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Test
scores
above
average
By JULIE STIPE
The Robbinsville Sun
Robbinsville schools test re-
sults for the 2010-11 school year
were slightly better than state
averages, according to the
2010-11 New Jersey School Re-
port Cards released at the end
of last month.
The annual report cards
present data from each public
school in the state in 35 fields
of information, dealing with
school environment, students,
student performance indica-
tors, staff and district fi-
nances.
The data is compared to
state averages, district-factor
group averages and data from
previous years.
In terms of test scores, Rob-
binsville schools are similar to
state averages, but for the
most part, lower than district
factor group averages.
The district factor group-
ing system is a method used
by the New Jersey Depart-
ment of Education to
group schools according to
socioeconomic status. It
takes into account the per-
centage of the population
without a high school diploma,
the percentage of the popula-
Scouts win big in cookie sales
By JULIE STIPE
The Robbinsville Sun
This year, Girl Scouts Kaeleigh
Sturgeon, Samantha Manz, and
Jessie Kelly from Troop No. 70431
each spent about 12 hours a week
for six weeks selling Girl Scout
cookies outside during two of the
coldest months of the year Jan-
uary and February. The result?
The girls ended up selling more
than 1,600 boxes of cookies each,
enough to make them the second-,
third-, and fourth-biggest cookies
sellers in Central and Southern
New Jersey and winning them
free tickets to The B.I.G (Believe
In Girls) Celebration on June 23
in Liberty State Park.
Last year, the troop had the
most donations to the Taste of
Home Program, which sends
boxes of cookies to the military.
The troop had 743 boxes donated
to the military, and was invited to
McGuire Air Force Base as a re-
sult. The troop sold even more
946 boxes of cookies for the mili-
tary this year.
My kids are insane, said
Kathleen Sturgeon, Troop 70431
leader and mother of Kaeleigh.
Most Scouts and supervising
adults, she explained, sell cookies
in two-hour shifts. Her troop is
much more dedicated. Weve
done eight hours before, Stur-
geon said. Some days, she said,
the Scouts sold at one location for
four hours or so, then moved to
another location and sold for an-
other four hours.
The girls achievement is even
more impressive because Rob-
binsville and Allentown are two
of the most difficult places
around in which to sell Girl Scout
cookies. Girl Scouts depend on
businesses to let them set up a
table outside the stores entrance
to sell their cookies, but Rob-
binsville and Allentown have rel-
atively few shopping centers, and
few large stores that get consis-
tently busy.
Its tough to find spots, Kath-
leen Sturgeon said.
Grocery stores are usually a
standard stop for cookie-selling
Scouts, but Robbinsvilles only su-
permarket, the Thriftway on
Washington Boulevard, went out
of business late last year. The
girls have sold at Lowes, Bagels
and Crme, and Jims Bagel Loft
in Robbinsville, but have also had
to go further to find buyers for
their cookies, including the train
station and businesses
in nearby Hamilton.
The troop has
worked with other
service units to set
up a schedule for
sharing the Hamil-
ton train station
and some busi-
nesses, Kath-
leen Stur-
geon said,
but selling
in areas out-
side a troops
Special to The Sun
Left to right, Robbinsville-Allentown Girl Scouts Samantha Manz, Kaeleigh Sturgeon, Jessie Kelly and
Melissa DeShaw ready to sell cookies. Manz, Sturgeon and Kelly were named top cookie sellers in the Girl
Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey Service Unit, selling more than 1,600 boxes of cookies each.
The girls also encouraged donations of cookies to the military.
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Robbinsvilles Dr. John
Tedeschi provided a real world
scenario to a group of graduating
honor students receiving The
Arnold Gold Humanism & Medi-
cine Award in a keynote address
in New York recently. The topic
was compassion and maintaining
ethics, morals and principles in
today's environment.
Speaking before a select group
of graduates from his alma mater,
St. Georges University School of
Medicine, Dr. Tedeschi told them
that practicing medicine has
changed and because of outside
pressures, is in critical condi-
tion.
New physicians need to main-
tain their ethics, compassion and
practice good medicine, said Dr.
Tedeschi.
Currently, medical schools are
only addressing the ethical com-
ponent between the patient and
the doctor. However, many other
entities, including insurance
companies and hospital share-
holders have now entered into
this relationship, and its threat-
ening the way
in which our
young new
doctors are
practicing.
