Glen Rock December 19, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 11 The YMCA of Greater Bergen County honored athletes and community leaders at the 47th Annual Sports Award Banquet. The event raised $40,000 for children and families in need of Y programming. Youths will benefit from swimming, camping, child care, and many other programs in a safe environment. Event sponsors and supporters included Y honors athletes, leaders the Ong Family Foundation, Lakeland Bank, Bergen Catholic High School, New York Football Giants, Immaculate Heart Academy, and Stop & Shop. The YMCA of Greater Bergen County is located in Hackensack and is a nonprofit organization that welcomes people of all faiths, races, abilities, ages, and incomes. Shakespeare Garden dedicated to McCarthy The Shakespeare Garden at Glen Rock High School was recently dedicated to former principal James McCarthy. McCarthy, who served as principal of GRHS from the 2001-02 school year to 2010-11, retired on July 15, 2011. GRHS has a tradition of honoring past principals through a lasting tribute in the school’s center courtyard. Many staff members attended the event, which included comments by GRHS Principal John Arlotta and Director of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Kathleen Regan, and a poetry reading by GRHS English Department Chair Patricia Mahoney. Students were involved in the planning and preparation of the garden under the direction of high school science teacher Heather McDermott. Additional plantings are scheduled for the spring. McCarthy appears next to the garden’s commemorative plaque, which carries one of his favorite quotations, ‘What a sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.’ -- Joseph Addison. Front row: Mark Cieslak (Saint Joseph Regional), Ashley DeYoung (Indian Hills High School), Jaclyn Allegretta (Hackensack), Harrison Shih (Bergen Catholic), Tyler Vitiello (Saddle Brook), Marguerite Rivara (Glen Rock), Leo Lim (Tenafly). Back row: Richard Van Cleft (Cresskill), Daryian Miles (Teaneck), William Maltin (NV Old Tappan), Sean McCann (Park Ridge), Lenny Smith (River Dell). (Photo courtesy of Richard Incontro.)