Culinary Instructor Ms. Marut attends REF symposium
Jaylen Nuila and Sarah Bourouf
May 8, 2018
Becton Culinary Instructor Ms. Marut attended the N.J. Restaurant Educational Foundation Professional Development Symposium in Rhode Island this past April. During the event, first place ProStart teams from 46 states and from an army base in Japan were invited to compete against each other in a timed...
Becton announces this year’s honor guards
Safa Hassan, Staff Writer
May 7, 2018
Due to their class rank, twelve Becton Regional High School juniors have been chosen as honor guards for the Class of 2018 graduation. The list of students includes (back row) Alessandra Acevedo, Zackary Deleasa, Jenny Palzom, Cindy Muco & Wonhui Seo (front row) Veronica Hernandez, Tenzin Dekyong, Angel...
Criminal Justice class witnesses functions of county court system
Jenny Marcinkowski, Editor
April 30, 2018
Ms. Dizon’s Criminal Justice class visited the Bergen County Courthouse located in Hackensack on April 27. During the trip, 20 students were given the opportunity to tour the courthouse and old jail, as well as experience a live sentencing. Immediately after Becton students passed security, two...
Dr. Khatchig Mouradian presents BRHS students with lecture on Armenian Genocide
Maya Dobrygowski and Jaylen Nuila
April 22, 2018
Khatchig Mouradian, Ph. D, a lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University and Lebanese-Armenian author, visited Henry P. Becton Regional High School to speak to students enrolled in the Holocaust elective and AP United States Government and Politics course on April...
Cybersecurity analyst educates Becton females on male-dominated career field
Jilian Kaszka and Jenny Marcinkowski
April 16, 2018
Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst Laura Hurley visited Becton Regional High School last week to speak to members of the Girls Helping Girls Club and female students enrolled in the forensics elective offered at the school. Ms. Hurley currently works for the NJ Cybersecurity and Communications Integration...
Becton’s Kruse & Demian both place in Mid-Bergen essay contest
Safa Hassan, Staff Writer
April 15, 2018
Becton Regional High School Junior Paige Cruz and Senior Kyrillos Demian placed first and second in the 2018 Mid-Bergen Rotary Club 'Four-Way Test' Essay Contest. The purpose of the Four-Way Test is to promote truth, fairness, good will and friendship in people’s lives. Those who enter the essay...
SAT/ACT Prep class gets a taste of campus life at Ramapo College
Jaylen Nuila, Staff Writer
April 15, 2018
Becton’s SAT/ACT Prep class, under the instruction of English Department Chairperson and English Teacher Mrs. Cannarozzi and Math Teacher Mr. Jasinski, took a trip to Ramapo College of New Jersey this month. The class visited the school, which is located in Mahwah, in order to get a feel for a small...
Juniors Spirenkov, Novello & Lee to attend Boys State in June
Patrick Cao, Editor
April 12, 2018
Becton juniors Maxim Spirenkov, Josh Novello and Gene Lee have been selected to participate in this year’s 73rd annual American Legion Jersey Boys State from June 17 to June 22. The event will be held at Rider University in Mercer County, NJ. As part of Boys State, also known as “A Week That Sh...
PARCC updates at BRHS & throughout the state of NJ
Jenny Marcinkowski and Jilian Kaszka
April 9, 2018
A memo sent to Becton Regional High School on March 6 by the New Jersey Department of Education notified the school that NJ Governor Phil Murphy has fulfilled his campaign promise to end PARCC testing in 2019 and eliminate it as a requirement for graduating students; therefore, the upcoming standardized...
Senior Skwarek places first at Becton Talent Show
March 28, 2018
The 2018 Becton’s Best Talent Show, which was coordinated by Junior Class Adviser Ms. O’Driscoll and hosted by juniors Paige Kruse and Aliyah Dearmas, took place on March 27 in the JW-PAC . The first place winner of this year’s show is Senior Benedykt Skwarek who played “Asturias” by Isaac Albeniz on the...
Spanish III students see theatrical production of En El Tiempo de Mariposas
Maya Dobrygowski, Staff Writer
March 28, 2018
Becton’s Spanish III Honors students have recently visited New York City to see the play En El Tiempo de Mariposas, a theatrical production of Julia Alvarez's novel In the Time of the Butterflies. En El Tiempo de Mariposas is based on three sisters who were members of the underground movement...