These
companies do
not have the
understand-
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ethics and
compassion.
Their only in-
terest is profit, and it may be at
the expense of your ethics, or
even your license.
Dr. Tedeschi added, Many of
the physicians involved with set-
ting the curriculum at schools
say there should be a course that
teaches this, instead of sending
new doctors into the world with
blindfolds.
Dr. Tedeschi concluded his re-
marks with the observation that
Hippocrates Code of Ethics
will never change, despite todays
ongoing concerns about share-
holders, marketers, government
budget cuts and corporate greed.
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home area is not always looked on
kindly.
Other troops dont like when
Robbinsville Girl Scouts sell in
their area, Sturgeon said. Its
very political.
None of this has daunted the
troop, which compensated for low
selling rates by spending more
time selling, and constantly
searching out new places to sell.
When asked where the troop
sold its cookies, Manz did not hes-
itate. Everywhere, she said.
What is the girls motivation to
sell so many cookies? Mostly the
trips, camps and other activities
paid for through cookie sales.
Usually we take one big trip
together to celebrate, said
Kaeleigh Sturgeon.
Some years this means a trip to
New York City and tickets to The
Lion King on Broadway; it can
also mean a trip to a dude ranch,
or, this year, a trip to Disney
World in July for a special cere-
mony part of the centennial cel-
ebration of the Girl Scout organi-
zation.
Of the cost of a box of cookies,
Kathleen Sturgeon explained, 90
cents goes to the troop, which de-
cides on its own how it will use
the money. A portion of money
raised through the sales also goes
to the baker making the cookies,
and a portion goes to the local
Girl Scout Council, which over-
sees Girl Scout troops in the area.
The promise of a trip was a
good motivation for selling cook-
ies this year, though the girls
sometimes needed a little re-
minder of what they were work-
ing for. Whenever we started to
complain about the cold, said
Kaeleigh Sturgeon, my moms
just like, Remember Disney! It
will be warm there.
Hours of sitting in the cold can
get old, the girls said, but the re-
sults more than make up for the
temporary hardship, especially
since the Girl Scouts organization
encourages selling by giving
prizes to top sellers.
The girls have sold more than
1,250 boxes each for the past two
years, earning them each a gift
card from Best Buy or the Apple
store worth $100.
There are a lot of incentives
to sell, said Kathleen Sturgeon.
The girls agreed. Its really
worth it, said Kelly.
All three girls are close friends,
and agreed that not only do prizes
make the work worth it, being to-
gether makes it worth it as well.
In fact, the girls said, being with
your friends is one of the best
things about being a Girl Scout.
I like it because you get to
hang out with your friends and
make new friends, Kaeleigh
Sturgeon said.
The troop consists of only four
girls Sturgeon, Samantha,
Jessie, and Melissa DeShaw and
despite schoolwork and other ac-
tivities they still get together
often. The group is frequently at
the Sturgeons house, Kathleen
Sturgeon said, working on Girl
Scout projects or just spending
time with each other.
These kids have a lot of fun
when theyre together, said Stur-
geon.
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Being together motivates selling
as much as prizes do, say Scouts
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20I0-II RbbinsviIIe 5cbIs Repr1 Curd
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
SCHOOL
Sharon
Pond Road
State
K
17.8
--
19.5
Grade 1
28.2
--
19.9
Grade 2
14.7
--
20.2
Grade 3
27
--
20.5
Grade 4
--
25.4
21.2
Grade 5
--
19.9
21.5
STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO
SCHOOL
Sharon
Pond Road
State
2010-11
11.5
11
11
2009-10
12
9.8
10.7
2008-09
15.5
12.8
10.8
NJASK5 LANGUAGE ARTS
SCHOOL
Pond Road
State
Partial Proficiency
24.9%
38.6
Proficient
67.4%
55.2
Advanced Proficiency
7.7%
6.2
NJASK5 MATH
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MEDIAN DISTRICT SALARIES
Administrators
Salary - Dist.
Salary - State
Faculty
Salary - Dist.
