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NEWS & EVENTS
Week of February 7,
2020
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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
goodnews@roxbury.org.
Please remember to include first and last names of individuals pictured!
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UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
PUBLIC BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
The next board of education meeting is Monday, February 10th at 7:30 p.m. in the Lincoln/Roosevelt School Auditorium at 34 North Hillside Avenue in Succasunna.
To view a copy of that upcoming agenda and past ones,
please
click here
!
Come see the following presentations to the public:
- Celebration of the VFW Patriot's Pen and Voice of Democracy Essay Winners from Roxbury Schools - Mr. John Lehnert, Post Commander and Mr. Jeff McDonald, Quartermaster of VFW Post 2833 Alward and Henry Meeker Post
- Graduation 2020 Presentation - Mr. Dominick Miller, Mr. Stuart Mason, Mrs. Loretta Radulic
 REMINDER: Upcoming Calendar Announcements
- School Closing - The district will be closed Friday, February 14th for the Staff In-Service Day
- School Closing - The district will be closed on Monday, February 17th in observance of President's Day.
- School Now In Session - The district will be open on Tuesday, February 18th since an emergency snow day was used on or before February 10th.
- School Now In Session - The district will be open on Friday, March 27th since an emergency day was used on or before March 23rd.
Click here for the latest Roxbury School District Calendar.
Help the Roxbury Band Make the March of a Lifetime
 The Roxbury High School Band has been nominated by United States Congressman Tom Malinowski to be an official representative of the State of New Jersey in the 2020 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC on May 25, 2020! This event is the official Memorial Day parade of the United States and is nationally televised across the US and streamed to our Armed Forces worldwide. Congressman Malinowski recommended Roxbury ba
sed on our long-standing tradition of musical excellence.
This is an amazing opportunity to showcase our students and our community at a national level!
This trip will commence on Sunday, May 24th and will include a two-day, one-night stay in our nation's capital, with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery, an evening monument tour on the National Mall, a Smithsonian Museum visit and a performance by the National Symphony Orchestra on the US Capitol lawn. Then, on Monday, May 25th, Memorial Day, we will march in the National Memorial Day Parade down historic Constitution Avenue while representing our home community of Roxbury and New Jersey with the utmost of pride and dignity.
To make this trip affordable for all our students and families, we need to raise $10,000.
YOU can help the Roxbury Band Students make this March of a Lifetime! Click here to help support them!
RHS Classic Sounds Honors Choir Performs to Spur LRS Interest
 Fifth graders at Lincoln/Roosevelt School were treated to a special performance this morning by the Roxbury High School Classic Sounds Honors Choir under the direction of Patrick Hachey.
This program was put together in an effort to showcase the hard work and talents of our Roxbury choral program and encourage fifth grade students to get involved now.
Before they know it, students will have the opportunity to be part of the expansive music programs at Eisenhower Middle School and Roxbury High School. The best way to get ready for these wonderful opportunities is to start singing at Lincoln/Roosevelt.
Kate Katz along with Ellen Ng, the 5th and 6th grade chorus teachers, would like to invite each and every student interested in singing to join the fun! Enrollment for chorus has been reopened and all fifth graders have been given sign up forms. Click here to download and print this PDF form. Forms are requested by February 18th.
Chorus meets once a week during LAP and performs in the Lincoln/Roosevelt Spring Concert.
If students or parents have any questions, they are invited to reach out to Mrs. Katz (
kkatz@roxbury.org
) or Mrs. Ng (
eng@roxbury.org
).
We can't wait to see what wonderful singers this spring will bring!
Mrs. Katz and Mrs. Ng would like to thank Mr. Hachey and the RHS Classic Sounds Honors Choir for joining us and sharing your talents!
Click here
to read about this event and opportunity on our website under "In the News".
Rox-THON gets their Flock on
 Flocking is back at Roxbury! It will begin this fall and continue until the ground freezes, before resuming next spring; all weather dependent. While the fundraiser remains the same, the organization bears a new name. Putting more of an emphasis on our local community, Roxbury High School's mini-THON will now be known as Rox-THON. It is the same group of students working towards the same cause, however, a majority of our proceeds will now stay here in Morris County.
Starting this year, donations will go to Goryeb Children's Hospital (Morristown, NJ) and 30% of those proceeds will support pediatric cancer research and medical bills through Four Diamonds (Penn State Children's Hospital). Roxbury High School will also host its 7th Annual event to fight childhood cancer on Friday, March 13, 2020.
"Flocking is super simple! Flocking is when you harmlessly prank your friends by signing up for us to put a flock of plastic flamingo
s on their lawn," explained Captain Holly Van Ness, a senior at the school.
