The ShorelineThe Community Newsletter of Shore Regional High School - WINTER 2010

Monmouth Park Highway 36West Long Branch, NJ 07764(732) 222 - 9300 (phone)(732) 222 - 8849 (fax)www.shoreregional.orgMonmouth Beach - Oceanport Sea Bright - West Long Branch

A Note from the Superintendent

For many students, high schoolʼs formative years forge elements of their identities that they become aware of only aftergraduation. In becoming adult members of society, Shore alumni have found themselves calling upon lessons learned in the class-room, work ethic actualized on- field and talents refined onstage.

This issue of The Shoreline begins a trend of exploration intothe stories of many of our districtʼs alumni and how theyʼre giv-ing back to their community.

Shore Regional continues to strive for academic andextracurricular excellence by offering its studentʼs rigorouscore coursework, exceptional elective offerings and new expe-riences to meet the times. The 2009-2010 school year evi-dences this truth through the accomplishments ofscholarship-receiving seniors, successful visual-artists and tal-ented “Devil Dancers.” Amidst the backdrop of ever-increas-ing standards, Shore Regionalʼs faculty and staff havecontinually aimed at making the education of the “whole child”paramount.

Despite the weather of the winter months, the pace ofbuilding refurbishment efforts has not relented. Whole wings ofthe school have undergone tremendous transformations andcome September, the fruits of this labor will undoubtedly befully evident. Thus, it is with humble appreciation that I againextend my thanks to our students and community for their pa-tience and perseverance during the revitalization of the schoolbuilding.

With the first days of spring a mere month away, I wishyou and your family well during these last weeks of winter.May an ever-present spirit of learning lead you to enlighten-ment and success.

Sincerely,

Unparalleled ExcellenceT he S horeline

Shore Regional High SchoolMonmouth Park Highway 36West Long Branch, NJ 07764

(732) 222 - 9300 www.shoreregional.org

Staff Leonard G. Schnappauf, Superintendent/PrincipalDennis W. Kotch, Business AdministratorAndrew W. Ker, Director of Public Information

Author, Editor, Producer, The Shoreline

The Shore Regional High School DistrictBoard of Education

2009-2010Anthony F. Moro, Jr., President (Monmouth Beach)

Tadeusz “Ted” Szczurek, VP (Oceanport)David Baker (Monmouth Beach)Nancy DeScenza (Sea Bright)

Beth Garrigal (West Long Branch)Diane Merla (West Long Branch)

Russell T. Olivadotti (West Long Branch) Ronald OʼNeill (West Long Branch)

Frank J. Pingitore (Oceanport)Paul Rolleri (Oceanport)

The Shore Regional High School DistrictEducational Foundation

Board MembersThomas Duffy

Joseph LagrotteriaMary Lynn Mango

Valerie ManzoEdward Miller

Patricia PflegerPauline PoynerJames RonanDonna Ruane

Leonard Schnappauf

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Leonard G. SchnappaufSuperintendent and Principal

Winter 2010 --- Volume Three --- Number OneThe Shoreline is published by the Shore Regional HighSchool Office of Public Information and is funded by dona-tions from the Shore Regional Educational Foundation and

business advertisements.

A “state of the building” report from Business Administrator Dennis Kotch.Progress is an awesome thing to behold. The referendum-autho-

rized work on Shore Regional High Schoolʼs facilities has progressed righton time and continues to keep the building on target for completion by Fall2010. Whereas “finishing touches” such as paint and molding are beingapplied in some hallways, other major efforts, like the overhaul of theMusic room, are well underway. Ceiling tile placement remains ahead ofschedule due to incredibly good results, such as the recent successfulpressure testing of the new HVAC piping system. These tests werenʼt ex-pected to take place until the spring, yet work completed ahead of sched-ule has allowed mechanical engineers to already ascertain the integrity ofthe jobs done.

Although in the Fall visual elements of the finalized referendum will be the

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most acknowledged, the Office of Business Administration looks forward to dramatically lower energy andheating bills. Due to the energy-efficient components installed via the referendum, gas and electric bills shouldbe fractions of what they have been in the past. Furthermore, Iʼm pleased to report that the original referen-dum, sold as a thirty-year bond, has been positively affected by recent economic advents. The past year hasenabled the referendum to acquire lower interest rates and secure a twenty-year bond producing a lower taximpact than initially estimated during the planning phase. No tax impact will be felt until the referendum is com-plete and that impact will now be substantially less.

