Welcome to the Roxbury Recap, where we keep you in the loop with all things Roxbury.

Awards & Accolades

• Dan Sugarman named the RHS 2024 Morris County Unsung Hero: This award is honored to “students who make outstanding contributions to their schools and communities but are often overlooked by other traditional student recognition programs,” according to NJSBA (New Jersey School Board Association). Dan was recognized for his leadership in our Structural Design Class. Congratulations to Dan! 

Assemblies 

• ‘Believe in U’ Assembly (Friday, 2/23): On Friday, 2/23, students and staff attended an assembly hosted by motivational speaker Kevin Atlas. During this assembly, students learned how to lookout for each other and build our school community through spirit and enthusiasm. 

Fundraisers

• Rox-THON (Friday, 3/15): Rox-THON Registration has been extended! If you haven’t registered yet, you have until TODAY (Friday, 3/1) to register. If you are interested in participating in this event, click here for more information.

• Class of 2026 Fundraiser: The Class of 2026 is hosting a fundraiser at the Roxbury Diner on March 7th. If you present their flier, 10% of the proceeds will go to their class fund. The event will be all day, so you can eat before or after the premiere of Roxbury High School’s Production of Mean Girls! Grab a flier in P244 or the main office to bring with you on March 7th!

Academics & Academic Programs

• NJGPA Testing (Tuesday, 3/12-Friday, 3/15): From Tuesday, 3/12 to Friday, 3/15, all juniors will take the New Jersey Grade Proficiency Assessment (all other students will have a 2.5 hour delay. This assessment is a graduation requirement, so all juniors must take it! Make-ups will take place from Monday, 3/18 to Friday, 3/22. 

• Vo-Tech Applications (Now Through Monday, 4/1): Morris County Vo-Tech is now accepting applications for their share-time programs. If you are interested in one of the programs, you have until Monday, 4/1 to apply.  

Miscellaneous

• Dodgeball Tournament (Wednesday, 3/6): The Senior class will be hosting a Dodgeball Tournament open to all grades and STAFF on Wednesday, March 6th at 2:30 pm. Staff are free of charge to play! To sign up please email Anna Anikiej ([email protected]) or Ms Kroog. All teams are encouraged to make jerseys or wear the same color.

• Gael Cup Shirts (On Sale Starting Thursday, 3/7): The Freshman Class is selling Gael Cup shirts! These awesome shirts were designed by senior Jacob Goebel. The class that purchases the most shirts and wears them to our FINAL Gael Cup Competition in the spring will win points toward their class. Shirts will be on sale until Thursday, 3/7!

• Junior Prom Tickets on Sale (Tuesday, 3/5-Friday, 3/8): Junior Prom Tickets will be on sale from Tuesday, 3/5 to Friday, 3/8. Tickets will cost $98.

Boys & Girls Indoor Track

• The Indoor Track teams are wrapping up their very successful seasons. Here are some of their accomplishments thus far: 

• Championships: 

• County Relay Pole Vault Champions: Sophomore Jordan Sheldon & Junior Kaitlyn Duras

• North 1 Group 3 State Sectional Champions: Cooper Sunberg – Shot Put; Shayne Spiteri – 55 meter Dash; Jared Weiss – 3,200 meter run

• Group 3 State Champion – 55 meter dash: Shayne Spiteri 

• School Records

• Junior Shayne Spiteri broke the school record for the 55 meters dash!
• Senior Jared Weiss broke the school record for the 1,600 meter run!

• NJ Meet of Champions Qualifiers (competing Sunday, 3/3 at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island NY). The following athletes will be competing at this meet:
  • Marie Torode – Shot Put
  • Jared Weiss – 3,200m Run
  • Shayne Spiteri – 55m Dash
  • Halye Greene – 800m run

Swim

• New School Records: Relay team Nathan Milun, Mathew Milun, Aidan Saladino, and Aidan Ochoa broke the school record for the Boys 400 Free Relay; Aidan Ochoa broke the school record for the Boys 100 Breast. 

• Roxbury Drama Club Presents Mean Girls (Thursday, 3/7, Friday, 3/8, Saturday, 3/9): Roxbury’s Drama Club is performing Mean Girls. Four performances will occur; they will perform March 7 at 7:00 pm, March 8 at 7:00 pm, and March 9 at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm. Get your tickets on Ticketspice! 

• Melodies Send Off (Tuesday, 2/27): The RHS Melodies Send off took place on Tuesday, 2/27 in preparation for their trip to the ACDA Regional Conference & Showcase in Rhode Island.

• ACDA Regional Conference & Showcase (Wednesday, 2/28): RHS Melodies headed to Rhode Island for the ACDA Regional Conference & Showcase on Wednesday, 2/28. 

• Roxbury Winter Guard Competition (Saturday, 3/2): Roxbury Winter Guard has their third competition this Saturday at South Brunswick High School at 2:45. They will perform their show “A Gilded Touch” and will be competing in the Scholastic Regional A division against 7 other teams.

• Roxbury Indoor Percussion Competition (Saturday, 3/2): Roxbury’s Indoor Percussion will perform their show “La Cosa Nostra” this Saturday at Wayne Valley High School at 6:50 PM. 

★ DON’T FORGET TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR MEAN GIRLS ★

Clubs

• Rox-Buddies (Wednesday, 2/28): Rox-Buddies went to Nixon Elementary School from 3:30-4:30 pm to spend time with their Nixon Buddies!

Club Reminders 

• Rox-THON is Now Accepting Leader Applications: Rox-THON committee is now accepting applications for leadership positions till Thursday, March 7th (11:59pm). Please submit your applications if you’re interested. Reach out to [email protected] if you have questions.
• NEW! The E-Sports Team: The RHS E-Sports Team is still looking for gamers to join their new club! Take a look at the brand new gaming room downstairs in A104 and email [email protected] for more information.
• Roxbotix Competition (Saturday, 3/2 and Sunday, 3/3): The Roxbotix Team will compete against 35 other teams at Mount Olive High School this weekend. Matches start at 11:00 am on Saturday, 3/2 and 9:30 am on Sunday, 3/3. 

★ MAKE SURE TO REGISTER FOR ROX-THON  ★

Our teacher of the week is Mr. Schilling! Mr. Schilling has been teaching at Roxbury High School for eight years. He graduated from William Paterson University, where he earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design. His favorite thing about his job is, “Seeing students be able to pull from interests and cultural backgrounds and surpass their own expectations of themselves and create something totally original and new.” Mr. Schilling is also the proud advisor of the Yearbook Club. Students all around appreciate his kindness which is evidenced by the following quotes:

“I had Mr. Schilling Freshman and Sophomore years and he is a wonderful teacher! He keeps the class interesting and engaging and really cares about his students! He is very deserving of teacher of the week!” -Katie Caron, Junior

“While I only had Mr. Shilling for my Sophomore year, he had been a fantastic teacher! He not only made the class fun for everyone, but he truly cared about who you were as a person and took his time caring for each of us! Mr. Shilling really deserves to get teacher of the week!” – Eliana Okun, Junior 

Congratulations to Mr. Schilling, our 2/26 teacher of the week! 

Do you have a teacher or student that you would like to nominate? DM your nominations to the Roxbury Review Instagram @roxburyreview.

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