The Beacon

A Student Publication of Shore Regional High School

Volume 50, Issue 3 Winter Edition 2013

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Shore’s “Student of the Month” program celebrates individ-ual achievements by creating a culture of learning that values academic success and elevates awareness of student contribu-tions to the Shore community at large. November’s honorees are Annie Siegel and Michael Hurley, December’s honorees are Jessica Kwok and Mark Masarro, and January’s honorees are Madalyn Cannon and Nicholas Salles. Each SOTM, shared a personal quote that they live by:

Nicholas Salles- “May you find serenity and tran-quility in a world you may not always understand. May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism. Always know that there are those whose love and understand will always be there, even when you feel most alone.”

Annie Siegel- “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.” - Albus Dumbledore

Students Of The MonthIN THIS ISSUE:Shore HighlightsGreat things happen at Shore everyday! Check out some highlights. See Pages 2 & 3

Do You Have Devils Pride?Look back at a successful winter athletic season. See Page 4

Michael Hurley- “Let me live so when it’s time to die even the Reaper cries. Let me die so when it’s time to live another sun will rise.” -Red Hot Chili Peppers

Jessica Kwok- “So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” –Marilyn Monroe

Mark Masarro- “Timing is everything.”

Madalyn Cannon- “Dance like nobody is watching, sing like no-body is listening, love like you have never been hurt, and most of all live like it’s heaven on earth.”

On December 14th, twenty-six people, including 20 students and six adults, were shot and killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. As the nation attempted to make sense of this horrific tragedy, people across the country, and the world, asked questions and searched for ways to help and try to make a small difference. The staff and students at Shore Regional were no exception, and have come together in a number of ways to show support. In December, Mrs. Miano’s students participated in the “Snowflake Project,” which was started by the Sandy Hook Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and Connecticut Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA). The SRHS students featured in the picture above are part of Mrs. Miano’s Algebra 2 class and showed their solidarity with Newtown, CT victims by participating. Mrs. Miano explained, “This project aimed to brighten the re-entry period for the Sandy Hook students who returned to a stark, new school after the winter holidays. As every snowflake is a unique creation, so too are our students and their expressions of compassion. Yet, in reaching out to the Newtown students, we showed that we all share in the pain and wishes of hope for this community.” In March, Ms. Cavet and the Future Educators Asso-ciation (FEA) wanted to contribute to the “We Are Newtown” initiative. Ms. Cavet explained the motivation behind the club’s involvment saying,“The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary af-fected me greatly. After talking to the Future Educators here at Shore I knew we had to do something for a community that was so torn apart. With the help of local sponsors and generous fac-ulty and staff, we were able to raise over $900 with all proceeds going directly to victims’ relief. This sense of social solidarity allows all of us to heal from this tragedy.” T-shirts were sold to faculty and staff of Shore, who wore the t-shirts together on Fri-day, March 8th. All proceeds from the t-shirt sales go directly to the “Sandy Hook Elementary School Victims’ Relief Fund.” Funding goes towards grief counseling, funeral expenses, and scholarships in memory of those lost.

Shore Shows Support for Sandy Hook

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SHORE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Board of EducationRonald O’Neill, President

Paul Rolleri, Vice-PresidentDavid Baker

Beth J. GarrigalMary Lynn Mango

Diane MerlaSusanna MarksonFrank J. Pingitore

Paul RolleriTadeusz Szczurek

AdministrationInterim Superintendent: Renae LaPrete

Business Administrator: Dennis W. Kotch, CPAPrincipal: Vincent G. DalliCardillo

Vice Principal: Harry S. Chebookjian, IIIDirector of Athletics: Nicholas Ciambrone

Director of Curriculum & Instruction: Bruce PrestonDirector of Student Personnel Services: Jon Warner

Technology Coordinator: Michael Vaccarino

The Beacon StaffAdvisor: Mrs. Victoria KoontzDesign Editor: Jenna Wyatt

Contributors: Brendan Blair, Danielle DeFazio, Jessica Kwok, Megan Sacco

The Beacon is published several times a year by the stu-dents at SRHS, West Long Branch, New Jersey. The staff en-courages letters and editorials from interested readers. Items for possible publication should be submitted to The Beacon Staff, c/o Victoria Koontz, Room A15, Shore Regional High School.

