Verona High School has announced that 20 students at have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on advanced placement exams. The AP program lets students take college-level courses while still in high school and earn college credit, advanced placement, or both, for their exam results. The results below for Verona...
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The 139 students of the Verona High School Class of 2010 are heading out to some 78 colleges, universities, community colleges and technical schools in the fall. They will be going into the military, volunteering abroad and walking straight into the working world. They will be studying in many different parts of the U.S.,...
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For four years, they’d been good. In fact, in the words of the administration at last night’s graduation ceremony, they’d been an exemplary, extraordinary class. “One of the greatest classes ever to walk to halls of Verona High,” according to Principal Glenn Cesa. Citing their cooperative, altruistic nature exemplified by the voluntary senior service...
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At the annual senior awards ceremony in June, the top VHS scholars in the Class of 2010 were honored. The Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars program, named for the seventeenth president of Rutgers University, recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of graduating New Jersey high school seniors. The scholarship is awarded to students with a class...
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Every school year, a few weeks after mid-term grades come out, VHS upperclassmen learn their class rank. Juniors find out for the first time where they stand among their peers. Seniors find out which student has the highest GPA and will therefore be class valedictorian. This year, the anticipation has been particularly pronounced. Two...
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The most successful girls basketball season in a long time came to an end last night. Before a deafening crowd of Hillbilly faithful, the girls succumbed to a potent Belvidere team which possessed a formidable three-point shot and a near-perfect free throw percentage, 53-50. The Verona boys, who traveled to Boonton, also lost in...
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Due to Thursday and Friday’s big snow, some big games for Verona teams were postponed. The worst of the weather is behind us now and we have the revised Saturday schedule. Friday evening’s girls basketball game against Montclair Kimberly Academy to decide the league championship is now scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at...
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The VHS Girls’ Varsity Basketball team has clinched a post-season playoff berth with their 57-30 win over St. Vincent’s on Tuesday at home. The girls are undefeated in league play and have been rolling over the competition in the new Super-Essex league by margins of 20 points and more. Their record stands at 8-1,...
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As I walked into Coach Patricia Hemsley-Cartotto’s office to talk to her about the upcoming girls’ varsity basketball season, I immediately felt a good vibe. Senior captain Michelle Petronaci was walking out of the office with Hemsley, laughing, and Hemsley was laughing right along with her. Coach Hemsley-Cartotto, who goes by “Hems” and will...
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