b"suring that her students dontfeellikemereO penD OOrn urserys chOOlguests but members of W yOmingp resbyterianc hurch 432 W yOminga ve , illburn mtheCHSandSOMA communities. Play. Imagine. Discover.Oneofthefirst changesshemadewasTours available for theto start taking them to2020-21 school year.the Maplewood LibraryLimited spots available.once a week. The CHSCall Director Alethea Randazza libraryisfullofbooksat 973-376-9303that are appropriate forfor more information.generaleducationstu- Nekhen Jackson-Muhammad staples Snack Huddle dentsclassics,adultsnack bags ordered by CHS sports team members. Lo- opendoornurseryschool.comfiction and nonfiction gans class created and operates this micro-business.but arent geared toward students with special needs. As a result,used to need a chaperone to get to his accordingtoEmilyWitkowski,theclasses started walking to them on his Maplewood Librarys librarian for teenown,andanotherstudentwhowasCOUNT ON OUR EXPERIENCEliterature, many of the students hadntoverwhelmed by the noise in the hall- Let Us Be Yourbeen at the school library in years. ways started to venture out. The first thing we did was makeCHSAssistantPrincipalTerryTrusted Accounting Servicesure that they all have library cards,Woolard said one of the most reward-Witkowskiexplains,addingthatli- ing experiences this past year was when brarians also worked with the studentsthe high school robotics club taughtWith more than 35 years of 35+to make sure they knew how to lookLogan's students how to make paperexpertise, HNQT provides a fullyearsup things, how to navigate the area,airplanes and then created a robot toarray of accounting services with serving your and also how to ask for help. launch them.a personal touch. We specialize in: accountingItsbeenawesome,WitkowskiTwosistersintheroboticsclub,needssays. There are kids who never spokeLily and Sofia Mencarini, would comeaccounting payroll taxesto me when they first came and com- everyFridaytoworkwiththeclass.bookkeeping and writeIRS and state taxpletely evaded me, and now they comeThey held a contest in February to seeup services audits upandaskmequestionsorevenwhich airplane flew the farthest. income tax planningestate, gift and trust stop me on the street. The kids loved it, he says. A lot ofand preparation returnsLogan also started taking her classpeople think that because of the classi- (authorized IRS e-filepersonal financialon excursions to businesses in the area,fication of the class that the kids are notprovider) planningsuch as Walgreens, Home Depot, theable to do as much as other students arecompilations, reviewsnon-profit accountinglaundromatandBGRinSouthOr- able to do, and (Logan) has definitelyand audits of financialeldercareange for lunch. Just having the rightgotten rid of that stereotype. statements full complement of to choose what they wanted on theirTaketheSnackHuddle,forin-burger changed the dynamic of theirstance. Logans class started their ownbudgetingother individualized experience, she says.micro-businesstakingandfulfill- servicesThe lockers were another change.ingordersforstudentathleteswho Each child was assigned a locker andwant to buy a drink and/or snack for they all practiced how to open them,their ride on school buses to sporting using locks. matches and games. They also started Theirconfidencesoared,Logana paper shredding service.says, describing how one student whoShes introducing them to a lot of 140 Mountain AvenueSuite 201Springfield, NJ07081Phone:732-499-0707hnqtcpas.comStudents from Logans class get ready to test the paper airplane launcher that was built by CHS Robotics Club members Lily and Sofia Mencarini for the classs first annual airplane launch in February.feature story /17"