Tag: Sayreville War Memorial High School

  • Sayreville residents, businesses supported Care and Share Food Bank

    Sayreville residents, businesses supported Care and Share Food Bank

    The Sayreville Care and Share Food Bank would like to thank the many organizations who donated to us during this holiday season. We help over 70 families who are in need of assistance who live in town. Their Thanksgivings and Christmases were a little happier because of the efforts of friends and organizations who worked hard…

  • South Amboy native serves aboard nuclear submarine in Guam

    South Amboy native serves aboard nuclear submarine in Guam

    SOUTH AMBOY — A 1995 Sayreville War Memorial High School graduate and South Amboy native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of a crew working aboard one of the world’s most advanced nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarines. Cmdr. Steven Tarr serves in Guam as part of the Navy’s forward-deployed force. He is the commanding officer…

  • Chef turns childhood passion into dream come true

    Chef turns childhood passion into dream come true

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Louis Santiago has a passion for food — and for changing lives.  He’s also well on his way to changing his own. Santiago, who is a second-year culinary arts student at the premier Culinary Institute of America in New York, said he’s looking forward to a successful career as…

  • South Amboy native assumes naval commander role in Guam

    South Amboy native assumes naval commander role in Guam

    Steven Tarr III has been commissioned as a commander for the United States Navy. Tarr is a native of South Amboy who lives in Guam with his wife and children. He was promoted on Aug. 5 at Polaris Point, Guam, in replacement of Commander David P. Lammers of Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of Sayreville War…

  • South Amboy native serves aboard Navy submarine

    South Amboy native serves aboard Navy submarine

    A 2013 Sayreville War Memorial High School graduate and South Amboy native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of a crew working aboard one of the world’s most advanced ballistic missile submarines, the USS Henry M. Jackson. Seaman Kyle Kjersgaard is a missile technician serving aboard the Bangor, Washington-based boat, one of 14…

  • Former Sayreville teacher charged with sending illicit photos to student

    Former Sayreville teacher charged with sending illicit photos to student

    A South Plainfield High School teacher has been charged with sending two inappropriate photos to a male student via social media. Mallory Christ, 29, of South Plainfield, was charged with a second degree count of endangering the welfare of a child by sending the two photos of herself to the student sometime in February, according…

  • Two Sayreville teachers attend national science conference

    Two Sayreville teachers attend national science conference

    Two science teachers from Sayreville were among 53 selected to attend the 2016 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) annual conference March 31-April 3 in Nashville, Tennessee. Lauren Gassman and Edward Mish from Sayreville War Memorial High School were among the STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics) teachers sponsored by DuPont. “DuPont has a long-standing reputation as…

  • Sayreville teacher rewarded for promoting safe driving

    Sayreville teacher rewarded for promoting safe driving

    SAYREVILLE — A teacher from Sayreville War Memorial High School (SWMHS) was honored during a special ceremony for her efforts to promote the proven principles of Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL), the state’s novice driver licensing program. Genevieve Corrales, a Spanish teacher and supervisor of the SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) Chapter at SWMHS, was named a…

  • Car wash to benefit Sayreville marching band

    Car wash to benefit Sayreville marching band

    The Sayreville War Memorial High School Marching Band will hold a car wash from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on April 16 at the school, 820 Washington Road, Parlin. The cost is $5 per car. Proceeds will benefit the band.