The views and opinions expressed in this paper do not nec-essarily represent those of the staff or the administration of Shore Regional High School.

Do you need something to look forward to?

*Check out these upcoming events!*

Student vs. Faculty Basketball Game Monday, March 25th @ 6:00 pm

Spring BreakMarch 29th-April 5th

“Shore’s Got Talent”Auditions: March 25th @ 2:30 pm

Show: Thursday, April 18th @ 6:00pm

Spring Band ConcertThursday, May 16th

Sophomore CarnivalSaturday, May 18th

INTERACT, CLASS OFFICERS AND ADVISORS and STUDENT COUNCIL have joined forces to run a “Battle of the Classes” compe-tition food drive,from March 4th through March 15th. Donations of non-perishable goods should be dropped of to Mrs. Koontz in A15 before or after school or during homeroom. Daily counts will be tallied and the scores will be posted outside of A15. At the conclusion of the food drive, the winning class will earn 40 points toward Battle of the Classes! Sec-ond place will earn 30 points; third place will earn 20 points; fourth place

Let’s Go Clubbing!Your guide to Shore’s clubs and activities

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will earn 10 points. All goods will be donated to local food pantries.

The SOPHOMORE CLASS held a very successful clothing drive fund raiser in which they were able to collect 3,675 pounds of clothing from the beginning of the year! As a result, the class, under the direction of Ms. Cavet, donated the proceeds check of $391.58 to the SRHS-Disaster Relief Fund to help support stu-dents and community members impacted by superstorm Sandy.

The RED CROSS CLUB will hold a Blood Drive on Tuesday, April 16th. Listen to the announcements for more details.

INTERACT and the GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM part-nered for a very successful “Coaches vs. Cancer” fund raising game on February 17th.

Shore StandoutsCongratulations are in order...

Senior ERIC O’HARE was recently awarded the Congressional Award Gold Medal in recognition of his willingness to voluntarily help others in the community and his achievements in personal develop-ment, physical fitness, and expedition/exploration. Way to go, Eric!

Shore’s Sodexho Food Service Manager, CHRIS CALAGUORI, was recently awarded the Sodexho School Services Award of Excellence, along with Janet Surak of the Oceanport School District. The women were recognized for their tireless efforts in supporting the community after the devastation of superstorm Sandy. They opened up the kitchen in Maple Place School to feed hurricane victims who were left with-out homes and forced to stay at the school. Chris and Janet worked 14 hours a day to provide breakfast, lunch and dinner, and prepared over 500 meals a day. They turned no one away. When a Red Cross volun-teer assisting seniors came in looking to feed seniors lunch in about 45 minutes, Chris and Janet put together 50 bags lunches and sent him on his way. The Shore community is grateful for your efforts, kindness and hard work!

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Shore’s Iron ChefsBy DANIELLE DEFAZIO

