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Freshmen Honored as Scholastic Writing Award Winners

Twelve freshmen earned 2026 Scholastic Regional Awards for their Personal Essays, originally submitted as a final assignment for English 9 with Ms. Patient or Mr. Mezoff in the first semester. 

The Gold Key winners move on to the National competition.
 
GOLD KEY
Isabella Oren "Sunrise in Yellow"

SILVER KEY
Judah Adler “The Fig Tree”
Amelia Damm “The Waves that Felt Like Home”
Holden Chropuvka “The Morning That Never Melted”
Nicole Huang “Memories in a Red Lantern”
Alina Krueger “Where Memories Once Lived”

Honorable Mention
Kaleigh Buckley “Steps in the Turf”
Haoming Huang “The Missed Chance”
Mary Cate Leidersdorff  “The Ignition”
Addison Lindsay-Allen “The Seeker”
Deegan Pepe “My Journey With Dyslexia”
Carl Zhu “Hometown”
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235 Hope Road
Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
Tel. 732.542.4777

Our mission is to know and value every child, nurturing intellectual curiosity and confidence, and inspiring students to lead honorably, think creatively, and contribute meaningfully to society. 

We envision Ranney School as a nurturing learning community, in which families, faculty, alumni, and all of Ranney’s constituents collaborate to know and value every child, foster individual talents, sustain powerful connections between children and adults, and graduate resilient, globally-minded citizens.