Zainab Abrar is an eighth-grader at CMS. She is 13 years old. She was born on February 3rd. She loves playing basketball, drawing, and spending time with her family. She loves her family a lot, and they are her top priority. ...

Natalie Belenky is an 11-year-old 6th grade student at Colonia Middle School. She enjoys playing chess, drawing, playing volleyball and swimming. Her favorite books and movies are "The Hunger Games" and "The Maze Runner". She used...

Zoha Bilal is an outgoing 8th-grade CMS student who takes part in many extracurricular activities, one being the Newspaper Club. While balancing two GNTs, Student Council, NJHS, and a variety of after-school clubs, she loves t...

Calleigh Jade Feehan is a 14 year old, 8th grade CMS student who loves to write. She takes part in “Gifted and Talented: Creative Writing /Theater Arts.” She enjoys watching old movies and TV shows with her family, with one...

Nabiha Hanif is a 13-year old, 8th grade student at Colonia Middle School. Her favorite colors are purple and blue. She loves playing tennis, drawing, and painting. Nabiha is the oldest in her family with one younger sister. She lo...

Sohan Mahajan is in 7th grade. He attends (CMS) Colonia Middle School. He is twelve years old and plays travel soccer on a team called Woodbridge United. He also plays American football for fun. His favorite subjects in school...

Dua Nadeem is an eighth grade Pakistani-American reporter for the 2025-2026 CMS Patriot Post. She enjoys doing a variety of things, including playing badminton, building model rockets and replicas, writing poetry, and photography...

Kaylee Nowicki was born on February 3rd 2014 and is in the 6th grade at Colonia Middle School. Ms. Nowicki is a very curious and outgoing person. One of the things that she is good at is solving problems and mysteries. Kaylee ...

Diya is a 8th grade student here at CMS who loves to spend her time with friends and family. She loves to make different crafts to place and decorate her room. She’s absolutely obsessed with building Legos (the cars especially) and...

Formi Patel is a hardworking 8th grade student here at Colonia Middle School. She loves to play volleyball and read. Her favorite book series is Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. Her favorite colors are blue and purple. She also hop...

Ethan Queiruga is a funny, out-going, kind 6th grader. He is 11 years old and attends CMS. Ethan likes playing Minecraft, playing outside, and hanging out with friends. His favorite songs are “The Life of a Showgirl” by Taylor...

Sana is an eighth grader here at Colonia Middle School whose imagination knows no bounds, particularly in her G&T creative writing/theater arts and Enrichment G&T class. While she enjoys the world of words, her true pa...

Rafaella Sarmiento is an outgoing 8th-grade student here at Colonia Middle School. She loves to play sports, play with her dog, and hang out with her friends. Her favorite movie is “Lilo and Stitch”. Her favorite songs are “Gabri...

Reina Jigar Shah is a smart young 8th grader here at Colonia Middle School with a passion for learning and creative expressions. A talented dancer, she recently had the opportunity to perform alongside Bollywood’s finest at the IIF...

Connor Tanskey is a 6th grader at Colonia Middle School. He loves playing golf and watching the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Connor enjoys writing, photography, music, and traveling with his family. He is a gradua...

Evan Vilas-Boas is a curious and creative 8th grade student here at Colonia Middle School who enjoys learning new things and exploring different interests. Known for a positive attitude and his silly personality, Evan approac...