Like many New Jerseyans, on March 16th my full atten-tion will be given to Governor Christieʼs budget address. Thisaddress will further outline for Shore Regional, and all publiclyfunded schools, expectations for state aid and tax levy caps. Inlieu of concrete knowledge regarding the current gubernatorialadministrationʼs goals, the Office of Business Administration iscurrently composing the 2010-2011 budget in the strictest tonesof fiscal conservatism. With that in mind, the budget nonethe-less will not sacrifice elements of a thorough and efficient edu-cation for every Shore student. Forthcoming newsletters andbudget presentations detailing the budget will be publicly avail-able in the coming months.

As always, I extend wishes for success to all of our sending districtʼs residents and should any havequestions or concerns, this office welcomes direct communication.

Sincerely,

above: Gov. Christie delivers a budget address on February 11 to a joint session of the state legislature.

A L U M N IInsightful remarks from Mr. Tom Duffy, one Each edition of the Shoreline affords me a great opportunity to remind our

communities of the truly amazing graduates Shore Regional High School has produced over the past four and half decades. Shore Regional boasts recent graduates that have attended Ivy League Universities, ascended honorably through the ranks of our nationʼs armed forces and successfully ventured into private enterprise. Rather than focus on solely recent achievements, the intention of this and forthcoming Alumni Spotlight columns will be to survey the entire ranks of Shore Regionalʼs graduates and present some of the most profound stories and happenings in this ever-growing alumni body. This editionspotlights the scholarly generosity of Mr. Wayne Reisner (ʼ68).

I invite you to “nominate” any graduate whose extraordinary post secondary efforts warrant coveragein a future issue. To do so, E-Mail Andrew Ker, Shore Regionalʼs Director of Public Information at Pub-licInfo@ShoreRegional.org. As always, best wishes to you for a healthy and successful 2010.

Regards,

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SPOTL IGHT ON :W a y n e R e i s n e r , ’ 6 8

Former West Long Branch resident Wayne Reisner fondly remembers his days at Shore Regional making “lifelong friendships” and “learning important lessons” both in and out of the classroom. Throughout his years at the then relatively young high school, Reisner both learned from “role models,” like Mr. Delpino and Mr. Corrubia, and began to become one. When reflecting on those days gone by, Reisnerʼs memory conjures up many enthusiastic anecdotes; among his favorites is the story of how during his junior year the basketball team went to Atlantic City to compete in the State Finals.

It wasnʼt, however, Reisnerʼs skills as a sportsman that ultimately propelled him to the heights of success where he now sits as Presi-

dent and Chief Investment Officer of Carret Asset Management in New York City. After graduation fromShore Regional, Reisnerʼs academic prowess brought him success as an undergraduate at Lehigh Univer-sity and graduate student in Finance and Investments at George Washington University. Having never lostthe “competitive fire in the belly” that has gained him much of his success, in 2001 Reisner began to lookback upon his high school days and sought to provide a new generation of Shore students with mentoringand financial assistance for their post-high school lives.

of the Shore Regional Educational Foundationʼs Directors.S P O T L I G H T

“In reality, large institutions benefit from alumni donationsall the time and high schools are often forgotten,” declares Reis-ner. Based on this perception, Reisner began annually offering anamesake scholarship of $10,000 to Shore Regional students that had been accepted to a four-year college, had a GPA of 90 or higher, played a varsity sport and demonstrated financial need. More importantly, the successful applicants would be required to maintain a 2.8 GPA (or above) all four years of college and annu-ally meet with Reisner for mentoring to continue to receive thescholarship in an incremental $2,500 distribution.

“Academic and sporting efforts are criteria for the scholar-ship, but especially vital to the process are individual interviewsconducted with the candidates. Thatʼs where I get to see whichstudents truly stand out as ʻgood citizensʼ and how they have ac-tively contributed to their school and community,” explains Reis-ner.

In 2010, Reisnerʼs scholarship will have awarded over$100,000 to Shore Regional graduates. In addition to the financialaward, recipients benefit from E-Mail correspondence with Reis-ner, who, highly valuing his role as a mentor, provides guidanceand direction for these evolving college bound students. Ulti-mately, Reisner sees his role as a mentor as an extension of thelessons and values he learned at Shore Regional High School.

