A  chronicle  of  the  excellence  at  Parsippany  High  School  

Redhawk Report

 Vol. 8, Issue 1 (Back to School)  

Hello  RedHawks,  Welcome  back  to  PHS.    We  are  excited  to  have  our  students  back  and  to  work  with  everyone  for  a  great  2017-­‐‑18  school  year.  As  usual,  good  things  have  been  happening  (even  during  the  summer)  and  this  newsletter  will  highlight  some  of   them.     If  you  did  something   fantastic  and  you  don’t  see   it  here,   it’s  probably  because  we  didn’t  know  about  it.  So  please  share  all  of  the  amazing  stuff  you’ve  been  up  to  so  we  can  celebrate  it.      Thanks  for  reading,  Dr. Mulroony  

SEPTEMBER 9/5 9th Grade Orientation 9/6 First Day of School 9/8 School Portraits 9/11-15 Spirit Week 9/12 PTA Meeting 7:15 9/15 Frosh Day AND Pep Rally 9/20 Back to School Night 9/26 College Fair 9/28 Home  Football Game 5:00 9/28 Senior Bleacher Picture 9/29 Yearbook Buddy Pictures

IN THIS ISSUE: Page 2 Student Council @ LTC Page 3 Summer Food Bank Trip Page 4 Swann’s Play a Success Page 5 Fall Athletics Page 6 AP Scholars

LOCKER  BOOK  SPINE  PROJECT  This July we held our 2nd annual “Paint Week” at PHS. Paint Week is a service activity where students volunteer their time to complete a painting project to beautify the school. This year we painted some vacant lockers in the main hallway to look like the spines of classic books. Titles include The Great Gatsby, The Princess Bride, Les Miserables, Of Mice and Men, etc.. Thanks to our painters for donating their time and talents.

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Congrats to Science Teacher Mrs. Nicosia on the birth of her baby boy, Vincent, who was born this summer!

         

FUTURE MEDICAL LEADERS

CONFERENCE Senior Sunaina Mukherjee represented Par High by attending the Congress of Future Medical Leaders. She had an unforgettable experience, from the inspiring and fascinating lectures of Nobel Laureates in Physiology and Medicine to the discussion of the future of healthcare and the ability to discover in the medical field. She also met with several deans of prestigious medical schools.

STUDENT COUNCIL & CLASS OFFICERS

Here are your 2017-2018 Class and Student Council Officers: Class of 2020: President- Alex Cerasiello VP- Emily Rattacasa Class of 2019: President- Tyler Grieco VP- Olivia Bucciarelli Secretary- Anjali Ramesh Treasurer- Kevin Weiss Class of 2018: President- Ethan Kaplan VP- Udhay Khullar Secretary- Harris Ansari Treasurer- Rachel Wang Student Council Executive Officers: President- Sarah DiPippa VP- Patrick Lanigan Secretary- Hamza Naqvi Treasurer- Elijah Crawford BOE- Liaisons Alia Hakimi & Olivia Shoshan NJASC State Treasurer- Khalid Alzubi Board of Directors: Publicity Chairperson- Sebastian Abreu Redstock Chairperson- Chris Davanzo Decorating Chairperson- Aahna Ghosh Community Service Chairperson- Maliha Mannan PTSA Liaison- Sydney Reich

LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMP We are proud of our Student Council for sending 20 PHS students to Leadership Training Camp at The College of New Jersey this summer (the most of any of the schools in attendance). The event, facilitated by the New Jersey Association of Student Councils, helped students to develop leadership and communication skills. They also learned about this year’s state charity: America’s Grow-A-Row. We’re excited to hear all that they learned.  Claudia Bennett Alex Bond Alex Cerasiello Sophia Chas Sydney Clark Chris Davanzo Erica DeSanguine Enzo Ferrara Alyssa Gallagher Kaitlyn Glodzik Katie Goddard Anna Gripp Chris Hall Rachel Hoffman Carly Homler Paige Kaiser Sameerah Khan Sydney Reich Olivia Shoshan Gary Tsui  

       

BERNAUER SWIMS AT NATIONALS

Par High Senior Kate Bernauer qualified for the YMCA Swimming Nationals this summer and competed in Greensboro, North Carolina. Congrats to Kate on her continued success in the pool!

SUMMER SERVICE TRIP TO FOOD BANK For the first time ever, we took a trip to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey over the summer. During the first week of August we took 65 students and staff. After a brief presentation where we learned about the working poor and how the CFBNJ provides services to them, we sorted food to be delivered to homeless shelters and soup kitchens around the state. If you haven’t taken a trip to the Food Bank yet, we’ll be going back in November—don’t miss out!

KHULLAR A NEW JERSEY SCHOLAR

Congrats to senior Udhay Khullar who was selected among hundreds of applicants to be a part of the month-long New Jersey Scholars Program this summer. Here is is looking extremely dapper at the program.

NEW PHS FIREMEN Congrats to Brandon Schweizer (on left) who graduated from the Morris County Public Safety, Junior Firefighter Class. Brandon is now a trained firefighter and will join the ranks of Parsippany District 5 Fire Department as a Junior Firefighter.

MR. RIZK NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

We’re excited to have our long-time Asst. Principal, Mr. Rizk, as our new Athletic Director. Mr. Rizk has a wealth of experience in athletics, both as an athlete and a coach, and will bring enthusiasm for sports, organization and a genuine love for PHS to the position.

