Landing/Roxbury Region

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Billy Hefferle, a senior on Roxbury High School’s Ice Hockey team received the 2018 Edward Halvorsen Memorial Award. This honor is given to the Mennen and Halvorsen Division Most Valuable Player.

The Roxbury High School Robotics Team, Roxbotix, was a semi-finalist at the Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition Event held in Rochester NY at the Rochester Institute of Technology on March 15-17.

Fifty families from Franklin and Nixon Elementary Schools in Roxbury Township were treated to a dinner and show at their latest Title I Student Academic Intervention and Learning (S.A.I.L.) Parent Academy of the year at Nixon School Thursday night.

Friday, March 16th was a big day for Roxbury Schools with three different events being held to support families and children affected by pediatric cancer.

Lincoln/Roosevelt students officially kicked off their schools green initiative with a magic show by Bill Kerwood on March 9th. Kerwood combined his unique comedy variety show with a recycling program geared towards Roxbury’s recycling efforts.

The Eisenhower Middle School drama club has lots to boast about with their upcoming spring musical, Lion King Jr.

Digital Learning Day 2018 has come and gone in Roxbury. Schools took part in the day back on February 22nd. Digital Learning Day is a celebration of educational technology and gives students an opportunity to expand the use of technology in the classroom by learning something new.

On the evening of Monday, March 5th, the Roxbury High School Jazz Ensemble performed in the first of five preliminary-round competitions held by the New Jersey Association for Jazz Education (NJAJE). The band earned a silver rating and the award for the best saxophone section of the evening. Senior Jonah Nack also received a soloist award for his outstanding vibes feature.

Congratulations are in order for sixth-graders Antonio Coe and Justin Masi at Lincoln/Roosevelt School who have been selected to the 2018 NJSMA Region I Elementary Honors Band.

Seventh grade students at Eisenhower Middle School got to witness a piece of history Friday as they met Joseph and Magda Ungerleider, two Holocaust survivors who currently reside in Rockaway, NJ.

Fourteen Roxbury High School Students performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 10th for the American Choral Director’s Association Eastern Division High School Honors Choir.