“Itʼs very important for me to give back to a place that I benefited so much from,” Reisner adds. “Not only does providing the scholarship allow me to stay con-nected to my past, but it ensures that exceptional students will get the assistance they need to become fu-ture leaders in our nation and the world.”

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Know of an alumnus/alumna that has positively influenced their community since their days at Shore? Nowʼs your chance to nominatethem for coverage in a future edition of The Shoreline newsletter. Justsend an E-Mail to PublicInfo@ShoreRegional.org with the following information regarding the graduate: name, graduation year, contact

details and a brief description of accomplishments. Thank You!

SPOTL IGHT ON :Wh o ?

Pictures above: Wayne Reisner (left) meets with scholarship recipients to present them with their financial awards.

STATE anShore Students Achieve Statewide

A STATELY OFFICERIn February of 2010, Shore Regional junior Samantha Campbell took her

place as the newly elected Vice President of The New Jersey Association of Student Councils (NJASC). The NJASC is the nation's oldest student leadership organization, dedicated to helping middle and high school student councils to be more active and engaged in their schools and communities.

Throughout the school year, Campbell will work with both student leaders and student council advisors to encourage participation in student government and

facilitate forums for students to network and share ideas for successful projects and events. This past January, over 1500 student leaders from middle and high school student councils through-

out the state convened at the NJASC's annual Convention to elect their statewide representatives to theNJASC Executive Board and the New Jersey State Board of Education. Drawn to the NJASCʼs tradition ofexcellence and innovation in student leadership, Campbell aspires to be instrumental in promoting schooland community pride through her office as Vice President.

In addition to her scholarly pursuits at Shore Regional, Campbell works with the students of West Long Branch elementary school at after care, participates in FCA, plays on the girls basketball team, and holds the position of Recording Secretary for Student Council. Campbell proclaims that her favorite part about being in student council is the opportunity to “meet and work with people I otherwise wouldn't know and make strong friendships.”

In a personal note reflecting on achieving her vice-presiden-tial office, Campbell writes the following: “A big thanks to my family and friends, whose support has gottenme here today! I look forward to working with the rest of the board and the rest of the state in the upcomingyear. With some hard work and good attitudes I'm sure we can make this year a great one!” Campbellʼs of-fice welcomes inquiries via E-Mail and she can be reached at vicepres10@njasc.org.

A GOLDEN AMBITIONThroughout high school, senior Katherine Bazleyʼs been counting the hours of her tireless academic

efforts, sportswomanship and voluntary community involvement. Now in 2010, all the hard work has paid offas Bazley has been awarded the United States Congress' Gold Congressional Award Medal.

An award for dynamic and devoted young Americans like Bazley, the award is non-partisan, volun-tary, and non-competitive. Open to all 14- to 23-year-olds, participants earn Bronze, Silver or Gold Con-gressional Award Certificates or Bronze, Silver or Gold Medals based on achieving goals in four areas:

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Volunteer Public Service (400 hours), Personal De-velopment (200 hours), Physical Fitness (200 hours),and Expedition/Exploration (4 consecutive nightscamping). “Receiving the Congressional Award Gold Medal isone of the biggest achievements of my life becauseof the time and effort that it required,” remarks Bazley. For Bazley, satisfying program area require-ments included earning a Varsity Letter for the ShoreRegional Field Hockey Team, volunteering at the Reformation Food Pantry, being a member of the Interact Service Club at Shore Regional, volunteering at the Peter Cooper Village Lunch Pro-gram, getting a part-time job, and hiking a portion ofthe Appalachian Trail.

Taking nearly three years to accomplish all of the requirements, Bazley felt the most difficult part of getting the Congressional Award was the Expedition. “It took a lot ofplanning to hike a thirty-mile part of the Appalachian Trail in New Jersey during the sum-mer. We had to account for shelter, water, and food, and also prepare for whatever theweather might bring,” reflects Bazley.

Upon completion of her goals, Bazley sent her Record Book to Washington, D.C.and on January 20, 2010, received her Congressional Award Gold Medal in Washingtonat the New Jersey Breakfast. Looking back on her accomplishment, Bazley feels thatearning the award gave her “time-management skills, a better work-ethic, social skills,event-planning skills, and most importantly self-confidence.” In addition to her own efforts, Bazley recollects that she would not have been able to get this award without herparents, as they “woke me up for every early-morning volunteering activity, drove me towhere I had to be, and helped me a lot in planning for the Expedition, supporting me ineverything I ventured.”

