Sussex county school counselors association presents the Annual Middle School Caring Awards at SCCC

Fifteen area middle school students were the recipients of the annual Middle School Caring Awards presented by the Sussex County School Counselors Association at a breakfast. The event was held in the Student Center Theater at Sussex County Community College in Newton on Tuesday, March 21. The students who exemplified a caring attitude towards their school and community were recommended for the awards by a guidance counselor from their middle school. They are (back row, from left) Oliver Tipton, Frankford Twp. School; Joanna Keegan, Long Pond School, Andover; Destiny Kelly, Hopatcong Middle School; Stella Stigers, Byram Twp. Intermediate School; Danielle Faltraco, Sussex Middle School; Skye Gunderman, Franklin Elementary School; Jacob Conklin, Hardyston Twp. School; Luke Owens, Hamburg Public School. (Front row, from left) Christiana Malizia, Glen Meadow, Vernon Twp.; Paul R. Brandt, Sussex County Charter School;
Marie Elisa DeCollibus, Lafayette Twp. School; Eissar Abou-Jaoude, Halsted Middle School; Peyton Nichols, Sparta Middle School; Devin Malone, Ogdensburg School; Lauren Wrigley, Kittatinny Regional Middle School.