Widener University, one of the nation’s premier universities for civic engagement and applied leadership, in partnership with WCAU-TV NBC10, is proud to announce the winners of the Widener University High School Leadership Awards. In its fifth year, the program recognized 159 students from high schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware who demonstrated courage and leadership within their communities.
In its fifth year, the program recognized 159 students from high schools throughout the region for their abilities to stand up for what is right, address a wrong and make a difference in their communities or schools. Recipients from the area include:
Sarah Doherty of Villas, a junior at Cape May County Technical High School, for showing compassion and support towards her peers. She also volunteers with the Ocean Drive Marathon and participates in a variety of other community service organizations.
Dean Kolonich of Ocean View, a junior at St. Augustine Preparatory School, for demonstrating qualities of leadership, courage, and strength as a member of the lacrosse and football teams. He also serves as an aide in organizing school functions.
Ian France of Wildwood, a junior at Wildwood High School, for leading the Drama Club, achieving academic success, and participating in the National Honor Society.
“Widener University is proud to have honored nearly 600 students over the past five years through the High School Leadership Awards,” said Dr. Julie Wollman, Widener University president. “Civic engagement and leadership are not only integral to the mission of Widener University, they are central to what this year’s award winners have accomplished in their communities. I can only imagine their future successes as our next generation of leaders. We welcome them into the Widener family, and I look forward to congratulating each student this spring at the awards ceremony.”
Winners are invited to a celebratory program at the National Constitution Center on March 23, 2016, as well as a leadership conference presented by the Oskin Leadership Institute at Widener University in the fall of 2016. Most notably, winners will receive a scholarship of $20,000 over four years should they enroll at Widener University for undergraduate studies.
For more information regarding the High School Leadership Awards and to view a complete list of winners, please visit the High School Leadership Awards page. For information on each recipient, please contact Meagan Dominick at mdominick@briancom.com or 484-385-2936.
Widener University is a private, metropolitan university that connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. Dynamic teaching, active scholarship, personal attention, leadership development, and experiential learning are key components of the Widener experience. A comprehensive doctorate-granting university, Widener is comprised of eight schools and colleges that offer liberal arts and sciences and professional and pre-professional curricula leading to associate’s, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The university’s campuses in Chester, Exton, and Harrisburg, PA, and Wilmington, DE, are proud to be a tobacco-free. Visit the university’s website, www.widener.edu, for more information.
Bishop McHugh
Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School celebrated National Catholic Schools Week 2016 with days devoted to appreciation of students, families, teachers and the community. Activities included a tribute to community helpers, a curriculum showcase for parents, a musical performance by the PreK4 through first grade, a book fair, magician and more.
In other news, students in preschool through grade 8 were recognized for embodying the Gospel value of Kindness at a special Prayer Service concluding Catholic Schools Week on February 5, 2016 at Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School. Kindness is defined as practicing benevolence and loving attitude toward others. The Fruit of the Spirit awards are presented monthly to students who exhibit the attributes of a Christian life: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School is a PreK-8 regional school in Cape May County with a student-centered curriculum grounded in the Gospel values. For more information, visit http://bishopmchugh.com/mchugh/. The community is invited to “Like” Bishop McHugh on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BishopMcHughRegionalSchool and follow Principal McGuire on Twitter at @BMRCSPrincipal.
Cape May Tech
The Cape May County Technical School’s Evening School program is offering both Boater’s Safety & CPR/First Aid certification classes at night. All classes are held on campus at 188 Crest Haven Road, Cape May Court House.
The Boater’s Safety class, “Boat New Jersey”, starts on February 29. Class meets on Monday and Wednesday evenings 6-8pm for 5 consecutive sessions. After the required 8 hours of instruction, the last night of class is the examination for the opportunity to earn a NJ Boater’s Safety Certification. The course is approved by the New Jersey Marine Services Bureau.
CPR/First Aid classes begin on March 1 and are available for 3 consecutive Tuesday evening sessions as follows: Adult CPR is March 1; Pediatric CPR is March 8; and First Aid is March 15. Classes are in session from 6-9pm and include instruction and examination for certification on the same evening.
Pre-registration and payment of fees is required. Class sizes are limited. For more information, contact the evening school office at (609) 380-0241 or on-line at www.capemaytech.com.
On January 31, the Cape May County Technical High School hosted the first annual Vex Robotics tournament for 18 teams from various schools, including Cape May County Technical High School, Burlington County Institute of Technology-Medford Campus, Camden County Technical High School, Ranney School, Driven Robotics Club and Cherry Hill East High School
The teams were challenged with designing and building a robot to play against other teams. The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) competition consisted of 18 robots and each team had a chance to battle it out for a spot in the state championship to be held on February 20, 2016 at Cherry Hill East High School.