With only a few hundred American students earning the Gold Medal in 2010, Bazleyʼs exciting achievement rests among the first of many yet to come in the promising career of this exceptional young woman from Shore Regional.

GET INVOLVEDAny student can become involved in the NJASC and The Congressional Award. Both organizationʼs

websites, www.njasc.org and www.congressionalaward.org, have readily available information to helpguide those interested in achieving goals like those met by Samantha Campbell and Katherine Bazley.

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FOUND IN “Receive this letter with the tenderness of the old friend of your glorious

father, at Point Breeze, State of New Jersey, in the United States of America, where I live as happy as one can be far from his country, in the most prosperous land upon the earth.”

The above words, written by King Joseph Bonaparte to his nephew The Duke of Reichstadt on the fifteenth of February, 1832, are just a few of the thousands being translated by Shore Regional students in attempts to shed light on one of the most amazing, yet little popularized, stories of New Jersey history.

In 1815, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte saw his hopes of Euro-pean domination dashed at the Battle of Waterloo. Upon defeat, both Napoleon and his older brotherJoseph (the former King of Naples and Spain) attempted to flee the country, having become wanted men.Whereas Napoleon was soon thereafter captured, Joseph arrived in America, sojourning through the statesadopting the name of “The Comte de Survilliers.”

Successfully arriving with considerable fortune, Joseph Bonaparte settled on a near 1,700 acre es-tate in modern-day Bordentown, NJ which he dubbed “Point Breeze.” Living a life of quiet anonymity from1816 until 1832, Bonaparte resided in a palatial dwelling that featured a network of underground tunnelsand other feats of ornate and intricate construction. Among the many guests he entertained at Point Breezewere President John Quincy Adams, Senators Henry Clay and Daniel Webster and Revolutionary War herothe Marquis de Lafayette.

Mysterious for both its subterraneantunnels and the fires that reduced the homeslocated on the estate to ashes in 1820 and1850, Point Breeze has become an archeo-logical treasure trove. It just so happens thatthe leading scholar attempting to archeologi-cally unearth the fascinating story of Bona-parteʼs New Jersey home is none other thanDr. Richard Veit, Associate Professor of An-thropology at Monmouth University. Many ofVeitʼs university students have helped turnPoint Breeze into a fruitful, functional archeo-logic dig. However it wasnʼt until high schoolstudents from Shore Regionalʼs French pro-gram got involved that Dr. Veit was able toshed even more light onto daily happeningsat Point Breeze two centuries ago.

Shore Students Collaborate with Monmouth

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1 Abbott, John S. C. Joseph Bonaparte. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. 361. 2 Moran, Mark, and Mark Sceurman. Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. illustrated ed. New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 2003. 58-59.3 Bishop, Joseph B. Charles Joseph Bonaparte: his life and public services. New York: Charles Scribner & Sons, 1922. 17.

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TRANSLATIONUniversity to Unearth Lost 19th Century NJ History

Upon traveling to Yale in 2009, Veit recalls a “terriblefeeling of being overwhelmed” by the innumerable boxes of theMaillard (Bonaparteʼs personal secretary) Family Papers pre-served by the University. If translated proficiently, Veit felt muchof the correspondence could unlock some of Point Breezeʼs se-crets. “In terms of providing a competent translation, I neededa critical mass of students knowledgeable in the French lan-guage to possibly provide the dig with actionable clues,” de-clares Veit. Unable to find a serviceable group of translators atMonmouth, Veitʼs colleague, Dr. Alison Maginn (Associate Pro-fessor of Spanish, Dept. Chair Foreign Language Studies) rec-ommend Mrs. Alice Simonsonʼs Shore Regional Frenchstudents as viable translational candidates.

Using digital photographs taken by Veit of letters housed atYale, Shore Regional students began the arduous task of painstak-ingly translating under Simonsonʼs guidance. The letters given to theShore students were written by the hand of Edmund Louis Du Barry,the Bordentown physician and personal friend of Bonaparte, who atone time lived in the Lake House at Point Breeze. The “Du Barry Let-ters” were uploaded by Simonson onto her faculty webpage where stu-dents accessed them in-class via laptop or from their own computerelsewhere.

