Glen Rock students have diverse jobs
Photo Credit: Liz Carr
Sydney Carr watches over The Glen Rock Municipal Pool in early June of this year.
June 16, 2016
Glen Rock High School is filled with students who aren’t exactly looking forward to a laze-around summer for this upcoming break.
Several students have summer jobs aligned for them this year. The ones that we spoke to seem to be diverse in which jobs they will be working.. Whether a student looking to make some cash or keep themselves busy, there are many different and fun jobs around the area that have the potential to match what they are looking for. Furthermore, they can easily be discovered by talking to fellow classmates.
Ryan Morley (18′) on the job picking up trash around the town of Glen Rock this past August.
Matt Sapoff (’18) will work for the Department of Public Youth this summer, just as he did the previous break. The department is in charge of the town’s sanitation and is responsible for the town garbage and recycling. Sapoff works with friends Will Scherer (’18) and Ryan Morley (’18). They go around town in a truck to pick up litter they see on the streets, making the town a much cleaner and nicer place to live for the rest of the community.
“The job isn’t too hard, and it gives me something to do,” Sapoff said.
John Lamacchia poses on Darling Golf Course in 2007 with brother Thomas Lamacchia (16′).
John Lamacchia (’18) will continue to work at the Arcola Country Club caddying along the golf course. Lamacchia carries the member’s bag and clubs and gives insightful advice and moral support to them. Because he has been playing golf for four years, he is accustomed to knowing the way in which a golf course must be played and is good at recommending how the member should pay the hole. Lamacchia caddies alongside his brother Thomas (’16).
“My job is the best job, because I don’t have specific hours to work and you meet a lot of great people who could give you connections you might need later in life,” John Lamacchia said.
Kate Gifford, on the right, poses for a picture with cousin Sara Gifford and friend Samantha Goldman in the summer of 2009 on tie-dye day at Camp Wydaca.
Kate Gifford (18′) plans to work as a lifeguard and/or camp counselor at the Wyckoff Family YMCA. Gifford has attended the camp as a camper since she was in kindergarten. She also has family working throughout the entire facility. This would be her first summer working, and she is excited to work with kids and be apart of the faculty she has always looked up to as a kid.
“Camp Wydaca is a great place to work because you’re outside all day playing with little kids, and at the same time you make good money,” Gifford said. “The only thing is that it really tires you out, because it’s an all day camp, so that’s really the only bad part.”
Lee Hasselmenn enthusiastically gives photographers a thumbs up when asked how he felt about his summer job.
Lee Hasselmenn (17′) plans to work at Mo Green Juice in Hawthorne this summer. He’s going to work in the kitchen, which he thinks will be fun and keep him on his toes. Depending on how well working at Mo Green juice goes, he’s considering continuing to work there throughout the next school year.
“I just wanted money for the summer, and it was my best friend’s mom’s company, so it was easy to get,” Hasselmenn said. “The cons are that you don’t have as much free time, but how good can free time be in the first place without money? So yeah, it’s worth it.”
Sydney Carr (18′) has already begun working at The Glen Rock Municipal Pool after being certified this spring. To become certified, she had a written test and a physical test in which she swam lengthy laps and did challenging drills. She’s excited to be outside all day, everyday, all summer. Sydney works at the pool with several Glen Rock students.
“It’s not a hard job at all, but getting the job itself was like actually really hard,” Carr said. “But it’s also nice, because you’re in the center of town so it’s close and you’re outside.”
