SPARTA STUDENTS EARN SEAL OF BILITERACY

 Sparta High School Students Obtain The Seal of Biliteracy!

by Julia Miller

For the 2023-2024 school year, 35 Sparta High School students were awarded the seal of biliteracy. This is an award granted to a school system or organization that is “In recognition of studying and obtaining proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.” 

The 2023-2024 student recipients were:

• Anne-Kathleen Kuhn- English

• Dana Dunbar- French

• Molly Englehardt- French

• Catherine Gaines- French

• Cassandra Lasko- French

• Aidan Mahoney- French

• Gaayathri Nadarajah- French

• Vaiden Pollard- French

• Christian Posada- French

• Cassidy Pry- French

• Nathaniel Rogoff- French

• Katherine Sheeran- French

• Nicholas Georges- German

• Kyleigh Johnsen- German

• Mason Munier- German

• Nina Nyerges- Japanese

• Arthur Doederlein- Portuguese

• Alecxis Villapando- Tagalog

• Sophia Candeloro- Spanish

• Hector Cruz- Spanish

• Sophia Davis- Spanish

• Angelina Farella- Spanish

• Edward Flannery- Spanish

• Tahg Herbison- Spanish

• Eva Hughes- Spanish

• Julia Mooney- Spanish

• Kayleigh O’Brien- Spanish

• McKaela Reekie- Spanish

• Emily Smernoff- Spanish

• Dean Stas- Spanish

• Juliette Sanchez- Spanish

• Ashton Welber- Russian

• Anna Yerofeyev- Russian

• Chad Wood- Spanish

Double Awards:

• Mathew Vassalo- German and Portuguese

• Michelle Kujalowicz- Russian and Polish

Between 2022 and 2023 there was a 49% increase in passes of the seal of biliteracy at Sparta High School, the best results so far! In 2022 there were 24/293 passes while in 2023 there were 35/119 passes. 

Students who have obtained New Jersey’s Seal of Biliteracy are now awarded 6 credits in the language in which they earned the seal. This corresponds to the first two semesters of language studies offered at Rowan University, and the credits may be used to fulfill the program requirements. 

Sparta High School is excited to have such a strong language department available for students. The 2022-2023 world language department was: Michael Bendorf, Alexandra Brex, Ana Bojorque, Lauren Braytenbah, William Brennan, Pascale Byrne, Jennifer Dow, Douglass Crouse, Eric Hood, Sierra Mitchell, Pietro Piccolo, Halee Orr, and Christiane Wessels. 

(Also published in TAPINTO SPARTA)

SHS DECA WINS BIG AT STATES

 SHS DECA WINS BIG AT STATE COMPETITION

By Oracle Staff

March 7, 2024

(photos courtesy of SHSDECA instagram)

Congratulations to the Sparta High School DECA organization. As always, Spartans excel in competition and once again will advance to the national competition.

DECA’s mission is to prepare “ emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe” (DECA).

Lead by Mrs. Chiappini, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Merrill, SHS students are in great hands and ready for California!

The following students will be moving onto the national competition in April:

Stock Exchange competition: Parker Heim

                                               Jordyn Kelly

                                                Gian Parker

Project Management Career 

Development:                          Sama Elhamouly

                                                 Abbey Pierson

                                                 Ella Ryan

Principles of Finance:              Surekha Selvaraj (1st place)

Finance Operations Project:     Brady Flannery

                                                  Quint Flannery

School Store Gold Certification:  Jane Bleakley

                                                     Luke Silvey

*(DECA https://www.deca.org/mission)

SHS Outsmarts PJ in Academic Bowl Championship

 
SHS Outsmarts PJ in Academic Bowl Championship

March 4, 2024

by Mr. Troy Fetherman

The Sparta Academic Bowl Team participated in the Sussex County Interscholastic League (SCIL) tournament February 27, 28, and March 1 at Newton High School.  The team competed against teams from Hopatcong, Jefferson, Newton, Lenape Valley and Pope John XIII in various questions pertaining to Math, Science, History, Language /Literature, and General Knowledge.  

At the conclusion of round robin play, the top four teams qualified for the playoffs.  In the first round Sparta defeated Lenape Valley 1100-550 and Pope John XIII took down Newton by the same score, 1100-550.  The finals were a back and forth battle with each team taking the lead at various points.  In the end Sparta, emerged victorious - defeating cross town rival Pope John by a score of 900-850.  The team was led by senior McKaela Reekie and junior Tyler Harms.  It was an "all hands on deck" win with valuable contributions from Andres Parreno, Aiden Harris, Sierra Harms, Caitlyn Carmody, and Sara Schwarz.