soloists Anthony Brown, Ryan Rutano, Ema Espirito-Santo and Dana Evelina. The choir was accompanied by Dominick DePaz. Mrs. Bollaro thanked the nearly full auditorium for their support and attendance, and thanked both the school administration and the Board of Education for their continued support of the music program. By Erin Heaning
In the week preceding winter break student council at Arthur L Johnson High School, led by new advisors Ms. Wronski and Mr. Raguseo, spearheaded a spirit week campaign with five fun-filled days of holiday inspired themes. To kick off the week, Monday was candy cane day as students were encouraged to don their red and white stripes and colors to resemble a candy cane. The most popular dress up for most included red and white striped socks but some students and teachers even went so far as to dress with red and white clothes and suspenders. Tuesday was holiday hat day. From Santa hats to reindeer antlers, a multitude of students participated. Wednesday encouraged the greatest creativity as students were instructed to “dress like a present”. Some students showed their spirit with simple but elegant bows in their hair, while others went so far as to wrap their entire bodies in wrapping paper. Thursday will be Holiday Sock Day, followed by Friday's Ugly Sweater Day. Look for an update later in the week. Students in Laura Bundy’s Driver Education class at ALJ in Clark met Judge Gary Bundy on December 13th. Judge Bundy is the Municipal Court Judge for Roselle Park and Garwood, NJ. He spoke about many essential topics dealing with teen driving and the law. There are many different laws drivers have to abide by, especially new drivers. Judge Bundy spoke about; provisional license, underage DUI, DUI and illegal drug use in a vehicle. ALJ students were very engaged in each topic and asked some excellent questions. On Wednesday, December 13, 2017, members of the Crusader Athletic Leadership Council met in the Arthur L. Johnson High School IMC. This is the seventh year for the Crusader Athletic Leadership Council, an organization that has been founded to help educate our student athletes on some of the expectations that we have for them as they compete interscholastically in a variety of athletics. We hope that by informing this council of some of our expectations, we will be able to foster an open and healthy relationship amongst our student athletes, the school culture, and the community of Clark.
The C.A.L.C.’s welcomed Keirsten Sires as a guest speaker to discuss leadership and the recruiting process as it pertains to all student athletes. Keirsten played tennis and soccer in college at Skidmore, and started a project in her entrepreneurship class called Locker Room Talk. Locker Room Talk is a platform that aims to keep the college recruiting process honest & easy, while providing high school athletes and their families with invaluable information during the recruiting process. They offer seminars, workshops and consulting to high school student-athletes across the country. Gus Kalikas, Athletic Director at Arthur L. Johnson High School, had this to say about the event. “The C.A.L.C. was thrilled to have Keirsten Sires come and speak to us on multiple topics relevant to high school athletics today, including recruiting. Keirsten reached all of our students and left them with great strategies that will not only help on the fields, courts, and mats, but also in the game of recruiting. She was a true professional and delivered a wonderful message.” |
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