“Iron Chef” is a popular cooking competition show found on the Food Net-work, and just recently, Teacher of Family and Consumer Sciences, Mrs. Dean- Esposi-to, brought the show from the TV into the kitchens of Shore Regional High School. For those who aren’t familiar with the premise, “Iron Chef” is a competitive show where chefs are surprised by a secret ingredient that they must incorporate into all of the dishes that they prepare, including dessert. Here at Shore Regional, 25 teams took on the challenge to compete in the first “Iron Chef”-style competition in this school. In the first round of the competition, all the teams were challenged to create a cookie recipe but with a twist: the recipe had to contain a high-fiber ingredient. Judg-ing was based on taste, appearance, strict kitchen guidelines, difficulty, and cleanliness. Five winning teams moved on to the next round and were presented with the challenge of making a breakfast that met the MyPlate nutritional guidelines. MyPlate is the new replacement for the food pyramid, and whole grains had to be incorporated into the dish. Students had the challenge of not only creating and cooking a healthy and balanced meal, but had to put their creative minds to the test to present the food in an appealing way. It wasn’t until this round when judges, including John Passiones, of Scala’s Pizza, and Edward Esposito, of the Jersey Grill, declared Amanda Morehouse, Elesa-beth Racioppi, and Dan Smith as the winners of the “Iron Chef” competition with their paradise breakfast crepe and carrot mango smoothie. The first place winners were awarded gift certificates to Scala’s. Second place winners were Paula Matsunaga, Taylor Mellaci, Molly O’Neill and Anna Livingston, who made an apricot Gorgonzola bruschetta with eggs. Third place went to Talia Binns, Emily Egan, Jessica Egan and Christine McArdle with their crab and bacon quiche with home fried potatoes. This will not be last Shore Regional will be seeing of “Iron Chef,” as Mrs. Dean-Esposito has plans to continue the competition with new teams and challenges for her International Foods Class.

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Class of 2013 Shines at Senior Fashion ShowCollage and Photos By MEGAN SACCO

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SportsTalking About Winter Sports

By JESSICA KWOK and BRENDAN BLAIRBoys’ BasketballCoaches: Dave Emery, William Wishart, & Daniel NicolCaptains: Ben Hess & Brian Dubois¨We are optimistic this season and we want to win the division, make a run in States and the Shore Conference. We also want to win all our home games.¨ - Ben Hess, Senior Captain

Girls’ BasketballCoaches: David Dudzinksi, Tory West, & Joseph RankinCaptains: Claudia LaMarca & Gina Ruscil¨ We expect a lot from the season. Being in the hardest division and playing the best teams in the shore is not easy, but the high level of competition will help to prepare us for the Shore Con-ference Tournament and States.¨ - Claudia LaMarca, Senior Captain

BowlingCoach: Mark CostantinoCaptains: Mark Bader, Alaina Mehrtens, & Brianna Santan-gelo“The greatest strength of our team is our support of each oth-er. Everyone is cheering you on when you go up to bowl and if you don’t do so well everyone is willing to give advice. I truly believe none of our team members would be as good as we are without each other.” -Brianna Santangelo, Senior Captain Ice HockeyCoach: Dave SmithCaptain: Mike Hurley, Dave Newcomb, & Andrew Schulz“Our strength this year is definitely our improved depth; we have a great balance of older and younger guys. Last year we only had two seniors and we only went about .500 on the sea-son. This year we have six and we’re doing much better. Our team definitely has more experience and maturity than last year. We also have seven freshman giving the team a bright future.” -Mike Hurley, Senior Captain

SwimmingCoaches: Katie McGowan & Jared AprahamianCaptains: Katie Aitkens, Kevin Anfuso, Luke Dwyer, Laura Phillips, & Mark Massaro“I think our strength lies in how much effort we all put into the sport. Everyone works really hard to get better, and it’s that motivation that makes us a stronger team.” -Laura Phillips, Senior Captain

Also, congratulations to Helen Grossman, who is the 2013 Monmouth County Champion in the 100 fly and broke the meet record from 2003 by 1.10 seconds. The new record that she set is 56.57. Way to go, Helen!

Winter Track & FieldCoach: Mel Ullmeyer“As a team we plan on possibly placing in the Shore Confer-ence or County´s. As an individual I hope to reach a new per-sonal best of 6´4´´ in the high jump¨ - Andrew Mahon, Senior

WrestlingCoach: Dave Porta & Richard SantangeloCaptains: Dan Baillie, Connor Feroce, Dylan Viera, & Derek Joyce¨There is a lot of room for improvement from last season, only having 9 wins, but we do have high expectations this year. We plan on playing for a division title¨- Dan Baillie, Senior Cap-tain

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