Northern Burlington Newsletter
December 19th, 2023
This past election day, the community elected three new board members to the Northern Burlington Board of Education. Congratulations to Mr. Frank Armentante (Mansfield), Mr. Joe Bucs (Springfield) and Mrs. Christina Janis (North Hanover), we look forward to working with all of you and to welcome you during the January Board of Education meeting which will be held on January 2, 2024 in the High School main cafeteria.
With three new board members coming in, we also have three Board Members whose time on the Board of Education will be coming to an end. On behalf of our district, students and community, we would like to thank Ed Nowak (13 Years) Jim Specca (6 Years), Kelly Stobie (1 Year) for their years of service on the Northern Burlington Board of Education. Being a member of the Board of Education is a very important responsibility and we thank them for the time they spent away from their families to help lead our district. The number in the parentheses is the number of years they have served on the Northern Burlington Board of Education.
ClassH-Room
Earlier this Fall, some of our students and teachers from the Middle School and High School were on the television show ClassH-Room. During the show, students competed against the staff in a friendly game show type competition. Both groups did a great job and you will have to watch both episodes to find out who won. Was it the students? Was it the teachers? Click the links below to find out!!!
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You can also access the schedules for the Middle School and High School athletic events by using the link below:
NJTEEA High School Excellence Award
Mr. Dave Potts, Northern Burlington teacher of Applied Technology, recently received the NJTEEA High School Excellence Award. This recognition honors an incredibly talented teacher that has reached so many students while working at Northern Burlington for more than 30 years. Congratulations on this much deserved recognition, Mr. Potts!
11th Grader Lilah Gordon competed in the Foot Locker National Cross-Country Championship in California on December 9. Lil competed in the 5,000 Meters (3.1 miles) and came in 33 in the country! Prior to competing in California, she came in 7th place in the entire Northeast in addition to coming in 5th place at the Meet of Champions. She was also named South Jersey runner of the year for the third straight year. We are so proud of Lil for everything you have accomplished. We also wanted to thank her coach Ryan Rafferty for his amazing support of all his athletes.
Speaking of cross-country, congratulations to both the boys' and girls' teams as well as their coach, Ryan Rafferty, for winning the Burlington County Scholastic League Championship for the 2023 season. This is the first time in the history of Northern Burlington that both teams have won the championship simultaneously.
Congratulations to the Northern Burlington Marching Band. In October, the marching band participated in their first competition of the season at Lenape HS. The band placed first in their group and earned best music, best visual and best overall effect. Congratulations to the marching band! We are very proud of your hard work.
We are THRILLED to share that 17 out of 27 students from the NBHS choral program were accepted into the 2023-2024 All South Jersey Chorus after some rigorous auditions last month!
The middle school also achieved incredible success with 5 out of 10 students earning acceptance into the ensemble. In total this year, Northern had just shy of 40 students audition and 22 of those students accepted!!! What an incredible accomplishment for these students and for Northern!
