Weekly Roundup: Will Gambino selected by the Seattle Mariners and James Madison Fellowship top this week’s stories
Catch up on the biggest stories in Haddonfield this week.
Paul VI High School pitcher and Haddonfield resident Will Gambino was selected by the Seattle Mariners and Meghan McCormick. Catch up on everything from the past week in the Weekly Roundup.
Paul VI pitcher Will Gambino selected in MLB Draft, will head to college
Paul VI High School pitcher and Haddonfield resident Will Gambino was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 35th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft shortly before 6 p.m. last Wednesday. Many people in the community, including Gambino’s parents, saw the pick come in on social media. Gambino was not one of them. “I was actually in the middle of graduation when it happened,” Gambino said. “I found out an hour and half later.”
Haddonfield teacher awarded with James Madison Fellowship
Two days after Meghan McCormick’s birthday, life handed her an unexpected present. The Haddonfield Memorial High School American history teacher was awarded the James Madison Fellowship, a surprise she never saw coming. “I was so convinced that I hadn’t gotten it,” McCormick said. “It wasn’t real until I got home.” Having only been a teacher for two years at HMHS, McCormick was shocked but thrilled to be awarded the James Madison Fellowship, a scholarship designed to support the further study of American history by college graduates who aspire to become or are teachers of American history, according to the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.
Haddonfield student finds ways to raise awareness
Tatem Elementary student Maria Keegan doesn’t spend her free time like many typical fifth graders. She can often be found creating folders that are disseminated to team captains during the Walk to End Alzheimer’s or passing out fliers among other acts of volunteerism. “It makes me feel like I am helping even though I can’t take away Alzheimer’s. … I can at least try to change what people know about it,” Maria said. Every year, Keegan volunteers at various events in and around South Jersey to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease, the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
