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NEWS AND EVENTS
Week of August 31
, 2018
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In Roxbury Township Public Schools, our students and schools are involved with more than just academics. They are active members of the community who give their time and efforts to important causes. Check out all the upcoming events happening throughout Roxbury in the coming weeks.
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ROXBURY SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS
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Roxbury we want to hear from you! We're always looking for great stories of things happening in the Roxbury Schools and around town that involve our students, staff, and families! And now we've made it even easier to submit your content! Stories, high quality pictures, and even videos can be submitted
here or by emailing
[email protected].
Please remember to include first and last names of individuals pictured!
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Just a reminder, the first day of school for STAFF is Tuesday, September 4th and STUDENTS start Thursday, September 6th. Can't wait to see everyone back for another great year!
As the school year gets underway, we want to see photos of your child's first day at
#Roxbury1stDay2018. Share them with us via
Twitter,
Facebook, or
email, and be sure to include their first and last names! Maybe you'll see your child on our website or in future newsletters!
Parents, in case you haven't checked it out yet, the Back-to-School packets for each school can be found online
here!
Roxbury Schools Invites You to the inaugural FitnessRox Family Fun Run
 The Roxbury Township Public Schools will be holding its inaugural FitnessRox Family Fun Run on Tuesday, October 16th at Lincoln/Roosevelt School at 34 North Hillside Avenue in Succasunna, NJ. Registration and check-in opens at 4:00 p.m. at Lincoln/Roosevelt School and the run will begin at 5:00 p.m. The event is open to everyone!
The course will kick off at Lincoln/Roosevelt School to celebrate Lincoln School's 100th birthday! The course will include various fitness stations between Franklin and Lincoln/Roosevelt Schools including Meeker Street. Participants can park at either Franklin Elementary School at 8 Meeker Street in Succasunna or in the Lincoln/Roosevelt School parking lots.
The tax-deductible registration fees are $20 per individual participants and $50 for registering your immediate family (up to seven people). To register for this event, go to
www.roxbury.org/FitnessRox. The first 500 registrations before October 5th will receive a free reusable water bottle and FitnessRox t-shirt.
The funds raised from this fun, family event will help Roxbury Schools continue its goal of providing health and wellness for its staff and students. In particularly this year at Lincoln/Roosevelt School, the funds will go to help equip the new Wellness Room with yoga mats, resistance bands, etc. to promote lifelong fitness, mindfulness, and wellness.
Roxbury Township Public Schools are preparing the children of today for tomorrow by helping them to grow strong in minds and bodies. As a Bronze certificated Sustainable Jersey for School district, it is our goal to increase awareness and participation in health and wellness programs that not only benefit our students and staff but our community as a whole.
Click here to register now!
Roxbury Businesses Can Help Band Keep Marching
 Parents, students, musicians and people who love to see marching bands will flock to Succasunna next month for the 10
th Annual Marching Band Classic. All of them will get a free program.
That's why local businesses should consider advertising in the program, said Danielle Kovach, a member of the Roxbury High School Band Parents Association who is helping organize the Classic.
"Our Classic brings in about 3,000 people," Kovach said. So far, 11 high school marching bands have signed-up to perform at the Sept. 29 event, taking place at Roxbury High School.
Ads in the program will be seen not only by Roxbury residents but also by people from nearby towns who come to watch their schools' bands compete, noted Kovach.
Money raised by business ads and sponsorships "goes directly to the students" for musical instrument repair, uniforms, supplies and other expenses in the Roxbury High School band program, Kovach said. The Marching Band Classic is the program's biggest fundraiser, she said.
Business owners who want to help can find information
here or they can contact Michael Mangano, RHSBPA President and Classic Co-Chair, at
[email protected] or 201-841-5601.
Click here to read more from Tap Into Roxbury.
'Olde Suckasunny Day' celebration is Saturday, September 8th
 Hoping and praying for good weather, organizers are set to launch the 31st annual "Olde Suckasunny Day" event, all along Main Street, Succasunna, on Saturday, September 8th.
The decades-long old fashioned street fair is again being co-sponsored by the Roxbury Township Public Library, the First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna and the Succasunna United Methodist Church. Activities and celebrations will be happening at all three adjacent locations.
