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ewereallsurprisedwhen,inJuneof2012(justasourschoolyearwascomingtoanendafter our5thgradepromotionpartyandafterouryearbookswereprinted),aletterfromtheRahway BoardofEducationwassenthomeexplainingthatthesoontobesixthgradeclassesinallRahwayelemen taryschoolswouldremainwheretheywereinsteadofstartingattheRahwayMiddleSchoolinthefall.What ashocker!Noonewasexpectingsuchachange!Needlesstosay,ourillustriousadministration,teachers,and stahereatMadisonaswellastheSIXTHGRADESTUDENTSdidatremendousjobadjustingtothisnew realignment.Ithasbeenaninterestingyear.Everyoneshouldbeproudofthemselvesformakingthetran sition;shuingclassrooms,shiftingclassesandnewteachers.BestwishestotheMADISONSCHOOLCLASSof 2013.ItisoursincerehopethatthedecisiontobeginyourMiddleSchooleducationattheseventhgradelevel insteadofsixthwillbenetyougreatlyasitwasintended.Youaremoremature,moreresponsibleandbetter preparednowtomeettheacademicandsocialdemandsofaMiddleSchooleducationattheRahwaySeventh &EighthGradeAcademy(someofusstillcallitRahwayMiddleSchool).Again,bestwishestoallofyou!

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Our Fifth Grade at the YMCA Graduation Party ( page 1 ) Our Fifth Grade at Field Day ( page 2 ) Our Fifth Grade Yearbook Signing ( page 3 ) Acronyms ( page 4 ) Our Designs ( page 5 ) 6th Grade Class Photos ( pages 6 & 7 ) The Class of 2013 ( pages 8 & 9 ) Medieval Times ( page 10 ) Our Sixth Grade on Field Day ( page 11 ) 2013 Walk-a-thon, Spring Concert, etc. ( page 12 ) Our Sixth Grade Year-End Social ( page 13 ) Our Summer Plans ( pages 14 & 15 ) Tips for School Next Year ( page 16 ) Autographs ( page 17)

We wish you great success wherever you go and whatever you do.

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Left to right, Row 1: Ms. Tonnisen; Ryan Vigil; Spejtim Zenelaj; Aline Vasquez; Colleen Clarke; Maegan Rodriguez, Row 2: Kepha Alvarez; Joshua Arellano, Aaliyah Budhram; Jimmy Vargas; Emery Myers; Jared Hill; Shaun Williams. Row 3: Brianna Simoes; Jacqueline Gonzalez; Nahzeya Rainey; Ashley Ancheta; Shimei Paige; Frida Acosta. Row 4: Christopher Bonisisio; Jake Ferraro; Maria Coulson; Gorge Leungas; Marvin Polynice; Michael Olugbile; Melissa Knutelski

Ms. Meaney

Ms. Brennan

Left to right, Mrs. Petracca, Christian Carvalho, Mrs. Ross, Thomas Rufalo, Bryan Burnett, David Brown, Christian Vasquez, Mr. Lowe Not pictured: Christian Sanchez

Ms. Lambert

Ms. Kluse

Ms. Gavin

Ms. Demsey

Mr. Delloiacono Ms. Tonnisen

Ms. Ross

Ms. Petracca

Mr. Lowe

Mr. Klutkowski Ms. Thomas-Hinton Ms. Parsloe .

Ms. Stout

Ms. Pires

Ms. Bondar

Ms. Haywood

Left to right, first row: Ms. Demsey; Will Richards; Karly Fleischman; Khiari Barino; Charles Banos; Ava Garay; Mark Sampson Second Row: Nelson Diaz; Eduardo Sanchez; Bryan Ferreyra; Crystal Patino; Lynn Wang; Kelly Emmer. Third Row: Quiayme Ray; Christopher Ortiz; Alissa Badillo; Cassie Hansen; Hailee Ross; Michael Quinones. Fourth Row: Emmanuel Jiminez; Miyalah Michel; Julian Perez; Stacey Saint-Paul; Christopher Smith; Meghan Flynn.

Aaliyah Budhram

Alexis Camacena

Aline Vasquez

Alissa Badillo

Ashley Ancheta

Ava Garay

Ayesha Davis

Brianna Simoes

Bryan Burnett

Bryan Ferreyra

Cassandra Hansen

Charles Banos

Christian Carvalho

Christian Sanchez

Christian Vazquez

Christopher Bonisisio

Christopher Ortiz

Christopher Smith

Colleen Clark

Crystal Patino

David Brown

Eduardo Sanchez

Emery Myers

Emmanuel Jiminez

Frida Acosta

Gorge Luengas

Hailee Ross

Jacqueline Gonzalez

Jake Ferraro

Jared Hill

Jimmy Vargas

Joshua Arrelano

Julian Pereza

Karly Fleischman

Kelly Emmer

Khiari Barino

Lynn Wang

Maegan Rodriguez

Maria Coulson

Mark Sampson

Marvin Polynice

Meghan Flynn

Melissa Knutelski

Michael Olugbile

Michael Quinones

Miyalah Michel

Nahzeya Rainey

Nelson Diaz

Quiayme Ray

Ryan Vigil

Shaun Williams

Shimei Paige

Shpejtim Zenelaj

Stacey Saint-Paul

Thomas Rufalo

William Richards

Barry Obana

Chris Christie

play travel team baseball, go to the beach, go to the pool, go to Six Flags, and be with family and friends.

