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The Wyckoff Family YMCA and the Wyckoff Day Committee have set the Fourth Annual Wyckoff Day for Saturday, June 8 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This fun-filled community event will include familyfriendly games, food, a vendor village, and live music. Performers will include Evan Toth, Lisa Bianco, Jersey Royale, the North Jersey Concert Band, Gurdy the Dinosaur, and John Foti. The family scavenger hunt and a chili cook-off benefitting the Wyckoff Fire Department and Ambulance Corps will both be back due to popular demand. Rides and fun for children will include games and activities, face painting, a sporting skills challenge, a mechanical bull, Euro Bungee, a 28-foot slide, and inflatable rides. The event will be held at the Wyckoff Family YMCA’s 14-acre campus at 691 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff. Partici-
Fourth Annual Wyckoff Day 2013 set for June 8
pants will include civic organizations, schools, the Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce, local merchants, charitable organizations, houses of worship, friends, and neighbors. This year’s Platinum Sponsors are ShopRite Inserra Supermarkets and Stop & Shop. Gold-level Sponsors include 3 Chicas Mexican Kitchen, Blue Moon Mexican Café, Nicholas MarketsFoodtown, Phelps Construction, Suburban News, TD Bank, and the Villadom Times. Allstate Insurance and Columbia Bank are ride sponsors. The Silver Sponsors are Big Color, Dunkin Donuts, Christian Health Care Center, Propel Physical Therapy, the Scanlan family, Wilenta Carting, and the Township of Wyckoff. Bronze Sponsors include Boiling Spring Savings
Bank, Booth Movers, Coldwell Banker, Danco Party Rentals, Horizon Landscape Co., Itsgr82bme, Kearny Federal Savings, Millers Pharmacy, Newton Screen Printing, Phillips Dentistry, Royal Communications, Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Tammy D. Felton -- State Farm agent, Wyckoff Florist and Gifts, and the Wyckoff-Midland Park Rotary. “Wyckoff Strong” sponsors are: Flirting with Fire, Glen Rock Savings Bank, Home Helpers Senior Care, Kearny Federal Savings, Oberg & Lindquist, Optimal Nutrition Solutions, Pascack Community Bank, Rodan & Fields, Van Dyk Park Place, and the Wyckoff Education Association. For additional information, call Jennifer Sauer at the Y at (201) 891-2081, extension 117. See you there!
The Wyckoff YMCA invites parents to mark their calendars for the Oct. 16 Parent Connection program, “Social Media in Education: What Parents Need to Know.” This 7 p.m. program will be presented by New Milford High School Principal Eric Sheninger, who will discuss how schools and educators are using social media to improve communications, enhance public relations, increase student engagement, and teach digital citizenship. An educational administrator, Sheninger firmly believes that effective communication, listening, support, shared decision making, and the integration of technology are essential elements of the transformation of school cultures. He has emerged as an innovative leader in the
Social Media Expert to present parent program
use of social media and Web 2.0 technology as tools to engage students, improve communications with stakeholders, and help educators grow professionally. A National Association of Secondary School Principals Digital Principal Award winner (2012), Phi Delta Kappa Emerging Leader Award recipient (2012), and winner of Learning Forward’s Excellence in Professional Practice Award (2012), Sheninger is a Google certified teacher, Adobe education leader, and an ASCD 2011 Conference Scholar. He co-authored “Communicating and Connecting with Social Media: Essentials for Principals” and “What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and
Learning Science.” He writes about education-related topics for the Huffington Post, and is a co-creator of the Edscape Conference. Sheninger sits on the FEA Board of Directors, and was named to the NSBA “20 to Watch” list in 2010 for technology leadership. Sheninger now presents and speaks nationally to help other school leaders embrace and effectively use technology. He has also received recognition for his blog, “A Principal’s Reflections.” There is no charge for Sheninger’s October program. For more information, contact Parent Connection Coordinator Kathy Scarpelli at (201) 891-1820. The Wyckoff Y is located at 691 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff.