Panther News

For Planning Purposes:

• 4/14- NHS Induction (Invitation Only)

• 4/15- Honor Society Induction (Invitation Only)

• 4/17- Spring Pep Rally

• 4/18-4/25- Spring Break, School Closed

• 5/5-5/16- AP Testing Window

• 5/13 & 5/14 - 9th Grade NJSLA ELA

• 5/19 & 5/20 NJSLA - Grade 9 Math, Grade 11 Science

Alina art was selected to be showcased in the South Orange Performing Arts Centers Inspired Minds Exhibitions. Here is a little about the piece from Alina's perspective:

For this painting I was going in with the inspiration of Stan Lee to make a comic college of all the Marvel Superheroes. I decided to go with Spider-Man because the detail in his costume has the perfect squares for my college style. The background is inspired by Piet Mondrian, with bold colors also a reference to comic art. The college part is made out of old comics and new comic posters of the whole Marvel Universe, going with my original plan of incorporating all of them in there.

Peer Leaders pushed in and closed out mentoring with an egg hunt, a Q & A from the questions in the eggs, and some games. They taught about the importance of balance: play AND work are equally important.

AP Psychology is closing out our final unit with Clinical work. We used jelly, bread, and cream cheese, along with time as a stressor, to show how stress impacts whether or not disorders arise in people. The diathesis-stress model suggests that mental disorders arise from the interaction between a pre-existing vulnerability (diathesis) and environmental stressors, rather than solely from one or the other.

The cast and crew of Something Rotten attended the festival on 4/8

And the Awards Go To....

Best Comedic Duo Award: Edward Derderian and Jack Simon

Spotlight Award: Luca Sandomenico

"Tap Your Heart Out" Award: Ensemble of Something Rotten

Rising Stars: Ava Rodrigues and Greyson Chapman

CGHS Bocce Club members participated our annual tournament with Verona. Although Verona took home the trophy this year, students had a blast playing Bocce. Don't worry, we will get them next year!

We wanted to take a moment to recognize "Mama Maria's" 89th Birthday. Mama Maria has been an integral part of the CGHS cafeteria staff for the past 50 years!!! She cares for all of the students and staff and makes the best meatballs & paninis!

We would like to congratulate Coach Gogerty for being named as a coach in the Phil Simms North-South All-Star Football Classic being held on June 9th at Kean University. He is one of only 24 coaches chosen from the 386 football playing high schools in New Jersey. To say it is an honor is truly an understatement! Way to go!

The Class of 2028 are working together with BIGA Ristorante in Cedar Grove for a Dine-to-Donate event. Don't worry about cooking dinner on any Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday throughout the month of April -- visit BIGA and select from a fixed menu of courses that will keep you and your family satisfied. The cost of a dinner is $50 and will include one option from each course on the fixed menu. Please join the Class of 2028 in supporting a local business, all while helping to raise money for our hard working class. Thank you for your support and we hope to see you at BIGA in April!

The Boys and Girls Track & Field teams have both started 5-0 in Super Essex Conference Dual Meets. The Boys have early-season wins over Technology, Weequahic, Eagle Academy, University, and Bard High Schools. The Girls have wins over Technology, Weequahic, St. Vincent Academy, University, and Bard High Schools.

The Girls Lacrosse team has bounced back this week by winning two games in a row. They defeated Kittatinny High School 10-7 and had a nice 15-4 win over Passaic County Tech High School. They are now 2-3 on the season.

Cedar Grove High School Softball is off to a 4-0 start and had big wins this week by defeating Caldwell 10-0 and Mount Saint Dominic Academy 13-5. The team has moved up to #4 in the State of New Jersey in the latest NJ.COM state rankings.

The Baseball team has moved to 2-1 in the early season. They had a really nice extra-inning win over Pompton Lakes and a 10-5 win over Newark Academy this week.

The CGHS Golf team is now 5-4 on the season. They had wins this week over Nutley and Bloomfield High Schools. The team will play in the Kinnelon Golf Classic and Food Drive Tournament this upcoming week at Berkshire Valley Golf Course.

The Boys Tennis team has started the season off 2-1 and had a nice 4-1 win over Golda Och Academy prior to dropping a tough 2-3 match against Parsippany High School.

Just a reminder that all Cedar Grove High School Athletic schedules, event locations, and live streams can always be found at: https://www.secconference.org/public/genie/282/school/6/

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