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

Awards & Accolades

• Eli Kali Wins National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award: Eli Kali, a senior football player, won the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award. This award was established in 1959 as the first initiative in history to honor scholar-athletes with postgraduate scholarships for their combined athletic, academic and leadership abilities.

• A Pilone Wins 2nd Place at Mount Olive Invitational: 2nd Place Open Category & $28,000 annual scholarship to Hartford Art School-Hartford University.

• Priscilla Gorgas Places 2nd & Wins Scholarship: 2nd Place Photography Category & $25,000 annual scholarship to Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia. 

• Jacob Goebel Wins 1st Place at BLANK: 1st Place Digital Media Category There were 12 schools in attendance and 120 artworks competing.

• Will Knapp Wins NJSIAA Region 2 Championship: Knapp earned the N.J.S.I.A.A Region 2 Champion for the 215 pounds division, and will continue to compete in Atlantic City!

Fundraisers

Academics & Academic Programs

• 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

• Gael Cup (Thursday, 3/28): TODAY, Roxbury High School will host the Spring Gael Cup Event! Students had the chance to buy their T-shirts from the Class of 2027 beforehand so you could show your support for your class. Freshmen & Juniors will wear GOLD and Sophomores & Seniors will wear BLUE. 

• Yearbook Sales (Now- Saturday, 5/4): The 2023-2024 RHS ECHO Yearbook is still available for purchase. We are about 80% sold out and the final day to order is May 4th. We cannot guarantee that there will be extra books available on the day of distribution in June. To order your yearbook, please visit www.yearbookordercenter.com. Enter school code: 13809

• Spring Break (Friday 3/29 – Friday 4/5): Roxbury will be on Spring Break starting next Friday, 3/29. We will have a four-day week and be off until the following Friday, April 4th. Have a great time! 

• VIP Lockdown (Wednesday 3/20-Wednesday 4/10): All VIPs will be on lockdown until April 10th for Freshman, Sophomores, and Juniors. Only Instructional Centers will be available for students to go to. 

Girls Lacrosse

• Roxbury vs Morris Catholic (Monday, 4/1): Roxbury Girls Lacrosse is set to play their home opener on April 1st at 10 am vs Morris Catholic! Good luck ladies!

• Roxbury vs Milburn (Wednesday, 4/3): Roxbury Girls Lacrosse will play Millburn at home on April 3rd at 4 pm.

• Roxbury vs Randolph (Friday, 4/5): Roxbury Girls Lacrosse goes head to head against cross-town rival Randolph on April 5th at 12 pm at Randolph!

Boys Lacrosse

• Roxbury vs Morris Hills (Monday, 4/1): Roxbury Boys Lacrosse sets off kick start their season home on April 1st against Morris Hills at 4 pm! Good luck!

• Roxbury vs Mount Olive (Thursday, 4/4): Roxbury Boys Lacrosse will play their second game of the season away on April 4th at 4 pm at Mount Olive

• Roxbury vs Morris Knolls (Saturday, 4/6): Roxbury Boys Lacrosse plays Morris Knolls at Knolls on April 6th at 10:00 am!

Softball

• Roxbury Plays in Softball Tournament (Saturday, 4/6): Roxbury Softball travels to Cedar Grove to play in a tournament. They play Colombia at 11am and Cedar Grove at 1 pm. Good luck ladies! 

• Roxbury vs Morris Knolls (Wednesday, 4/3) : Roxbury Softball is set to play Morris Knolls away on April 3rd for an 11 am start!

• Roxbury vs Sparta (Friday, 4/5): Roxbury Softball plays Sparta at home on April 5th at 4 pm. 

Baseball 

• Roxbury vs West Essex (Friday, 3/22): Roxbury Baseball won their first scrimmage of the season last Friday against West Essex! What a way to kick of the baseball season!

• Roxbury vs Caldwell (Monday, 3/25): Roxbury Baseball won their second scrimmage of the season this Monday with a score of 6-4 against Caldwell! 

• Roxbury vs Delbarton (Monday, 4/1): Roxbury Baseball is set to play Delbarton away at 4 pm on April 1st! Good luck!

• Roxbury vs Medham (Wednesday, 4/3): Roxbury Baseball plays Mendham at home on April 3 at 4 pm!

• Roxbury vs Chatham (Friday, 4/5): Roxbury Baseball is playing away at Chatham on April 5th for a 4 pm start!

Golf

• Roxbury vs Mount Olive (Monday, 3/25): Roxbury started off their season with a 159- 161 win over Mount Olive! 

• Roxbury vs Hanover Park (Monday, 3/25): In their second match of the day, Roxbury pulled out a win against Hanover Park to start off their season with a 2-0 record!

• Roxbury vs Jefferson (Thursday, 3/28): Roxbury has a match on March 28th at 3:15 pm against Jefferson. 

Boys Tennis

• Roxbury vs Randolph (Tuesday, 4/2): Roxbury Boys Tennis will kick off their season away at Randolph on April 2nd for a 10 am start! Good luck!

• Roxbury vs Mount Olive (Thursday, 4/4): Roxbury plays Mount Olive away at 10 am on April 4th.

• Roxbury Choir Invitational: The 32nd Annual Roxbury Choir Invitational happened on Saturday, March 23rd. 22 Choirs, and 14 high schools were represented, in 20-minute time blocks. 46 Vocal Soloists were featured! The event was a great success, good job to all of Roxbury High School Choir!

• Marching Band Registration: The Marching Gaels 2024 season registration is now open! Go to the Marching Gaels classroom to register. Check out the Marching Gaels Instagram for this season’s trailer for their show “Rearrange!” 

Clubs

• Yearbook Club (Tuesday, 3/26): The Yearbook Club is met after school on Tuesday, 3/26. The club focused on creating the divider pages in E-Design. 

• Rox-Buddies (Wednesday, 3/27): Rox-Buddies went to Nixon Elementary School from 3:30-4:30 pm to spend time with their Nixon Buddies!  

Club Reminders 

• Rox-THON Leadership Applications: If you applied to be a Rox-THON leader for the 2024-2025 school year, Rox-THON has made their decisions on leaders. Look out for an email from Mr. Gottfried today to find out if you got accepted!

Our teacher of the week is Mrs. Schmidt! Mrs. Schmidt has been teaching at Roxbury High School for 15 years. She received her undergraduate degree from Monmouth University where she studied English and Secondary Education. She then went on to receive her Masters at Centenary University in Educational Practice. Her favorite thing about her job is, “The students, getting to motivate and listening to them and watch them grow and learn to love the content. The staff makes my job enjoyable as well, they are all very kind and supportive.” Students all around appreciate her kindness and helpfulness which is evidenced by the following quotes:

“Mrs. Schmidt is the most helpful teacher to anyone who asks. She always makes the class environment fun and comfortable for her students. I love when at the beginning of every class she asks about us and what we are doing in our lives, which just shows how much she cares about her students. I am so happy that I got to have her this year!” -Abbie Entel, Junior 

“Mrs. Schmidt is one of the kindest and funniest teachers I’ve ever had. She is always willing to help with any of the coursework and make sure all her students are comfortable. She is so passionate about her work and is constantly pushing all her students to produce the best product they can! I’m so happy that I’m her student and she is definitely deserving of the teacher of the week!” -Katie Caron, Junior

“I’ve known Mrs. Schmidt since Freshman year, she is one of the most compassionate and caring teachers that I have ever met. Mrs. Schmidt has always been someone who will encourage you no matter what and will always have an interest in what you say. Mrs. Schmidt is also willing to listen to anyone about anything

Congratulations to Mrs. Schmidt, our 3/25 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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