Dr. George Solter and the North Bergen Board of Education Recognizes Star Students

NORTH BERGEN, NJ– During the monthly, October 16 Board of Education meeting, Dr. Solter and the Board recognized the 22 students who earned a perfect score on the Spring 2019 NJ Student Learning Assessment. NJSLA tests students on English Language Arts/Literacy, Mathematics and Science. 

“It is great to celebrate our student’s accomplishments because it encourages them and their peers to continue to excel,” said Dr. Geroge Solter, Superintendent of Schools. “This assessment measures a student’s aptitude to succeed in the following grade level. We are eager to see where our star students go from here and we will be celebrating their future successes along the way. ” 

The New Jersey Student Learning Assessment measures students’ academic performance with grade-level standards. This is a helpful tool in measuring a student’s success in school and for teachers to determine whether or not a child is on track and ready for the next grade or college. A perfect score was 850. The average statewide score for English Language Arts/Literacy was 758, for Geometry was 736, for Algebra 1 was 744 and for Algebra 2 was 756. 

Students awarded were;

• Jacqueline Hernandez (7th Grade, Franklin Elementary School)

• Camila Monslave (7th Grade, Franklin Elementary School)

• Gabriella Ortega (7th Grade, Franklin Elementary School)

• Abigail Villalta (7th Grade, Franklin Elementary School)

• Gabriella Dominguez (7th Grade, Horace Mann Elementary School)

• Magdolna Nagy (7th Grade, Horace Mann Elementary School)

• Annabelle Osorio (7th Grade, Horace Mann Elementary School)

• Krisha Patel (7th Grade, Horace Mann Elementary School)

• Katherine Sarmiento (7th Grade, Horace Mann Elementary School)

• Matthew Hernandez (8th Grade, Horace Mann Elementary School)

• Edalix Marin (8th Grade, Horace Mann Elementary School)

• Alex Gao (6th Grade, McKinley Elementary School)

• Mary-Catherine Brady (3rd Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Marcela Del Toro (3rd Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Ryan Garcia (3rd Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Nicolas Nogueras (3rd Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Ferris Ibrahim (5th Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Awed Challi (7th Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Mayda Sayanlar (7th Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Michelle Carpio (8th Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Bryant Figueroa (8th Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)

• Benny Zheng (8th Grade, Robert Fulton Elementary School)