Since December Veit has been “crossing his fingers” thatShoreʼs students will conquer the admittedly “challenging task of inter-preting handwritten documents that in some caseshavenʼt seen the light of day for centuries.” Passionateabout New Jersey colonial history, Veit is optimisticthat Shore Regional student efforts will provide “de-tailed information that tells us about how Point Breezelooked and operated, who the people living there ʻre-ally wereʼ and what their lives were like.”

During the winter months, excavation at PointBreeze goes on hiatus. This particular winter has pro-vided Veit and his students with particular enthusiasmfor the spring thaw knowing that their Shore Regionalcounterpartʼs labors may lead them to new findings tohelp gain understanding of the Garden Stateʼs historic landscape.For more info on Dr. Veitʼs and Shore Regional studentʼs efforts in this ongoing project, log on to the Public Information section of www.shoreregional.org.

pictures: (top left) 1824 portrait of Bonaparte by Charles Wilson Peale.(bottom left) 1820 Point Breeze, the Estate of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte at Bordentown, by Charles B. Lawrence.(top right) 1832 Oil on Canvas of the Manor House of Joseph Bonaparte near Bordentown by Karl Bodmer. (mid right) Dr. Veit onsite at Point Breeze collecting artifacts.(bottom right) Shore French students using laptops to view and

translate the Du Barry Letters.

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4 Stroud, Patricia T. The man who had been King: the American exile of Napoleon's brother Joseph. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.5 Thirty-Second Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy. Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters, 1901. 131.

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upCAS: Creativity, Action and SERVICE!

Shore Regionalʼs IB students continue to embody the virtues of the Programmeʼs “CAS” component. February saw candidates involved in many philanthropic events, ranging from a Haiti Earthquake Relief Fundraiser to local service efforts. For instance, at Lunch Break in Red Bank, Shore IB students were solely in charge of preparing and serving lunch, wholly responsible for the entire meal process. During the week of March 1-9, theyʼll be hosting a bowl-a-thon to benefit Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Monmouth County.

Within the CAS component of the Programme, IB students maximize use of the digital to record their achievements. Utilizing

Google Sites to create an online CAS portfolio, each candidate will showcase the 150+ hours of activities with detailed descriptions, thoughtful reflections and images of their participation and thelearning achieved.

Academic and Intercultural OpportunitiesThe class of 2012 continues to form with over twenty

applications received already. Beginning with the Class of 2011, IB students will have the opportunity to enroll in “Environmental Systems and Societies” to complete the Diploma Programmeʼs science requirement. In addition to new course offerings, IB students benefit from participation in unique cultural events like attending performances by acclaimed musical ensemble such as “Cherish the Ladies” (at Monmouth University on February 26).

Curricular EvolutionShoreʼs IB Programme has grown and evolved

already in its first three years. Students can now take any world language they wish, with Spanish no longer remaining the only option. Through the implementation IB Environmental Systems and Societies, IB studentscan take additional non-IB science courses or electivesduring their junior year to further pursue interest in scientific studies. Whereas “Standard Level” and “Higher Level” options exist within the core of the

Details of the exceptional opportunities offered within Shore Regional

Pictures above: Shore IB students serve lunch at “Lunch Break” in Red Bank

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updateProgrammeʼs main areas of study, all students pursue IB Visual Arts on the high level, ultimately culminat-ing with a student-composed and professionally evaluated art show in the spring of the senior year.

The IB Programme at Shore RegionalAmid the many outstanding educational programs at Shore Regional High School, the IB Diploma

Programme is unique. The goal of the IB curriculum is to prepare high school students for quality universitylife in a way no other educational program can. For those who may not go on to college, the program willoffer one of the most enriching experiences possible.

The IB Diploma Programme is not a different version of already existing programs that are academi-cally challenging; rather, it blends together key ingredients of many academically challenging programs intoone comprehensive piece by focusing on three key concepts: Academic rigor, Comprehensiveness and In-ternationalism.