         

SWAN TAKES 3RD IN ONE ACT PLAY JAMBOREE

Emma Swan, a junior at Par High, was selected as one of the featured playwrights at the Rhino Theater’s One Act Jamboree in Pompton Lakes on August 25-27. Emma’s one act play, No News, was selected to be staged over hundreds of submitted plays. At 17, she was the youngest playwright in this year’s jamboree. The play was written in Mrs. Vesper’s Creative Writing class last year. After all seven plays were performed, audiences voted on their favorites and Emma took 3rd! Congrats to our budding Bill Shakespeare.

LANIGAN NAMED 2017 BRINE ALL-AMERICAN

PHS junior Patrick Lanigan was named a 2017 Brine All-American for the 2nd consecutive year and represented Team New Jersey in the high school division at the National Lacrosse Classic in Richmond, Virginia. Patrick competed against teams from around the US and had the opportunity to perform in from of several college scouts.

KOSACHEVICH EARNS SINGING HONOR

PHS junior Anna Kosachevich was chosen out of over 200 applicants to participate in a two-week musical theater program at NYU Steinhardt with thirty other talented performers.

WILSON MAKES NATIONAL CHOIR Bobby Wilson, a junior at PHS, auditioned for and was selected for the NAfME All National Honors Choir. His audition video was selected out of thousands of singers who auditioned from around the country. Bobby will have the opportunity to perform in Disney World in November. He will also be singing in the New Jersey All State Honors Choir in Atlantic City during the Teachers’ Convention.

NEW TILED REDHAWK Thanks to Petyr from the Maintenance Department for designing and installing the beautiful RedHawk at the entrance outside the auditorium. As always, Petyr’s creativity, talent and hard work is always appreciated and definitely make PHS a better place.

     

If  you  aren’t  participating,  then  come  out  and  support  our  Par  High  Redhawks  Fall  Sports  Teams  this  season.    The  schedules  are  online,  but  we  will  always  be  making  announcements  and  sending  emails  to  keep  everyone  in  the  loop.    For  the  record,  the  following  sports  will  be  competing  this  fall:    CHEERLEADING       CROSS COUNTRY       FIELD HOCKEY   VOLLEYBALL     FOOTBALL       BOYS SOCCER     MARCHING BAND         GIRLS SOCCER     GIRLS TENNIS      In  addition,  there  are  over  forty  clubs  to  get  involved  with  at  PHS.    There  are  opportunities  to  make  friends,  help  others  and  have  a  good  time.  We’ll  be  sharing  information  and  providing  reminders  to  keep  you  in  the  loop  and  to  get  you  involved.  Keep  your  ears  open….  

 

Congrats  to  our  2017  Advanced  Placement  Scholars.    We  are  so  proud  of  them  (and  their  teachers)  for  their  hard  work  last  year.        AP  SCHOLAR  –  granted  to  students  who  receive  scores  of  3  or  higher  on  three  AP  exams.    John  Burk  ’17           Nate  Chada  ‘17  Albert  Chen  ’18         Cristina  Fernandez  ‘17  Arielle  Fortes  ’17         Rebecca  Goddard  ‘17  Ryan  Hoeler  ’17         Jennifer  Huang  ‘17  Michelle  Inn  ’17         Ethan  Kaplan  ‘18  Rebecca  Klausner  ’17       Jasana  Lamichhane  ‘17  Shamshrita  Pandey  ’17       Reema  Patadia  ‘17  Dhara  Patel  ’17         Heenal  Patel  ‘17  Priya  Ranade  ’17         Stephanie  Shen  ‘18  Asia  Tabili  ’17         Jeffrey  Umanzor  ‘17  Philip  Varghese  ’18         Daniel  Wang  ‘18  Christina  Xu  ’17         Annie  Zhong  ‘18    AP  SCHOLAR  WITH  HONOR  –  granted  to  students  who  received  an  average  of  at  least  3.25  on  all  AP  Exams  taken,  and  scores  of  3  or  higher  on  four  or  more  exams.      Alissa  Afonso  ’17         Elias  Bakhtiar  ‘17  Nina  Chen  ’17           Antonieta  Ferrou  ‘17  Kyle  Gaydo  ’17         Eric  Lai  ‘17  Sabarish  Selvarajan  ’17       Kevin  Tsai  ‘17  Alexandra  Tymikiw  ’17       Ellen  Xu  ‘17    AP  SCHOLAR  WITH  DISTINCTION  –  granted  to  students  who  receive  an  average  score  of  at  least  3.5  on  all  AP  Exams  taken,  and  scores  of  3  or  higher  on  five  or  more  exams.    Will  Chen  ’17           Sammy  Gao  ‘17  Victoria  Gu  ’17         Miki  Hansen  ‘17  Spencer  Huang  ’17         Zachary  Imp  ‘17  Rohan  Khajuria  ’17         Vivian  Kwong  ‘17  Christine  Li  ’17         Likitha  Mamillapalli  ‘17  Thomas  Mercado  ’17         Deepika  Nagabhushan  ‘17  Sagar  Patel  ’17         Mohit  Pathak  ‘17  Salman  Rizvi  ’17         Raquelle  Rocco  ‘17  Deepika  Saravana  ’17       Eric  Schlosser  ‘17  Abhinav  Sinha  ’17         Ryan  Weiss  ‘17  Jackson  Wolfe  ’17         Katherine  Yang  ‘17  Lillian  Ye  ’17              NATIONAL  AP  SCHOLARS  –  granted  to  students  who  receive  an  average  score  of  4  on  all  AP  Exams  taken,  and  scores  of  4  or  higher  on  eight  or  more  of  these  exams.    Miki  Hansen  ’17  (all  5’s!)       Spencer  Huang  ‘17  Salman  Rizvi  ‘17