Schools
152 Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School Students Are Authors
The seventh-grade students each wrote a book as part of the Novella Project.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — There are 152 young authors who attend classes at the Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School.
They are actually full-time students, each a 7th Grader in the Enrichment section of Language Arts at the Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School, who participated in the Novella Project.
Find out what's happening in Bridgewaterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The Middle School 7th Grade Language Arts Teachers facilitated this writing project that spanned the entire 2024-2025 school year.
The dividends were delivered over the last week to the Middle School authors and their teachers.
Find out what's happening in Bridgewaterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Those dividends were books.
All 152 of them.
Dr. Krsity Shurina, one of the 7th Grade Language Arts Teachers at the Middle School, explained the project.
"This was the first year of launching the enrichment project in 7th Grade English Language Arts as part of a curriculum update that was approved over the summer," she stated. "The 7th Grade students in the Enrichment Sections of Language Arts began their process to write a novella during the school year. The writers started by finding mentor novels in September and ended by sending their revised and edited books to a publisher in May."
She further revealed the process.
"With a generous grant from the Education Foundation of Bridgewater-Raritan, the department was able to purchase a copy of each book for the students to keep," Dr. Shurina said.
The Education Foundation of Bridgewater-Raritan is a charitable organization that includes Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District administrators and teachers, board of education members, and residents of the community.
The Education Foundation provides grants, scholarships, and other district initiatives that are not covered by the school district budget.
The average total of pages for the novella books was 60 pages, according to Dr. Shurina.
On Monday, all 152 young authors received their books and were awarded medals and congratulations from Suzanne Wooby, the school district’s Supervisor of English Language Arts for 5-8.
The 7th Grade E-Language Arts Teachers who coordinated the Novella project were Megan Alloway, Craig Bogusat, Sue Cacciatore, Bridget Lawler, Lori McLain, Kimberly Pratt, Kristy Shurina, Kelly Schwertfeger, Kelly Zarelli, and Zoe Zylowski.
Here are the Middle School students who participated in the Novella Project:
- Ananya Aggarwal
- Saivi Ahuja
- Rennita Arun
- Akshan Arun Bhaskar
- Ioannis Athanasakis
- Sahishn Sai Bangaru
- Brianna Bao
- Rowan R Barrett
- Hannah Reem Bartlett
- Syrus Barua
- Aditya Sekharjyoti Baruah
- Riaan Bhise
- Ava Belle Bossotti
- Emilio Edimer Caballero
- Aarav Shiv Falgun Chag
- Tiasha Chakraborty
- Saya A Chandra
- Adhvika Chandrasekhar
- Reid Thomas Chartowich
- Aaliyah Amei Chen
- Akanksha Reddy Chevireddy
- Medha Ranjith Chingacham
- Jack Ryan Conway
- Mariella Cornett
- Justin Reece Daehnke
- Anh Van Dang Vu
- Anthony John Santiago Deguzman
- Olivia Grace Discenza
- Ethan Thomas Dobkin
- Ryan Dobkin
- Odelia Xirouhakis Dowling
- Abha Eswaraka
- Alice Shengyi Fan
- Ankur Gaba
- Tvisha Vishal Gandhi
- Rohan Gangoli
- Anna Elizabeth Ganz
- James Daniel Garcia
- Anaya Ghate
- Sarvesh Gokul
- Vivian Yu Gu
- Mayin Veer Gupta
- Mikayla Beth Guzman
- Zayaan Hanna
- Madeleine R Hughes
- Chavi Jain
- Aarav Jetly
- Ishaan Sopan Joshi
- Divisha Sagar Kalambkar
- Dheshna Ishi Kambala
- Kushagra Kamthan
- Zimeng Kang
- Aania Kartha
- Nethra Kathi
- Tanvi Khanikar
- Avnoor Kaur Khanuja
- Robin Kim
- Claire Helen Kipila
- Natalie Kugelman
- Heera Kumar
- Brayden Scott Kupperman
- Peter Moshe Kursar
- Stavya Lakshminarayanan
- Ava Grace Lang
- Dillon Lu
- Evelyn Ruoyun Ma
- Adwiti Machiraju
- Dhruv Reddy Madduri
- Charles Patrick Majowka
- Nina Alexandra Maksimovic
- Anvith Reddy Marri
- Elianna Maria Mascarenhas
- Austin Matyas
- Ryan Alexander Mayo
- Ashlynn Marie McClarren
- Joy Sage McCobb
- Aanya Mehta
- Keya Mehta
- Murilo Rocha Fernandes de Mello
- Cassidy Elizabeth Miller
- Saanvi Mithun
- Saanvika Nagineni
- Aaryan Nair
- Ishan Nandi
- Aesha Nangla
- Erin Elizabeth Nodes
- Nathaniel Paul O'Hara
- Allamurat Maksadovich Omarov
- Ishika Pandhi
- Praket Pant
- Arpan Parikh
- Ansh Mehul Patel
- Misha Desai Patel
- Shaan Mittul Patel
- Vyom Patel
- Nathan Penumudi
- Sofia Isabel Pereira
- Anirvinya Polisetty
- Sririshi Pothu
- Anjali Prakash
- Rhea Prakash
- Logan Steven Preisler
- Arush Rai
- Aashi Raina
- Anjana Ramasamy
- Daniel Bayu Rumondor
- Rachel Louise Ryan
- Trinity D Ryan
- John Michael Salvatore
- Viaan Salwan
- Nikhil Simon Santhosh
- Lakshita Saudha
- Kalaya Katherine Schraft
- Samuel Anthony Scocca
- Hermann Sehringer
- Srishti Sengupta
- Eric Shaw
- Aaradhya Singh
- Ira Singh
- Soumil Singh
- Violet Rose Stapley
- Sarah Agnes Stasiulaitis
- Ethan G Sukhin
- Sai Sachin Sumant
- Sohom Sachin Sumant
- Audrina Tafa
- Genesis Katherine Tafur
- Sophia Isabella Tawiah
- Ketan Satya Tayi
- Logan Tung
- Anwita Sri Uddaraju
- Swara B Umarale
- Jannah Marie D Valencerina
- Aarushi Sai Veera
- Kriya Venkatesan
- Praneetha Vinoth Kumar
- Audrey Elizabeth Votapek
- Aashutosh Vyas
- Arielle L Wang
- Jake Wang
- Nora Lily Wang
- Sophia Wang
- Alexander Weinstein
- Radissa Aurora Wibawa
- Lucas J Wong
- Pradyumna Yadav
- April Yan
- Mina Yip
- Marshall Chang-Chen Yuan
- Audrey Cai Zhang
- Jason K Zhu
- Isabella Claire Zimmerman
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
