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The sun shone bright in Rumson’s Victory Park on Friday, casting a bright light of honor on the borough’s vets.
Homage was paid to all the living who served their country, those presently in service and those who have passed.
There was a call for respect — of them, the freedom of choice for which they fought, and for peace.
Thank you to all of our veterans. Take a peek into the Veterans Day 2016 moment in Rumson …
— Elaine Van Develde
Their faces are the faces at the core of a close-knit community.
They were neighbors, dads, and just plain friendly faces around the Rumson-Fair Haven area towns. They were also veterans.
They served. They fought for freedom in World War II and the Korean War.
They lived their lives with hometown pride, honor and respect. They were founding fathers, friends. They were cornerstones of the sense of community that is the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
The gift of their legacies bears no upscale real estate market value. They passed along a love of country and community that is priceless.
Thank you, on Veterans Day, to the veterans of the area who have passed. You are cherished, honored.
Take a look at some of their faces and remember.
— Elaine Van Develde
— Photos, courtesy of families of the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
Knollwood School students recently got a lesson in leadership, courtesy of a U.S. Air Force vet and former teacher.
Continue reading Knollwood Students Get Vets’ Lesson in Leadership
Sixteen student-athletes from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) recently took part in National Signing Day.
The votes are in; and the Republican incumbents in both the Rumson and Fair Haven Borough Council races have kept their seats, according to the unofficial tallies (not counting provisional and absentee ballots) from the Monmouth County Board of Elections.
There’s a new arts-inspired initiative at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) that is casting a bright spotlight on students’ artwork.
The RFH National Art Honor Society (NAHS) and the RFH Multiple Disabilities (MD) Program have teamed up to provide artisan frames for the display of creations by RFH students. Featured will be paintings and photography by NAHS and MD students. The collection will be rotated regularly and be featured prominently throughout the school building on an ongoing basis.
Photographs of works by RFH art students at all levels will also be enlarged and placed above the student locker areas.
“This project has brought warmth and enhanced the school climate,” said Special Services teacher Jennifer Dellett. “Our goal is to have all three floors at RFH filled with stimulating artwork by the end of the school year.”
The purchase of 40 frames was made possible by a grant from the RFH Education Foundation. The grant request was written and submitted by Dellett and Art teacher Kristen Lanfrank.
For those who would like a closer view of the artwork, an event dubbed Community Art Opening is planned for the spring of 2017.
As part of the event, students involved in the program will provide community members with a tour of RFH and a discussion of all the art and images on display.
— Edited press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH)
You could say a ghoulishly good time was had by all on Halloween in the Fair Haven schools.
The Oct. 31 fun began before the school day ended and trick-or-treating in the neighborhoods began.
Continue reading A Glance Back: Fair Haven Schools’ Halloween
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Spanish students have a sister … school.
The sister is Isabel de Castilla Public High School in Avila, Spain.
Students in several RFH Spanish classes have begun fostering friendships with the students in Spain through Edmodo, an online educational and social network.
In February of 2017, 17 students and two teacher chaperones will travel from Isabel de Castilla Public High School to visit RFH. Spending the week in homestays, the group will attend classes at RFH as well as participate in special events.
The events include: attending the World Language Department’s Languapalooza talent show; sharing a meal prepared by the RFH Cooking Club; and joining the Spanish National Honor Society for a welcome fiesta.
The trip is designed to provide cultural insight into life as a teenager in Rumson and Fair Haven. The group from Spain will travel to New York City and Philadelphia as well.
A reciprocal journey for RFH students is planned for the 2017-18 school year. RFH students and teacher chaperones will stay with local families and attend classes at Isabel de Castilla in Avila, a small medieval walled city about an hour west of Madrid.
“We are really looking forward to having firsthand insight into the practices, products, and perspectives of the Spanish youth and their culture,” said RFH Spanish teacher Christina Gauss. “We hope to collaborate with the Spanish students throughout the school year.”
As part of their classwork, students in the RFH Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture course recently created and sent videos to students at Isabel de Castilla. The videos showcase life at RFH and in the surrounding communities.
In addition, the RFH students developed an online survey to gather information on how social media platforms are used to promote social movements. The online survey has been sent to the students in Spain as well as students and community members in the RFH community. The RFH students plan to compare and contrast the results from RFH and Avila, Spain.
The student groups from RFH and Spain have also begun an ongoing conversation on the A Day in the Life topic. Students in Gauss’ Spanish 4 Honors class created an electronic visual collage that best describes their personalities and lifestyles, and they have shared these collages with the students in Spain. Students in Daniella Goodarz’s and Seth Herman’s Spanish III Honors classes will soon begin interacting with the students from Avila using Edmodo as well.
“This is an excellent opportunity for our students to forge a meaningful and authentic cultural and linguistic exchange,” said Herman, supervisor of World Language at RFH.
The sister school relationship became official this past July when Gauss met with Aida Marquez, English teacher and Bilingual Program Director at Isabel de Castilla, to finalize the details.
The meeting occurred after Gauss had traveled to Spain for a week-long professional development course at the University of Alcala’s Summer Spanish Language and Culture Institute for U.S. Teachers of Spanish.
During the course, 85 teachers from all regions of the U.S. compared and contrasted their educational systems, shared best practices for second language acquisition, explored ideas to increase student engagement, and collaborated on projects to promote students’ global competence skills.
— Edited press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School
Happy Halloween to all from the RFH Class of ’78!
Photos/George Day
The weather and spirits were on the side of all the good ghouls who came to the grounds of Forrestdale School for Rumson’s Halloween parading and festivities.
Hundreds of costumed kids and families gathered for games, goodies and socializing.
Take a look (And don’t forget to click to enlarge!) … Oh, and Happy Halloween!
— Elaine Van Develde
Well, you could say the third time was a charm for the first annual Fair Haven Trucktoberfest.
The new, more family-friendly, sponsored by the non-profit Foundation of Fair Haven, had been put off twice before Saturday due to inclement weather.
But, Saturday it was this time. And the weather was fine and, by the looks of the faces and the mood, people were pleased.
Take a look (Don’t forget to click to enlarge!) …
— Elaine Van Develde
Fall is in the air. The weather is forecasted to be quite fine for the weekend, and there’s plenty going on.
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