Huang Wins Logo Contest for AAPSG
High School South graduate Alex Huang was named the winner of a logo contest run by the African American Parent Support Group for the group’s 25th anniversary logo.
Huang, who will attend Cornell University’s engineering college in the fall, wrote in the accompanying essay that his design “embodies the very mission and goals of the AAPSG.”
“The relatively large base of the two swooping structures represents the strong foundation of support that the AAPSG provides for many students in the West-Windsor Plainsboro district,” he wrote. “It is with this stable base that the AAPSG is able to build success. The two modified swooping triangle structures ascend the logo reaching the pinnacle, the sun. The gradual ascent to the bright and radiant sun represents the accomplishments of the AAPSG’s goals and the bright future ahead for the next 25 years. The modified triangles are of two different colors, but blend together at the intersection. This represents your united purpose of promoting and developing programs that celebrate diversity and enhance cultural understanding in the WW-P community.”
AAPSG official Barbara Edmonds said: “Alex’s logo embodies a positive message, along with a contemporary and bright design, which highlights the past and future of our organization. This new identifying logo will help coalesce the mission of the organization in a clean and satisfying decision.”
The AAPSG will use the logo throughout the 2010-’11 school year, as it will host programs and events for all students and families, with a special anniversary program on Saturday, November 13.
On Stage
Orchi and Poorna Dutta performed Odissi, a style of Indian classic dance, at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick on Sunday, August 1. They are students at Rhythms of Music and Dance in Morristown.
Orchi, 21, a graduate of High School South, Class of 2007, received her bachelor of science degree from Imperial College in London earlier this summer. She will attend medical school there in the fall. She has studied Odissi for eight years.
Poorna, 10, is a rising fifth grade student at Millstone River School. She has been studying Odissi for three years and is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
The sisters have been living in Plainsboro since 2000 with their parents, Amitava and Sarbani Dutta.
Junior State
Shreya Luthra, a rising junior at High School South, has been selected as one of 65 Junior Statesmen across the country to attend the Junior State’s 22nd National Leadership Summit in August near San Jose, California. Luthra founded the new West Windsor-Plainsboro chapter — in response to the district’s removal of the High School South chapter due to budgetary constraints.
Junior State of America, the largest student-run organization in the nation, is comprised of students who are interested in political awareness, government, foreign affairs, constitutional law, and activism. Created in 1934, JSA is organized at the local chapter level to run regional events.
Luthra is the current president of the new West Windsor-Plainsboro chapter. The chapter executive board includes Vaibhav Gupta, Molly Lowell, Brandon Chu, Sam Gertzog, Irina Matos, Apoorv Sharma, Nicole Joseph, and Shaurya Luthra.
Teach for America
West Windsor residents Eliza Varner and Stephanie Sun have joined Teach for America, the national corps of college graduates who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools in low-income communities. (www.teachforamerica.org).
Varner, a graduate of High School South, Class of 2006, received a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College. She will teach in Washington, D.C., in the fall.
Sun, a graduate of High School North, Class of 2006, received her bachelor’s degree from New York University. She will teach in Connecticut in the fall. “I wanted to devote myself to our nation’s most underserved citizens — our children who are suffering from the achievement gap,” says Sun.
In College
Colgate University: Sean Dalrymple, a graduate of Peddie School, Class of 2009, received the dean’s award for academic excellence during the spring semester.
Rowan University: West Windsor residents on the dean’s list include Katherine L. Winters, a senior majoring in radio, television, and film; Robert H. Hannon, a senior majoring in history; Melanie R. Pauker, a junior majoring in English; and Laura A. Slatas, a senior majoring in elementary education.
Summer Fiction
Several writers from West Windsor and Plainsboro were published in U.S.1. annual summer fiction issue in July. They were celebrated at a reception for the writers and poets at Labyrinth Books, Princeton, on August 12. Visit wwwprincetoninfo.com to read their works.
West Windsor writers include Andrea Mandel, “Lifeland;” Carolyn Foote Edelmann, “Hour Between Goose and Wolf;” Janaki Giri, “My Canvas;” and Lauren Mandel, “Ben Knows Too Much.”
Plainsboro writers include Bill Keller, “Call It America, Call It the Other Side of Princeton;” Nikki Stern, “Your Most Ardent Admirer;” Paul Spagnoli, “A or B — Who May My Fair Queen Be?” and E.E. Whiting, “Can You Hear Me Now?”
