Catherine E Doyle Elementary

Original article by Faith Ballantine-Armonaitis of TAPinto. Found HERE.

Published October 30, 2025

WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — The Wood-Ridge Board of Education honored its September Students of the Month at the Monday meeting held in the high school auditorium.

Each school administrator announced the student honorees from their building and posed for photos with the children for their parents.

Catherine E. Doyle School was presented by Principal Lara Schmitt, who recognized students focused on Physical Education, or athletes of the month. She honored “students who demonstrate outstanding talent, interest, and effort in physical education… that ”inspire teamwork, perseverance, and a healthy lifestyle."

K- Lucas Milano 
1st- Jackson Lopena
2nd- Lorenzo D’Auria
3rd- Nara Koenberg
4th- Lana Zizic

Wood-Ridge Intermediate School students were presented by Principal Ryan Ann Guglielmotti, her first event since being appointed principal at the school in May. She explained the students were “chosen for demonstrating respectful behavior both in and out of the classroom.”

5th: Momono Yasujima
6th: Bella Dorn
Arts & Athletics: Mark Wassef

Wood-Ridge Junior/Senior High School was presented by Principal Silvia Raguseo-Ruiz. She noted that the students were “nominated by their teachers after only two weeks of getting to know them, proof that they made a lasting impression right from the start.”

7th: Eden Perez-Challenger
8th: Evan Farley
9th: Charles Cannizzaro
10th: Kelly Antunez
11th: Brianna Alpaca
12th: Samantha Raymond