FREEHOLD – The Freehold Regional High School District’s Student Recognition Award Ceremony saw students from across the district get honored for their incredible feats during the fall semester of the school year. The event was hosted by Freehold Township High School.
Several students from Howell High School were honored for their academic, athletic, and other sorts of prowess they showed in after-school activities. Howell High School’s principal, Jeremy Braverman, called out all of the academic awards while the supervisor of extracurricular activities, Peter Meehan, called those who were honored in their after-school activities to the stage.
The first students called to the stage from Howell High School were the five students who achieved national gold in the Technology Student Association (TSA) program. Other academic achievements from the school that were honored at the meeting include several students from Howell who were named National Merit Scholars.
The first students to come to the stage to be honored for their achievements in their extracurricular activities were the members of the chorus who earned all-shore status. All-shore status is awarded to students who are considered the best in their specific extracurricular activity within the Shore Conference.
One of the girls’ soccer players from Howell, Makenzie Memmolo, was honored for achieving first-team all-shore and third-team all-group 4 status.
Students from across the district who earned their Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts were honored at the ceremony as well. Gabriel Spiegel was the only Howell High School student to achieve the honor. To earn his Eagle Scout, Spiegel completed a project where he helped to refurbish the Pinelander soccer complex. Spiegel’s project included refurbishing the snack stand, building benches, and refurbishing the entire area so people can sit down and eat while their kids play soccer.
After the award ceremony concluded, the Board of Education held its regularly scheduled meeting. During the meeting, it was announced by the district’s superintendent, Dr. Nicole Hazel, that Marlboro High School placed first and Colts Neck High School placed second in the Monmouth County Team Challenge. In this instance, the team challenge was a business and ethics dilemma posed to each of the schools, which the students had to present a solution to the Western Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce.
Hazel also mentioned how the district is trying to upgrade its camera security systems in each of the district’s schools. She mentioned how they are nearly completed with the project at Howell High School, and how they plan to have Freehold Township and Freehold High School completed by the end of the current school year, with the other three schools in the district being completed next school year.
She also talked about what could be on the agenda for upcoming meetings. In April, they plan to have a public hearing on the district’s budget. In the meetings leading up to that, they will be sharing their plans for each of their facilities.
The next board of education meeting will be at the Administration building in Englishtown. The public portion of the meeting will start at 8 p.m. on January 6.
