Congratulations to Ms. Zhang (center to the left), who is the New Jersey Chinese Teachers Association, “Educator of the Year.” Also recognized at the ceremony this weekend were Robert Ness (left), who received NJCT’s President’s Volunteer Service Award, and Yuki Kishimoto (right), who received the President’s Youth Leadership Award.

Congratulations to Claire Liotta who took home first place this weekend at the NJ Regional Shakespeare Recitation Competition. Claire will now move on to the national level in April. Go Claire!

Congratulations to Jonathan Dai and Sam Gilpin who competered in the USFA Junior Olympics competition in Denver, Colorado. Go Ridgers!

GRHS Band Members with the Caldwell Honor Band at Caldwell University

Three GRHS seniors had the amazing opportunity to perform with the Caldwell Honor Band in December. Within the full orchestra are seniors Eli Fellus (alto sax), Andrew Guardiola (tenor sax), and Lila Sargent (clarinet) who were selected alongside the best high school musicians in Essex County to represent Glen Ridge in the Honor Band. GRHS is proud!

549 students from 37 states have participated in the National Chinese Language Contest since February 2022. Kira Walshe, a GRHS sophomore and Evan Rossi, a senior, advanced into the final competition after passing the geral screening and semi-final. During the final competition on April 9th-10th, Kira won the honorable mention at the intermediate high to advanced low group A and Evan Rossi won the 2nd place out of the final 10 participants at the intermediate high to advanced low group B. Congrats to both students on this great achievement!

The annual New York Times Contest has concluded and once again GR has shown to be talented. Of the nearly 4,000 entries received from young people from around the world, the judges selected nine winners, 15 runners-up and 25 honorable mentions. Congratulations to Eric Bennett-Sines for achieving Runner-Up status for his review of Blonde, Frank Ocean's album and to Poorvi Sarkar for achieving Honorable Mention for her review "Never Will I Ever: Toying With Representation”. Nice work, young critics!

Congratulations to GRHS's 2022 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists: Mia Ehatamm, Shoh Nishino, Tyler Johnson, and Evan Rossi.

Congratulations to the GRHS Marching Band who competed at the USBands Open Class National Championships in MetLife Stadium on Saturday, November 6 and were crowned Group 1 National Champions! This is the first time GRMB has won in MetLife in 20+ years. An amazing accomplishment for an amazing team. Good work, Marching Band and Dr. Gage!

Congratulations goes out to GRHS Freshmen Dan Baur and Eric Bennett-Sines for placing in the top ten of the NY Times Vocabulary Video contest. The contest, which had a total of 800 submissions from high schoolers nationwide, is a fun and creative contest where students were required to define a word in a video that lasted 15 seconds or less.

The winning videos can be seen below:

Dan Baur--anachronism

Eric Bennett-Sines--mellifluous

The rest of the NY Times winners and other student work can be found in the whole article on the Times site.

Two GRHS students recently placed in the Honorable Mention category of the NY Times Critical Review contest. Sohini Sarkar, who critically reviewed the Netflix special “Hasan Minhaj Homecoming King”, and Tommy Pennington, who crafted a review entitled “The New York Athletic Club: A Hidden Gem”, were both recognized amongst the over 2, 300 entries from across the country.

The two winning entries and many others can be viewed through the whole announcement here.

Two graduating GRHS students recently placed in the New York Times Second Annual Student Podcast Contest. Out of around 900 entries--12 winners, 15 runners-up and 12 honorable mentions, now-GRHS Alumni Sophie Marsden and Khrystyna Karpyn made it to the runner-up category. Sophie and Khrystyna's podcast "The Message Behind the Lyrics" can be found on the New York Times site.

Recently students were given the opportunity to submit an entry to The New York Times Vocabulary Video Contest. This is the sixth year the Times has offered a Vocabulary Video Contest, in which students are challenged to define one of the newspaper's Words of the Day in 15 seconds or less. Finalists are chosen based on their originality, how well each showed an understanding of the word and its use in a specific context, and how clearly that was communicated.

