GCIT Weekly Newsletter

Congratulations to the 2024 Senior Cosmetology students for successfully completing all the requirements for their New Jersey Cosmetology license.

All 33 students will be licensed Cosmetologists upon graduation!!!!

All the senior Cosmetology students were successful on both the theoretical and practical sections of the NJ State Board Cosmetologist License Exam.

Thanks to all of the proctors that assisted with the hands on practical exam and the students for all of their professionalism and dedication to their chosen trade.

These students will make the world a beautiful place one head at a time!!

Written by Katie Arnold

Congratulations to Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Mancini, and the entire Cosmetology department staff on achieving 100% pass rate on the State Board Exams! This is a testament to your continued commitment and dedication to your students and department!

On Monday, May 20, the top 5 students in the Class of 2024 of Gloucester County high schools were honored and celebrated at the Gloucester County Academic Excellence Banquet held at Auletto Caterers. The 5 scholars from the different high schools in Gloucester County were joined by their parents, friends, principal, superintendent, and other school officials to applaud them on their accomplishments. The students received achievement plaques and their principals introduced them and announced their college plans.

I was very proud to announce GCIT's top 5 Academic All Stars from the Class of 2024:

Valerie DiPietro

College: Drexel University

Major: Chemical Engineering

Mia Granroth

College: Rowan University

Major: Accounting

Jilliane Jaugan

College: Rutgers University, Camden

Major: Nursing

Ryland Stark

College: Penn State University

Major: Computer Engineering

Theresa Strano

College: Lehigh University

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Written by Marissa Stahl

Excellent work Mrs. Stahl and Mr. Taylor and thank you for your commitment to our Dance program!

Below are the names of the senior dancers and their choreographed piece.

The GCIT Drama Department and Thespian Society held its annual Academy Awards Night on Thursday. Planned by the Drama Seniors, the theme “Last Dance” inspired 70s Disco outfits with plenty of glitter and sparkle to go around! The night consisted of dinner, spoof skits of the season, musical numbers, awards honoring the 2023-2024 season, and the announcement of the 2024-2025 Thespian Board. Even the Cheetah made an appearance!

Big thank you to Chef Mizia, Chef Yost and the culinary and baking departments and students for helping with the food, the senior drama parents for all of their support, and the stellar advisors and creative teams for the entire season!

Written by Katie Knoblock

May is Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month! Students celebrated by tabling all week last week including hosting a Henna table, and "Trivia and Treats" where our own Sophia Nguyen supplied delicious traditional treats if students did well on the quiz!

In addition, on Friday, May 10th, we hosted our first APIDA Heritage Month Celebration full of fun activities! We hosted Words Matter, a local bookstore, who brought Asian authored books for purchase, and our own Media Center tabled with Ms. O'Leary, showcasing APIDA authors that students could check out. Our very own Grace and Hannah Stanley performed a Bollywood mash up dance & did Henna for participants along with Chris and ​Ruby.

We also sampled food from across APIDA regions including Korean, Japanese, Filipino, and Indian cuisine. Thank you to our own Jilliane Jaugan and her family for hosting a Filipino table, and to Henry for our Photobooth and DJ services!

Written by Dr. Jo

Students received an Air Force presentation on May 20th and 21st. The students got to learn about what the Air Force has to offer and participated in some physical training.

Written by Jeffrey Ferraino

Congratulations to the newly elected officers to the honor society. From left wearing their medals are Alexis Duffy-President, Kevin Butterworth-Vice President, Abby Williams-Vice President, Raeghan Pierce-Secretary and Emma Hamilton-Treasurer.

Written by Eduardo Ruiz

The Skills Chapter Officers are always willing to help welcome and escort visitors to our building. Their professionalism and welcoming demeanor are often applauded by visitors to our school. Thanks to all the Skills USA advisors for their work with our Skills Chapter.

This week we would like to thank the following Skills Chapter Officers for their assistance:

Sydney Huang

Mckenzie Kunsaitis

Hitarth Katakiya

Daniel Levashki

Over 200 students attended the School Based Pride event at the Cape May Zoo, students had opportunity to visit the zoo, meet other students, participated in games, arts and crafts. It was a beautiful afternoon to support the LGBTQ+ community.

Written by Eduardo Ruiz

Congratulations to Baseball Pitcher Brent Heil for recording his 200th career strikeout.

Well done Brent!

Written by Mike McAleer

The golf team had a good outing at the Gloucester County tournament. They placed 4th as a team and Tyler Kulik placed 7th as a individual.

Written by Andrew Hahn

Congratulations to the GCIT Softball 🥎 team as they ended their season on a high note defeating BCIT-Westampton 3-0 to win the NJTAC championship! Team enjoyed a fine season.

Written by Mike McAleer

On May 14 School Based Youth Services took students to Glisten Fit in Winslow Township. The students started the day off with a 2 mile walk around the lake, participated in yoga, paddled boarding, kayaking and canoeing. Glisten also offered volleyball, a trampoline and a rope swing into the water, which students took full advantage! A great time was had by all.

Play ball!!! School Based was able to wrap up the 2023- 2024 school year with a nice day at the ball park. The students got to enjoy seeing the Phillies play at Citizens Bank Park. A great way to end our trips on such a positive note.

Written by Joe Jacob

Friday, June 14

Students will report to Homeroom

8:10AM – 10:10AM – students will report to period 1-2, or 1-2-3 for exams and/or class

10:15AM – 12:15PM – students will report to period 3-4 or 4-5 for exams and/or class

Note: AMAS students will be at main campus GCIT all day – at 12:00pm they will take the shuttle from the 400-wing entrance to AMAS and get on their bus to go home.

