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Thursday May 6, 2010
Congratulations to the Music Department of the Randolph Township Schools which has has been selected as a 2010 Best Communities for Music Education designee by the NAMM Foundation. This award acknowledges schools and districts across the U.S. for their commitment to and support of music education in schools. Congratulations to all the students and faculty members of the Music Department!
Wednesday May 5, 2010
Kudos to RHS faculty member Eric Schaberg and the members of the Chamber Strings, who performed on May 1st at a benefit concert in Morristown. The concert raised money to help 12 children and young adults from Sierra Leone receive needed spinal and brain surgery.
Monday April 19, 2010
Congratulations to the following RHS Choir Students who successfully auditioned for next year's All NJ Mixed Chorus and Women's Choir.
2010 All NJ Mixed Chorus (performing in November 2010 with the All State Orchestra at the NJEA conference and NJPAC in Newark): Shoshana Beacken (grade 11), Michael Betancur (grade 10), Katie Carey (grade 11), Nicole Papetti (grade 9), Natasha Sydor (grade 11) and Aaron Zweig (grade 9)
2011 All NJ Women's Choir (performing in February 2011 at the NJ Music Educators' Association conference): Alexandra Barbera (grade 9), Laura Mullaney (grade 9), Avina Periera (grade 11), Emily Snyder (grade 11)
Friday April 16, 2010
Congratulations to Adam Alper, Garrett Duffy, and Don Godfrey for achieving second place in the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge. The students' machine was the fastest overall. Second place brought them each a $4,000 scholarship. Nice work!
Wednesday April 7, 2010
Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted to the 2010 NJ Governor's School programs:
Julianna Garreffa - School of the Sciences at Drew University
Sara Gabel - School on the Environment at Richard Stockton College
David Forbes - School of Engineering & Technology at Rutgers University
Monday April 5, 2010
Congratulations to the following RHS artists for their awards at the 2010 Blackwell Street Show:
Susanna Edens - 1st Place Ceramic Sculpture
Casey Neary - 3rd Place Ceramics Functional
Chelsey Faresoich - 3rd Place Ceramics Functional
Sherry Lee - Honorable Mention Ceramic Sculpture
Tara Saldajeno - 1st Place Digital Photo
Leanne Manning - 2nd Place Computer Art
Allison Kaufman - Honorable Mention Acrylics
Thursday March 25, 2010
Congratulations to Aaron Zweig, a freshman at RHS, who participated in the North Jersey Regional Science Fair at Rutgers University on March 19 and 20, and submitted one of two Junior Division projects selected to win a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose in May. His project is "Benford's Law Failure in Different Bases of Recursive Function."
Thursday March 25, 2010
The RHS Jazz Ensemble and the RHS Jazz Band recently competed in the NJAJE Jazz Pre-lims. Both groups received a Silver Rating in this rigorous competition. The Jazz Ensemble Trumpets also received an Outstanding Section Award. Our congratulations to these musicians!
Thursday March 25, 2010
Congratulations to Ben Zweig for being selected for the MENC National Honors Band. He will be participating in the National Honors Band in late June 2010.
Thursday March 25, 2010
Congratulations to the following music students who successfully auditioned for the Region I Jazz Ensembles:
Senior Region I Jazz Ensemble: Ben Zweig, Drum Set Junior Region I Jazz Ensemble: Brandon Salazar, Baritone Saxophone
Thursday March 25, 2010
On March 20th, the Winter Color Guard competed in their debut competition at Pequannock High School and placed 2nd overall. Congratulations to the girls on their hard work! They will continue their season on April 10th at the West Orange High School competition and will complete their season at the Dance Concert in June.
Monday March 22, 2010
Congratulations to the RHS Orchestra's Caylynn Yao, Cello and Aoma Caldwell, Cello for being accepted into the New Jersey All-State Orchestra.
Monday March 22, 2010
Congratulations to the Randolph High School bands for their outstanding performances at this year's Region I Concert Band Festival.
RHS Concert Band, Mrs. Diana Glassman, Director - SILVER Rating
RHS Symphonic Winds, Mrs. Dawn Russo, Director - GOLD Rating
RHS Wind Ensemble, Mr. David Aulenbach, Director - GOLD Rating
Outstanding Woodwind, Brass and Percussion - RHS Wind Ensemble
** The RHS Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the State Gala Concert for the 13th year in a row as a result of their rating in the Region I Concert Band Festival.
