Humans of Cresskill

Arihant Birani is a junior student attending Cresskill High School. He is noted for having an exemplary academic career across all subjects covered in his courses. “This year, my junior year, I am enrolled in five AP classes, and I decided to challenge myself, junior year, to set myself up for future success. [...] I am just trying to take more difficult classes senior year, too so I can maintain a g...

It’s safe to say that 2020 will not be a year people look back on fondly. Whether it be quarantine, losing a loved one, becoming unemployed, or simply not knowing what tomorrow will bring, everyone has struggled. For Cresskill High School's new English teacher, Ms. Izabella Sandoval, even the question of teaching in-person was unclear for many months. “When I got hired it was all still up in t...

This September, Mr. Calandrino began his first year as a physical education teacher at Cresskill High School. Longtime Cresskillians, however, know him as a familiar face. Mr. Calandrino attended Emerson High School in Emerson, New Jersey and later studied Health and Physical Education at Ithaca College. His passion was always to coach wrestling or football; however, he finds physical education an...

Every student ponders about their success in the future, wondering what they can amount to. For Mr. Carini, Cresskill’s very own Business Law teacher, his eyes were set squarely on Wall Street from the very outset. His childhood aspirations lay not only in becoming a business teacher, but also a trader.  Mr. Carini grew up in Harrington Park, attending Bergen Catholic High School in Orade...

Senior Jacqueline Lulaj made her mark on Cresskill history this past Saturday at the Cross Country Bergen County League meet. Lulaj broke the 5,000m record standing since 2016 at 20:02, surpassing it by an astounding 29 seconds and reestablishing it at 19:35. September 14 marked the start of her remarkable season with a time of 23:11. Cutting her times down consistently every race, Lulaj’s goal beca...

In room C-14, a brightly-painted mural at the back of the room, depicting a lineup of renowned literary figures (among them Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe), has always captured entering students. This year, though, it has competition: a neat row of crates and bookshelves piled high with glossy paperbacks. The conspicuous new addition - a miniature, well-organized library - was assembled by Ms. Taliento...