HANOVER — The following students are the Distinguished Honors, High Honors and Honor Roll for the third marking period at Whippany Park High School.

Distinguished Honors are for grades of 4.0 and above. High Honors are for grades of 3.85 to 4.0. Honors are for grades iof 3.75 to 3.8.

Class of 2019 – Seniors – Distinguished Honors
Kelly Belarmino, Stephan Bilyk, Sara Blair, Jaclyn Bougades, James Casalino, Nicole Ciavatta, Noele Ciottone, Samantha Conrads, Jordan Conte, Nicole Davey, Alexandra DeAngelis, Lauren DeDreu, Grace Dimmick, Brendan Doonan, Cara Downey, Indeveer Dulku, Nina Ferraiuolo, Alexa Forte, Kelly Galka, Natalia Giampietro, Andrew Griffin, Nicole Hingos, Daniel Hu, Kendall Kazimar, Lauren Kerwin, Carly Knauss, Maria Leach, Joanna Lin, Christine Lombardino, Matthew Loth, Noelle Luzzi, Megan Marano, Avianna Miller, Andrea Molinare, Erin Murphy, Julianna Ombaldo, Harshill Patel, Amanda Post, Caroline Ramundo, Kelsey Rapp, Raimy Saad, Sabina Schuele, Nicholas Sette, David Su, Brianna Swan, Cara Ventrone, Carolyn Wang, Catherine Werther, Savanna Wesselius, Kate Wrigley, Katarina Yacuk, Andrew Zachary and Julia Zheng.

High Honors
Keshav Agiwal, Sophia Baran, Olivia Cashen, Allie Cimaglia, Jason Davidson, Brianna Della-Calce, Caitlin Gethins, Michael Goodwin, Jordan Handler, Michaela Kaminski, Victoria Keating, Ashley Keymer, Travis Kowalskie, Jack McElgunn, Gabriella Mess, Nicole Molinare, Daniel Poulter, Katherine Siverson, Torianna Stigliano and Samantha Tognetti.

Honors
Nicole Amaya, Makayla Boylan, Brandon Butkus, Marcos Hernandez, Ryan Lapinski and Jake Millman.

Class of 2020 – Juniors – Distinguished Honors
Thomas Adamiak, Anna Agresti, Sarah Bernstein, Arianna Bocchino, Madison Bui, Cameron Burke, Natalie Campbell, Juliana Campesi, Nicolette Cappellini, James Carlson-Zyats, Sydney Carlson-Zyats, Gianna Catalano, Katherine Cloutier, Marina Comerford, Tyler Cross, Nolan Danus, Julia Della Rovere, Amanda DiMontova, Emily Farrell, Amber Freda, Madison Gillespie, Leslie Gomez, Cara Grill, Olivia Huang, James Inocente, Anthony Iuliano, Chloe Jakubowski, Sara Kahn, Daniel Kao, Jonathan Kao, Gianna Keenan, Marisa Kingston, Uzile Langa, Janice Lee, Jiho Lee, Julia Levis, Mary Longuet, Kayla Marcus, Emily Marino, Alana Marzullo, Robert McCoy, Katie Mihalko, Logan Miliziano, David Mondaro, Caitlin Mullooly, Clarisse Noristz, Gabriella Parrella, Chloe Petro, Kevin Pinho, Justin Plaza, Vanessa Qiu, Vladislav Richter, Gianna Rispoli, Benjamin Roe, Nicholas Romanowsky, Zachary Rossow, Nicolette Sauchelli, Alexa Schauder, Kevin Schweighardt, Isabella Serillo, Ariana Shatynski, Tyler Sieradzki, Daniel Siino, Justin Tai, Reece Tong, Alex Trinh, James Troiano, Elias Vieira, Sophia Vieira, Paige Walsh, Julie White, Samantha Willans, Britney Wilson, Sydney Wilson, Evan Yang and Lauren Zarras.

High Honors
Rachelle Artavia Agostini, Rebecca Bednarik, Francesco Bellomo, Nicholas Bergamini, Michael Bretz, Christopher Deehan, Madison DiGiorgio, Tyler Feret, Corey Ficchi, Stephanie Gast, Maggie Gillespie, Ava Kazimar, Christopher Lahoe, Daniel Lawrie, Alex Lospinoso, Nicholas Mayor, Keith Mednick, Corey Molinari, Matthew Nicoll, Emilly Padilla Reyes, Erin Polo, Antonio Porciello, Nicholas Ricciardi, Sire Rosado, Isabella Roselli, Andrew Rudolph, Ryan Walker, Robert Wilcox, Kaitlyn Winters, Jake Woytas and Steven Zattor.

