The Governor’s Awards in Arts Education began in 1980 to promote awareness and appreciation of the arts, recognizing the creativity, talent and leadership of the award winners. This year’s awards are presented to approximately 20 educators and 80 students. National and statewide organizations select the students for their exemplary work in creative writing, speech, dance, music, theatre and visual arts and the leaders for their exceptional commitment and contribution to arts education. The program also recognizes arts educators and arts education advocates, whose leadership has helped nurture the development of students in the arts across the state. The Governor’s Awards event is a partnership of the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership, the Department of Education, Art Pride New Jersey, the Department of State and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Additional support is provided by: the AfroAcademic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics; Art Educators of New Jersey; Art Administrators of New Jersey; Dance New Jersey; New Jersey Council of Teachers of English; New Jersey Forensic League; New Jersey Music Educators Association; New Jersey Performing Arts Center; Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey; Speech and Theatre Association of New Jersey; VSA New Jersey and Young Audiences/New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. The cooperating organizations, award sponsors and individual members of the Planning Council dedicate their time to make sure that excellence in the arts is rewarded, and work tirelessly throughout the year to plan this special event. The Governor’s Awards in Arts Education are a major collaborative effort of the arts, education and state government. We are glad that you could join us for this wonderful celebration.

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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GOVERNOR’S AWARDS IN ARTS EDUCATION May 27, 2015 PROGRAM PRELUDE

Visual Arts Presentation

WELCOME Kristin Wenger, Director, New Jersey Arts Education Partnership NATIONAL ANTHEM

All State Chorus Members, All State Opera Festival Winners and Members of The Prem1ers

WELCOME

Dale Schmid, Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator, New Jersey Department of Education

REMARKS

Carol Cronheim, Assistant Secretary of State

PERFORMANCE

Nia Pierce, Cicely L. Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts

PERFORMANCE

Theresa Carlomagno, Northern Valley Regional HS Joshua LeRose, Paramus High School

REMARKS

Kimberly Harrington, Chief Academic Officer, New Jersey Department of Education

PERFORMANCE

Caitlin Chan, Bergen County Academies

PERFORMANCE Liany Mateo, Henry Snyder High School Jonathan Jett, Cicely L. Tyson School
 Of Performing & Fine Arts PRESENTATION OF LEADERS IN ARTS EDUCATION AWARDS PERFORMANCE

Alexandra Pierson, Kittatinny Regional High School

PERFORMANCE

TaTyana Williams, Passaic County Technical Institute

PERFORMANCE

Emily Moreno, Vernon Township High School

PRESENTATION OF STUDENT AWARDS PERFORMANCE

Aaron Bennett and Bryn Bennett, Randolph High School

PERFORMANCE

Victoria Strata, Morris County Vocational School District, Academy of Visual and Performing Arts

GROUP PHOTO Award Winners and the Assistant Secretary of State CLOSING Dale Schmid Reception to follow in the George Washington Ballroom

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Governor’s Awards in Arts Education May 27, 2015 Co-sponsored by the Art Pride New Jersey Foundation New Jersey Arts Education Partnership New Jersey Department of Education New Jersey Department of State New Jersey State Council on the Arts

DISTINGUISHED ARTS LEADERS NEW JERSEY ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Arts Education

Larry Capo President/CEO Young Audiences/New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania Bari Anhalt Erlichson, Ph.D. Chief Performance Officer/Assistant Commissioner of Data, Research, Evaluation and Reporting New Jersey Department of Education

YOUNG AUDIENCES NJ Distinguished Service Award

Wendy Liscow Education Program Director Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

ART PRIDE NEW JERSEY Arts Advocate Award

Tamar LaSure-Owens Basic Skills Intervention Teacher Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville

SPEECH AND THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY Distinguished Service to Theatre Education

William August Hanisch Retired Principal - Butler High School, Butler

NJPAC applauds the winners of the 2015 Governor’s Awards in Exceptional Promise and Excellence in Music, Dance and Theater. NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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Outstanding Teacher of Theatre

