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Livingston Student Spotlight

April 24, 2024

LIVINGSTON, NJ — In the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s (NMSC) first announcement of National Merit Scholars for 2024, Livingston High School (LHS) seniors Rebecca Liu, who currently plans to study architecture following her graduation from LHS, and Nathan Zhang, who plans to study ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Following a highly successful inaugural Girls Empowerment Conference held in May 2023 to bring a new dimension of engagement and conversation to Livingston girls and women of all ages, a teen-run organization called Girlstawk that aims to help young women bond through their mutual ...

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FAIRFIELD, NJ — Three years after joining the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), Livingston High School (LHS) sophomore Michael Shayevich, 15, recently received the prestigious General Billy Mitchell Award at a ceremony held at the American Red Cross Northern New Jersey headquarters in Fairfield. Presented ...

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MONMOUTH, NJ — Mt. Pleasant Middle School (MPMS) student Advait Joshi has advanced to the prestigious National MATHCOUNTS Competition in Washington, D.C. in May after recently placing third in the state competition held at Monmouth University against 60 students. Joshi qualified for the state ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — After hosting two successful Jail and Bail fundraisers for “Orange Ribbons for Jaime,” an organization raising awareness about gun violence and other causes in memory of Parkland, Fla. school shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg, Livingston High School junior Rayna Stern is adding some ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Two Livingston High School (LHS) students, freshman Rewa Jain and sophomore Carolyn Chen, recently qualified as international quarterfinalists when the Women in Entrepreneurship and STEM (WESTEM) Club—which supports underrepresented genders in business and STEM through various ...

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CAMBRIDGE, MA — Over the Presidents’ Day weekend, a group of Heritage Middle School students competed in the Annual Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament as members of the Bergen County Debate Club (BCDC) travel team. Aanya RajSharma, Vincent Ye, Brielle Roberts and Sanaya ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Members of Mt. Pleasant Middle School’s Jewish Heritage Club recently organized an initiative to give back to the school community by delivering Valentine’s Day gifts to the district's crossing guards, who are committed to keeping students and their families safe every day, rain or ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Table to Table, New Jersey’s first food rescue organization, is recognizing Livingston’s Harrison Elementary School in Livingston with the 2023 Bernard and Geraldine Segal Foundation Award for Student Philanthropy after students raised enough funds to create 14,600 meals as part of ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston teen Aaron Li has been named one of the top 300 scholars in the 83rd Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors. Currently a senior at Newark Academy, Li earned the ...

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CHICAGO, IL — In a showcase of intellect and rhetorical finesse, Livingston High School (LHS) students Suraj Nistala and Samay Malde recently secured first place in the Public Forum debate category of the Newark CFL Debate Tournament and advanced to the NCFL Grand National Tournament to be held in ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The PianoFortes, an all-girls Livingston robotics team made up of Heritage Middle School students Kimaya Sutone, Shubhada Bhoyar, Nishka Bansal, Manasvi Rajendra and Asmi Barve, recently earned second place at the FIRST® LEGO® League Robotics State-level (NJ-North) ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Aaron Dai of Livingston has received a 2024 YoungArts award in the writing discipline. The Livingston High School student has been recognized for his caliber of achievement and joins nearly 700 of the most accomplished young visual, literary and performing artists from across the ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — An annual tradition honoring Livingston High School’s (LHS) National Merit Semifinalists as well as the educators who helped guide them on their journey through Livingston Public Schools (LPS) continued this week when the 14 LHS seniors named among the approximately 16,000 ...

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FAIRFIELD, NJ — Nicolas Zaster, a senior at Livingston High School, recently received the prestigious “General Billy Mitchell Award” from the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) during a ceremony held at the American Red Cross Northern New Jersey Headquarters in Fairfield.  Presented by Major Jimy Menoutis ...

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CHATHAM, NJ — The Governor’s STEM Scholars (GSS) has announced the admission of Livingston High School sophomore Pari Narang into its 2023-2024 class. The cohort is made up of high school and college science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students from across the Garden State who were ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Oct. 30 has been declared Chloe Marrache Day in the Township of Livingston in honor of the Livingston High School (LHS) senior who was recently recognized as one of only 362 students in the world to earn a perfect score on the 2023 Advanced Placement (AP) Research Exam and has also ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Nearly two weeks after the community celebrated its first “Sazón” event, which celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a variety of cultural performances, activities, music and Latin food trucks, the Livingston Township Council honored Livingston High School (LHS) student Jessica ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Advaith Pillai, a Boy Scout in Livingston’s Troop 12 and a senior at Livingston High School (LHS), is currently hosting a food drive with the Community FoodBank Of New Jersey as part of his Eagle Scout project and is seeking either nonperishable or monetary donations to support ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston High School (LHS) senior Chloe Marrache has earned a perfect score on a college-level Advanced Placement (AP) Exam in spring 2022. She was one of only 357 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Research Exam (amounting to just 1.26% of 2023 AP ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston resident Shayne Cytrynbaum, a junior at Golda Och Academy, recently spent a portion of his summer in Israel after being selected to attend a prestigious program called SciTech, during which he had a unique opportunity to study robotics, space, biotechnology and food ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Sadie Dagistino, a rising senior at Livingston High School (LHS), recently won Nearpod’s Celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Contest 2023 with an informational script she wrote honoring Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American film star in Hollywood. As the winner, ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Sadie Dagistino, a rising senior at Livingston High School, has been named the winner of Nearpod’s 2023 Celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Contest. To participate in the contest, Dagistino wrote an informational script honoring a historical figure, from the past or ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — For the first time in Livingston High School (LHS) history, three graduates—Sophia Levitt, Heainz Manoj and Joey Shi—are heading to the United States Military Academy at West Point this fall. During a special ceremony to celebrate and honor the appointments of these three ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Daniel Cullen, a recent graduate of Livingston High School (LHS) who has been named the Kiwanis Club of Livingston’s 2023 Youth Citizen of the Year for his outstanding contributions to the community in recent years, plans to continue his community service efforts as he heads to ...

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MILLBURN, NJ — Sylvie Friedman, Jonah Ruderman, Ben Rost and Giuliana Tritto of Livingston have been selected to participate in the Paper Mill Playhouse's prestigious Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory for 2023, which will culminate in the annual "New Voices" live concert on July 28 and July ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Kevin Li, a recent graduate of Livingston High School pursuing a degree in computer science as he heads to the University of Maryland this fall, has earned a college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which recently ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Audrey Xu, a rising junior at Livingston High School (LHS) who has been volunteering at the Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC) Pediatrics Department since September 2022, recently donated a large quantity of unopened toys and games from her own home and her neighbors’ homes ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston sisters recently organized the first-ever Livingston High School (LHS) TEDx Conference featuring six speakers who focused on the theme “Inspire Change.” LHS junior Kristen Ngai explained that she founded the TEDx Club last year alongside her sisters Renee (a junior) ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Monday, June 12 marked Livingston High School senior Jeffrey Xu's last meeting as the student representative to the Livingston Board of Education (LBOE).  Xu thanked everyone and said that the lessons he learned at the table will "carry on to college and beyond." He ...

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