Salary - State
2010-11
$109,650
$119,491
$63,880
$63,851
2009-10
$127,229
$117,895
$56,729
$61,840
2008-09
$126,730
$114,950
$57,302
$59,545
COST PER STUDENT
District
State
2010-11
$14,091
N/A
2009-10
$15,219
$15,538
2008-09
$14,659
$15,168
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SCHOOL
Pond Road
State
Partial Proficiency
24.9%
19
Proficient
67.4%
41.2
Advanced Proficiency
7.7%
39.8
MiddIe 5cbIs
20I0-II RbbinsviIIe 5cbIs Repr1 Curd
STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO
SCHOOL
Pond Road
State
SCHOOL
Pond Road
State
2010-11
11
11.1
2009-10
9.8
10.6
2008-09
12.8
10.8
Grade 6
21.4
20.7
Grade 7
22.3
20.5
Grade 8
24.3
20.3
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
LANGUAGE ARTS
Partial
Proficiency
5%
17.2
Proficient
60.7%
63.4
Advanced
Proficiency
34.2%
19.4
SCIENCE MATH
NJASK(8)
SCHOOL
Pond Road
State
STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO
2010-11
12.5
11
2009-10
11.2
10.8
2008-09
16.7
11.1
SCHOOL
R.H.S.
State
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE GRADUATION RATE
MATH
Partial Proficiency
10.6%
9.6
Proficient
52.9%
69.3
Advanced Proficiency
36.5%
21.2
SCHOOL
R.H.S.
State
Partial Proficiency
2.4%
9.6
Proficient
62.5%
69.3
Advanced Proficiency
35.1%
21.2
SCHOOL
R.H.S.
State
LANGUAGE ARTS
MATH
532
518
SCHOOL
R.H.S.
State
510
494
SCHOOL
R.H.S.
State
VERBAL
513
496
SCHOOL
R.H.S.
State
ESSAY
Migb 5cbIs
HSPA
SAT
Partial
Proficiency
16.8%
27.9
Proficient
37.3%
41.4
Advanced
Proficiency
45.9%
30.8
SCHOOL
Pond Road
State
Partial
Proficiency
8.2%
18.2
Proficient
52.7%
52.2
Advanced
Proficiency
39.1%
29.6
SCHOOL
Pond Road
State
Grade 9
24.4
20.3
Grade 10
23.9
21
Grade 11
22.3
20.4
Grade 12
17.9
20.6
SCHOOL
R.H.S.
State
Class of 2011
99.39%
N/A
Class of 2010
N/A
N/A
Class of 2009
N/A
N/A
SCHOOL
R.H.S.
State
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Mayor talks Community Day
Festival, Ravens softball
I wanted to take a few moments to thank
everyone for making the recent Communi-
ty Day Festival such an incredible success.
From all the residents who came out in
support of the event, to the Mercer County
Park Commission, to our many sponsors
and dedicated businesses and the Town-
ship staff for coming out early and staying
late to make sure everything got done,
thank you so very much.
Our Public Works Department stepped
up yet again, and I would especially like to
recognize our new Recreational Depart-
ment director, Joe Barker, for the job he did
under often difficult circumstances. Com-
munity Day is the final act in judging if a
recreation director can handle the job, and
I am happy to report Joe is a keeper and
has become an invaluable member of our
team.
To the members of PBA Local 344 and
the IAFF, your efforts not only on duty Sat-
urday, but throughout the year, are very
much appreciated. That would have been
more than enough, but to then spend the
entire day fundraising for two terrific
charities was above and beyond the call.
Also, a round of applause to the man up-
stairs for giving us such great weather for
our special day.
Earlier in the day, I was in Toms River
watching our Robbinsville girls softball
team play for a second straight NJSIAA
Group II championship. I have been follow-
ing many of these amazing young women
since they were 10 years old. Needless to
say, their talent and dedication have been
nothing short of inspiring. This team and
the parents who have supported them have
been class acts, win or lose, and I cannot
tell you how proud we are to have them
representing our community.
Part of growing up, especially within
the framework of a team setting, is there
are rules. The softball players suspended
during this run at a second straight title
made a mistake, were honest in admitting
those mistakes and were willing to accept
the consequences of their actions.
However, as a result, a group of their
younger teammates were afforded an op-
portunity to compete in their place on the
largest stage in the sport and gained in-
credible experience that will serve the pro-
gram well going forward.
If our children all graduate with those
life skills their parents should be both
proud, and also relieved, because they will
have those character traits for the rest of
their lives.
Even more importantly, the honor and
integrity of the Ravens team, Robbinsville
High, the administration and Coach Cabar-
le shines through greater than any victo-
ry even in a tournament as important as
this.