travel. Thomas Rufalo go to the beach, hang out with my friends, and go to visit family in Tennessee. Jake Ferraro go to the beach, go to South Carolina and HAVE FUN! try to go to Hawaii. Marvin Poly-

Jimmy Vargas

Quiayme Ray

go to Florida to visit my family, go to Lego Land, Busch Gardens and Disney World. Nelson Diaz

go to Wildwood for a week and go camping. Also go to the beach many times.

Frida Acosta
go on vacation, go to camps, go swimming, party all night and stay up all night and go to the movies all the time. Ava Garay

go to two waterparks, a beach and Canada. Ayesha Davis

go to Atlantic City and walk on the boardwalk and go to Six Flags. Jacqueline Gonzalez

play paint ball, go to the movies, go to Florida and go fishing. Nahzeya

go on vacation and spend most of my time in the pool.

go to Tennessee and Canada! Hang out with friends.

play travel basketball. Michael Quinones

Lynn Wang

Hailee Ross

go places with one of my best friends, Shaum, and go over to my cousins house. Julian Perez

go to my uncles house in Florida by myself. Chris Sanchez move to a new house. Will Richards

go to Florida and I really want to go to Egypt but for a fact I know that I am going to Atlantic City; also, I am going to have the most fun I can have.

Khiari Barino
go to the beach with friends, play soccer at Green Field, go in my pool, eat, sleep and go to camp. play video games and go to Ohio and the beach, OBVIOUSLY! I plan to draw Ponies and to visit the pool a-plenty.

go to the beach. Visit my Aunts house. Hang out with friends.

Maria Coulson

Charlie Banos

Cassie Hansen

go to Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Atlanta, Florida, and come back to New Jersey and relax in the pool with Jared Hill my friends.

buy my NSX and work on it during the summer. Emmanuel Jiminez

play basketball, go outside, and practice basketball so I can get better.

Mark Sampson
go on vacation and hang out with my friends and family and HAVE FUN!!! Miyalah Michel

see my dad, go to Six Flags, watch The Purge in the theater, and fix PS3.

Alexis Camacena

go on vacation and hang out with friends and family. Alissa Badillo

make amends with my crush, go swimming, eat food, go hand fishing with my friends again IDK.

Emery Myers

take new risks and go to places Ive never been before. Also, I plan to go on vacation to Puerto Rico and Virginia.

go to Mexico and the Mayan Ruins in Cancun.

Christopher Ortiz

go to the beach and go to Six Flags; also go to Hurricane Harbor (water park). Shaun Williams

Maegan Rodriguez

go on vacation with my family and have fun. Joshua Arellano

go to Myrtle Beach with my sister and family, go to Wildwood, parties, hanging out with friends and go to Hershey Park.

Aaliyah Budhram

travel and play Airsoft with my friends.

David Brown

go to Six Flags, go to the pool, go to the beach and go to New York.

go to Taiwan, hang out with friends, and/or chill in ma crib with my I-pod.

go to Portugal. I also plan on having pool parties at my house with my BFFs Alissa, Melissa, Miyalah, Ava and Stacey! I just cant wait to be with family and friends and to hopefully see new things.

Gorge Luengas

Michael Olugbile

Crystal Patino
play basketball at basketball camp; go swimming; leave New Jersey.

go to Hershey Park with my family and go on every ride in the park and stay at the Hershey Park campground for a whole week.

Colleen Clarke

go to Summer Music, STEM Summer Camp, make friends, learn Pi to the 35th decimal, learn the Fibonacci Sequence to the 35th number, go to Six Flags and Hurricane Harbor!

Bryan Burnett
go to Dorney Park with my family and some of my friends if they can. Also, maybe go to the beach. I love the beach. And I am definitely going to learn how to cook. Thats what Im going to do over the summer. Aline Vasquez

go to Florida to visit my Aunt Jackie.

