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Superintendent highlights student honors, greenhouse opening and phone‑free schools grant
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Guccio highlighted student achievements, community partnerships, the greenhouse opening, a $32,513 phone‑free schools grant and staff recognitions including Operation 'Gobble Gobble' food distribution.
Superintendent Dr. Guccio used the board's December meeting to highlight student and staff accomplishments and to announce new and ongoing district programs.
He congratulated music and athletic teams named to regional all‑star lists and singled out individual recognitions: QuestBridge National College Match scholarship recipient Lydia Bonsu, who will attend Colgate University on a four‑year scholarship, and Casey Velarde, selected as the high school's NJSIAA representative for National Girls and Women's in Sports Day. Dr. Guccio also noted that student Uchenna Udema earned the 2025 congressional app‑challenge for New Jersey's 2nd District; Mr. Udema's app analyzes brain images using AI to identify potential bleeds and suggest nearby medical care.
On community partnerships and service: the district thanked Village Grama for donating 172 gift cards (stated value $15,700) and AtlantiCare for student presentations. The district's food services and transportation teams ran food drives and Operation 'Gobble Gobble' distributed meals to families in need; transportation staff reported 642 pounds of food donated. Dr. Guccio also announced the district had received a $32,513 phone‑free schools grant to support classroom‑management strategies and that ParentSquare adoption is high, with 99.3% of parents contacted via the system in a recent week.
Staff recognitions included dining services and registration employees involved in the food distribution, and transportation director Lara Feinstein for hiring drivers and coordinating a 600+ pound food drive. Dr. Guccio closed by noting the greenhouse is officially open and introduced student representatives to give further updates.
The superintendent's report concluded with holiday thanks to staff and families and an invitation to the board to recognize staff at a spring ceremony.
