WHRHS NEWS Harlem Wizards
Harlem Wizards to play team of Warren Township teachers at Watchung Hills Regional High School April
5 at high school student sponsored event to raise funds for Project A.L.S.
WARREN TWP. – The Harlem Wizards will play a team of teachers from the four Warren Township K-5
schools at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, at Watchung Hills Regional High School (WHRHS).
The event is a fundraiser to support Project A.L.S., the designated charity of the year for the WHRHS All
Student Council.
For more information and tickets, contact WHRHS student government advisor Maureen Kelly at
[email protected], or at (908) 528-2961.
Kelly has been working with the principals of the four Warren Township K-5 schools, Kathryn Bond at
Angelo L. Tomaso (ALT), Alison Watkins at Central, Scott Cook at Mount Horeb, and Jeff Heaney at
Woodland, on the planning of this fundraising event.
Last summer, all WHRHS students read, “Tales from the Bed: A Memoir,” by Jenifer Estess, as told to her
sister, Valerie Estess. It is a book about Jenifer Estess’ battle with the disease called A.L.S. (Amyotropic
Lateral Sclerosis). The Estess family began Project A.L.S. to help fund leading-edge research into
discovering effective treatments and a cure for A.L.S. The WHRHS student government made raising
awareness and funds for Project A.L.S. the focus of its fundraising efforts for this school year.
The Harlem Wizards are a basketball team specializing in entertaining banter and interaction with the
audience, as well as trick passing plays, spectacular “alley oop” dunks, and one-of-a-kind shot selections.
Tojo, a featured player for the Harlem Wizards, held assemblies at each of the four Warren Township
schools on Tuesday, March 8, to speak with the students about the fundraising game on April 5. During
the assemblies, selected students participated in games, and some won Harlem Wizards merchandise
and tickets to the fundraiser.
To increase projected funds for Project A.L.S., the All School Council is offering a prize to the elementary
school with the most students in attendance at the game on April 5. The All School Council will grant the
winners accordingly: First Prize, $500; second prize, $250. The prize money will be used for the
elementary school at the discretion of the elementary school’s principal.
Among the Warren Township teachers expected to play against the Harlem Wizards will be: From ALT
School, Amanda Gordon, Brittany Leonard, Joe Larramendia, Sanjita Livingston, and Kathryn Bond; from
Central School, Steve Rizzoli, Laura Lamson and Megan O’Donnell; from Mount Horeb School, Paul “Slam”
Duncan, Bre Maughan, and Beth Maag; and from Woodland School, Anita Bower and Jeff Heaney.
Tickets are: Advance, students $12, and general admission, $15; at the door, students $15, and general
admission, $18; reserved, $20; and courtside plus, $25. Harlem Wizards souvenirs will be available at the
game. For more information about the Harlem Wizards, go to www.harlemwizards.com. For more
information about Project A.L.S., go to www.projectals.org.