Environmental Science Class Turns Aluminum into "Bagel Gold"
Mr. Leong’s Environmental Science class participated in a year-long project where students collected aluminum cans that were turned in at a metals reclamation facility in exchange for money.
To raise students’ environmental awareness, aluminum cans that conventionally would be recycled, or more sadly, end up in the waste stream were separated, rinsed and brought to school.
The class amassed a total of 25,822 grams of aluminum, or approximately 56 lbs. Bridget Kachoogian led the way with 8,132 g [18 lbs.], followed by Elliot Parker [6,415 g, 14 lbs.] and Melanie Ruela [3,998 g, 9 lbs.]
With Mr. Leong’s assistance, cans were brought to the facility, weighed, and turned into cash at an exchange rate of $0.60 / lb., totalling $34.16.
To celebrate students’ efforts, money was used to purchase bagels & cream cheese for a class end-of the-year party.

"the carnelian corner"
Senior Sophi Joseph created the "the carnelian corner," an online literary magazine designed to uplift minority voices. Read more about it here!

Speech & Theater Arts New Jersey
Congratulations to Bailey Croft for winning the Senior Scholarship Award and placed 4th in Musical Solo at the annual STANJ (Speech & Theater Arts New Jersey) competition. Click here for more information and the full list of nominees.

Youth and Government
This year's Conference is over and students excelled at the competition. Andrew Ashinoff and Reagan Leahy passed their bills. Reagan also won "Premier First- Year Delegate" and "Outstanding Legislation." Andrew Ashinoff and Maddie Ryan were nominated to attend the CONA leadership conference this summer. Three other students advanced bills for debate, though they did not pass: Simon Betancor, Alexa Chen, Maddie Ryan. Alexa Chen made it to a final debate for a new crisis-committee competition.

Class of 2022 Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Congratulations to the Class of 2022's Valedictorian, Abby Bacall and Salutatorian Sophia Pan!

Class of 2022 Fashion Show
The Class of 2022 had their fashion show with a total of 14 acts and 3 musical performances.

NJATJ Japanese Language and Culture Award
Every year, member teachers of New Jersey Association of Teachers of Japanese (NJATJ) are invited to nominate students for the Japanese Language and Culture Award. A select number of students throughout New Jersey have been named to receive this award in recognition of their hard work, achievement, and interest in learning the language and culture of Japan.
This year's honored CHS students are pictured above (left to right): Garret Hanlon, Wilbur Saionz and Owen Usinowicz.

NJ HS Chess Championship
Congratuations to Ethan Lanier, Zach Epstein, Nick Leonardis, and Ryan Whitmore for winning 3rd place at the New Jersey State High School Chess Championship in the Junior Varsity Bracket! The 4 highest rated players from each school completed at the Union County Vocational Technical School on March 5 and 6.

February Students of the Month
CHS February "Students of the Month" are nominated based on Leadership and/or Achievement and/or Improvement and/or Service! This month, we are honoring:
9th grade: Madison Cardona and Jacob Liss
10th grade: Nicole Janucik and Thomas McCarthy
11th grade: Gabriella Baiada and Ben Monahan
12th grade: Nick Swandak and Asher Shectman

Staff Photoshop Contest
Congratuations to Michael Tona for winning this year's Photoshop Contest! We would like to thank Mrs. Szegula for her participation, congratulate the finalists, and give a round of applause to everyone who took part in the competition.

Midnight Gaming
The Strategist Club hosted their annual Midnight Gaming Event.

January Students of the Month
CHS January "Students of the Month" are nominated based on Leadership and/or Achievement and/or Improvement and/or Service! This month, we are honoring:
9th grade: Angelina Ret and Ryan West
10th grade: Emily Munoz and Joey Tona
11th grade: Charlie Hasbrouk and Kyra Patterson
12th grade: Alyssa Cisneros and Justin Lotito

December Students of the Month
CHS December "Students of the Month" are nominated based on Leadership and/or Achievement and/or Improvement and/or Service! This month, we are honoring:
9th grade: Isabella Aslin and Andrew Cisneros
10th grade: Ryan Carracino and Molly Devlin
11th grade: Gwyneth Farley and Connor Hoefling
12th grade: Robert Janish and Patrick Macnab

2022 Cranford H.S. MUN Conference Awards
The Cranford High School Model U. N. Club participated in the 52nd annual YMCA Model United Nations Conference which was held virtually. Our delegation of 40 students participated in the conference with approximately 1,000 students representing over 30 schools throughout the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland area.
Here is a list of our students' accomplishments:
Cranford High School Model U.N. club received Outstanding Delegation.
Tami Roemer was elected as Press Chair. This position is an officer position within the YMCA Model U. N. Conference. As part of the Officer Corps, Tami will plan next year's MUN Conference.
Sophia Joseph and Aidan Karant were invited to attend the annual YMCA Youth Conference On National Affairs (CONA). Breona Pizzuta was selected as an alternate for CONA. Twenty-five student delegates of the approximately 1000 who attend the conference are selected for this honor.
A big thank you to the staff that joined us virtually to supervise committee sessions.

November Students of the Month
CHS November "Students of the Month" are nominated based on Leadership and/or Achievement and/or Improvement and/or Service! This month, we are honoring:
9th grade: Zara Hammond and Aleksandr Szczepankiewicz
10th grade: Olivia Arroyo and Ilana Fitzer
11th grade: Samantha Lester and Benjamin McMahon
12th grade: Andrew Ashinoff and Sophia Pan

October Students of the Month
CHS October "Students of the Month" are nominated based on Leadership and/or Achievement and/or Improvement and/or Service! This month, we are honoring:
9th grade: Cristiano Ambrosio and Noel McNeil
10th grade: Isabelle Graceffo and Gabby Zachodylo
11th grade: Thomas Adamski and Dylan McDonald
12th grade: Liam Kwiatkowski and Caroline Morris

September Students of the Month
CHS September "Students of the Month" are nominated based on Leadership and/or Achievement and/or Improvement and/or Service! This month, we are honoring:
9th grade: Christopher Chapman and Owen Younger
10th grade: Shane Hamblin and Aiden Nester
11th grade: Dakota Brown-Howard and Samantha Burns
12th grade: Mia Alvarez and Zara Mendez

National Merit Scholarship Program
We would like to recognize the students who were invited to participate in the National Merit Scholarship program based on their junior year PSAT scores: Mia Alvarez, Abby Bacall, Sofia Bongiovanni, Gianna Melise, Sophia Pan, Sofia Pollack, Ethan Sachs and Asher Schectman! We would like to further congratulate Sophia Pan for becoming a National Merit Semi-Finalist!