OCPO / OC SCHOOLS RECOGNIZE OC STUDENT “UNSUNG HEROES”
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Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and President of the Ocean County School Administrators Loren B. Fuhring today announced the recipients of the 2018 school year Ocean County Prosecutor/Ocean County Association of School Administrators “Unsung Hero” Student Recognition Awards.
The recognition awards program, in its’ fourth year, gives every Ocean County school the opportunity to submit one (1) student from the highest graduating class as the school’s “UnSung Hero”. This is not an academic award. The award criteria cites that the student has overcome some type of major adversity, challenge (physical or emotional) and/or has shown immense improvement.
This past Wednesday (5/2), in a ceremony held at the Frog Pond Elementary School in Little Egg Harbor, recipients from across Ocean County received their award certificate in a “You Make A Difference” decorative folder frame pictured below. They will also receive a commemorative DVD.
As in years past Prosecutor Coronato delivered a congratulatory address to those in attendance stating, “This is a good day – this is your day – a day you will always remember. An award represents recognition for something very special that you and you alone were able to accomplish. We should never underestimate the importance of recognizing someone even for the smallest achievement or accomplishment. Always remember, life is what you make it – and as the recipients of these awards you have already shown us that whatever you put your mind to you can accomplish. It is not always the monumental accomplishments that make people notice us, sometimes it is the tiny little things that make you shine and be recognized.”
2018 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Alexis Mackiewicz Tuckerton Elementary School
Seth Edwards Toms River High School South
Leslie Yupa Toms River High School North
Samantha Convery Toms River High School East
Madelyn Beirne Stafford Intermediate School
Danielle Shepherd Point Pleasant Borough High School
Hunter Clark Point Pleasant Beach High School
Jillian Williams Pinelands Regional High School
Andres J. Acevedo Ocean Gate Elementary School
Anthony Brenner Ocean County Vocational Technical School – Waretown Center
Jerrod Jordan Ocean County Vocational Technical School – Toms River Center
Grace Cocanower Ocean County Vocational Technical School – MATES
Taylor Kurinzi Ocean County Vocational Technical School – Lakehurst Center
Herman Irizarry Ocean County Vocational Technical School – Jackson Center
Sergio Cortes Ocean County Vocational Technical School – Brick Center
Justin Pritikin New Egypt High School
Jerry Ward Manchester Township High School
Isaac Enu Lavallette Elementary School
Michelle Elias Lakewood Middle School
Shaniah Sky Morris Lakehurst Elementary School
Benjamin Werner Lacey Township High School
Allison Brown Jackson Memorial High School
Samantha Burger Jackson Liberty High School
Shayla Buser Island Heights Elementary School
Joseph Lopez Hugh J. Boyd, Jr., Elementary School
Logan Buffin George J. Mitchell Elementary School
Faith Barreau Frog Pond Elementary School
Ethan Grabich Eagleswood Township Elementary School
Elizabeth McGee-Shearin Central Regional High School
Olivia Kenny Brick Township High School
Connor Buckley Brick Memorial High School
Kellen Hess Berkeley Township Elementary School
Richard Fasolo Barnegat High School