If you would like to flock-a-friend, you can choose how many flamingos you want to migrate to your friend's yard for up to 48 hours. A small flock of only 10 flamingos is only $15, a medium flock of 30 for $25, or you can choose a large flock of 50 flamingos for $35. If you have a special occasion, you may also choose to request a specific date for an additional $15. Click here to read more on our website under "In the News".
Roxbury High School's Structural Fabrication and Design Journey
 Follow the new beginnings of the Structural Fabrication and Design program at Roxbury High School with weekly updates on the growth of the program and the work that the students are doing as they explore the human-designed world through the learning of SDF.
Click here to find out more information about the program and to follow along on this year one journey.
RHS Robotics Clothing Drive Fundraiser - Feb 8
 Start your spring cleaning early and help support the RHS Robotics program by donating your new or gently used men, women, and children's clothing, shoes, purses, belts, bed, bath linens, and stuffed animals to the RHS Robotics Clothing Drive Fundraiser on Saturday, February 8th from 9 am to noon at Roxbury High School. Every piece helps! They'll also be accepting bicycles and baby strollers. Please no pillows, books, toys, furniture, appliance, or household items.
Click here to view this flyer in our Virtual Backpack.
K-6 STEAM Expo: Seeds of Sustainability - Register extended thru Feb 7
 Calling all Scientists, Engineers, and Earth Savers! Registration is now open for the K-6 STEAM Expo and will remain open until February 7th.
As of right now, Lincoln/Roosevelt leads the pack with the most participants signed up so far for this year's STEAM Expo with Franklin and Jefferson tied at second place not far behind!
Which school will have the most registrants? Find out on Saturday, March 7th!
This year's expo will be Saturday, March 7, 2020. This year's STEAM Expo theme is Sustainability: Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies. We want to see projects that touch on sustainability like renewable energy, eco-friendly, gardens/composts, weather, health and wellness, recycling, food/waste, etc.
The mission of the Roxbury STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) EXPO is to motivate and develop the passion of all learners. We support the achievements of our students as they prepare to become leaders and innovators in STEAM and 21st Century Careers.
We are also inviting local businesses and organizations to set up tables and promote their programs for students that support science, engineering, and sustainability practices with a focus this year on Sustainability. If this is something you may be interested in, please visit
www.roxbury.org/STEAMExpoVendor.
As mentioned, this year's STEAM Expo theme is "Sustainability: Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies". If you choose to be a part of this event, we ask that you try and gear your information, projects, or takeaways with a sustainable topic like renewable energy, eco-friendly, gardens/composts, weather, health and wellness, recycling, food/waste, etc.
For more information and to register online, please visit
www.roxbury.org/STEAMExpo. Each registered student will receive a STEAM t-shirt!
As you know, in 2018 the Roxbury Schools earned Bronze certification in the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification program and a big portion of this program is education, so let's all do our part to be informed! For more information to see what Roxbury is doing, please visit
www.roxbury.org/Sustainable. Here you'll find board approved policies, initiatives, and news!
Rox-THON Barn Night Fundraiser - Feb 13
 Join Rox-THON on Thursday, February 13th at the Black River Barn on Route 10 in Randolph to help raise funds to fight pediatric cancer. Before you leave, leave your receipt at the door and proceeds will go to Goryeb Children's Hospital.
Roxbury High School's Rox-THON is a fundraiser for our fight against pediatric cancer. Starting this year, donations will go to Goryeb Children's Hospital (Morristown, NJ) and 30% of those proceeds will support pediatric cancer research and medical bills through Four Diamonds (Penn State Children's Hospital).
Click here
to view this flyer in our Virtual Backpack.
Roxbury's Global Hi-5 Expo (Multi-Cultural Celebration) - Feb 20
 Come and tantalize your five senses through international expressions of cuisine, music, art, crafts, costumes, dance performances, and so much more on Thursday, February 20, 2020 from 6-9 p.m. at Roxbury High School! Experience the gift of the one HUMAN race and its multisensory cultural diversity in CommUNITY.
Gather up your family, friends, clubs, and business to sponsor a booth to represent a country of your background or interest! Then, plaster the booth with all the information, color and creativity that you can with food, fun crafts, music/dance performances and prizes!
Now is the time to be proud! Raise multi-cultural awareness and let's celebrate and travel to cultures around the world! Click here to sign up for a booth now! Click here for more information regarding this event from our website under "In the News".
