AWARDWINNING
Book Created by Hannah Smolinski & Ryann Mcarthur ‘25
MRS.AMANDA FITZPATRICK
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BFA Alfred University School of Art and Design MFA
Eastern Illinois University in Arts Education
Photographic Society of America Youth America BEST in SHOW 2019 & 2024 2024 NJ Skills USA Gold Medalist in Photography Multiple winnings with the Monmouth County Parks System photo contest
My Teacher Style is.... engaging, hands on, and relevant
Getting comfortable with Entry level tasks in PS, AI, Id.
Photo I & II
Learns to use the digital camera as a tool to frame and capture their vision while focusing on lighting and post production
20 years of Radio/TV experience Temple University ('90 BA history) and Stockton University ('96 BA Mediated Communications w/ Creative Writing Minor) Monmouth University
Nominated and Winners in the (IBS) Awards
Nominated @ Columbia Broadcast Academy John Drury Awards
State and Regional wins in SkillsUSA audio competitions
Seniors earning credits through Seton Hall Univ. Alumni have created broadcast programs at schools such as Hamilton, Pratt, Rowan, Quinnipiac, George Washington, South Carolina U...
Graduates worked at News 12 NJ, First Coast Media, KYW CBS Phila, Fox News, NBC Universal, Bloomberg, ESPN
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Using ADOBE AUDITION to record and edit audi working in teams to produce audio projects...learning writing for various media...creating content and executing it in live and prerecorded situations MoreQuestions
MR. DAVID SALOWE
TEACHER!
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BA & MAT from Monmouth University. Previously worked for Atlantic Records, New Line Cinema, MTV & various Independent Filmmakers
National & International Film Festival Acceptances Timed Film Competitions. Students have worked on real films while still in school .
Chapman College, NYU Tisch, University of Southern California, Emerson College, Montclair University, Drexel University, Rutgers,
Courses
Film Foundations
Film 2
My Teaching Style is.... Collaborative, Creative, Facilitator
Advanced Film Film Theory l world experience ability to create without consequence, artistic freedom
Project Tyes
Short Films, Documentaries, Music Videos, Commercials, Abstract Art Film, Cinematic Theory
MR. WAYNE WOOLLEY
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Shared in the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News - The Star-Ledger. Covered the invasion of Iraq as an "embedded journalist" and spent over a year reporting from Iraq.
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association recognized us as a top 75 High School English newspaper in the world in 2024, 2022 and 2018. Students create strategic PR campaigns for a nationally-recognized cultural center celebrating the Black Press
My Teacher Style is.... Passionate, dynamic, illustrative
MRS. SHELLEY ORTNER
MRS. LAURA FALLON
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BFA from Moore College of Art & Design majoring in Fashion Illustration, Masters in Art Education from University of Florida, prior to teaching I worked 15 years as a graphic designer and art director.
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Young Arts National Competition winner. A student made a gift win the Met 150 Design Challenge. Finalists for Junk Kouture Regional and the Lowell Milken Center Unsung Heroes
My Teacher Style is.... Learn by doing!
AWARDWINNING
ENGLISH
MEET SOME OF THE TEACHERS
Jaime Vander Velde Kelly Lang
BA from Wellesley College in English and Psychology, Masters in Secondary Literacy Education from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, Doctoral Work Rutgers University New Brunswick, worked as an editor for publications for Congress
My Teaching Style is.... Collaborative, student-driven, facilitator
WHYOURELADEPTISDIFFERENT
Began at MCVSD as one of the original English Department Faculty Members at Allied Health; BA in English from Fairleigh Dickinson University, MAT in Secondary English Education from Montclair State University, Post Graduate studies at Rutgers GSE, Study Abroad at Wroxton College, England.
Writing is something we all have to do throughout our lives. Students leave English IV having developed a closer relationship with their writer's voice. This allows for greater ease in authentically expressing their ideas and themselves. --- Each senior conceptualizes and creates their own bound book in collaboration with Mrs. Fitzpatrick's printing classes. The students write the content in class, edit the content, then typeset their books, as well as create their covers using their Adobe knowledge.