Monday March 22, 2010
Congratulations to the following RHS Art Students for being selected as WINNERS at this year's DuCret Art Show:
Mixed Media: Stephanie Morrone
Cut Paper / Collage: Alexandra Santana and Cara Vasta
Digital Illustration and Design: Leanne Manning
Color Photography: Gina Ciccaglione
Black and White Photography: Jaclyn Gochoco
Sunday March 21, 2010
Congratulations are in order for five RHS choir students who participated this past weekend in Junior Region Choir at RHS! RHS hosted two choirs, a total of 250 choir students, from over fifty schools around northern New Jersey. The concert was very enjoyable. Seven RMS students, sponsored by RMS choir director Susan (Cuno) DeVito also participated!
Thursday March 18, 2010
Congratulations to the RHS Concert, Chamber, and Treble Choirs, who performed for over a thousand of our district's elementary students and their teachers on Thursday, March 18! The trip was a fantastic experience for the elementary school students, the choir students, and our students' primary school teachers, who had the enjoyable experience of seeing their former students all grown up!
Monday March 15, 2010
The Guidance Department is pleased to acknowledge Peter Santos for recently achieving the highest composite score possible on the ACT college admissions test.
On average, less than one-tenth of one percent of all test takers earn the top composite score of 36.Among the high school graduating class of 2009, nearly 1.5 million graduates took the ACT.Of that number, just 638 students earned a score of 36.
The ACT consists of tests in English, Mathematics, reading and science.Each test is scored on a scale of 1 – 36, and a student’s composite score is the average of the four test scores.
While test scores are just one of the many criteria that most colleges consider when making admission decisions, we are confident that Peter’s top ACT composite score will prove helpful as he pursues his college admission plans.
Congratulations, PJ!
Thursday March 4, 2010
Ten members of the RHS French Honor Society participated in Read Across America at Center Grove. The high school students read original stories in both French and English, and chatted with the elementary school students about their upcoming move to the middle school. Thank you to these high school students for their participation in this program!
February 16, 2010
Please join the Guidance Department in congratulating Kristy Choi, who has achieved recognition as a National Merit Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Over 1.5 million students nationwide participate annually in the PSAT/NMSQT, which is administered in October of the junior year. In September of the senior year, approximately 34,000 test-takers are named as Commended Students, and about 16,000 of the highest-scoring participants advance to Semi-finalist status. Of those who advance to Semi-finalist status, approximately 15,000 students nationwide, or the top one percent of those students who participated, advance to Finalist standing. Kristy is among that group. As a National Merit Finalist, Kristy will compete for one of approximately 8,200 National Merit $2,500 scholarships. Again, good luck and congratulations to Kristy Choi!
February 12, 2010
Congratulations to the following RHS Choir students who successfully auditioned for the 2010 NJSMA Region I Junior High School Choirs.
All North Jersey Junior High School Mixed Choir: Nicole Backer and Kaitlin Quann
All North Jersey Junior High School Treble Choir: Monica Chakroborty, Laura Mullaney, Christina Plaza
Congratulations to Aolma Caldwell, RHS Orchestra member, who successfully auditioned for the 2010 NJSMA Junior Region Orchestra
And congratulations to the following RHS freshmen band members who successfully auditioned for the 2010 NJSMA Junior Region Band: Tania Yu, Sarah Levy, Brandon Salazar, Sang Lee, Jackie Murray and Grace Kim.
February 8, 2010
On February 2nd, 35 students from Dr. Buchanan's Holocaust Studies and Mrs. Madden's Special Education classes attended the 2010 NJ Special Olympic Games at Mountain Creek in Vernon, NJ. The field trip was a service learning project funded by Project Manager Laura Hernandez - service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.
Our students helped the athletes compete in such events as alpine and cross country skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing. It was a wonderful experience for both groups.
February 4, 2010
The RHS Mock Trial Team has advanced to the County finals of the NJ State Bar Foundation Mock Trial Competition. The Morris County final competition will be held at the Morris County Courthouse in Morristown on February 8th. Congratulations to Mock Trial Team members!
February 1, 2010
Congratulations to the Academic Decathlon Team, which placed first in the 2010 Regional Super Quiz over 21 other New Jersey schools in Saturday's competition held at West Windsor South High School. The nine-member regular team consisted of 5 seniors, 2 juniors and 2 sophomores. This year's theme was the French Revolution.