RHS Spring Musical: Fiddler on the Roof at RHS - Feb 27-29
EMS Musical Frozen Jr. - Apr 2-4 / Aspen Ice - Feb 22 / Princess Party - Mar 22
 Ticket Reservation forms are now being accepted for Eisenhower Middle School's spring musical Frozen Jr. by Disney.
Frozen Jr.
is
based on the 2018 Broadway musical, and brings Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle to life, onstage. The show features all of the memorable songs from the animated film, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, plus five new songs written for the Broadway production.
With a cast of beloved characters and loaded with magic, adventure, and plenty of humor,
Frozen Jr.
is sure to thaw even the coldest heart!
This Broadway Junior musical
will run at EMS Thursday and Friday, April 2nd and 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday, April 4th at 2 p.m. at the middle school located at 47 Eyland Avenue in Succasunna, NJ. Tickets are $10 each and the ticket reservation form can be found online at
www.roxbury.org
. Tickets will also be sold at the door for any of the performances provided that they are not sold out.
As part of their program for this year's show, they'd like to invite you to advertise your business and/or send a personal message to the cast and crew by filling out the Program Advertisement form by February 21st also found online at
www.roxbury.org
.
 Help support the EMS Drama Club at their upcoming Aspen Ice Fundraiser on Saturday, February 22nd from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome! Money raised will help support the upcoming production of Frozen Jr. Every attending skater will receive a FREE Cliff's skyscraper coupon! Admission is $12 with $5 skate rental and $5 walker rental. This is a cash only event. For more information, contact Sheri Rasizer at sheri9306@gmail.com or call 973-222-1242.
 Help support the EMS Drama Club with their upcoming Princess Party! This event will be held March 22nd from 2-3:30 p.m. at EMS. Come dressed as your favorite prince or princess! Join the cast and crew for some royal fun, crafts, snacks, music and more! To register, contact Donna Silfies at Princess2020@hotmail.com. Register early as seats are limited! Walk-ins will be accepted if space allows.
Click here to read about this musical on our website under "In the News".
 The Roxbury High School Band Parents Association is once again selling its annual discounted Hersey Park and Dorney Park Wildwater Kingdom tickets. Tickets are available for purchase between now and March 27.
Click here to view the Hersey Park ticket form.
Dates Set for Roxbury's Kindergarten Registration for Next Year
 Roxbury Township Public Schools, a K-12 school district preparing the children of today for tomorrow, has set its Kindergarten registration dates for the 2020/2021 school year. Children must be five years old on or before October 1, 2019 to participate.
Click here
for more information regarding Roxbury's Entrance Age Policy (P5112). If there are any questions regarding the policy or procedure, please reach out to Assistant Superintendent Dr. Chuck Seipp at
cseipp@roxbury.org
or by calling 973-584-6799.
Roxbury Township Public Schools offers a full-day kindergarten program designed to develop knowledge and skills in the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive areas. Our goal is to help children develop skills and strategies that will help them learn and establish a foundation for lifelong success in education. The program allows more time for students to address curriculum in depth and allows teachers to provide additional activities in learning.
To register for Kindergarten, parents must bring their child's original birth certificate, record of immunizations, and three proofs of residency at the time of registration. To access more details, visit
www.roxbury.org/KindergartenRegistration.
Parents must make an appointment at their home school to register their child. If the home school is unknown, please contact the Transportation department at 973-584-6756 and based on your address, they can let you know what school your child should be attending.
Click here
to view the different school's registration schedules.
Scholarships are offered in Morris - Deadline Mar 31
 The Morris County Retirees Education Association Philanthropic Fund, Inc. (MCREAP) is offering seven scholarships to Morris County residents who are attending and will be graduated from a public high school.
This scholarship is for students who plan to pursue a career in education and who will be attending an approved four-year accredited college or university offering a bachelor's degree with an education major.
The scholarships are for $2,000. The recipients will be sent $2,000. after the chairperson receives a copy of the first semester transcript which indicates enrollment in the field of education and a successful academic record.
The deadline for the receipt of applications is March 31. Scholarship applications are available at your high school guidance office or at
https://www.morriscountyrea.org
. Click here to read about this scholarship from the Roxbury Register.
Scholarship Opportunity from The 200 Club of Morris Cty - Deadline May 11
The 200 Club of Morris County is offering scholarship opportunities for students that have a parent(s) in law enforcement/public safety. The scholarships are also offered to students that wish to pursue a career in public safety. Click here to find out more about this opportunity.
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Roxbury Basketball Updates:
Morris Catholic over Roxbury - Girls basketball recap - MCT, Preliminary Round - Feb 1
Tyonna Bailey scored 17 points with 15 rebounds and Jayden Watson added 16 points with 13 rebounds to power ninth-seeded Morris Catholic to a 78-26 victory over 24th-seeded Roxbury in the preliminary round of the Morris County Tournament in Denville.
