May 14, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 13 Wyckoff Eisenhower School celebrates 50th Anniversary by John Koster A 50-minute program with hula hoop competitions, a scavenger hunt, and a musi- cal assembly with a Broadway professional who is also an Eisenhower alumnus marked the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Eisenhower Middle School. Gym teacher and advisory leader Col- leen McCurry was credited with coordi- nating the detailed planning that made the event possible with the help of teachers, staff, and PTO leaders. Constantine Maroulis, an alumnus of Eisenhower, American Idol Season 4 Finalist, and Tony-nominated Broadway performer, was a featured artist at the assembly, along with the Chorale and Jazz groups of the student body. He sang “This Is the Moment” from “Jekyll & Hyde” and “Don’t Stop Believing.” “Georgie,” an eighth grader, sang “For the First Time in Forever.” A video of the performances is being produced. Buildings and Grounds John Doller helped dig up the time capsule planted when the Eisenhower School opened 50 years ago, and assisted in planting another time capsule for a future event. Governing body, board to share repair services The Wyckoff Township Committee and the Wyckoff Board of Education have signed a shared services agreement in which the township will perform repairs to the board of education’s vehicles as a cost significantly less than the board could have obtained through a private repair firm. The agreement will run through June 30, 2015. The committee and the board have long since operated a cooperative pricing system in several areas to promote savings to the Wyckoff taxpayers. The township uses its fuel dispensing facility for school board vehicles, and the township also uses a school building for a summer camp for K-4 students organized by the Wyckoff Recre- ation Department, which is operated by the township government. Bergen County Open Space grants con- ferred on the township have been used to replace backstops, foul line fences, and player benches at school fields, and for the larger purposes of acquiring land for municipal parks. Comprehensively, Wyckoff has 23 shared services with the local schools or with other communities aimed at tax reduc- tion for citizens without loss of services to residents. J. KOSTER Wyckoff Township Committeemen Brian Scanlan, Anastasia Maroulis, Constance Maroulis, Constantine Maroulis, and Superintendent of Schools Richard Kuder.