Author: Weequahic High School Alumni Association

2024 Scholarship Luncheon
On May 29, 2024,The WHSAA awarded 31 students with scholarships.  They each received $2,500 (totalling $74,750).  Most of them will be attending NJ colleges (Rutgers, Montclair State, Bloomfield, Kean, William Paterson and Essex County College.  In addition, two WHS graduates received the Evelyn Yudowitz Nursing Scholarship, a four year scholarship at Rutgers School of Nursing.  We thank all of our generous donors and alumni members for making this possible.

The Class of 1965 – 60^th Reunion

Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 7 to 11 pm

Calabria’s Catering Hall588 South Livingston Avenue, Livingston, NJ.

Tickets are $90 if paid by February 10, 2025

(after that the price is $100)

Please contact Dennis Estis, directly, at destis@greenbaumlaw.com. 

if you would like a payment plan

Reservations AND PAYMENTS should be transmitted to Dennis’ office

99 Wood Avenue South, Fourth Floor, Iselin, NJ 08830

The Weequahic High School Alumni Association is pleased to announce that we have awarded 24 graduates with scholarships of $2,200 each to continue their education.

In addition, during the 2022-2023 school year, we purchased a new washer and dryer for the school; paid for overnight lodgings for the boys track team to compete in the Penn Relays; and, we got a commitment from Newark Public Schools to provide the rest of the money needed to restore the murals in the front foyer of the building.

Finally, for those who purchased bricks, we anticipate they will be installed this summer!

We could not have done this without donations and membership dollars from WHS alumni and supporters.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 14, 2023

Delta Somerset Hotel

Somerset, NJ

For information and tickets please contact:

Phil Yourish, philyourish@gmail.com

Jac Toporek, whsalum63@aol.com

Bonnie Zunk Vogel, bonniev929@aol.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2023

at the Westwood in Garwood, NJ

For ticket and payment information please contact:

Cynthia Hampton at c73WHS50@gmail.com.

On Saturday June 15 2024, at Grill 350 in West Orange, see Post for more Info.

For Tickets Click the link Below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/weequahic-high-school-class-of-2014-reunion-tickets-559514572147

The WHSAA has paid out $80,000 in scholarships since January 2023.  In June 2022, 20 graduates were awarded and 16 prior graduates who are currently in their 2nd, 3rd or 4th year of college received scholarships to help them with college and/or technical school expenses.

We are very grateful to All of our alumni for donating to our scholarship program, maintaining a membership and supporting our fundraising efforts.  The recent WHSAA Hall of Distinction Ceremony raised almost $50,000 which will be used for scholarships.  The video is available through our special website

https://www.wizevents.com/whsaa2022/index.php

The program takes you on a virtual tour of the high school and we inducted 12 Weequahic alumni into the WHSAA Hall of Distinction.  Their photos and bios are on the website.  It’s also never too late to make a donation in honor of or in memory of any of the inductees.

Thank you Weequahic Family!

See Post for Full Video Recording.

CELEBRATING THE 90^TH ANNIVERSARY OF

WEEQUAHIC HIGH SCHOOL

WEEQUAHIC HIGH SCHOOL

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

2022 HALL OF DISTINCTION INDUCTEES

MARCIA (PRINCE) FREEDMAN, Class of 1956

CYNTHIA (HOLIDAY) MOORE, Class of 1968

LAWRENCE LERNER, Class of 1952

BENJAMIN PERLMUTTER, Class of 1942

CYNTHIA (GILLIAM) PIERRE, Class of 1970

DARRYL ROCHESTER, Class of 1971

EVORA THOMAS, Class of 1970

ANTHONY TIMMONS, Class of 1980

DR. HAROLD WEINTRAUB, Class of 1963

JOANN WILLIAMS, Class of 1984

MELVIN WOLKSTEIN, Class of 1940

PHILIP YOURISH, Class of 1964

THE 2022  WHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HALL OF DISTINCTION INDUCTION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY THIS FALL.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HONOREES.

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE FALL!

We paid out a total of $53,500 in scholarships 

during 2021 to 33 June 2021 WHS graduates and 11 prior year recipients who are currently in their 2nd, 3rd or senior year of college.

Thank you to the following donors who made significant contributions to either fund a specific scholarship or to support an activity or a program:

The Lenore and David Beckerman Fund

The Class of 1963 Fund

Ronald Griffin Fund (David Horace)

Marvin Gibson Memorial Fund

The Gloria and Walter Hastreiter Memorial Fund (Laurie Rippon)

Reada & Harry Jellinek Fund

Seymour “Swede” Masin Fund

Edwin McLucas Fund (Steve Bogner)

Lewis & Dora Prag Memorial Fund (Herbert & Diane Lerner)

Nancy & Linda Small Memorial Fund (Ezra Tessler & Family)

Willis (1970) & Carol Bradwell Fund

The Class of 1964 Fund

Dena (Gittleman, 1964) & Abraham Greenstein

Judith Herr, 1964

The Madelyn (Kaufer, 1941) Zagar Memorial Fund

Billi Marcus (1955),

Steven (1965) & Lauri Dinetz

Robert Russell (1962)

Robert Singer (1961)

Kenneth Dychtwald (1967)

And, of course, we thank all of you who’ve contributed by maintaining a membership in the Alumni Association, supporting our fundraisers or making a donation.

