Congrats to these outstanding students
Every week during the school year, North Jersey school districts nominate outstanding students for recognition in The Record and on NorthJersey.com.
The poll opens Monday mornings and closes Thursdays at 5 p.m. On Fridays, we announce the top two vote-getters as students of the week, featuring their stories online and in print in The Record on Sundays and our weekly newspapers.
This week we had six nominees. Here are the two winners.
Jake Scro, senior, Northern Highlands Regional High
Jake took first place with 19,912 votes.
Jake has worked at the Saddle River Fire Department as part of his Fire Prevention Internship through the Career & Academic Pathways program. Jake is a model student, and his experience working at the SRFD has solidified his desire to have a career as a firefighter and first responder. Jake is incredibly hardworking, conscientious and serviceoriented. Jake became a firefighter when he was 16. After graduating from the Fire Academy, he earned certifications related to FEMA’s Hazmat Awareness/Operations; Building Shoring Awareness/Operations; Incident Command Structures; Swift Water Rescue Awareness/Operations; and Incident Management Systems. Jake serves as an EMT with the SRFD. Jake also works as an EMT for the Waldwick Ambulance Department. Jake is the president of the Northern Highlands’ First Responder and has a 3.4 GPA.
James Nemitoff, senior, Hawthorne High
James earned 17,526 votes.
James recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout. His service project was to establish two Little Free Libraries in Goffle Brook Park. Since its completion, the community and park visitors have expressed their excitement about the new addition. James worked closely with his beneficiary, the Passaic County Parks Department. James is also the Senior Patrol Leader of his Boy Scout Troop 170 in North Haledon. James was recently awarded a paid internship through the Dawn Center for Independent Living at Mahwah Veterinarian, Groom & Board facility in Mahwah.