Hunterdon Central Regional High School District trustees used part of their regular meeting to recognize district staff and dozens of students for academic, artistic and athletic achievements and to hear a student research presentation.

The board honored Adam Leonard as the district’s Governor’s Educator (Teacher) of the Year and Jessica Amelia as the Governor’s Educator (Educational Services Professional) of the Year. Superintendent remarks noted both were selected by the statewide program each school runs to identify outstanding educators.

The board also recognized students who earned academic distinctions including seven students awarded a seal of trilingual literacy (Arabic/Chinese/French/Russian/Spanish and English combinations listed in agenda materials), several National Merit commendations and semifinalists, AP Capstone diploma earners and students selected to elite regional and national music ensembles. Dr. Matt Hall, director of curriculum and instruction, read many of the student names and described published student research appearing in journals such as the Journal of Student Research and the National High School Journal of Science.

Senior Parth Jain presented his three‑week Governor’s School research project on an autonomous system that detects and dispenses instant asphalt to fill potholes. Jain described using a LiDAR sensor to map pothole volume and a 3D‑printed dispenser integrated conceptually with a street sweeper. He said the group’s paper was accepted to the MIT Undergraduate Technical Conference and published in IEEE Xplore. “Doing this in three weeks was not an easy feat,” Jain told the board, and described how district courses and extracurriculars—particularly the robotics team and AP Research—prepared him for the work.

Principal remarks framed the recognitions as a core part of the board’s community visibility and noted the presentations and photos would be preserved on the district’s YouTube channel.

The recognition portion of the meeting included brief descriptions of the honors and photo moments; there was no formal board action associated with the recognitions.