This Week at Gateway

Gateway had an exciting week with our students excelling in everything from academics to athletics to community service! This past week Gateway celebrated Read Across America! Students visited our elementary schools to read and teach students. We also hosted our 1st Annual Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives Contest. Our young chefs did an amazing job and presented their food to our professional celebrity judges. In addition, several Gators competed in state athletic competitions. Check out all this and more in this week's newsletter!

Monday

• Varsity Sports Banquet 7:00

Tuesday

• Mandatory Senior Trip Meeting 6:30 (One parent and student must attend)

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Both our middle school and high school students visited the four elementary schools in our district for Read Across America. They read Dr. Seuss books to the students along with various crafts and games. They all did a wonderful job!

In honor of Read Across America on Friday, March 1st, the Book Club & Middle School Student Council held the 7th Annual Character Costume Contest. The competition was fierce, but the following contestants' creativity and enthusiasm could not be beat! For the Middle School, Caitlyn Cassidy as Charlotte won Third Place, Melody, Emily, Alexis, Bobby and Olivia as the Wizard of Oz won Second Place, and First Place went to Tatum MacFarland as Camilla Cream. For the High School, Claire Delany and Bellarose Bostwick as Piglet and Pooh won Third Place, Leo Geib as Jack Skellington won Second Place, and First Place went to Destiny Idler as the Loonette the Clown! And finally, Ms. Kohout as Moaning Myrtle won our staff prize! Congratulations to all our winners!

This weekend, Gators participated in the 2nd round of the 2019 SNJ First Lego League Championship.

March is Youth Art Month and in celebration, a variety of pop up art shows are happening across the state to display the fine work of New Jersey students and art educators. Two Gateway students' works were selected to take part in the state show, on display in the State House in Trenton. Drawings by sophomore Leo Geib and freshman Erin McKelvey, join works from students across the state in the show happening this week with a reception on Friday, March 8th.

These two students, as well as several other Gateway students will have work in a county Youth Art Month show taking place at Rowan University from March 18th - 22nd with a reception taking place on Friday, March 22nd, from 6-8 pm. For more information please contact Mr. Weber at aweber@gatewayhs.com

Congrats to the Indoor Winds for receiving a score of 79.75 and first place of 3 groups at Triton High School on Saturday. Also, a big congrats to the Indoor Guard for their 2nd place finish out of 10 and a score of 79.74 as well as a promotion to Scholastic AA at the MAIN Mid-Season Championships at South Brunswick High School! Both groups will compete next Saturday at Winslow Township High School.

Reminder: prom is a half day for students. Students attending the prom are expected to attend school and participate in our prom assembly on that day.

Gateway held its first G2C Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives culinary competition this past Thursday! Our advanced culinary teams competed in front of the following celebrity judges: Rob LaScala, Brad Cook, Janet Davis, and Mike Trimarco.

Thank you to our sponsors Rastelli Foods Group and Gateway Regional Education Association and all who helped!

Papa Kyle’s Team won the contest with their juicy burger made with waffle buns, avocado, and egg!

This week, Gateway had a visit from the Red Wing Boot Mobile courtesy of the Carpenters Union Local 255. The Carpenters Union donated the work boots to students in the Construction and Utilities Course as part of the Youth Transition to Work (YTTW) Program. These students recently completed OSHA 10 Certification training and will be able to join the Carpenters Union after graduation.

During Monday, March 4th - Thursday, March 7th (11am-1pm), Gateway2Careers will be hosting a Women's Empowerment Week where we hope to inspire our young ladies to follow their career passions and cultivate a support system for females to advocate for each other and self-care.

Each day, we will have approximately 25 Gateway girls hear from women leaders and speakers in a conference setting.

The cast of Gateway's The Little Mermaid hosted a character breakfast on Saturday! Children of all ages enjoyed the event and posed for pictures with their favorite characters.

Gateway will have an All-Class Reunion on Saturday June 8th at Tavern on the Edge, Gloucester from 2-6 PM

Gateway has opened a Comfort Closet to our school community. The Comfort Closet is a small room in the building that is stocked full of personal hygiene products, cleaning supplies, clothes and shoes to be given to anyone in the Gateway community that needs them. All of these items have been generously donated by the Gateway family and are offered at no charge to the recipient. The Closet is open every Friday during lunches so if students have a need they can stop by and pick up products to meet that need. Several groups have volunteered to make this happen, including the Student Council and Mrs.Gale's class. The Closet is representative of how much caring and concern for others that helps make Gateway a great place to work and learn!

Parents, if you need to pick up your child early or need your child to drive home early, please send in a note or email at the beginning of the day. This will ensure the student is ready to be picked up upon your arrival and allow us to maintain the learning environment. For security reasons, we will not be accepting verbal permissions. As always, we do encourage you to make doctor appointments outside of school hours. Thank you for your help with this matter.

Gateway is excited to offer a Homework Clinic for all students on most Tuesdays and Thursdays this school year. To see the complete schedule, see this link or visit the Parent/Student section of the Gateway website. Homework clinic begins 9/18. Every time students attend, their name is entered into a drawing for a prize! Homework clinic runs from 2:40 to 4:20. Students can ride the 3:30 or 4:30 bus home.

Congrats to Tom and Matt Goetz on reaching the NJSIAA state wrestling championships in Atlantic City! Matt qualified by finishing 4th at Regions at 220 pounds. Tom qualified by finishing 3rd at Regions at 285 pounds.

Congratulations to the Gateway/Woodbury swim team for their performance at the 2018-2019 Meet of Champions. Audrey Moore represented the Girls by placing 8th in the B finals which was good for 16th overall in the State for the 500 meter freestyle. For the Boys, Joe Rucci placed 15th in the 200 meter IM, and Dave Rucci, with All-Star caliber performances, placed 6th in the 200 meter IM and 5th in the 100 meter backstroke! Also participating in the meet were Zack Solem and Tom Stanek (Woodbury) in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay. Thanks to everyone for supporting the team and making the season a success!

Mr. Abed was selected as the 2018 USTA Middle States New Jersey District High School Coach of the Year! Mr. Abed works tirelessly with both our boys and girls programs and has won numerous division titles.