Honors
Alyssa Cahill, Ryan Korver, John Manetas, Juan Rizo Ortiz and Thomas Stigliano.

Class of 2021 – Sophomore – Distinguished Honors
Daniel Aviles-Espejo, Lydia Bao, Allison Blair, Kyle Blanchfield, John Brulato, Courtney Buoye, Wilson Cerquin, Matthew Ciecierski, Amanda Cortright, Olivia Cross, Alexa D’Addario, Abigail Denning, Michael Duong, Martha Honcharyk, Sarah Husseini, Daniela Iuso, Andrew Kao, Abigail Kaplan, Daniel Korzen, Ankita Kumar, Amber Lepore, Alyssa Liloia, Emma Mantone, Courtney Mincolelli, Vera Moran, Avery Mueller, Jeremy Peluso, Michael Peluso, Sedona Sabatino, Serena Shen, Victoria Sheridan, Jonathan Slavin, Emily Struble, Maggie Vaccaro, Elizabeth Verobel, Timothy Wainscott, Justin Walker, Nicole Walker, Jenna Wilson, Dylan Yacat, Alan Yan, Emma Zachary and Stanley Zhu.

High Honors
Mohand Ahmed, Mayvil Awad, Joshua Batane, Srinith Battula, Luke Brzozowski, Yuxi Chi, Jason D’Amato, Isabella Damico, Camille DePiro, Natalie DiMeo, Kristen Dominguez, Shane Evans, Devin Falci, Natalie Hernandez, Chloe Honl, Sarah Hughes, Jessica Jubinski, Ava Kierney, Eric Kingston, Alyssa Leach, Jacob Lieto, Jake Lisewski, Savanna Marcantonio, Hailey Miliziano, Erin Miller, John Mincolelli, Kelly Murphy, Cooper Ohlsson, Rahul Patel, Michael Rios, Natalie Sanchez-Santiago, Gurshan Singh, Peter Solomine, Julia Swan, Briana Thomas, Mason Topinka, Alyssa Volker, Ariana Wong, Benjamin Wood and Genevieve Zakosky.

Honors
Daniel Ahern, Tristan Dorival, Raegan Doyle, George Karsos, Shannon Kerwin, Jeffrey Masessa and Kelman Sorto-Aguilar.

Class of 2022 – Freshman – Distinguished Honors
James Agresti, Christian Alvarez, Melina Ayash, Radon Belarmino, Jeremy Blair, Jalen Blake, Gianna Bougades, Johnathan Chan, Sunnina Chen, Jovianne Chew, Emma Cobane, Juliana Conte, Julia D’Addozio, Quinn Danus, Nicolette Davidson, Samantha Davidson, Brielle DeNunzio, Jordan Eaton, Manuel Espinoza, Jake Forte, Megan Gilbert, Abigail Gioia, Carson Grenard, Jason Heckler, Madison Heusser, Tracy Huang, Olivia Jakubowski, Carolyn Kao, Michael Kiel, Brooke Korver, Nilayan Lahiri, Olivia Maes, Francesca Mattia, Cora McClain, Dilen Mistry, Maayanth Nair, Jesse Navarrete, Rachel Noristz, Colleen O’Grady, Kelly O’Grady, Giuliana Palumbo, Megan Papadopolo, Ohm Patel, Isabella Pecora, Jessica Ragucci, Roberto Ramundo, Andrew Schauder, Olyvia Serillo, Lamar Shalabi, Kayla Sheridan, Bianca Silvestro, Ian Sleeper, Monique Szesko, Erin Troiano, Robert Turnbull, Thomas Ung, Jillian Vicine, Anneliese Yacuk, Alyssa Yin and Kailyn Zazula.

High Honors
Allyson Amaya, Bella Baxter, Mark Belikov, Matthew Beyer, Kristen Blohm, Katie Brunner, Brian Cortright, Aidan Credico, Jamie DeBellonia, Gianna DeGregorio, Marley Hornak, Samantha Kaser, Isabella Kull, Kaitlyn London, Hailey Makowski, Marissa Makowski, Jonathan Mitrenga, Julianna Pavone, Alexandra Robelo, Sebastian Russo, Sabrina Saraceno, Carly Schweighardt and Emma Walder.