I have been proud of this school and
these young women for a long time, but
perhaps never more so than this past
week.
Robbinsville Mayor Dave Fried
in our opinion
T
he state Department of Educa-
tion recently released its annu-
al report cards, reviews of
every school in New Jersey. And if
anything, they reveal just how com-
plex a system it is to run public
schools.
From budgeting to cost-per-pupil
numbers to maintaining test scores to
ensuring theres adequate technology
in schools and classrooms, theres no
doubt its hardly an easy task to main-
tain excellence in schools.
Yet what we found is quite promis-
ing, especially in high schools in towns
we cover.
SAT scores in all three categories:
verbal, mathematics and essay are
very strong. In most cases, the average
scores were at or above the states aver-
age. Some were well above average.
The same can be said for HSPA test,
which all high school students must
take and pass before graduating. The
average scores, for the most part in our
readership, are solidly at or above state
averages, especially in the proficient
and advanced proficiency categories
for both mathematics and language
arts.
This is a true representation of the
diligent work of most students, and its
an indication of the hard work of most
teachers and administrators in New
Jersey.
While youll see in our report card
stories this week that most superin-
tendents of schools and other school
officials are happy with results, we
were also pleased to see some of the
same leaders not content with the sta-
tus quo, and making it clear that as
well as districts have performed,
theres still much more room for im-
provement in all areas.
Often, teachers and school adminis-
trators mostly unfairly are knocked
by the public. There are too many in-
stances to list here. Yet one thing is
abundantly clear from the local results
of the 2010-11 report cards: Theres
much more to celebrate than there is to
be concerned about.
Making the grade
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schools Report Cards. Be sure to read
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June 30 at Mercer County Park
Mercer County Executive
Brian M. Hughes and the Mercer
County Park Commission have
announced the eighth annual
Mercer County Freedom Festival
will be held in conjunction with
popular radio station 94.5 WPST
on Saturday, June 30.
Thanks to a generous private
donation, collaboration with
WPST, and corporate sponsor-
ships, the festival is free of
charge and will be held at no cost
to taxpayers.
Freedom Festival will be at
Mercer County Park in West
Windsor from 3 to 11 p.m. and it is
one of the earliest Fourth of July
celebrations in the area.
The Freedom Festival gets
better each year, with help from
our lead sponsor, WPST, and we
are so pleased that it has become
an annual attraction, said Hugh-
es. Mercer County Park is more
popular than ever and I invite
everyone to come to this free fam-
ily event.
The event features great food,
beer and wine gardens, craft ven-
dors, live music, tethered hot-air
balloon rides, games, water rides,
mechanical bull, a childrens area
with inflatable rides, and much
more.
This festival will culminate in
a fireworks display at nightfall.
Mercer County also is grateful
for the generosity of its many
community partners that make
Freedom Festival possible, in-
cluding the Mercer County
Sports & Entertainment Commis-
sion, PSE&G, Mercer Oaks Cater-
ing, CME Associates, Engineer-
ing and Land Planning Associ-
ates Inc., Stouts Transportation
Services, Clean Communities of
NJ, EMT Associates, CGI Racing
and Marturano Recreation.
This years Freedom Festival
will also feature a super 50/50 raf-
fle as well as a drawing for a free
catered party at Mercer Oaks.
The concert lineup starts at 3
p.m. with the Little Mac & the
Peoples Champ, Liquid A at 5:30
p.m. followed by The Amish Out-
laws at 7:30 p.m., and Incognito
immediately after the fireworks.
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tion with some college education,
the occupations of those in the
district, population density, in-
come, the unemployment rate in
the district and poverty.
On the SAT, Robbinsville High
School students scored an aver-
age of 532 in math, 510 in verbal,
and 513 on the essay higher than
state averages of 518 in math, 494
in verbal and 496 on the essay.
Scores from 2010-11 were down
from the year before, when stu-
dents scored 555 in math, 528 in
verbal, and 533 on the essay. Dis-
trict factor group averages were
570 in math, 543 in verbal, and 552
on the essay.
Superintendent of Schools
Steve Mayer said the district has
seen terrific college acceptanc-
es and he expects the scores to im-
prove significantly in the next
few years.
Were looking hard at the data
and believe the long-term trend
will be very positive, Mayer said.
