Welcome to the Roxbury Recap, where we keep you in the loop with all things Roxbury.

• Inclusivity Summit (Thursday, 4/18): The 2nd Annual Inclusivity Summit was held in the Media Center yesterday, Thursday, 4/18! Representatives from high schools across Northern New Jersey attended. A guest speaker came to discuss inclusivity and host a variety of fun activities! 

• Ms. O’Braitis’ Cupcake Wars (Friday, 4/18): Ms. O’Braitis’ creative cooking class is competing in cupcake wars where students will decorate a cupcake from student-selected themes.  

• Junior Prom (Friday, 4/19): The Junior Prom is THIS FRIDAY, 4/19! The Prom is at the Mansion in Mountain Lakes and starts at 6:30 pm. Get ready for a night of fun, food, dancing, and partying like it’s 1920! 

• No School (Monday, 4/22): Roxbury High School has off on Monday, April 22. The day off is due to an unused snow day and we hope all students enjoy the upcoming three-day weekend! 

• Bring Your Child to Work Day (Wednesday, 4/24): On Wednesday, 4/24 students will have the opportunity to learn about their parents’ occupations while accompanying them to work as part of the nationwide Bring Your Child to Work Day initiative. Our teachers also have the opportunity to bring their kids into school for the day so, if you do come to school, you will have the opportunity to meet some of your teachers’ kids! 

Miscellaneous

• RHS is Now Accepting Teacher/Ed Service Provider of the Year Nominations: It’s the time of year when we recognize RHS’s outstanding educators. This year, we will recognize BOTH a Teacher of the Year and an Educational Services Provider of the Year. Please take a few minutes to recognize your favorite teachers and staff members for this distinguished honor! 

Staff Nomination Form – Teacher of the Year

Staff Nomination Form – Ed. Service Provider of the Year

• April is Embracing Abilities Month: April is Embracing Abilities Month! Celebrate by participating in Spirit Fridays for the rest of the month. 

• Comfy Day (Friday, 4/19): Today is Comfy Day. Hopefully, you wore your most comfortable (school-appropriate) clothes to celebrate. rEmember that what you find comfortable might not be the same as your classmates.

• Roxbury Day (Friday, 4/26): Friday, 4/26 is Roxbury Day! Stand up and choose inclusion by wearing your favorite Roxbury gear or Blue & Gold. Show everyone that you are a Roxbury student who stands up and includes ALL people. 

• Yearbook Sales (Now- Saturday, 5/4): The 2023-2024 RHS ECHO Yearbook is still available for purchase. We are about 80% sold out and the final day to order is May 4th. We cannot guarantee that there will be extra books available on the day of distribution in June. To order your yearbook, please visit www.yearbookordercenter.com. Enter school code: 13809

Girls Lacrosse

• Roxbury vs Whippany Park (Tuesday, 4/23): Roxbury Girls Lacrosse looks to extend their winning streak to 5 against Whippany Park at home for a 4PM start!

• Roxbury vs Jefferson (Thursday, 4/25): Roxbury Girls Lacrosse takes on Jefferson away on Thursday the 25th at 4PM.

• Roxbury vs Pequannok (Saturday, 4/27): Roxbury Girls Lacrosse plays Pequannock away at 10AM on Saturday the 27th!

Boys Lacrosse

• Roxbury vs Newton (Tuesday, 4/23): Roxbury Boys Lacrosse is set to play away at Newton, for a 4PM start!

• Roxbury vs Sparta (Thursday 4/25): Roxbury Boys Lacrosse plays Sparta in hopes of another win at Sparta on Thursday at 4PM!

Softball

• Roxbury vs  Immaculate Heart (Saturday, 4/20): Roxbury Softball is set to play Immaculate Heart @ Cedar Grove on April 20rd for a 5PM start!

• Roxbury vs Sparta (Tuesday, 4/23): Roxbury Softball travels to Sparta for a 4PM game!

• Roxbury vs Watchung Hills (Friday, 4/26): Roxbury Softball travels to Watchung Hills at 4:15PM.

Baseball 

• Roxbury vs  Mendham (Saturday, 4/20): Roxbury Baseball is set to play Mendham away on April 20rd for a 11AM start!

• Roxbury vs Chatham  (Tuesday, 4/23): Roxbury Baseball plays home against Chatham for a 4PM game!

• Roxbury vs Morris Knolls (Wednesday, 4/24): Roxbury Baseball plays home against Morris Knolls at 4PM.

• Roxbury vs West Morris (Thursday, 4/25): Roxbury Baseball travels to West Morris at 4PM.

Golf

• Roxbury Golf hosts Morris Catholic and Mendham home on Monday 4/22 (TIME TBA)

• Roxbury Golf vs Mount Olive (Tuesday, 4/23): Roxbury Golf plays Mount Olive home at 3:30 PM. 
• Roxbury Golf vs Morris Knolls (Wednesday, 4/24): Roxbury Golf plays Morris Knolls away at 3:30 PM!

Spring Track & Field

• Roxbury at Freshman + Sophomore Randolph Relays (Thursday, 4/18): Sophomores and Freshman on the Roxbury Track Team competed yesterday against many others of the same grade in a massive relay race at Randolph High School.

• Roxbury at Morris Hill Relays (Saturday, 4/20): Select members of the Roxbury Track & Field team will compete in a relay race at Morris Hills High School. Let’s go Roxbury!