Monday, June 17

Students will report to HR

8:10AM – 10:10AM – students will report to period 5-6, 7-8, or 6-7-8 for exams and/or class

10:15AM – 12:15PM – students will report to period 9-10 for exams and/or class

Note: AMAS students will report to Homeroom then at 8:10am, they will take the shuttle from the 400-wing entrance to the AMAS building for the day.

Tuesday, June 18

All students will follow the half day schedule and report to their scheduled classes.

Note: AMAS students will follow a regular half day schedule and shuttle to AMAS at the end of 4th period like usual.

Seniors – all seniors are completing finals by May 30.

All students will be required to attend class if they have a class scheduled.

On June 10th and June 11th, ALL SENIORS will report to ROOM 1110 by program to return their school-issued laptop and computer charger.

Monday, June 10th

• Automotive 9:00 am-10:00 am
• Biological Science 10:00 am -11:00 am
• Computer Science/ Digital Media 11:00 am-12:00 pm
• Construction 12:00 pm -1:00 pm
• Cosmetology 1:00 pm -2:00 pm

Tuesday, June 11th

• Culinary Arts / Baking & Pastry Arts 9:00 am-10:00 am
• Engineering 10:00 am -11:00 am
• Finance & Business 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Health Sciences 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
• Performing Arts Dance & Drama 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

• If you have any files that you want to keep, make sure to save them to a personal computer. You can do that by signing into OneDrive on a personal computer and downloading it from there. If you need help, reach out to the Tech Department prior to returning your laptop.

• All stickers should be removed and there should be no debris left.

• The HP charger that you return should be the one that you were given by the Tech Department. Anything else will not be accepted.

• Laptop bags are not being collected. We will not take them.

• Please turn on your laptop and run windows updates prior to returning your laptop.

• Students are reminded that there is a fee of $90 for any missing/lost chargers.

• If students graduating do not return their district-issued laptop, there will be a charge of at least $900.

• Please note that diplomas will not be distributed if district-issued technology is not returned.

If you are unable to return your laptop on one of these days, make up day is Friday, June 14, 2024. On this make up day, please report to the guidance office with your laptop.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Janet Wilbraham via email at jwilbraham@gcecnj.org

Our 2024 yearbooks have been delivered to the building!

Students - look out for yearbook distribution information that will be sent out next week to your Class Teams page.

If you did not order a copy, please note that yearbooks are SOLD OUT!

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 6:00pm – Senior Awards Ceremony

• West Gymnasium – Students will be notified individually if they are receiving an award. Only students receiving awards are to attend the award ceremony.

Friday, May 31, 2024, Pre-Prom Assembly – West Gymnasium

• All seniors are required to attend the Pre-Prom assembly at 8:20am. If you do not attend, you will not be permitted to attend the Prom.

Friday, May 31, 2024, at 7:00pm – 11:00pm - Senior Prom

• Location – The Grove at Centerton, 1022 Almond Rd, Pittsgrove NJ

Sunday June 2, 2024, through Thursday, June 6, 2024 – Senior Trip – Disney World

• If you are a senior and you do not attend the senior trip, you are required to attend school.

Monday & Tuesday, June 10 & 11, 2024, 9:00am – 12:00pm – Senior laptop return

• Please bring your laptop and charger to room 1110 for return. More directions for your laptop return will be sent later.

Thursday, June 13, 2024 – 9:00am – 10:30am - Cap, Gown and Graduation Ticket distribution

• Cap, gown, and graduation tickets will be distributed in the 400 Cafeteria

Mandatory Graduation Practice 8:30am to 11:00am each day

• Friday, June 14, 2024 - GCIT campus – all students report to the 400 cafeteria
• Monday, June 17, 2024 - RCSJ campus – all students report to the Quad
• Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - RCSJ campus - all students report to the Quad

Graduation Ceremony – Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 6:00 pm

• The ceremony will be held at Rowan College South Jersey (RCSJ) on the Quad outside of the Eugene J. McCaffrey College Center https://www.rcsj.edu/Visit-site/Gloucester-site/Documents/RCSJ_Gloucester-Campus-Map.pdf
• Students must report to Rowan College South Jersey (RCSJ) in the Education and Humanities Center no later than 5:00pm
• Each student will be issued 4 tickets for the ceremony.
• Any guests requiring special seating accommodations should contact the school by email kcarelli@gcecnj.org or by phone at 856-468-1445, ext. 2519.
• In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the RCSJ Gymnasium and only 2 tickets will be allowed per student.
• Guests who are unable to attend will be able to log in and watch the ceremony live via the internet. The log on site will be emailed closer to the graduation date.

Calling all Parents/Guardians and Teachers to Join the PTA!

NEW DATE: We will have an inaugural PTA meeting on Tuesday, May 28th at 6pm in the Staff Cafe.

Interested parents/guardians are kindly asked to contact Mr. Dan Roskiewich at droskiewich@gcecnj.org or simply show up at the first meeting on May 28th.

We are excited to start the GCIT PTA and we are looking forward to your input in getting our PTA started! Light refreshments will be served.

• May 27 - Closed - Memorial Day
• May 29 - Junior Trip - Hershey Park
• May 29 - Senior Awards Ceremony
• May 31 - Student Dismissal 12:15pm
• May 31 - Senior Prom at The Grove at Centerton in Pittsgrove
• June 2 - 6 - Senior Trip to Disney World, Florida
• June 3 - Baseball Chipotle Fundraiser
• June 4 - Freshman Sports Information Session
• June 11 - Spring Sports Ceremony
• June 13 - Thespian State Chapter Select Performance for Nationals: Juliette and This Guy Romeo
• June 13, 14, 17 & 18 - Student Dismissal 12:15 (June 18 - last day for students)
• June 18 - Graduation Day - 6pm at RCSJ
• June 19 - Closed - Juneteenth
• June 20 - Last day for Instructional Staff