Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Super's Bowl II


The Second Annual Super's Bowl will occur on May 31, 2013.  The Super's Bowl is a Somerville Public Schools event to raise money for a charitable cause.  This year, all proceeds from the event will go towards finding a cure for Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a rare neurological disorder.   More information can be found by clicking here.  A free will donation can be made at the game.

Details of the event include:
- Somerville Recreation will host a special soccer extravaganza starting at 4:30 pm.  (Somerville Recreation cancelled the pre-game activities)
- School teams, made up of staff members, will begin warming up at 5:30 pm on the High School Turf Football Field.
- Traditional opening ceremonies which includes the National Anthem sung by Somerville educator Dayle Reavey  a National Recording Artist, the didgeridoo call to order and the ceremonial coin flip.  (The National Recording Artist will not be able to attend)
- First game between the Somerville Middle School staff and the Van Derveer School staff. 
- Second game between the Somerville High School staff and the losing team from the first game. 
- The YMCA will host a 10 minute intermission for all children in attendance! 
- The winners of game 1 and 2 will play for the championship game.
- After the championship game, trophies will be presented to the winning team and the Most Valuable Player. 

Come out to the game and root on your staff members!  District Business Administrator Bryan Boyce, Director of 21st Century Education Jason Solomon, Coordinator of Technical Services Ron Bommarito and former SHS and Michigan State football player Jesse Miller will be refereeing the games.

Highlights from Super's Bowl I can be seen here.


Mason Robinson and the Board of Education present the Van Derveer staff with the 2012 trophy.


The Traditional Call to Games Sounding of the Didgeridoo


All proceeds and collected goods from Super's Bowl I were donated to the Food Bank Network of Somerset County

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Proceeds from the second annual Super's Bowl will be donated to The Myelin Project to fund research into adrenoleukodystrophy and a possible cure.

Adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, is one of a series of genetic disorders that result in the breakdown of the protective myelin sheath around nerve cells. In the most severe form of ALD, which affects boys between 4-10 years old, this breakdown occurs in the brain and usually results in blindness, deafness, seizures and eventually a vegetative state, then death within five years of diagnosis. Only bone marrow transplant has been shown to halt progression of ALD, but once damaged, there is no way to repair the myelin.

Recently, ALD hit one of Somerville's own. Simon Rosenau is a 4th grader at VanDerveer Elementary and was diagnosed with ALD last year. He has completed a second bone marrow transplant at the University of Minnesota and is currently being evaluated to make sure progression of the ALD has been stopped. His family hopes to continue Simon's recovery and therapy back in Somerville in the near future.

The Myelin Project is a 501c3 non-profit organization that funds research into various aspects of ALD and other demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis. The Myelin Project will use your donations to fund medical research into myelin repair, to raise awareness of ALD, to advocate for newborn screening and to ultimately find a cure. More information can be found at www.myelin.org

Susan Haynes said...

As I am sure you have already seen on ESPN or read in the Sports Section of every paper in the tri-state area, VDV is back to back champions of the Super's Bowl defeating the very tough SHS team by a final score of 32-28.

If you were not able to be at Brooks Field you missed a truly amazing showing of Team VDV: cheerleaders leading the crowd, the students chanting 'I Believe', the players crushing it on the field, Simon flipping the coin, Dayle sharing her amazing voice, parents cheering louder than their kids, former students 'confiding' in me they were rooting for VDV, former student Mason Robinson bringing his RU football friends to an event 'he wouldn't miss for the world', containers with so much money for ALD they couldn't hold it all, the sea of black and gold, and Dr. Purnell presenting the trophy...WE are VDV!

So very proud to be part of Team VDV!

With pride,

Susan Haynes
Principal, VDV

Nicholas A. Diaz said...

Super's Bowl II was truly amazing! Thank you for making it such a unifying community event Dr. Purnell! -Nicholas Diaz

Anonymous said...

My child had fun at the event. Thank you for putting this together. Can you provide more time for the YMCA next year? The children really enjoyed that portion. I did not see the middle school principal, but was happy that Mr. Reavey was present. His wife has a beautiful voice.