School Days 6.24.15

Cape Women’s Resource Fund recently awarded six $1,000 scholarships to young women graduating from local high schools in Cape May County. Pictured with Rita Fulginiti, County Clerk and chair of the Fund are Karissa Bourbeau, Ocean City High School, attending Wagner College; Ciara Raymond, Lower Cape May Regional High School, attending Stockton University; Shelby Alvord, Ocean City High School, attending Stockton University; BriarRose Ginn, Ocean City High School, attending the University of Pennsylvania; Siena Perez, Wildwood High School, attending Temple University, and Gabrielle Crippen, Middle Township High School, attending Drexel University. Cape Women’s Resource Fund, Inc. supports the development of programs for the cultural, educational, civic and social advancement of women in Cape May County. The Fund, established in 1991, promotes equal rights for women and raises money for scholarships to help young women pursue educational opportunities.
Cape May County Tech
Eighteen students from the Cape May County Technical High School graduated as certified Class One Special Law Enforcement Officers (SLEO) from the Cape May County Police Academy on May 27, 2015. This program was developed by Director Gary Schaffer of the Cape May County Police Academy and the Technical High School staff. Mr. Matthew Pleasants is the Law and Public Safety program of study instructor.
These students are now fully trained and can be employed as Class One Special Law Enforcement Officers in Cape May County. Seniors from the Cape May County Technical High School in the last semester of the school year attended the Cape May County Police Academy one day per week to receive training beginning in February and ending in May. The students received training in criminal law, arrest, search and seizure, patrol techniques, observation and perception, civil disturbances, report writing, courtroom testimony, morals and ethics, defensive tactics, handcuffing, CPR, and first aid training.
The ceremony was attended by family and friends as well as local and state government officials. The students were congratulated by Senator Jeff Van Drew, Assemblyman Robert Andrzejczak, Assemblyman Sam Fiocci, Freeholder Leonard Desiderio, Superintendent Dr. Nancy Hudanich and Principal Michael Adams. Mr. Robert Boyd, President of Cape May Technical School district Board of Education, also attended and was a speaker. The students are now eligible to begin their policing career as a Class One Special Law Enforcement Officer.
The following students are graduates of the Cape May County Police Academy Class One Special Law Enforcement Officer Program:
Kallie Houlroyd, CMCH, Alexus Lindholm, CMCH, Jennifer Wooley, CMCH, Joshua Alvarez, CMCH, Matthew Beck, Villas, Makenzie Battersby, Petersburg, Roderick Reinert, CMCH, Chris Russ, CMCH, Lindsay Miller, Del Haven, Nicolette Gilbert, Rio Grande, Joseph Cummiskey, Avalon, Mark Manganello, Villas, Sullivan Edwards, Belleplain, Dominic Travascio, Wildwood Crest, Hector Cruz, Woodbine, Farah Almandani, West Cape May, Joe Durso, Cape May, and Joslyn Nelson, CMCH.
Middle Township
Kathryn Gimeno, a Sophomore at Middle Township High School of Cape May Court House has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Boston, MA on June 24-26, 2015.
The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top students in the country who aspire to be physicians or medical scientists, to stay true to their dream and, after the event, to provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goal.
Kathryn Gimeno was nominated by Dr. Connie Mariano, the Medical Director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists to represent Middle Township High School based on her academic achievement, leadership potential and determination to serve humanity in the field of medicine.
During the three-day Congress, Kathryn Gimeno will join students from across the country and hear Nobel Laureates and National Medal of Science Winners talk about leading medical research;be given advice from Ivy League and top medical school deans on what is to expect in medical school;witness stories told by patients who are living medical miracles; be inspired by fellow teen medical science prodigies; and learn about cutting-edge advances and the future in medicine and medical technology.
“This is a crucial time in America when we need more doctors and medical scientists who are even better prepared for a future that is changing exponentially,” said Richard Rossi, Executive Director, National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. “Focused, bright and determined students like Kathryn Gimeno are our future and she deserves all the mentoring and guidance we can give her.”