Students learn how to learn, how to analyze, how to reach considered conclusionsabout humankind, its languages and literature, itsways in society, and the scientific forces of its environment. An IB diploma candidate should indeed be functioning at the level of an introduc-tory college student. Shore IB students encounterrigor throughout ALL disciplines. Candidates refine areas of strength and work to improve areas of weakness. Students also submit a signifi-cant portion of their course work for evaluation(e.g., essays, oral commentaries, portfolios, labbooks). Additionally, the IB Program encouragesstudents to think globally and the IB curriculum isbased on true international standards. Coursework and exams are graded by an international gradingteam, professionals from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Homegrown International OpportunitiesWith U.S. News and World Report now using the International Baccalaureate Programme as manda-

tory criteria* to be considered as a “Best High School,” Shore Regional High School is proud to be “aheadof the curve” as a World School that offers a fully authorized Diploma Programme. Internationally recog-nized as the benchmark for high school success, Shoreʼs IB Programme welcomes all prospective candi-dates seeking enrollment for the classes of 2012, 2013 and 2014.*Morse, Robert. "America's Best High Schools Methodology." Best High Schools U.S. News and World Report, 4 Dec. 2008. Web. 8 Nov. 2009 <http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2008/12/04/americas-best-high-schools-methodology.html>.

High Schoolʼs International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

Picture: Shore IB students visit Princeton Universityʼs Art Gallery

Danc ing w i t h t he Dev i l s Extracurricular Activity Moves Toward Elective Offering

During his first year as Shore Regionalʼsactivities coordinator, Vice Principal Vincent Dalli-Cardillo zealously envisioned broadening theschoolʼs offerings by implementing a “dance pro-gram.” Having been approached by interestedstudents throughout the 2008-2009 school year,DalliCardillo was pleased to find the very talentedLawrence Edwards, a local professional danceartist, enthusiastically willing to bring the programto life. Beginning with a tenth period “danceclass” in lieu of traditional “gym class,” the pro-gram immediately gathered a devoted followingof interested students.

Upon entering her senior year at Shore inthe Fall of 2009, Kelly Cosentino sought to capi-talize on the programʼs potential and create acompetitive dance team. “We wanted to treat thisendeavor like a varsitysport that anyone couldparticipate in,” remem-bers Cosentino.

Building the pro-gram from “scratch”with Edwards at thehelm, they found thetask to be both invigor-ating and challenging.“There was temptationfor many students toperceive this as a ʻclubʼor a ʻjoke,ʼ but withinthe first few months ofthe school year wewere able to rejuvenatea lot of school spirit andgain support,” recallsCosentino. Over fiftystudents came to theinitial “Devil Dancers”meeting and by the lateFall, a core group oftwenty-three femalesand one male hadbegun performing

competitive routines and halftime performancesat home basketball games.

Initially, the “Devil Dancers” caught on bothfrom word of mouth and through friends whobrought friends to practices. All four grades atShore are well represented on the team and to-gether they dance as one cohesive group. Asfreshman Samantha Miller recalls, “I wasnʼt reallyinto any sport, but I did want to participate in ac-tivities at Shore. Dance was something I loved todo and this gave me an outlet to show my ʻShorePride.

Sophomore Emma French likewise saw abright future on the horizon. “I had absolutely nodance experience whatsoever and now Iʼm reallyinto this and getting better every week,” relatesFrench. “Weʼre like a sisterhood,” she adds.

Junior Jennifer Townshend, whose talents, like Cosentinoʼs, have added to Shore Playersʼ productions, echoes her team-mates opinions. “Being a Devil Dancer is so much fun. You donʼt have to be the perfect dancer, nor do you have to be able to sing or act.”

As the year evolves, all the Devil Dancers have the highest hopes that the team will continue to thrive at Shore both as an activity and a meaningful elective class. In both cases their perfor-mances are blazing!Pictures above: The Devil Dancers entertain during halftime at a Varsity Boys Basketball Game.

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Tech CornerIN S I D E THE D I G I T A L WOR LD OF SRHS

(www.MealPayPlus.com)

Shore Regional High School now features a convenient,easy, and secure way to make prepayments for student cafeterianeeds using your bank account or Credit Card online.

Registration is free and quick, so get started today. Simplyclick on the New User Registration button for your type of accountand follow the easy, step-by-step instructions.

In addition to the peace of mind that comes from knowingyou will no longer have lost or stolen lunch money, users can ac-cess the system 24/7 via the Internet and/or phone, receive lowbalance email reminders and view/monitor purchases made in thecafeteria.For more details, visit the Cafeteria section of ShoreRegional.org.

