Peer Leadership students at Weehawken High School were recently presented with a $1,000 check for participating in Optimum Power to Learn’s Charity Champion program. It encourages high schools to raise funds for a charity of their choice. The check was donated to the Special Olympics of New Jersey. Mayor Richard Turner also participated in the event.
Pictured (back row, left to right) are Student Advisor Laura Sciortino, Cablevision Public Affairs Manager Tricia Kaminski, Superintendent Kevin McLellan, Theodore Roosevelt School Principal and Director of Peer Leadership Al Orecchio, Cablevision Director of Government Affairs Don Viapree, Weehawken High School Principal and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Peter Olivieri, Bogota Police Department Chief John Burke, Teaneck Police Department Officer Dennis Kleiber; (front row, left to right) are Student Advisor Meghan Edson, Student/Peer Leadership President Jennifer Lin, Mayor Richard Turner, Student/Peer Leadership Vice President Celeste Godoy and Bogota Police Department Captain Jimmy Sepp.