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Readington Middle School Sends Forth 180 Graduates The Readington Middle School 8th Grade Class of 2019 was set to graduate on June 20 (at press time) at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. According to the event program, the 180 graduates entered to “Pomp and Circumstance” played by the RMS Wind Ensemble, conducted by John Hylkema. Student Council President Cadence Funk served as Master of Ceremonies and led the Pledge of Allegiance. The 8th Grade Readington Rhapsody sang the National Anthem. Alexa Edmonds gave the Class Reflections speech. Also speaking were Dr. Jonathan Hart, Superintendent, and Board of Education President Laura Simon. The 8th Grade Chorus sang
“Corner of the Sky,” conducted by Alyssa Horne. Amelia Ottenstroer gave the Class Reflections speech followed by an address by Principal Sharon Moffat. Christine Crielly presented certificates. The ceremony concluded with a recessional “Royal March” played by the Wind Ensemble.
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chino, Albert Bohem IV, Jada Bost, Dante Brancato, Anthony Brattole, Faith Brennan, Christopher Brinkofski, Amanda Brody, Neela Bruen, Sophia Castillo, Bennett Cayero, Samantha Chatterjee, Bryce Cohen, Megan Corbin, Kelli Costantini, Jenna Dambres, Lily Darling, Molly Dauernheim, Devon DeAngelis, Julianna Delia, Jakub DeStefano, Tabitha DeVries, Mackenzie Dilgard, Ella Dunn, Cristina Eckloff, Alexa Edmonds, Ananthi Elumalai, Logan Escamilla, Daniel Eyler, Sylvia Faragalla, Daniel Farrell, Anvi Fenn, Anya Fenn, Ashley Ferraez, Payton Fisch, Luke Fischer, Tannor Fitzpatrick, Tyler Francfort, Kyle Friery, Cadence Funk, Tyler Garritano, Devon Garutti, Stephanie Gerdt, Matthew Gill, Laurel Hanrahan, Victoria Hasankolli, Madison Heller, Dana Hennings, Veronica Hlinka, Jaydin Houck, Molly Hrisenko, Sean Huck, Brooke Hughes, Carter Hunt, Nathan Hutzelmann, Andrew Ippolito, Pierce Jackson, Connor Johnston, Brianna Kane, Cameryn Kennedy, Kayla Kilcomons, Jade King, Jessica Knox, Victoria Komosinski, Christina Kormanik, William Kovacs, Adam LaTournous, Sofia LeDonne, Seth Leeds, Ryan Levesque, Meredith Loew, Caitrin Lynch, Eleftheria Mahlis, Ammar Mahmud, Erin Mahoney, Maguire Mallea, Vivian Marr, Nikolas Marshall, Chase Martoccia, Katherine Mastropaolo, Lillian McDonald, Hannah McMillin, Brianna Medina, Margaret Mele, Christofer Meola, Ryan Mierzejwski, Emily Milano, Viviana Montalvo, Wilson Monterroso, Luke Moore, Sarah Mulligan, James Mulvaney, Austin Nace, Dean Nader, Jose Navarrete, Rachel Newman, Kelly Nigro, Alexander Nydam, Sofia Nyez, Aiden O’Connell, Zoe Obi, Amelia Ottenstroer, Ryan Paul, Ryan Pedrick, Abigail Peterson, Paris Phillips, Jozef Polacek, Anthony Politz, Maria Polychronis, Madelyn Prisco, Gina Procacci, Grace Pschar, Miguel Quiroz, Laurel Reese, Jake Riggi, Kailyn Riggi, Olivia Robustelli, Matthew Rodriguez, Ricky Rodriguez, William RodriguezSosa, John Rogers, Alexander Roses,
Allyson Ross, Natalie Rossi, Michael Schippnick, Ryan Schultz, James Scott, Damian Scouloukas, Franco Semeghini, Riya Shah, Lillian Sherry, Grant Sinagra, Kaitlin Sorrentino, Chase Stangle, Olivia Stapleton, Nicholas Staudt, Natalia Stefanik, Viktoria Stefanik, Luke Stevenson, Justin Stillwag-
on, Shane Sullivan, Daniel Szymanski, Jillian Tareco, Daniel Tedesco, Jacob Tocci, Liam Torpey, Elizabeth Truppi, Ryan Vandal, Ravi Varma, Nithin Vasan, Hannah Vasson, Stephanie Vergona, Benjamin Walters, Audrey Watson, Colin Watson, Nicholas White, Jenny Zheng, Ava Zimliki
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Heading to high school are: Amelia Adamitis, Tessa AdamsFancera, Allison Agrillo, Nicholas Alfaro, Damian Allain, Talia Allen, Jake Altom, William Altom, Emma Anderson, Evelyn Andrade, Julia Andresson, Raul Aramburo, Molly Arkoulakis, Cassandra Armstrong, Natalia Baez, Olivia Bailey, Angela Bannon, Michael Barckholtz, Wilder Basurco, Wayne Beam III, Lindsay Benson, Brendan Blyth, Amanda Boc-
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Spelling Sensation: Serrao Brings Home the Win
Christopher Serrao with his trophy - Photo courtesy of Dominic Serrao Christopher Serrao, 13, of White- finished in 34th place last year. He house Station, was one of eight and the other “octo-champions” surcontestants taking home a trophy vived 20 rounds of competition. He and $50,000 grand prize May 30 in spelled “cernuous,” (which means the annual Scripps National Spell- pendulous or nodding), before being ing Bee in National Harbor, MD. A declared one of the eight winners. A seventh-grade student at Readington whirlwind media tour followed inMiddle School, he is the son of Matil- cluding visits to LIVE with Kelly and da and Dominic Serrao and brother Ryan and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Back of Danielle, who inspired him with home, Christopher was honored at her own Spelling Bee success. This a Board of Education Meeting on is the third time Christopher quali- Tuesday, June 11. fied for the national competition. He
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Readington Educators of the Year–The Readington School District honored the Governor’s Educator of the Year recipients at the May 21 board meeting. The Home School Association provided a cake, and the Holland Brook School Samba performed at the celebration. The recipients were presented with certificates for their contributions to the students of Readington. Pictured, from left, are Filomena Hengst, Three Bridges School; Melissa Truempy, Whitehouse School; Colleen DiGregorio, Holland Brook School; John Hylkema, Readington Middle School; Maureen Sjonell, Whitehouse School; and Barbara Pauley, Holland Brook School.