Olde Suckasunny Day events this year will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Excitement Over Roxbury Fall Sports and First H.S. Gymnastics Team
 Scrimmages for Roxbury High School's fall sports began this week and Roxbury High School Athletics Director Stu Mason is optimistic about the upcoming season.
Many of last year's Roxbury teams lost star players to graduation, but Mason said there are plenty of veteran athletes remaining.
"Our athletes have been working hard all summer long in the weight room and practice field preparing for this upcoming fall season," he said. "We have high expectations, as usual, for our athletes and for our program.It will be a season with something new: The high school, for the first time, is fielding a girls gymnastics team.
"I am really excited for the Gaels to be competing in gymnastics officially for the first time this season," Mason said. The team is being coached by Tara Liska, a 22-year-old, 2014 Roxbury graduate who was a gymnast for 17 years.
Click here to read more about this new program and the upcoming fall line up from Tap Into Roxbury.
Click here to read to more about the new gymnastics program at RHS from Roxbury Register #South_Africa.
Roxbury High School Cross Country Team Kick off the School Year
 Although Summer hasn't ended quite yet, the Roxbury Gaels are back at it. The Roxbury High School Cross Country athletes held their annual kick-off dinner on Tuesday, August 21st.
Last year, their Booster Club decided that the team should encourage its athletes to give back to the community that supports them so families coming to the kick-off dinner were encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to be donated to Roxbury Social Services, an organization in town that provides Roxbury Township residents with necessary services and information based on individual needs and handling emergency situations in our community. The food pantry exists solely on the generous donations from individuals and local businesses. Many individuals and families in the Township rely on social services and the food pantry.
Coaches Laura Schmidt and Derek Bischoff encouraged their student-athletes to participate by reminding them during practices and via their Google Classroom page. The team, made up for 10 girls and 30 boys responded, collecting enough items to fill a trunk of a car. Captain, Andrew Marino, and teammates Aidan Straut, Michael Garrity, and Michael Stanzilis delivered their collected items to Roxbury Social Services on Wednesday, August 22nd.
The RHS Cross Country team is gearing up this year with their annual XC Invitational Race. It is estimated that 1,000 athletes from high schools all over Northern NJ will attend the event. This year it will be held on Saturday, September 8th at Horseshoe Lake.
The premier sponsor for this year's Invitational is Kessler Rehabilitation Center. They have close to 100 convenient locations all over northern NJ. To find a location near you, go to
www.kessler-pt.com. As part of their sponsorship, Kessler will be offering an experienced staff of licensed physical therapists who specialize in sports injuries. Athletes and spectators are welcome to come by the Kessler tent to meet the clinical staff and learn more about injury prevention and movement efficiency.
Click here to read this coverage on our website under "In the News".
Morris County Football Preview Capsules
Click here to read the Daily Record's Morris County Football Preview as Coach Cosmo Lorusso heads into his 17th season with the blue and gold.
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RHS Athletic Events Calendar
Click here
for the most up-to-date calendar of Roxbury High School sporting events.
RHS Performing Arts Calendar
Click here for the major events in performing arts here in Roxbury!
Roxbury Collects
Box Tops for Education
Roxbury Township Public Schools are continuously collecting "Box Tops for Education" at our K-8 schools.
This is an easy, practically effortless way to raise funds for our schools by purchasing items you buy all the time.
Clipped box tops can be sent to any of our K-8 schools district-wide. School addresses can be found on our website at
www.roxbury.org
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Check out the Virtual Backpack!
 Here we will feature events of organizations, clubs, and teams throughout our communities that serve to enrich the lives of our students.
Announcements, upcoming events, documents and forms that were previously sent home via backpacks will now be included in the Virtual Backpack. (On occasion, some paper forms, and flyers and other important information, will come home with your student or be sent to you directly via email.)
This page is updated as flyers are received.
Check the backpack!
Check Your Honeywell Settings!
 Don't wait until severe weather hits to check your settings! You may want to change your time settings from Midnight to Midnight and have more than one way of being contacted...i.e., phone call/text message and/or email! This way if the phone lines are down/circuits are busy, etc., you are covered! Log into your Honeywell account
here.
Click here for parent instructions on creating an account.
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Roxbury Alumni In the News
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