• Roxbury vs Randolph Make-up Meet (Monday, 4/22): The Roxbury Track & Field team will host a dual-meet against Randolph here at home at 4:00PM.

Boys Tennis

• Roxbury vs Mount Olive (Tuesday, 4/23): Roxbury Boys Tennis is set to match off against Mount Olive on Tuesday the 23rd at 4PM!

• Roxbury vs Morristown (Thursday 4/25): Roxbury Boys Tennis will play Morristown at Morristown on Thursday at 4PM!

• Marching Band Registration: The Marching Gaels 2024 season registration is now open! Go to the Marching Gaels classroom to register. Check out the Marching Gaels instagram for this season’s trailer for their show “Rearrange!” 

• Roxbury Winter Guard Competition (Saturday, 4/13): Roxbury Winter Guard won 1st place with a score of 86.88 at their competition at Barnegat High School this past Saturday. They competed in the Scholastic Regional A division against one other team. 

• Roxbury Winter Guard Championships (Saturday, 4/20): Roxbury Winter Guard will compete at their Championship competition this Saturday at the CURE Insurance Arena. Performing their show “A Gilded Touch,” Roxbury will compete in the Scholastic Regional A division, against 11 other teams, at 9:03 pm. Wish them luck! 

• Metropolitan Wind Band Invitational (Saturday, 4/13): Roxbury High School hosted a band festival where multiple bands came to perform their music for  judging and clinics of their performances. Bands came from all over the nation, even from Kansas, and it was an overall successful night for the Roxbury band program. 

• Jazz Night (4/17): Jazz band and choirs performed at Roxbury High School this past Wednesday. There was a great turnout, and the Jazz band and choirs showed off their incredible abilities and hard work. 

• Roxbury Choir Goes to Boston (4/25-4/28):  All of Roxbury Choirs will leave for Boston to compete against many other choirs across the region. Please wish them luck before their trip! 

Clubs

• Equal Rights Advocacy (Tuesday, 4/16): ERA had a meeting this past Tuesday where they discussed the GLSEN Day Of Silence. For RHS, this event will occur on Tuesday, April 30th.

• Unified Flag Football (Wednesday, 4/18): Unified Flag Football had their kickoff at the Jets Training Center this past Wednesday! The team was coached by The New York Jets staff, the Special Olympics Crew, Center Joe Tippman, Defensive Lineman Quincy Williams, and two other Jets players! They learned a bunch of new skills and are ready to take the field next Tuesday for their very first game against West Orange!

• National Honor Society Elections (Thursday, 4/18): National Honor Society held elections on Thursday to elect their leadership board for next school year. Voting is open until 6pm tonight for all juniors in National Honor Society. Results will be announced late next week. Good luck to all who applied! 

• Roxbury Debate Team (Tuesday, 4/23): Roxbury Debate is getting back to work, preparing for the Roxbury Debate Tournament being hosted this May!

• Equal Rights Advocacy (Tuesday, 4/23): ERA will hold a meeting on Tuesday where they will go into further detail on the GLSEN Day Of Silence. For RHS, this event will occur on Tuesday, April 30th.

• Yearbook Club (Tuesday, 4/30): The Yearbook Club is meeting after school on Tuesday, 4/30. The club focused on creating the divider pages in E-Design. 

Field Trips

• TYC Visited The Crayola Factory (Tuesday, 4/16):  Ms. Kelly and Ms. Kroog’s TYC classes visited The Crayola Factory in Easton, PA on Tuesday, 4/16. 

• Geophysical Science Hikes the Delaware Water Gap (Friday, 4/19):  The Geophysical Science field trip has been moved due to a rain date to today! The AP Environmental Science and Physics A level classes will be attending with them as well. Report to the main lobby after homeroom. Don’t forget to bring good shoes, hats, bug spray, and money for ice cream! 

• Rox-THON Goryeb Children’s Hospital Trip (Wednesday, 4/24): They’re going to give us a tour of the hospital and we’ll do our check presentation. All outgoing and incoming leaders are invited! Please meet in the Media Conference Room at 7:30am, and the bus will leave at 8:15am. Lunch will be provided. They’ll return to the school around 1:45pm. It will count as an excused absence. 

• Freshman English Classes to Drew University (Tuesday, 4/23): Mrs. Foster, Mr. Hansen, Mrs. Kaine, Ms. Rispoli, Mrs. Schmidt, and Mrs. Spargo’s Freshman English classes will visit Drew University to see their theater program’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a text that each class read in this year! 

• Wellness Class Field Trip (Thursday, 5/2): The Wellness classes will be going on a field trip to Ringwood State Park. They will be leaving at 7:30 AM and return by 2:00 PM. Submit your permission slips to your teacher by April 24th!

Our teacher of the week is Physical Education/Health teacher and RHS football coach Mr. Diorio! Mr DiOrio has been teaching at Roxbury High School since May 1, 2020. He went to Montclair State University and Majored in K-12 Health and Physical Education. He also coaches football for RHS in the fall. His favorite thing about his job is “when students that graduate come back to see me, or email me to let me know how I made a positive impact on their life.” Students all around appreciate his kindness and positive attitude which is evidenced by the following quote: 

“Mr Diorio was my all-time favorite gym teacher. He would always make me smile when I was in gym class. He’s a very supportive teacher and will listen when you talk to him. He’s definitely a teacher I will never forget.” – Mia Bacalhau

Congratulations to Mr. Diorio, our 4/15 teacher of the week! 

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