Honors
James Benson, Matthew Bretz, Angelo Caruso, Cooper Dimmick, Nicholas Fallivene, Julianna Geary, Hannah Kajor, John McCoy, Giovanna Mess, Hunter Morgenroth, Marko Morozov and Brandon Williams.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP — On April 11, 2019 Mary Morlino was honored to receive a Proclamation from the Township of Hanover proclaiming April 2019 as Sarcoidosis Awareness Month in Hanover Township on behalf of the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research.

Sarcoidosis (pronounced SAR-COY-DOE-SIS) is an inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of granulomas—tiny clumps of inflammatory cells—in one or more organs of the body. When the immune system goes into overdrive and too many of these clumps form, they can interfere with an organ’s structure and function. When left unchecked, chronic inflammation can lead to fibrosis, which is the permanent scarring of organ tissue.  This disorder affects the lungs in approximately 90% of cases, but it can affect almost any organ in the body. Despite increasing advances in research, sarcoidosis remains difficult to diagnose with limited treatment options and no known cure.

Disease presentation and severity varies widely among patients. In some cases, the disease goes away on its own. In others, the disease may not progress clinically but individuals will still suffer from some symptoms that challenge their quality of life. The rest of patients—up to a third of people diagnosed with the disease—will require long-term treatment. Sarcoidosis is considered chronic in people whose disease remains active for more than 2-5 years; in this population sarcoidosis can be debilitating and life-threatening.

Sarcoidosis Awareness Month offers a rare opportunity to focus attention on this devastating illness.  Awareness matters because this helps to bring other patients together so they know that they are not alone in this fight.  Awareness matters because it brings the illness to the attention of more physicians and medical professionals in the hopes of expediting correct diagnosis and more efficient treatments.   Awareness matters because it brings Sarcoidosis into the radar of researchers, pharmaceutical companies and biotech organizations in the hopes to focus work on finding a cause and cure.  Awareness matters because it helps fundraising efforts at the grassroots level as well as reaching out to foundations for support.

“I am a resident of Whippany and I was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis in 2014. It took 7 years, many doctors, innumerable tests and procedures to get to the point of a proper diagnosis.  Until then, I had never heard of this disease which affects the functioning of my heart, lungs, lymph nodes, spleen and eyes. Six days after my diagnosis I had a Bi-ventricular Pacemaker/Defibrillator implanted.  Six months after that, I suffered a cardiac arrest in my kitchen.  Had it not been for the diagnosis and this procedure, my 14 yr. old daughter would have most likely watched me die that day,” said Mary Morlino.

Mary continued “I have been fighting for Sarcoidosis Awareness since my diagnosis, I have learned that there is no known cause or cure for this disease, many medical professionals are unfamiliar with this disease and without awareness, support and research a cure is not likely. I have been joined with other New Jersey residents who have Sarcoidosis to advocate at a national, state and local level. I have been involved with various awareness and fundraising efforts for the Foundation of Sarcoidosis Research.”

The State of NJ issued a proclamation in 2016 for April being Sarcoidosis Awareness month.

This year, with the help of the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research, advocates are attempting to “Paint The Country Purple”.   Purple is the designated awareness color.  Over 87 buildings, landmarks, and businesses across the US and Canada were lit purple on Saturday, April 13th and surrounding days to raise awareness about sarcoidosis, a rare disease with no known cause or cure that affects an estimated 1.2 million people worldwide.

The initiative’s first lighting partners, the Durst Organization and One World Trade Center in New York City, inspired an international movement in which volunteers, including patients, invited lighting partners to also shine a light on sarcoidosis. In this inaugural year of the Illuminate the Night initiative, One World Trade Center and the skylines of at least 33 US states and 2 countries will be lit purple throughout April alongside many other activities within Sarcoidosis Awareness Month.

For a wealth of information on Sarcoidosis, including symptoms, treatments, research and support, click here.

HANOVER — Hanover Township Little League held their opening day ceremony on Saturday, April 27 at Veterans Field.  Many volunteers worked hard into Friday evening to clear and clean up the field, caused by the recent downpours, to make sure the field was ready for opening day. After the opening day Parade and Ceremony, games commenced at Veterans Field shortly after the ceremony and at other fields around town.