AROUND DELBARTON
U P D AT E English teacher Mike Carr ’01 and Chelsey Meek were married on March 10, 2012 in Claremont, CA, and Mike had his first novel The Viking Pawn published on February 25, 2012. Director of Admissions Dr. David Donovan is now a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Principal Center. He is also in the process of completing certifications with the American Management Association in Finance, Management and Leadership. In April Communications Director Jessica Fiddes attended the CASE conference on Social Media and Community in Chicago. In April Latin teacher n Nick Linfante completed the Executive Master’s degree in Educational Leadership, Management and Policy from Seton Hall University. History teacher Kent Manno has been accepted into a graduate program in history at Rutgers University. School nurse Barbara Pereyra attended the NJ State School Nurse conference in March. Science teacher Dan Szelingowski will receive a Master’s degree from Seton Hall University in Education Leadership, Management, and Policy this spring from their College of Education and Human Services. On April 11th, Chuck Ruebling attended a workshop on “Managing School Risk” sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank. Topics included computer server (continued on page 38)
Del Engineers Take Second at US First Tech Championship
Delbarton’s US FIRST Tech Engineering Club team took second place in the New Jersey State Championship on February 12. Led by seniors Nick Lee ’12 and Omar Rizwan ’12 the team competed in November to qualify for a spot in the NJ championships and faced 48 teams at the February competition held at NJIT. US First Tech is a world-wide high school engineering competition.
Republican Candidates Meet in Mock Debate Matt Grella ’13
On February 11 the Delbarton History Club conducted a mock Republican presidential candidate debate, mirroring the process played out across America in numerous televised debates since last May. Four brave sophomores portrayed Republican hopefuls in a student led debate moderated by Nick Palmer ’13. Augie Atencio ’14 portrayed Ron Paul, Matt Gambetta ’14 was Rick Santorum, Ben Janacek ’14 channeled Newt Gingrich, and Matthew Mehring ’14 stood in for Mitt Romney.
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