Maurice Moran Professor of Theatre Monmouth University, West Long Branch

NEW JERSEY FORENSIC LEAGUE Coach of the Year

Renee Drummond Speech and Debate Coach Elizabeth High School – Lower Academy, Elizabeth

NEW JERSEY COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH Educator of the Year

Stephen Chiger Director of 5-12 Literacy North Star Academies College Preparatory High School, Newark

NEW JERSEY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION Master Music Teacher

Aida Gamboa Music Teacher John Adams Middle School, Edison Marjorie LoPresti Music Teacher East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick

ART EDUCATORS OF NEW JERSEY Anthony Guadadiello Service Award

Jennifer O’Brien Art Educator Midland School, North Branch

Congratulations Recipients of the 2015 New Jersey Governor’s Awards in Arts Education

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John J. Pappas Recognition Award

Elie Porter Executive Director The Center for Contemporary Arts, Bedminster Eric Meidel Co-Founder and President Artsonia Caitlin Evans Jones Director of Partnerships and Professional Development New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark NAEA New Jersey State Art Educator of the Year

Karen Kiick Art Educator Haddon Township School District Clare Flanagan Grand Award for Youth Art Month

Patricia Branche Art Educator South River Elementary School, South River Teri Trumpbour Art Educator Manasquan Elementary School, Manasquan JoAnn Onnembo Art Educator and AENJ President Bergen County Academies, Hackensack

NJ STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP ACT-SO PROGRAM Master Teacher

Eisa Jackson Teacher of Dance Washington Township High School, Sewell

MICHAEL PARONDO

Mountain Lakes High School

STUDENT AWARDS DANCE NEW JERSEY Student Award for Artistic Excellence and Leadership in Dance

TaTyana Williams Passaic County Technical Institute, Wayne Victoria Strata Morris County Vocational School District Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, Denville

YOUNG AUDIENCES NJ Arts Education Award – Multidiscipline

David Jansen Bergen County Academies, Hackensack Chrisna Alcantara East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick Keyla Hernandez New Brunswick High School, New Brunswick Alexa Sanchez Franklin High School, Somerset Sydney Macuray East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick

NEW JERSEY FORENSIC LEAGUE Congressional Debate

Alison Shim Ridge High School, Basking Ridge Public Forum Debate

Saloni Singhvi Ridge High School, Basking Ridge Davis George Ridge High School, Basking Ridge Lincoln Douglas Debate

Elaine Huang Montville Township High School, Montville

Jonathan Reiser

Monroe Township High School

Policy Debate

Mahindra Bandari Science Park High School, Newark Andres Monclut Science Park High School, Newark International Extemporaneous Speaking

Vaikunth Balaji Ridge High School, Basking Ridge Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Jay Sirot Montville Township High School, Montville Dramatic Interpretation

Keenan Buckley Summit High School, Summit Original Oratory

Noah Weinflash Montville Township High School, Montville Duo Interpretation

Aaron Bennett Randolph High School, Randolph Bryn Bennett Randolph High School, Randolph Humorous Interpretation

Sunjay Venkatraman Matawan Regional High School, Aberdeen Improvisational Acting

Shawn Brelvi Montville Township High School, Montville Poetic Interpretation

Claire Sullivan Montville Township High School, Montville

PRIYANKA MALHOTRA Piscataway High School

Prose Interpretation

Julia Weingaertner Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton Impromptu Speaking

Nidhi Mahahaokar Ridge High School, Basking Ridge Declamation

Ashley Yang Ridge High School

SPEECH AND THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY Best Actress

Emily Moreno Vernon Township High School, Vernon Best Actor

William Taitel Morris Hills High School, Rockaway Best Scene

Abeba Isaac (accepting for the group) Morris Hills High School, Rockaway Improvisational Pair

Olivia Cruser Pinelands Regional High School, Little Egg Harbor Brendan Solovey Pinelands Regional High School, Little Egg Harbor Dramatic Monologue

