Senior High Yearbook
Advisor: Mrs. M. Jameson
Milestone Yearbook is the Senior High Yearbook.
Don't forget to order your, all color/ 300+ page, West Essex High School yearbook by January 2,2006. Code# 41776.2006. You can pay by credit card, money order or check to 'Jostens'. Orders can be made by Mail: ( Mailed orders must be recieved by 1/2/06 )
Jostens
One Looking Back Lane
Ridgely, MD 21687 -2004 12/20/05
Seniors... the yearbook ad deadline is fast approaching. Collect your pictures over the vacation and bring them into lab 42. We will create a fabtacular ad for you. Hold on to the memories and place an ad of you and your friends. Parent ads , business ads and friend ads can be sent into room 42 at the senior high throughout January. 12/20/05
Roundtable
Advisor: Mrs. Bailey
Roundtable is a literary magazine made up of students' submissions of poetry and short stories. Students' artwork is also included. Meetings are weekly where poetical works are critiqued. Selections for the magazine are the result of students/advisor meetings.
Steppingstone
Advisor: Mr. Samuels
The Steppingstone is the Junior High Yearbook. All 9th graders are welcome to join the staff of the yearbook. There are five committees: Photographers, Collect ad Organize, Paste-up, Sales, and Voting. Meetings are held in room 133.
Wessex Wire
Advisor: Ms. Corcoran
The Wessex Wire, the West Essex High School award-winning school newspaper, is entirely student-produced.
Anyone including students, faculty, and members of the surrounding school community with an opinion either about an already published story in the Wire or about another pertinent issue affecting West Essex students and/or staff is invited to write a letter to the editor to be published in the Wire. All letters must state opinions that are based on fact and the editorial board does reserve the right to edit letters for length and objectionable content. Copies of the Wire editorial policy are available upon request. Letters may be dropped off in room 15 of the high school or mailed to Wessex Wire, c/o West Essex Senior High School, 65 West Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell, NJ 07006. The Wessex Wire is produced by students enrolled in three levels of journalism classes; however, all students are encouraged to join the staff.
The Wessex Wire would like to encourage everyone to contribute letters to the editor, stories, reviews, or pictures. The following are dates of distribution along with copy deadlines by which any pieces must be submitted. We will be distributing the newspaper the following dates throughout the school year:
Service Clubs
Character Education Club
JHS Advisors:Theresa Imhoff and Janice Emering
“To always encourage students to treat people the way they would want to be treated”
*2006-2007 Character Education Students*
The Character Education Club is an organization for students in Grades 7 through 9. Club requirements include attendance at meetings during appropriate lunch periods and after school. Participation in at least one community service project is also encouraged. In addition, fundraising projects will take place during the school year and donations will be made to selected organizations.
The purpose of the Character Education Club is threefold. To BUILD CHARACTER by encouraging ethical thinking; To BUILD CONFIDENCE by motivating students to do their personal best; and To BUILD COMMUNITY by inspiring students at West Essex Junior High School to contribute to the world around them while honoring the diversity that makes our country great.
E.R.A.S.E.
Advisor: Mrs. Bryen
End Racism and Sexism Everywhere is a club to eliminate discrimination in not only the West Essex School District but the entire world. The Goal of this club is to promote tolerance and acceptance of other cultures and races. Activities such as prejudice reduction through literature, field trips, discussions, work-shops and cultural dinners help to further the club's message. The group is currently sponsoring a child in Honduras. This year, the club will have guest speakers and a major fundraiser.
Any student is welcome to join E.R.A.S.E. Meeting will be posted on the E.R.A.S.E. bulletin board.
Key Club
JHS Advisor: Mrs. Matayka
Assistant JHS Advisor: Ms. Crawford
SHS Advisor: Ms. Berthelot
Assistant SHS Advisor: Ms. Dolce
Official Key Club Website
The Key Club is a national organization of Grade 9-12 students who participate in a variety of service activities to benefit their schools and communities. The organization is sponsored by Kiwanis Clubs internationally. The Roseland Kiwanis Club sponsors both the Key Clubs at the High School and at the Junior High.
To become a member of the club, you must be recommended by one of your teachers. Club requirements include attendance at meetings after school and participation in at least one service activity. The club has a variety of fundraising projects during the year that you will be asked to support. Local projects and activities are decided by the members of the club. The club members visit local nursing homes and hospitals. Each Spring the new officers and members attend the Key Club Convention in the Poconos with over a thousand other "Key Clubbers" from New Jersey. In June the club sponsors "kiss a senior good-bye.:
Peer Leadership
Advisor: Mrs. Bryen
Talking to a Peer Leader may be the first step many students are comfortable taking in order to work a problem out. Peer Leaders are a select group of senior high school students who have been professionally trained to do cross-age teaching, group work, and mentoring. Peer Leaders complete a full training in the art of listening and refering their peers to the appropriate source. The Peer Leaders willingness to assist others is very much appreciated!
SADD
Advisor: Elizabeth Ricafort
SADD's mission simply stated:
To provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions.
SADD Profile
For 25 years, SADD has been committed to empowering young people to lead education and prevention initiatives in their schools and communities. Founded as Students Against Driving Drunk in 1981 in Wayland, Massachusetts, SADD has grown to become the nation’s dominant peer-to-peer youth education and prevention organization with thousands of chapters in middle schools, high schools and colleges. In 1997, in response to requests from SADD students themselves, SADD expanded its mission and name and now sponsors chapters called Students Against Destructive Decisions. SADD continues to endorse a firm "No Use" message related to use of alcohol and other drugs. With its expanded focus, SADD now highlights prevention of all destructive behaviors and attitudes that are harmful to young people, including underage drinking, substance abuse, impaired driving, violence, and suicide.
WE Help
Advisor: Mrs. Jameson
A service organization aimed at increasing community service opportunities for students, staff, and parents within the WE community. Our motto is "to give much is to receive much." We raise money through fund raisers, hold and staff events, organize and run drives for needed items, and participate in team building community spirit building projects such as Habitat for Humanities home building sessions. WeHelp builds community leadership, caring, and sharing.
Click HERE to view
the WE Help web site.
WE CARE
SHS Advisor: Deanna Lippi
JHS Advisor: Bethany Paras
WE CARE, West Essex Coalition for the Active Restoration of the Environment, is a service and learning organization dedicated to promoting school-wide and community environmental awareness. Club members promote responsible use of resources through activities such as the school-wide recycling program. WE CARE members are empowered to put their ideas into practice through fund raising, club stewardship, and educational activities.