The top 2 teams in the competition qualified for the state championship. One of Cape May Tech’s five teams placed in 2nd qualifying the team to move on to the championship. The all senior team members are Matt McHale, of Woodbine; Matt Cropper, of Middle Township; Gracie Payne, of Lower Township; Mike Fazio, of Middle Township; and Chris Hope, of Dennis Township.
Mr. Micah Wenker, Cape May Tech’s Pre-engineering Technology instructor and Robotics advisor, said, “All of the teams did a great job working together. They learned lifelong skills in high stakes/pressure problem solving, teamwork, leadership, communication and competition.” Garden State Robotics provided the judging and management of the tournament and did a great job running a successful day.
For additional information on Cape May County Technical High School’s Pre-engineering Technology program of study or the Robotics Club, visit www. capemaytech.com.
Dennis Township
Dennis Township Primary School recently held the “3rd Grade Revolutionary War Living History Museum” in school on February 9. All students were dressed as historical figures and ready to interact and answer questions with posters and props displayed.
All classes and teachers walked around and asked the living historians questions, such as: Why were you famous? What did you contribute to the Revolutionary War? Were you a patriot or loyalist? History came alive at the Dennis Township Primary School during the 3rd graders Revolutionary War Living History Museum. Students have been researching a historically significant individual from this time period for the last month. One student, Isabelle Toland, explained, “We used Ipads to learn about our people.” Another student, Kendall Creamer added, “We had to find interesting facts and information.” Jake Frie went on to say, “During the Museum, we had to dress up as our individual and pretend to be them when visitors came to the Museum.” Third Grader, J.J. McGroarty summed it up by saying, “We learned a lot about the Revolutionary War and had fun doing it!”
Lower Township
Sandman School recently announced academic achievement for the 2ndMarking Period:
5th Grade
Mackenzie Brenton, Braden Brojakowski, Jaclynn Bui, Elidia Bustos, John Chew, Andrew Clark, Amiyah Goolsby, Giavanna Griffiths, Michael Hewitt, Anabelle Hibbs, Rylee Konczyk, Anay Mendez, Rethan Morford, Taina Santiago, Sean Sincavage, Kiara Soto, Caylee Wilson, Skyla Camacho, Laela Cummings, Karl Daniels, Aiden Franklin,Destin Gomes, Caden Hanagan, Allison Huber, Alyssa Jordan, Trevor Magill, Liam Mallon, Samantha Mancuso, Madison Rudden, Youssef Abdalla, Armando Beteta Juarez, Laura Carrasco, Michael Cronin, Laila Figueroa, Summer Horton, Natalie Juarez Abarca, Miranda Macklin, Juliana Melo, Alexis Munoz Jessica Quinn. Giovanna Scarpitti Jack Starrett, Alexia Vargas, Wesley Wise, Collin O’Connell, Jessica Goodroe, Aalyah Goolsby, Randy Quinn, Renata Riesenberg, Emerson Sorber, Alexsa Baldwin, , Talia Calfine, Kimberly Erdman, Evalina McBride, Amanda Sleght, Marissa Smith, Audra Sockriter, Marissa Bada, Sarah Donahue, James McKelvey, Hannnah Mc Nair, Reagan Morrison, Hannah Norcross Broooklyn Peckiconis, Gialana Rodriguez, Kyle Satt, Thomas Sluk, Aiden Tannenbaum, Tobias Worster, Kate Bazan, Desiree Cady, Kevin Coulter, Matthew Eck, Emma Ewing, Shayla Hascek, Aureja Jackunaite, John Karavanas, Alexandra McGay, Giana Melo, Elliana Mormello, Moustafa Nasr, Joshephine Saquella, Viktoria Simonsen, Natalee Taylor Mastalski, Alan Ventura, Alexandra Wallace, Allyson Walsh, Carys White, Sharyn Accardi, Hector Aquilar, Grace Baker, Dominic Benigno, Blake Bieber, Joanna Bonney, Erin Donnell, Kendall Hitcher, Cody Leszczynski, Joseph McGovern, Dustin Nguyen, Hailey Rosenberger, Adam Santiago, Alexandra Sinex, Daniela Smith, Makayla Wollaver, Angelina Almodovar, Aubreigh Conlin, Anna Gagnon, Anya Gellura, Jakob Hansen, Daniel Kotb, Nathan Davidson, Bill Pfaff, Alexis Plata, Jacob Poullot, Seth Repici, Itai Serra, Vincent Soda, Lilly Stevenson, Kevin Tran, Anna Zuzulock, Shannon Fisher, Liam McCullen, Cheyenne Newby-Cruz, Addy Paz, Destiny Pilling, Bryanna Vesper
6th Grade