The team now advances to the State competition to be held on February 27th at Morris Knolls High School. At States they will compete against the top 20 high schools from four regions.
February 1, 2010
Please join the Guidance Department in congratulating the following RHS seniors who were named by the 2010-11 NJ Garden State Scholarship Program as Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars.
In order to qualify for this program and an annual $1,000 scholarship, students must be in the top 10% of their class and achieve, in their junior year, a combined SAT I Critical Reading and Math score of 1260 or more. This year approximately 5,000 students were deemed Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars.Congratulations to Thomas Carle and Joseph Fondaco!
January 23, 2010
The following RHS band students successfully auditioned for All-State Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band:
Wind Ensemble - Jessica Rosenblatt (flute), Dylan Lewis (trumpet), Eli Edelman (traps percussion) and Ben Zweig (traps percussion)
Symphonic Band - David Spanos (clarinet) and Matthew Siebenhuhner (trombone)
Congratulations to these talented musicians!
January 20, 2010
Please join the Guidance Department in congratulating 29 RHS seniors who were named by the 2010-11 NJ Garden State Scholarship Program as Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars.
In order to qualify for this program and an annual $1,000 scholarship, students must be in the top 10% of their class and achieve, in their junior year, a combined SAT I Critical Reading and Math score of 1260 or more. This year approximately 5,000 students were deemed Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars.
Congratulations to Zachary Atlas, Mariana Borba, Stephanie Botshon, Chelsea Boyd, Kristy Choi, Brandon Chu, Sohum Doshi, Nicole Dussault, William Heckman-Mark, Molly Higgins, Emilie Huang, Abigail Johnson, Victoria Kiss, Jordan Levine, Gregory Meltzer, Rebecca Meltzer, Natasha Olejar, Deepthi Penta, Gustavo Roman, Jessica Rosenblatt, Jillian Sabella, Michelle Sanders, Erica Schulstad, Charissa Shen, Matthew Siebenhuhner, David Spanos, Melissa Sperber, Stefanie Waldek and Benjamin Wohl.
January 20, 2010
Congratulations to Aoma Caldwell for being named Outstanding Music Student of the Month by the Mayo Center for Performing Arts at the Community Theatre in Morristown. The category for February 2010 was Outstanding String Player. Congratulations Aoma!
January 15, 2010
RHS art students have sent in both a winning cover illustration and a 1st runner up cover illustration in a contest for the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts (Morristown Community Theatre) 2010 Program Book. The first place winner is Sarah Wrigley, and 2nd place was awarded to Rebecca Baker.
A reception will be held on Monday, March 1st, where all entries will be shown. The reception will be in the Community Theatre Starlight Room, at 9 Pine Street in Morristown, from 7 to 8:30 pm.
Both artists will have their works displayed in the lobby for the month of March, and the winning design will grace the cover of the program book that is handed out to thousands of theatre- and concert-goers in the coming year.
Congratulations to Sarah and Rebecca!
January 9, 2010
Students in the RHS Music Department had a great weekend, successfully auditioning for five different music ensembles.
2010 All North Jersey Mixed Choir: Allie Altieri, Thomas Carle, David Oliver, Emily Snyder, Nicole Papetti, and Aaron Zweig.
2010 All North Jersey Women's Choir: Shoshana Beacken, Katie Carey, Julianna Garreffa, Sara Sciarrino, and Jessica Steindler.
2010 Region I Wind Ensemble: Jessica Rosenblatt (flute), Dylan Lewis (trumpet), Eli Edelman (traps percussion), and Ben Zweig (traps percussion).
2010 Region I Symphonic Band: David Spanos (clarinet), Matthew Siebenhuhner (trombone) and Madison Cannon (tuba).
2010 Region I Orchestra: Eric Rappeport (violin), Becky Snelson (violin), Jason Kim (violin), Derrick Fondaco (viola), Aoma Caldwell (cello), Caylynn Yao (cello), and Kara Delonas (bass).
Congratulations to all our musicians!
January 7, 2010
RHS had three students place at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Northern Region Conference on January 7th. Congratulations to Justin Bristow for 5th place in Business Calculations, Alex Santana for 5th place in Business Procedures, and Alice Visocchi for 8th place in Business Communications. Nice work!
