Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 Wyckoff Valente becomes Troop 77’s newest Eagle Scout Jacob Valente has become Wyckoff Boy Scout Troop 77’s newest Eagle Scout. The ceremony was held at Beth- any Church. A Wayne resident, Valente has been a member of Troop 77 for six-and-a-half years. He has held various leadership roles within the troop and has completed a total of 36 merit badges. He is a brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow. Valente is a staff member of the National Youth Leadership Training Program for Northern NJ Council and a starting member of Ventur- ing Crew 1204. He attended the National Jamboree in 2010 as a participant and as a staff member in 2013. In addition to attending summer camps at Turrell and Rodney, he experienced canoeing and hiking at Floodwood Moun- tain Reservation. Valente has a strong interest in science, and focused on an education-based Eagle service project. He decided to provide a new garden shed and clean up and repair an existing fish pond, planters, picnic tables, and bird- houses in an open courtyard at Westmoreland Elemen- tary School in Fair Lawn. This courtyard is used as a science outdoor lab facility for teaching all grade levels. With over 200 hours of work, many volunteers, and donations, the courtyard was transformed into a func- tional, educational, and fun learning area. The volunteers also moved stacking rock and built small walls around the shrubs in the front of the school and flagpole and beautified the entrance to the school. Now 17, Valente just completed his junior year at Wayne Valley High School. Outside of Scouting, he is active member of Student Council and the National Honor Society. He participates in marching band and was selected drum major for his junior and senior years. He is also a member of the swim team and pole vaults with the spring track team. Incumbents file nominating petitions Jacob Valente (continued from page 4) Ramapo Indian Hills High School District since 2000. Sciancalepore has been a resident of the borough for 24 years. Her husband is a Ramapo High alumnus. Her son graduated from Indian Hills in 2012 and her daugh- ter graduated from Ramapo High in June. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from Rutgers University, a BA in political science from the University of Colorado, and teaching certification for grades K-8 and K-12 social studies from William Pater- son University. She is deputy clerk for the Bergen County Freeholder Board. Previously, she was president of the Woodside Avenue School Parent Teacher Association and a member of the executive boards of the Parent Teacher Student Organization at Indian Hills and the Association of Par- ents Teachers and Students at Ramapo High. Quinlan has been an Oakland resident since 1986. She is married and has three sons, all of whom are graduates of the Oakland K-8 schools and Indian Hills. In addi- tion to being a school trustee, she serves on the Oakland Library Board. She was president of the Dogwood Hill Parent Teacher Association and president of the Oak- land Newcomers Club. She has also served on the Valley Middle School and IHHS Parent Teacher Organization executive boards. In addition, she has been a member of the Oakland Mothers’ Club and the Oakland Woman’s Club and she is a parishioner at Most Blessed Sacrament in Franklin Lakes, where she served many years as a member of the baptismal team and as an active Confraternity of Chris- tian Doctrine volunteer. A trustee on the RIHBOE since 2005, she is currently vice president of the board. She has also served as presi- dent of the board and chairperson of the Facilities, Edu- cation, and Crisis Management committees. She has also been a member of the Technology, Finance, Negotiations, Personnel, Goals, and Evaluation committees. Quinlan has also been a parent teacher organization liaison and the Oakland Board of Education representative.