“Green” Copies of the Shoreline AvailableShoreRegional.org houses both the current edition and back issues of

The Shoreline Newsletter under the Public Information section. Making high-resolution, digital copies of The Shoreline available is part of the Shore Re-gional High School Districtʼs effort to shift toward “Green” practices that arecost effective and environmentally sound.

In addition to providing current and previous issues of the districtʼs community newsletter, the Public Information sec-tion of the website provides supplemental content to each edi-tion. Users will find links, forms and extended coverage of many of the people and places referenced in each issue.

To maximize interactivity with the district and its manytechnologic resources, be sure to REGISTER for a ShoreRegional.org account. Registered users of the districtʼswebsite receive E-Alert updates regarding school events, strategic planning surveys and other important information.For more information, feel free to contact the Office of Public Information via E-Mail at PublicInfo@ShoreRegional.org.

Quality Education for a Better World

Now accepting applications for the Classes of ʻ12,ʼ13, & ʻ14.

Shore Regional High Schoolʼs IB Diploma Programme helps develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world.

As an authorized “World School”, Shore Regional High School shares the mission and commitment of the IB to quality education.

To learn more, visit www.ibo.org, or contact Programme Coordinator Linda Ensor (lensor@shoreregional.org).

The Shore RegionalThe Shore RegionalKEEPSAKE COOKBOOKKEEPSAKE COOKBOOK

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find this to be true!Besure to pick up a copy

for yourself or for afriend for only $12.95.

The cookbook is available at the SRHSfront office, at any SRHS athletic event (justask for the athletic trainer) or contact Mrs.

McCormick directly atnmccormick@shoreregional.org.

See it a second time!See it a second time!SHORE PLAYERSSHORE PLAYERS

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Amidst the global outpouring of aid to help Haiti recover from Januaryʼs devastating earthquake, Shore Regional staff, students and community members undertook their own relief efforts.

Teaching children to care about and take anactive role in bettering the world in which they live hasbeen an increasingly important component of the edu-cational system at Shore Regional. Fortunately forShore students, dedicated and caring professionalslike Interact advisors Victoria Thomasey and ScottRuddy, Student Council advisor Adrienne Fleming,Model UN advisor Linda Ensor and their colleaguesScott Goldstein and Lucia Cuomo were ready to helpraise awareness of the tragic plight of the Haitian peo-ple in wake of the calamitous January earthquake.

Working collaboratively, these committed edu-cators teamed up with Shoreʼs IB CAS (Creativity, Ac-tion, Service) Coordinator Alice Simonson to plan andorganize an evening event aimed at educating andraising funds. Attended by more than 75 students,Shore Regionalʼs “Text for Haiti” event featured freepizza for the attendees, an informational lecture andtexting stations in the schoolʼs front cafeteria. Manyattendees made direct cash donations totaling $438which was then given directly to Aslan Youth Min-istries, based in Red Bank, NJ, to help them continuetheir work in rebuilding Haiti.

The head of Aslan, Craig Bogard, spoke to allin attendance and shared a slideshow of personalphotos from his most recent trip to Haiti, having re-turned from the devastated nation the evening before.Throughout the amazing presentation, students andadults alike were engaged, attentive and askedthoughtful questions.

An additional $320 was donated to the RedCross via text message donations. A multimediaslideshow that included Creole music and movingearthquake images (composed by Ms. Allison Cronk'sHistory classes) helped remind every attendee of thedire importance of their donation. All those in atten-dance were provided with literature about the country,the earthquake disaster, and relief efforts, and weregiven an opportunity to create handmade cards thatwere delivered to the Haitian Coalition along withother vital supplies.

By the end of the evening, Shore students andtheir fellow community members had also filled a flatbed truck full of supplies (canned food, bottled water,medical and hygiene supplies) and sent it on its wayto the Haitian Coali-tion for Empowermentin Asbury Park in an-ticipation of thegroupʼs relief trip toHaiti planned for lateFebruary.

The night leftan indelible impres-sion on many of howtrue magnanimity canhelp one better under-stand the struggles ofothers and seek tobetter their lives.

Picture: Shore students collecting goods for transport to Haiti via the Haitian Coalition. Picture: Craig Bogard (extreme left) speaks to those in attendance regarding his trips to Haiti.

Picture: Shore students crafting handmade cards.

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