December 23, 2009
Congratulations to the RHS Wind Ensemble, David A. Aulenbach, Director, for being accepted to the Mid-Atlantic Wind Band Festival for the second year in a row. A recording of the Wind Ensemble performing was submitted as part of the application process. They will perform at Rutgers University on Friday, February 26th at 8:00 pm in the Nicholas Music Center. The Wind Ensemble is one of six bands accepted to perform from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut.
December 22, 2009
Dylan Lewis, RHS Band member, has been selected as Student of the Month for January 2010 by the Mayo Center for Performing Arts at the Community Theater in Morristown. Dylan, selected as Outstanding Trumpet Player, was one of six students from various high schools in Morris County to be honored. He will be recognized at the Chris Botti concert at the Community Theater on January 8, 2010. Congratulations, Dylan!
December 15, 2009
Two RHS teams placed 1st and 2nd in the 2009 Deloitte Virtual Team Challenge, beating out over 400 teams from high schools across the United States. Students participated in a multi-user business simulation over the course of several weeks. Congratulations to Ms. Holloway and her students in the Business Department.
December 14, 2009
17 RHS band students successfully auditioned for the North Jersey Area Band on December 12, 2009.
Wind Ensemble: Jessica Rosenblatt (flute), David Spanos (clarinet), Dylan Lewis (trumpet), Matthew Siebenhuhner (trombone), Kara Delonas (string bass), Eli Edelman (traps percussion), Ben Zweig (traps percussion)
Symnphonic Band: Alison Gibson (traps percussion), Rebecca Shatynski (flute), Breanna Salazar (oboe), Angela Jin (clarinet), Tania Yu (clarinet), Sonya Varma (alto saxophone), Peter Liu (alto saxophone), Tyler Senackerib (tenox saxophone), Jennifer Novo (horn), Madison Cannon (tuba)
Congratulations to these musicians! The North Jersey Area Band concert is January 17, 2010 at Mt. Olive High School.
November 12, 2009
Congratulations to RHS student-athlete Michael Zavala, who signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Rutgers University next year!
November 2, 2009
The artwork of RHS artists Melisa Fernandez and Eric Faber was chosen to represent RHS as part of this year's Emerging Artists Show being displayed at Kean University in February 2010. Congratulations Melisa and Eric!
November 2, 2009
Congratulations to 2009 RHS alumnus Zach Beecher, who was elected President of the freshman class at Princeton University!
October 30, 2009
The students in Miss Fogas’ Painting classes and the National Art Honor Society at RHS teamed up to complete a service learning project. Since the seasons were changing and Halloween was right around the corner, they decided to bring some spirit to those who will not be able to go pumpkin picking or trick-or-treating this year. Pumpkins of all different sizes were brought in by students to paint. Not only were students able to learn how to work on different surfaces, they also replicated famous paintings to show a knowledge of art history. Members of the NAHS delivered the pumpkins to St. Peters Orphanage in Denville.
October 26, 2009
Congratulations to the RHS Marching Rams who wrapped up their competitive marching season with 1st Place at the USSBA NJ State Championships for Groups 1A, 3A and 6A. The Rams received a score of 86.075, an improvement from their last USSBA competition. They also received the following caption awards: Best Music, Best Percussion, Best Color Guard, Best Visual and Best Effect. The Marching Rams will finish the season with three football games.
October 21, 2009
The RHS Marching Rams competed in the Yamaha Cup competition at Giants Stadium on October 21st. They won 1st place in Group VIA, and were also awarded Best Music, Best Visual, Best Color Guard, Best Effect and Best Percussion awards. Great job, Marching Rams!
October 8, 2009
Eleven RHS students auditioned successfully for the Morris County Honor Choir. Congratulations to these talented singers!
October 7, 2009
The Randolph HS speech and debate program has been recognized as a member of the National Forensic League "100 Club". This designation is awarded to only the top 10% of chapters nationwide, based on successful student participation in NFL competitions. Congratulations to the RHS Forensics Team!
October 3, 2009
The Marching Rams competed in their first competition of the 2009 season on Saturday, October 3 at a USSBA Band Competition in Verona, NJ. They received Group VIA-1st Place as well as Best Music, Best Visual and Best Overall Effect in Group VIA. Most importantly, the Marching Rams performed their best show to date at the competition.
Congratulations, Marching Rams!
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The artwork of RHS artists Melisa 
Fernandez and Eric Faber was chosen to represent RHS as part of this year's Emerging Artists Show being displayed at Kean University in February 2010. Congratulations Melisa and Eric! 