PURCHASE A BRICK FOR YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CLASS PROCEEDS WILL SUPPORT OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE NEXT SET OF BRICKS INSTALLED BY THE SUMMER OF 2023.

HERE IS THE LINK TO DO SO:

https://polarengraving.com/weequahicalumni

The Weequahic High School Alumni Association is proud to announce that 33 students from the Class of 2021 were awarded $46,750 in Scholarships.  As of November, 2021, $53,000 has actually been paid out to these graduates and to WHS graduates who are already in college.  We thank everyone who supports our Mission by maintaining a membership and/or by making a contribution.  

CLASS OF JUNE 1960
80th Birthday Celebration
Sunday, June 5, 2022 / 11 am
Old Mill Inn, Basking Ridge, NJ
Contact: Harold Klein
HMKlein42@gmail.com

CLASS OF 1971
50th Reunion
Weekend of June 10-12, 2022
Contact: Weequahicclass71@gmail.com

CLASS OF 1965
75th Birthday Reunion
Weekend of October 31, 2022
(additional details to come)
Hilton Garden Inn, Springfield, NJ
Contact: Dennis Estis
destis@greenbaumlaw.com

If you are planning a Weequahic High School Reunion and would like us to publicize it, contact us at:

Weequahicalumni@gmail.com

Please include date, location and contact name (with email and/or telephone number)

Underclassmen standouts like Marshall lead Weequahic past Shabazz
Mike Kinney – For The Star-Ledger

Rashawn Marshall and a few of his classmates played big roles for Weequahic on this gorgeous Thanksgiving Day, while also being sure to submit their advance orders for more of the same in Soul Bowls to come.

Marshall is a sophomore who has played with surprising maturity all season, and who performed with particular polish and spark against archrival Shabazz on Thursday morning. He carried 13 times for 131 yards and a career-best three touchdowns, and fellow sophomores Emmanuel Asante and Zakai Armstrong and freshman Ibrahim Sisse handled the rest of the scoring to steer Weequahic to a 29-0 victory over the Bulldogs in the renewal of the Soul Bowl at Untermann Field in Newark.

And as the youngsters had their fun romping around in the end zone, senior statesmen such as Jordan Augustin, Joshua Sanyaolu, Trinade Hay and Tygiuan Daniels directed Weequahic’s defense to its fourth shutout this season.

“We’ve got a lot of good young guys on this team and I always tell the, ‘If you get the opportunity, take it, let it go; leave it all out there on the field,’ ” aid the 6-3, 275-pound Augustin, who has followed that process on a regular basis for the past three seasons.

The under-recruited Augustin anchored a fierce defensive front along with Sanyaolu by recording five tackles for losses and a sack, and Augustin and Sanyaolu also provided the push for Marshall and Asante and protection for senior QB Zakir Martin, along with fellow offensive linemen Macnosa Omosalami, Ueriel Saldana and Jaylin Freeman.

“It feels real good, but I know I couldn’t have done it without my line, though. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be here right now,” Marshall said.

Marshall either duped or dragged a few too many Shabazz defenders to believe that he would have come up empty without the bone-jarring Augustin on his side, but we understand and respect his point. Offensive headache as he has been for the opposition, Marshall is still only a sophomore with plenty of leadership opportunities ahead.

“Those are my hearts back there,” two-way lineman Sanyaolu said of Marshall and Asante. “I just told them, ‘Man, I’ve got your backs. I’ll open the hole and you’ve just got to hit it.’ ”

Sanyaolu, like Augustin, did quite a pretty nice job of clogging holes, as well. He rang up a team-high three sacks and had two other tackles for losses. Sanyaolu (6-0, 240) is a handful all on his own for rival lineman, but especially lethal when Augustin is double-teamed, and that happens rather regularly.

As for those other point-scoring underclassmen, Asante scored on a 5-yard run late in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead, Armstrong tackled a runner in the end zone for a fourth-quarter safety, and Cisse kicked four PATs to send Weequahic (7-5) to its second straight Soul Bowl victory and 10th since it was restored as a holiday favorite in 2009. Shabazz leads this overall series with its South Ward neighbor, 36-31-6.

View Original Article on The Star Ledger Website