Rahway Public Schools
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The Rahway Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Rahway, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[1]) are :
- Elementary Schools (K-5)
- Grover Cleveland School (340 students)
- Mr. Al Giambrone - Principal
- Franklin School (534)
- Mrs. Paula Braxton - Principal
- Ms. Arina Robinson - Vice Principal
- Madison School (300)
- Ms. Fran Gavin - Principal
- Roosevelt School (684)
- Mr. Rocco Collucci - Principal
- Mrs. Juan Miao - Vice Principal
- Middle School (6-8)
- Rahway Middle School (937)
- Mr. John Perillo - Principal
- Mrs. Tong-ya Anderson - Vice Principal
- Mr. Michael Celoski - Vice-Principal
- High School (9-12)
- Rahway High School (1,139)
- Mr. Gilbert Grant - Acting Principal
- Mr. Tom Lewis - Vice Principal / Athletic Director
- Mr. Chad Leverett - Vice Principal / Attendance Office
- Ms. Cheryl Trawick - Vice Principal / Guidance Office
- Mrs. Chey Rivera - Vice Principal / Main Office
[edit] Administration
- Mr. Frank R. Buglione - Superintendent of Schools
- Mr. Edward Yergalonis - Assistant Superintendent of Schools
- Mrs. Christine Salcito - Director of Curriculum and Instruction
- Mr. Albert DiGiorgio - Business Administrator
[edit] Notable alumni
- Milton Friedman (1912-2006) Nobel Prize-winning economist.[2]
- Antonio Garay (1979-), defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears.[3]
- Wayne Gilchrest (1946-), U.S. Congressman.
- Kenneth R. Miller (1948-), professor of Biology at Brown University.
- Carl Sagan 91934-1996), astronomer.[4] Sagan has his own display case in the library on the second floor.
- Dr. P. Roy Vagelos (1929-), retired Merck & Co. CEO, was a graduate of Rahway High School and lived in Rahway for many years.
[edit] References
- ^ Data for the Rahway Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 14, 2008.
- ^ Nobel winner Milton Friedman dies at 94, Chicago Tribune, November 16, 2006.
- ^ Antonio Garay, Chicago Bears. Accessed May 17, 2007. "Earned Prep Star All-American and All-New Jersey Group III honors as a senior at Rahway H.S. in Rahway, N.J. after totaling 141 tackles and 10 sacks in his final season... Outstanding wrestler who was tabbed the 275-pound national champion by the National High School Coaches' Association"
- ^ Oral history interview with Carl Sagan, 1991 August 27., accessed November 28, 2006
