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College coach, athletes honored
BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE recently recognized the achievements of three Bulldogs: former track and field and cross-country coach Don Bozzone and scholar-athletes Frank Paparozzi and Nadia Vaso. Bozzone earned enshrinement into the National Junior College Athletic Association( NJCAA) Men’ s and Women’ s Track and Field Hall of Fame, while Paparozzi and Vaso each earned the NJCAA Pinnacle Academic Achievement award for maintaining 4.0 GPAs.
Bergen en’ s first English Under the Arches class at McDonald’ s
Sixteen McDonald’ s managers are the first Bergen County graduates in ENGLISH UNDER THE ARCHES, an English language learning course for non-native speaking employees. The graduates were recognized by supervisors and colleagues for successfully completing the eight-week course.
The 16 graduates of English Under the Arches are: Elisabel Almonte, Garfield Lilia Chavarria, Teaneck RosaCorrea, Hackensack Gloria Ocotl Garcia, Hackensack RosaGuaman, Hackensack Evangelista Joaquin, Hackensack Luis Lliguisupa, Hackensack Luis Marroquin, Teaneck
Maria Maruri, Hackensack Azucena Quizhpi, Hackensack RubielaRestrepo, Lodi Carmen Sagnay, Hackensack Blanca Sucuzhanay, Hackensack CarolynTorres, Garfield Orlando Vidal, Hackensack Doraliza Yanza, Hackensack
“ I’ m thankful to my supervisors for the chance to participate in English Under the Arches,” Rubiela Restrepo, a McDonald’ s manager in Garfield who has been with the Arches organization for 16 years, says.“ This class helped me to understand more English.”
For more information, visit archwaystoopportunity. com.
GAGA play space opens in Waldwick
Kids can join in on their favorite camp game with year-round GAGA, a children’ s camp game that is known as“ the great equalizer” because kids of all ages and abilities can play at the same time. The Gagasphere is open thanks to the hard work of two Glen Rock moms whose children loved playing the game at summer camp and raved about GAGA’ s fun, fast-paced, excitement.
“ My son came home from summer camp asking to have a GAGA birthday party,” says co-founder Pamela Diamond, who, in addition to being amom of three, is apediatric physical therapist.“ After looking around, we realized that a facility dedicated to playing GAGA didn’ t exist in northern New Jersey, so we built it!”
The Gagasphere, located at 140 Franklin Turnpike in Waldwick, is a 3,100-square-foot facility that includes three GAGA pits where kids can play after school, in camp programs and at birthday parties.
GAGA, agame that originated in the 1970s in Israel,( Ga Ga means“ touch touch” in Hebrew) is a fast-paced group game played with asoft round ball in an enclosure called apit.
“ Games typically last about five to 10 minutes,” co-founder Leslie Kossar Schraer says.“ The game is constantly changing and the kids are continuously moving, so they are exercising but they don’ t even know it.”
Although the facility and programs will be geared toward the 5- to 14-year-old set, adults and older kids will be able to get in on the action as well. Future plans include ideas for adult league play and open pit time at the facility.
For information on fees, hours of operation and programs, visit thegagasphere. com.
ATHLETES: COURTESY OF BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE; GAGA: COURTESY OF THE GAGASPHERE; GRADUATES: COURTESY OF MCDONALD’ S
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