Mimi Rubino posted 15 points and Natalie Stoupakis posted 13 points with three 3-pointers for Morris Catholic (8-8), which advanced to Saturday's first round and will play the winner between 25th-seeded Parsippany and eighth-seeded Morristown.
Morgan Lessig had six points, all on 3-pointers, for Roxbury (1-12). Click here to read this coverage from NJ.com.
Roxbury Ice Hockey Updates:
Roxbury over Kinnelon - Boys ice hockey recap - Jan 31
Nick Hefferle notched two goals and Brian Westergaard, Nick Thomas and Ethan Barooah each scored an additional goal to lead Roxbury to a 5-1 win over Kinnelon at Skylands Ice World in Stockholm.
Goaltender Ryan Callahan of Roxbury (11-7-1) made 18 saves on 19 shots on goal.
Roxbury Hockey Hopes for Miracle on Ice: a Kinnelon Defeat of Montville - Feb1
A 2-2 tie with Mendham on Saturday ended the Roxbury High School ice hockey team's regular season, leaving the Gaels first in their division - at least for now - with a record of 11-7-2.
But that spot at the top of the heap is in jeopardy; Roxbury's fate in the Halvorsen Division now lies in the hands of the teams from Montville and Kinnelon, according to coach Jonathan Benbow.
"We currently are in first place, one point ahead of Montville, and have played all of our league games," explained the coach. However, he noted that Montville, which has 14 division points, one fewer than Roxbury, has one league game remaining against Kinnelon.
Click here to read more from TAPinto Roxbury.
Ice Hockey: Statewide scoring leaders for Jan. 31
Click here to see the Boys Hockey scoring leaders from NJ.com.
Roxbury Wrestling Updates:
 Wrestling: Morris County Tournament first and preliminary round results - Jan 31
Click here to read results from the Morris County Tournament at Mount Olive from last Friday and Saturday from NJ.com.
Morris County Tournament: Quarterfinal and semifinal results - Feb 1
Click here to read quarterfinal and semifinal results from the Morris County Tournament last weekend from NJ.com.
Morris County Tournament wrestling: Final-round results and team scores - Feb 1
Click here to read the final round results and team scores from last weekend's Morris County Tournament from NJ.com.
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Gaels Going Green - Did you know...
 Since 2016, the Roxbury Township Public Schools has been striving to become more sustainable and green in its policies and practices. The Board of Education and administration made the decision to pursue district sustainability and green initiatives by creating and approving a half of dozen different policies outlining its position and efforts.
To that end, all seven schools in Roxbury Township attained Silver certification through Sustainable Jersey for Schools in August 2018. In this section, you will find various green initiatives, events, and tips to live a healthier, greener life.
Click here for more information regarding our sustainability initiative.
Join the Roxbury Trails Committee on two 2020 Free Guided Hikes
 Get out and get a little fresh air with two free upcoming guided hikes around town.
Ledgewood Park/Morris Canal - Sun, Feb 16 @ 12 PM
Join the Roxbury Trails Committee on a three-mile hike with some steep, challenging areas. Remnants of the Morris Canal's incline plane are easily viewed along the beginning of the trail. Beautiful rock outcroppings surround parts of the trail. Parking at Emmans Road.
Black River Park - Sun, Mar 8 @ 12 PM
The level trail follows the start of the Black River, and joins hilly trails in Randolph and Mine Hill. Two hike options! Parking at 1 Main Street in Succasunna.
Visit www.HikeRoxbury.org for more information on Roxbury Trails.
Click here
to view this event flyer with more information in our Virtual Backpack.
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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!
Specific school related events can be found on their respective website calendars by visiting
www.roxbury.org
and selecting the school from the drop down at the top left of the screen.
RHS Project Graduation
 Roxbury Project Graduation is NOT just for senior parents! We need all high school parents to get involved. This group and event benefit all Roxbury students. Don't wait, we need your help now.
Each year on the night of graduation, we host Project Graduation, an all-night, alcohol/drug free event for Roxbury's graduating High School Seniors.
To make this happen each year we need your HELP!
Our meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the RHS guidance conference room. The next meeting is Tuesday, October 8th. Check us out on our Facebook page, Roxbury Project Graduation or the link for our website on the RHS website.
If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering,
please contact
Alana Hayford or
Audra Sarafin. Click here to read more details about this year's Project Graduation from our Virtual Backpack under the Flyer section.
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
.
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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