Weekly Roundup: Camden County inmates help train VAO dogs as veteran companions, Eastern celebrates historic lacrosse season
In other news, Eastern Regional High School takes home top prize from the Paper Mill Playhouse 2017 Rising Star Awards
Students at Eastern Regional High School were busy making history recently, with Eastern Regional High School girls lacrosse team celebrating the program’s first sectional title and drama students bringing home a prestigious award from Paper Mill Playhouse.
Inmates train VAO dogs as companions for local veterans
A new pilot program in Camden County that has inmates train dogs from rescues in Voorhees and Mt. Laurel as companions for veterans saw its first four-legged students graduate last week. The idea for the program stemmed from a meeting state Sen. James Beach had with a New Jersey veteran who received a service dog from Ohio since New Jersey had no program to train dogs to help with depression, PTSD and other veteran needs.
Eastern girls lacrosse caps historic season
The Eastern Regional High School girls lacrosse team completed a remarkable turnaround this season, with its first sectional title and trip to the state championship game after winning only five games last year. The Vikings beat Central Jersey Group IV champion Rancocas Valley Regional High School in the state semifinals before their season came to a close with a 16–4 loss in the Group IV state championship game against Bridgewater Raritan High School.
Eastern students bring home top prize
One of the nation’s leading professional theaters bestowed its top Rising Star Award for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre prize — Outstanding Overall Productino of a Musical — to Eastern Regional High School for its production of “Les Miserables: School Edition.” Eastern’s Gary Bowman also won Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayel of Jean Valgean in the same production, and Gregg Molotsky took home the award for Outstanding Direction.