The Academy offers free services and programs to students who want to be physicians or go into medical science. Some of the services and programs the Academy offers are online social networks through which future doctors and medical scientists can communicate; opportunities for students to be guided and mentored by physicians and medical students; and communications for parents and students on college acceptance and finances, skills acquisition, internships, career guidance and much more.
The National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists was founded on the belief that we must identify prospective medical talent at the earliest possible age and help these students acquire the necessary experience and skills to take them to the doorstep of this vital career. Based in Washington, D.C. and with offices in Boston, MA, the Academy was chartered as a nonpartisan, taxpaying institution to help address this crisis by working to identify, encourage and mentor students who wish to devote their lives to the service of humanity as physicians, medical scientists.
For more information visit www.FutureDocs.com or call 617-307-7425.
West Cape May
Students Pre-K through 6th grades brought in their donations and their teddy bears and celebrated with age appropriate classroom activities about all kinds of bears. West Cape May Elementary was pleased to raise enough money to donate 22 teddy bears to Cape Regional Medical Center in Court House. The teddy bears will be used at Cape Regional Medical Center to comfort sick children in their Pediatric Department and in their new Family Room that the hospital is currently finalizing through a grant from The Ronald McDonald House.
Woodbine
Mayor William Pikolycky is pleased to congratulate the 2015 elementary and high school graduates from the Borough of Woodbine.
Graduating Woodbine Elementary School on June 18, 2015 were:
Alyssa Junile Bozarth, Carlos Ramon Camacho III, Jaylin Guiseppi Garcia, Arcolia Eugene Holton, Victoria Cecilia London, Luis Adrian Mercado ,Jaelyn Rose Murphy, Na’Sean T’zias Murray, Timothy Remo Price, Orlando Ruben Ramos, Freddy Rodriguez, Mackenzie Leigh Ryan ,Justin Case Viera, Zhyana Mick’ey Young,
Awards during the graduation ceremony went to:
Justin Viera—Woodbine Borough Student Government Award (Social Studies);
Jaelyn Murphy & Victoria London-Philip DeSantis Award (Service to the School)
Victoria London & Jaelyn Murphy—Cape May County Chief School Administrators Award (Top Academic Performance);
Jaelyn Murphy–Woodbine Volunteer Fire Department (Science);
Jaelyn Murphy—American Legion Award (Memorial Day Essay);
Victoria London & Jaelyn Murphy—Knights of Columbus (Highest Academic Average);
Luis Mercado—John and Mary Horne Award (Hardest worker; Most creative);
Luis Mercado—Carolyn Moffit Award (Outstanding Academic Improvement and Achievement)
Victoria London—Lawrence and Bertha Southwick Memorial Award (Math);
Justin Viera & Carlos Camacho III—Elmer and Rose Hankerson Scholarship Award (Overall Achievement);
Zhyana Young (for School Values) & NaSean Murray (for Most Improved)—PTA Scholarship Awards (Art);
Congratulations also to Woodbine graduates attending other schools:
From Dennis Township Elementary: Gabriella Caraballo
From Middle Township School: Dashaun Schaffer
From Bishop McHugh Regional: Julia Sittineri
From Millville Senior High School: Chaz Bland, Carlos Camacho, Jose Galindez
From Cape May County Technical High School: Krista Cook, Hector Cruz, Alyssa Gray Rivera, Rebecca Huertas, Yarel Lopez-Marin, Trevon Riley, Caesar Scott Barreto, Katelyn White
“I wish all of our graduates from the Borough of Woodbine the best in their future endeavors. If there is any graduate we may have not been made aware of, please contact my office so that we can mail them our personal congratulations,” added Mayor Pikolycky. “And special congratulations to all those from who have completed their studies in higher education this academic year, whether at the undergraduate or graduate level and all those completing technical and career programs.”