Meghan Flynn

Ryan Vigil
go to summer dance/ theatre camp, go to Canada, go to Hershey Park, get lots of sleep and most importantly, go shopping.

go to Portugal on vacation. Also, hang out with my friends and just have a good time. On August 1, 2013 I will celebrate my 12th birthday. Brianna Simoes

go to New Mexico. Get a laptop and get Minecraft for it. Maybe meet a lot of my moms family. Prank my sister. Become a green belt.

go to the beach with my family and go on vacation with family.

have lots of fun. Go to some camps and make new friends. Hang out at friends houses, and have awesome sleepovers. Go on vacation!

Kelly Emmer

Stacey SaintPaul

Shpejtim Zenelaj

Christopher Bonisisio

play basketball at basketball camp; go swimming; leave New Jersey.

Bryan Burnett

go to Florida, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic. Another thing I plan to do is go to the beach and hang out with all my friends.

Ashley Ancheta

go to Florida (no plantes). Eat froyo, McDonalds & Panera Bread bagels. I also want to swim and go to Disney parks. I also plan to go to a summer activity center.

go swimming Christian Carvalho

Melissa Knutelski

cross country , hang out with friends and travel.

take new risks and go to places Ive never been before. Also, I plan to go on vacation to Puerto Rico and Virginia.

Christopher Smith

Maegan Rodriguez

move to Florida to get away from these people in this school because they are annoying and I plan to go to the beach in Miami.

Shimei Paige

Stay out of gossip and getting in trouble with friends. Middle School or Junior High are usually the years when you get tangled up in drama without meaning to. For some people, their friends turn into someone who they can barely recognize anymore. If you find a friend becoming different, don't be afraid to politely stop the friendship; it will help you in the long run. Be clean! Always brush your teeth! You will turn people off very fast with bad breath and yellow teeth. Your smile is the first thing people see, so take care of it. Clean hair and a clean face are very important. Shower regularly. For girls, don't overdo makeup (especially mascara and eye shadow); go for a natural look instead. Pay attention in class. Take notes and listen. If you don't pay attention, you won't understand anything later. Middle school isn't just about your social life. You should try to be smart and strive for good grades. Ask questions. Although it's not the most popular thing to do, asking questions is awesome, and teachers enjoy that you do!! Maybe that one question will help you and others on a test. Be yourself! Everyone will truly like the real you. Although it may be considered "cool" to do what everybody else is doing, trying to fit in only crushes your ability to stand out. Remember, put your own individual stamp on life. Don't let others determine what you do or what you don't do. Stand up for yourself. Be in control: With that said, don't totally neglect others' opinions on how you should be. It could be about yelling at someone for no reason. If you don't like what they say, just say, "Thank you, but I like myself the way I am." It actually works. Never try to change yourself because you are unique just the way you are. Don't try to "fit in". Sometimes finding the right friends is just a matter of time. Don't do bad things just because the "cool" kids are doing them. Trying to be a "popular" kid is silly. Everybody is popular in their own way; don't change who you are to try and get accepted by others. If you just let things roll, and be yourself, then you will get along with your peers much more easily. Get involved. Middle school has a lot of activities that you can engage in, such as Band, Chorus, Orchestra, sports, art, and dance. You might find and develop a passion for music or other things. You can meet lots of new friends while you are taking interesting fun classes/lessons. You don't have to be good at what you take on as an activity. You are at school to learn. Pick electives relating to things you enjoy doing or try something new! Getting involved makes the day go by more quickly, and you might make a new friend or two. Keep priorities straight. Remember school is for learning, so don't become so consumed with extracurricular activities that you forget your core classes. If you practice football after school all the time you won't get to study enough. You should write down your homework in a notebook. Dont rely on www.Rahway.net, as the website could be down or the homework for the day may not be updated. Focus on your understanding of the material. Don't freak out over a less than B grade if you don't understand the material. Keep Calm and Study On. Continue to ask questions to strive for that better grade. Get homework done on time. Before you are going to be away for a trip, let your teachers know that you will be gone so you can get your homework done in time. Know your teachers well. Some teachers expect more than other and different teachers have higher or lower trouble tolerances than others. If you are not sure about classrooms/teachers, then let everything roll by to see. Now is a good time to talk with your older siblings/friends/mentor/counselor about school. Seek out friends from previous years of school. Try to keep in contact and also try to give them contact info before school/end of elementary school. Don't see any old friends or need new ones? Find some new You can meet new people everywhere in school. Remember to choose your friends wisely. Look for Quality not quantity friendships! Don't be afraid to sit up front. It will make it easier for you to pay attention, and you will get better grades. Remember that you will get through it! Savor weekends and breaks. Eventually summer will come and you will be another step closer to going to college. Avoid relationships. When you get to middle school, most kids think that they are ready to have a boyfriend or girlfriend. However, this is not the case. Just because you are in middle school doesn't mean you're not a kid anymore. Stay far away from boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, because that only creates more drama and pressure on you. Right now, at your age, just have fun and be a kid.