The Robbinsville school dis-
trict faces many challenges as it
strives to bring the level of aca-
demics in the district up to par
with the many very competitive
and excellent districts in its dis-
trict factor group, such as the
West Windsor-Plainsboro and
Princeton school districts, offi-
cials said.
The high school is offering
three additional AP courses this
year, as part of its attempt to in-
crease the number of upper-level
offerings, Mayer said, but it is try-
ing to balance these higher-level
courses with increased support
for struggling students.
The two main difficulties fac-
ing the schools, said Mayer, are
the budget and overcrowding in
the schools.
I think its pretty evident from
the report card that were work-
ing hard to maintain class size
and spending at a time when
budgets are tight, Mayer said.
Were putting a lot of strategy
into where we allocate our per-
sonnel resources.
The districts student-to-faculty
ratios are close to state averages,
but its student-to-administrator
ratios are high.
Over the past several years, the
districts main concern has been
lack of space.
As the township has grown, en-
rollment in the districts schools
has also increased steadily. En-
rollment in Pond Road Middle
School was 1,117 in the 2010-11
school year, up from 1,074 in 2009-
10.
A $40 million referendum that
would have allowed the district to
build a new elementary school
and make improvements to the
existing elementary and middle
schools was voted down in 2010 by
voters, Mayer said.
On Dec. 11 of this year, said
Mayer, the school district will
present another referendum to
voters proposing the addition of
24 new classrooms and a gymna-
sium to Sharon Elementary
School, and modifications and the
addition of a small amount of
new classroom space at Pond
Road Middle School.
The project would cost only
about half of the amount called
for by the 2010 referendum, a re-
duction that the district worked
hard to get to, Mayer said.
Weve been really creative,
he added.
The district has also been
working with a tight budget, as it
tries to find a balance between
improving the number and quali-
ty of programs offered and keep-
ing Robbinsville taxpayers happy.
For the 2010-11 school year, the
total amount spent on each stu-
dent was $14,091. Per student
spending in the 2010-11 school
year went down from $15,219 in
the previous year.
Overall, Mayer said, the report
cards showed that the district
isnt far behind others like it.
We certainly believe ourselves
to be comparable with similar
districts, Mayer said.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 20
Summer Reading Kick-Off Party:
9:30 a.m. to noon at Robbinsville
Branch Library. Enjoy the magic
of Matt Schick, crafts and prizes.
Designed to encourage children,
ages 2 to 18, to continue reading
throughout the summer. Children
must register in person to partici-
pate in the summer reading pro-
gram. No registration required
for the party.
Robbinsville Township Municipal
Alliance Against Alcoholism
and Drug Abuse meeting: 6:30
p.m. at the Senior Citizen Center.
Visit www.robbinsville-twp.org for
more information.
Robbinsville Township Planning
Board meeting: 7 to 10 p.m. at
the Senior Citizen Center, 1117 U.S.
Route 130. For more information,
visit www.robbinsville-twp.org.
FRIDAY JUNE 22
Toddler Tunes: All ages accompa-
nied by an adult. 10:30 a.m. at
Robbinsville Branch Library.
Come sing and dance with Miss
Pat. Online registration required.
SUNDAY JUNE 24
Calvary Chapel Mercer County
worship service: 11 a.m. every
Sunday at Robbinsville Pond
Road Middle School. Contempo-
rary and non-denominational
Christian service. Visit www.wel-
cometocalvary.org for more
information.
Lifetree Community Church: 10
a.m. every Sunday at Sharon Ele-
mentary School, Robbinsville.
Visit www.lifetreecc.com.
Robbinsville Seventh-day Adven-
tist Church: Sabbath school at
9:30 a.m. Worship service at 11
a.m. 2314 Route 33, Robbinsville.
MONDAY JUNE 25
School-Age Story Time: Grades
first and above. 7 p.m. at Rob-
binsville Branch Library. Registra-
tion required.
TUESDAY JUNE 26
Toddler Story Time: Ages 2 to 3,
accompanied by an adult. 11 a.m.
at Robbinsville Branch Library.
Registration required. Call (609)
259-2150.
Creative Writing Session I: Ages 9
to 11. 6 p.m. at Robbinsville
Branch Library. Registration
required.
Preschool Story Time: Ages 4 to 5.
10 a.m. at Robbinsville Branch
Library. Registration required.
Call (609) 259-2150.
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