Grace Abadie, Troy Genaro, Nadalie Hamilton, James Harris, Jacqueline Jamison, Landyn LaBar, Thomas McMenamin, Brian Nelson, Julia Olsen, Kiley Payne, Caitlin Quinones, Emily VanArtsdalen, Michael Williams, Shaelyn Wolf, Mark Lane, Gary Laracuente, Kevin Davidson, Michael McKelvey, Michael Castellano, Emma Rodrigues, , Mya Salasin, Eleanor Beane-Fox, Ryan Leininger, Gianna LoMonaco, Olivia Caruso, David Nelson, Devon Peckiconis, Genevieve Spitaletto, Daniel Tannenbaum, Jesse Coombs, Anya Davids, Marley Kronemeyer, Olivia Longshore, Anthony Magliocco, Hailee Steifel, Zachary DuFault, Andrew Weber, Alexis Cremin, Kyla Haibach, Delaney Brown, Kaylin O’Neill, Matthew Brown, Molly Davis, Robert Eckel, Cali Flosdorf, Joseph Donnelly, Evan Golden, Colin McGinn, Jenna O’Neill, Haley Revak, Zach Seetoo-Ronk, Robert Sleght, Devon Smith, Katie Suter, Kaya Thomas, Colin Adams, Zach Bada, Andrew Barber, Angel Bustos, Brookelyn Cox, Daniela Cruz, Julia Hill, Kaylee Morales, Abril Moran, Adrianna Mormile Heckman, Wayne Reichle, Anthony Rucci, Yuridia Serrano, Nick Shaw, Isabella Yorio, Hailey Dolbow, Anthony Greer, Alexis Kapurelos, Jacob Kronemeyer, Sophia Cirino, Olivia D’Onofrio, Tyler Dean, Alexis Jordan, Nevada LaRoche, Quang Pham, Natasha Steffan, Coral Stevenson, Joseph Whitesell, JazalynnYorio, Logan Barikian, Grace Copeland, Jay Heishman, Olivia Mawhinney, Adelia Ogden
Outstanding Effort
5th Grade
Anderson Ryan, Jessica Martinez-Perez, Marissa Hess, Collin O’Neill, Julianna Robb, Thomas Williamson, Eli Howell, Dwayne Turner, Gloryanna Barreto, Gavin Hill, Ryan Pew, Larry Bresan, Tianna Hernandez, Justin Melli, Ryan O’Neal, Jacob Bey, Eulis Carter, Zachary Gittle, Raul Herreraa, Jasmine Levengood, Logan McKeown, Cel Randle, Miguel Valencia, Kabusk, Spencer Morey, Jack Reilly, Arianna Smith, Nasir Campo, Marissa Baughman, Geovanni Mercado, Taj Turner
6th Grade
Alexander Domanowski, Edward Stockton, Corey Achuff, Marissa Murphy, Allison Calvert,Matt Harris, Jorge Ramos, Elizabeth Gallagher, Jeremiah Rivera, Brieon Henley, Aaliyah Ramos, Shea Bonner, Lilah Carlisle, Jennifer Drake, Makenna Fletcher, Zeb Hinker, Alyssa Lemmon, Madison Schiffbauer, Cassandra Alexander, Allison Kingsman, Isabella Menzano, Joseph Terinoni, Brielle Unruh, Ashley Ashbridge, Erica Hearon, Brett Golaszewski, Shy-lee Sloan, Hailey Jamison, Ava Cremin, Nathan Archbold, Robert Cummiskey, Rylee Donaghy, Julianna Mendo, Nicholas Rodrigues
Wildwood High
The Wildwood School District has been awarded a $250,000 grant by the New Jersey Department of Education to fund additional academic and career focused programs for juniors and seniors at Wildwood High School.
The College and Career Readiness Partnership Grant was awarded through a competitive application targeted at high schools throughout New Jersey that receive Title I funds. The program will run through August.
In order to be awarded the grant, the district demonstrated a commitment to partner with Atlantic Cape Community College to create programs to increase high school students’ levels of awareness of their own interests leading to career paths, as well as increasing academic readiness in order for them to enter college without the need for remedial classes.
Josepha Penrose, supervisor of curriculum and instruction for the district, said the district and Atlantic Cape Community College are thrilled to be able to enhance their partnership through the grant-funded programs, which include of a series of Saturday workshops and a weeklong summer boot camp.
Topics students will explore include time management, study habits and goal setting, personality assessment as it pertains to career interests, an occupation search based on interests and self-assessments, and development of a portfolio and resume.
At Wildwood High School, the district will offer an after school program providing additional academic support to juniors and seniors. Through the grant funds, the district will also hire a full-time Structured Learning Experiences teacher who will coordinate real-world job experiences for students in partnership with community businesses and organizations. High school teachers will also be offered professional development on ways to infuse career ready practices into regular school day instruction. Philip Schaffer, Wildwood High School principal said the grant programs will give students opportunities that extend the school day and will help them plan out and gain experience toward the fulfillment of their future aspirations.
Wildwood High School is looking forward to beginning these new programs which align with all district plans to ensure that all of our students graduate from Wildwood High School not only academically prepared, but also possessing a wide range of skills preparing them for their chosen college or career path.
