Monthly Archives: January 2013

Statehouse spirit

As members of Matheny’s choir prepared for their appearance with Holiday Express at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark on December 20, they received good luck wishes from an unexpected visitor. “You guys are going to be great!” exclaimed New … Continue reading

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Here comes Skanska!

The annual holiday visit from employees at Skanska USA’s Parsippany, NJ, office is a tradition that Matheny students and patients look forward to—especially since the group from Skansaka drops off lots of toys raised in a company toy drive. But … Continue reading

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Songs of the season

Camille Van Valen loves to sing. The adult patient at Matheny is a member of the Matheny choir, and she knows lots of the popular holiday songs by heart. So when the seventh and eighth grade chorus from the Old … Continue reading

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“The perfect place”

The scariest part of being parents of a special needs child, says Jacob Poleyeff, is, “What to do in an emergency. There’s no fall back.” Since May 2012, Jenna Poleyeff, the 10-year-old daughter of Jacob and Lauren Poleyeff of West … Continue reading

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