Out of the nearly 1500 students who participated, GRHS had three winning teams. Ethan Che and Lucas Abernathy, both seniors, placed among the 15 Winners with their depiction of cacophonous. Ninth graders Kaitlyn Degnan and Anna Sullivan placed among the 14 Runners-up with their video of don and fellow ninth graders Ryan O'Neil, Cooper Sharp, Caroline Weinstein and Dephne Zeybek earned one of 21 Honorable Mentions with their interpretation of loquacious. Congratulations to these creative students!

GRHS Junior, Garrison Huddleston, competed against the best French horn players in the northern seven counties of New Jersey and earned himself a spot in our region's top music ensemble, the North Jersey Wind Ensemble. Garrison will perform with the group at Parsippany Hills High School on January 27. As one of the best in our area, he is now eligible to audition for the 2019 New Jersey All-State Band. Good luck, Garrison!

The Marching Band competed against the best the country has to offer this past Saturday at US Bands National Championships on the turf at MetLife Stadium. Glen Ridge earned their highest score of the season, 93.45, and earned the award for Best Music. This is the first time GR has won Best Music nationally in 20 years. Congratulations to the Band on a very successful season!

Senior Ryan Henry attended the Governor's School of Engineering and Technology this past July. There, he and his peers conducted research and wrote a paper on their findings (viewable to the right). The paper and findings were exceptional and as a result, Ryan will be presenting the research paper at the 2018 IEEE MIT URTC (Undergraduate Research Technology Conference). After the presentation, the paper will be published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. It is an amazing accomplishment. Good work, Ryan!

Synthesis & Characterization of Nuclear Waste Glasses Containing Mo.pdf

National Merit Scholarship Program

Alex Rovalino, Ethan Che, Ryan Henry, and Julia Ludwig (left to right) have been named Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended student sare recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the qualifying test used for program entry. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corp. (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented to each recipient. Great job!

The GRHS Marching Band was at Edison High School on Saturday, competing for the first time in the highly competitive 2 Open division. The Band won 1st place in that division and earned the awards for Best Music and Best Visual. Come out and see the Band at this weekend's home football game!

GLEN RIDGE STUDENTS ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE ON AP TESTS

71 GRHS STUDENTS HONORED BY COLLEGE BOARD

Glen Ridge Superintendent Dirk Phillips announced today that 71 Glen Ridge High School students were honored by the College Board for scores earned on Advanced Placement (AP) tests given during the spring of 2018.

A total of 32 students attained AP Scholar status, earning scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams.

11 Glen Ridge students were designated as AP Scholars with Honor, receiving an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

The designation AP Scholar with Distinction is awarded to those who received an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. For 2018, 26 Glen Ridge students were named AP Scholars with Distinction.

Two Glen Ridge students were named National AP Scholars, the highest honor awarded in the American AP program. These students received an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken,and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

“We are proud of every student who takes an AP course and completes an AP exam,” said Superintendent Phillips, “because these courses allow our students to experience a high level of academic rigor.” He added, “The fact that so many of our students received honors from the College Board should be a source of pride to the students, their parents, teachers and the entire community.”

2018 National AP Scholars!

Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

Ethan Huang Carter Sargent

2018 AP Scholars with Distinction

Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

CJ Anello Guy Anello Maxwell Auborn

Alec Black Lucas Burke Cadmus Cai

Jacqueline Chirco Erin Chung Ethan Hackmeyer

Elizabeth Hauschild Ryan Henry Alexander Kostas

Matthew Lamberson Jacqueline Landi Simon Low

Julia Ludwig Jacob Richardson Alexander Rovalino

Robert Silvera Julia Sterling Collin Wehr

Katrina Weissman Lyla Wotring Estee Wu

2018 AP Scholars with Honor

Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Lily Barnett Ethan Che Colin Gilmore

David Gray Sarah Kwakkelaar Collin Miller

Erin O'Gorman Julian Reda Kevin Richardson

James Weston Benjamin Wyatt

2018 AP Scholar

Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.