Brianna Bennett Pinelands Regional High School, Little Egg Harbor Comedic Monologue

Tyler McMahon Cranford High School, Cranford

LAURA DAVID

Wallkill Valley Regional High School

Dramatic Pair

Natalie Pastrof Cranford High School, Cranford Tyler McMahon Cranford High School, Cranford Comedic Pair

Brianna Bennett Pinelands Regional High School, Little Egg Harbor Brendan Solovey Pinelands Regional High School, Little Egg Harbor

NEW JERSEY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION All State Orchestra

Alex Wang Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains Soyeong Park West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro All State Chorus

Sophia Chirayil Montgomery High School, Skillman Tyler Beresford Cranford High School, Cranford Stephen Walley Bernards High School, Bernardsville Kenneth Bransdorf Haddon Heights High School, Haddon Heights All State Band

Eric Just Home Schooled, Swedesboro Lauren Robinson Newton High School, Newton All State Jazz

Sam Wolsk Princeton High School, Princeton

LAUREN ECKERT

Clearview Regional High School

All State Opera Festival

Joshua LeRose Paramus High School, Paramus Nicole Toms Point Pleasant High School, Point Pleasant Madame Marianna Paunova Small Ensemble Award

Theresa Carlomagno Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, Old Tappan Joshua LeRose Paramus High School, Paramus Francesca P. Kubian-Geidel Large Ensemble Award

Prem1ers Honors Ensemble Paramus High School, Paramus Hannah Holmberg - accepting for the group

ART EDUCATORS OF NEW JERSEY High School Scholarship Award

Jillian Tait Milne Home Schooled, Tinton Falls Lauren Eckert Clearview Regional High School, Mullica Hill Laura David Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Hamburg Priyanka Malhotra Piscataway High School, Piscataway

Home Schooled

JILLIAN MILNE

NJ STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP ACT-SO PROGRAM Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics Instrumental Music

Nia Pierce Cicely L. Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts, East Orange Richard R. Williams Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy, Camden Vocal Music – Contemporary

Comfort Andrews Ewing High School, Ewing Shadaia Leach-Smith Essex County Vocational High School, Newark Dramatics

Deja Scott Franklin High School, Somerset Aaron Sherrod North Star Academy, Newark Language Arts

Isaiah Devereaux Piscataway High School, Piscataway Photography

Brandon Blount Williamstown High School, Williamstown Kumbah Givens Gloucester County Institute of Technology, Sewell Sculpture

Abiola Oladele Ewing High School, Ewing Dance

Rhapsody Semone Taylor Pennsauken High School, Pennsauken

Wallkill Valley Regional High School

NICOLE TUTZAUER

VSA NEW JERSEY Dr. Frank Strockbine, Jr. Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts

Alexandra Pierson Kittatinny Regional High School, Newton Student Arts Excellence Awards in Visual Arts (Fine Art)

Nicole Tutzauer Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Hardyston Jonathan Reiser Monroe Township High School, Monroe Dominique Pickett Lake Drive Program, Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes Michael Parondo Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes Student Arts Excellence Awards in Media (Photography)

Kassandra Lee Hernandez CPC High Point School, Morganville Matthew W. Mullins Chapel Hill Academy, Lincoln Park Student Arts Excellence Awards in Media (Computer Graphics)

Christiana Mooers Eastern Christian High School, North Haledon Student Arts Excellence Awards in Media (Animation)

Sara Krebs chARTer – TECH High School for the Performing Arts, Somers Point

ARIANA DAILY West Essex High School

Student Arts Excellence Awards in Music (Vocal)

Joshua Yogo Chapel Hill Academy, Lincoln Park Student Arts Excellence Awards in Music (Instrumental)

Bryan M. Woolbert chARTer – TECH High School for the Performing Arts, Somers Point Student Arts Excellence Awards in Theatre (Acting)

Brenden Mari-Davis Collier High School, Wickatunk Justin Todd Ocean County Vo-Tech, Performing Arts Academy, Lakehurst Student Arts Excellence Awards in Creative Writing