My Teaching Style is.... Creative, student centered, seminar style
WHYOURELADEPTISDIFFERENT
Graduate with strong writing and communication skills
Wirting and Presentation infused in all coursework
CTE theme based collaborations with ELA ALL TAUGHT AT HONORS LEVEL
Science
MEET SOME OF THE TEACHERS
Erin Wheeler Steve Godkin
I majored in Physics Education at The College of New Jersey.
I Teach Chemistry and Forensics. We set up crime scenes for real science problem solving
WHYSCIENCEDEPTISDIFFERENT
I've tutored kids from special needs to AP physics
Projects by choice, so no specific topic (Senior year) Project optional Sophomore year - standard Generators or VandeGraffe generators. In addition to a multitude of other real world applications.
LIKE THIS STUDENT CREATED LASER ENGRAVER
My teaching style is Intense, thorough, whimsical
WHYOURSCIENCE DEPTIS DIFFERENT
We (CHS) have an unusually high Physics PhD rate for any school, let alone an Arts school. In engineering we hold our own as well!
Math
MEET SOME OF THE TEACHERS
Justine Lane Paula Gilligan
My undergraduate degree was Electrical Engineering. I designed the cellular network when it first began. I was the first female cellular engineer in the world. Then, I lived in Sydney, Australia; Brussels, Belgium and Athens,Greece doing International Mergers and Acquisitions and bidding for licenses to run cellular companies all over Europe and Asia.
20+ years as a Math teacher
My teaching style is informative, visual, demonstrative
WHYOURMATHDEPTISDIFFERENT
My teaching style is Visual, interactive, supportive
learning how to be successful in math including standardized tests and calculator use
Student who was failing my class (at one point) earned a 5 on AP exam. Students who came to my class hating math, left loving it and majoring in it.
WHYMATHDEPTISDIFFERENT
If you learn to manage the anxiety you have when faced with a math problem, you can extrapolate those skills to facing with any problem in your life.
Translating English to math and math to English. Visualize the problem. All math is connected.
2023
100% of Geometry students and 100% of Algebra 2 students were proficient on NJ standardized test. 2024
92% of AP Calc students passed the exam vs. 70% of NJ students.
Spanish
MEET SOME OF THE TEACHERS
Courtney Van Arsdale Karen Britto Davino
College Professor, Lived in Spain!!
MCVSD Spanish Curriculum Lead
My teaching style is Engaging, challenging and caring.
Studied in Spain during university. Supervisor of Adult School
My teaching style is Interesting, Fun, Engaging
In my career, I've graduated students who have since become Spanish teachers, one of my students did her undergraduate at U of Barcelona, a great number of students have studied abroad, many have traveled and utilized learned language and culture, many have earned the NJ State Seal of Biliteracy and Global Seal of Biliteracy, so many report back that their newly learned skills have helped them in social and work experiences!
Students love to come back to let me know that they're using this important language in real life!
In My Class, you may find: Presentations, debates, speeches, kids' books, poems, documentaries, scrapbooks, 3D models
Concepts are: Nature, City Travel, Wellbeing, Art, Culture, Geography, Symbolism, Bullfighting, Immigration, Fantasy to Escape Reality, Magical Realism
In 2024
24 Seniors and 29 Juniors Recieved the Seal of Biliteracy
Social Studies
MEET SOME OF THE TEACHERS
Bill Clark Sharyn O’Keefe
US Navy Vet - 10 years
Monmouth University Grad
Rutger's University post grad
Taught at - Governor's School Public Policy, College, High School and Adult Night School
My teaching style is College Prep, Creative, Stories
DDUALCREDIT UALCREDIT OOPPORTUNITIES PPORTUNITIES
WHYOURHISTORYDEPTISDIFFERENT
One of the original staff members when CHS opened, taught at High Tech before coming to CHS; Alfred Lerner Fellow
My teaching style is Project Based, Skill Based,
WHYOURHISTORYDEPTISDIFFERENT
Connections between history and current day issues; writing skills and persuasive speaking skills
WE have many graduates that have gone to law school and clerked for judges in DC
Fun, Lots of Learning - My goal is to teach students without them even realizing that they are learning.
Open formatted and style projects, American Revolution, Civil War, reconstruction, Industrial revolution, Manifest Destiny, Big Business
HHISTORY ISTORY EELECTIVES LECTIVES
History Through Film Modern Humanity and Genocide
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