Christina Graf The Calais School, Whippany Carlie Stanco The Calais School, Whippany

NEW JERSEY COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH High School Writing Contest Gold Medalist: Short Story

Jessica Li Livingston High School, Livingston High School Writing Contest Gold Medalist: Poetry

Caitlin Chan Bergen County Academies, Hackensack High School Writing Contest Gold Medalist: Essay

Haley Mudrick Newark Academy, Livingston

Dominique Pickett

Lake Drive Program, Mountain Lakes High School

ART ADMINISTRATORS OF NEW JERSEY Student Achievement Award

Ariana Daly West Essex High School, North Caldwell

PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival: High School Division

Jack Kimber Chatham High School, Chatham Laura Diorio Middletown High School South, Middletown Elizabeth Zaubler Newark Academy, Livingston Gabrielle Poisson Newark Academy, Livingston

NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Excellence in Music

Liany Mateo Henry Snyder High School, Jersey City Jonathan Jett Cicely L. Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts, East Orange Excellence in Theatre

Noah Woodard Snyder High School/Academy of the Arts, Jersey City Exceptional Promise in Music

Elora Borja Pope John XXIII Regional High School, Sparta Township

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LEADING EDUCATORS SINCE 1975

Congratulations to the 2015 recipient of the

Art Administrators of New Jersey Emerging Artists Achievement Award

Ariana Daly

West Essex High School - North Caldwell V i e w A r i a n a’s w o r k a t a a n j . o rg

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Arts Education Professional Development Exhibits & Performances Cultural Access

•Standard and Tailored workshops and seminars •Professional Development workshops and seminars for teachers •Solutions for addressing the Common Core Standards •Assembly programs created from the writings of your students •Partial and full grants available to qualifying schools

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Congratulations to Renee Drummond NJSDL Coach of the Year and The New Jersey Speech and Debate League Champions 2015

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Formore information, visit www.ptnj.org/pages/education email us at [email protected] orcall (973)514-1787 X21 Playwrights Theatre’s programming is made possible in part by generous grants from the NewJersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the F.M. Kirby Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Victoria Foundation, the Prudential Foundation, Bank of America, The Horizon Foundation for NewJersey, and many other corporations, foundations and individuals.

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AFRO ACADEMIC CULTURAL TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS (ACT-SO)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2015

GOVERNOR’S AWARD RECIPIENTS

“CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE”

The New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) believes that every student at every level, K-12, should have access to a balanced, comprehensive, and sequential program of music instruction in school taught by teachers qualified in music. Contact us at www.njmea.org.

NJCTE

NEW JERSEY COUNCIL of TEACHERS of ENGLISH Educators in English Studies, Literacy & Language Arts www.njcte.com

Congratulates: The NJCTE 2015 High School Writing Contest Gold Medalists Caitlin Chan, Poetry, Bergen County Academies Jessica Li, Short Story, Livingston High School Haley Mudrick, Personal Essay, Newark Academy & NJCTE Educator of the Year: Stephen Chiger, North Star Academy

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COUNCIL FOR THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR’S AWARDS IN ARTS EDUCATION Helene Boedart Art Educators of New Jersey

Stevie Rawlings New Jersey Music Educators Association

Lisa Grimes Dance NJ

Robin Middleman New Jersey State Council on the Arts

Sandra Butts ACT-SO Program

Ann Marie Miller Art Pride New Jersey Foundation

Joan Conway, Joan Hajducsek Rosen Art Administrators of New Jersey

Vanessa Rasmussen New Jersey Council of Teachers of English

Jim DeVivo Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey

Dale Schmid, Co-Chair New Jersey Department of Education

Rebecca Hinkle New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Kristin Wenger, Co-chair New Jersey Arts Education Partnership

Irina Itriyeva New Jersey Forensic League

Christine Williams Speech and Theater Association of New Jersey

Maureen Heffernan Young Audiences of New Jersey

Board of Directors VSA New Jersey

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.