School Days

Compiled by: Jen Campbell
Bishop McHugh
Joseph Cashore and his wife, Wilma, of Cashore Marionettes, visited Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School on Tuesday, March 22. His visit was made a reality after the third, fourth and fifth grade students at the school created original puppet shows about the causes of pollution and the solutions for a better environment as part of their “Workshop Wednesday” curriculum.
The students were inspired to construct their marionettes and write the vignettes after viewing a video about Cashore and his marionettes. This group of students wondered aloud, “Do you think the marionettes could come to our school someday?” The answer was “Yes!”
The Cashore Marionettes presented two shows for the students Tuesday. Cashore and his marionettes have performed across North America, Europe, and Asia. In his performance Life in Motion, Cashore presented his collection of marionette masterworks.
The Cashore Marionettes take the audience on a journey that celebrates the richness of life.

Between shows Cashore and his wife spent time in the classroom with the students and had the opportunity to see the projects the students worked on creating their own marionettes.
Cape May County Special Services
Every Tuesday the delicious smells of baked goods fill the air around the Life Skills classroom in the Cape May County High School. The staff at the Cape May County Special Services School District looks forward to the “Boys Bakery” coming around the school with a cart selling delicious baked goods. This fun class provides the boys the opportunity to bake in the kitchen and become more independent.
Cape May Technical
Cape May Tech announced that a team of Tech engineering students has won the New Jersey State Section of the 2011 Real World Design Challenge (RWDC). As a result of the win, the Cape May Tech Engineers team will represent the State of New Jersey in the national round of the RWDC competition.
The national round will be held April 15-18 at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. All expenses for the team to compete in the national event are being paid by the RWDC. There, each state’s winning team will make a presentation of their technical design solution to a panel of judges, and a national winner will be chosen.
The top national winners will receive awards and recognition from leaders in government, industry and higher education.
The Cape May Tech Engineers on the New Jersey championship team are:
Chris Bossert, grade 11, Jason McAnulty, grade 11, Hannah Gray, grade 11, Marimar Rivera, grade 11, Zach Gallo, grade 11, Billy Oakley, grade 11, and Dylan Murphy, grade 11
The team’s coach is Peter Hart, Teacher of Pre-Engineering at Cape May Tech. The team is also being mentored by a group of aerospace engineering professionals from both industry and academia.
“This is a big win for these students, and a big boost to the Pre-Engineering Career Technical program at Cape May County Technical High School,” said Capt. Hart. “The NJ State Championship of the RWDC was unexpected, as we were a first year team, composed of junior year students. The team researched the wing concept, and aerodynamic and structural design and analysis theory. We knew that our design methodology was first class. The students came up with a wing design that was commercially viable, and that met the RWDC project requirements. The team did a lot of hard work to learn, and then to use the advanced computer aided engineering software tools. They showed that they can do the work, and it resulted in a nationally recognized state championship in engineering. I am very proud of them. ”
One of the main sponsors of the RWDC program is Parametric Technologies Software, Inc. (PTC). In order to compete in the RWDC project, each team of students was provided with over one million dollars worth of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software tools, courtesy of PTC.
The software suite includes an Engineering Database (CPDM), Computer Aided Design (CAD), and both aerodynamics (CFD) and structural dynamics (FEA) analysis software tools. The entire suite of donated software has been installed and is currently being used by the Pre-Engineering students in the Cape May County Technical High School. Cape May Tech Principal Mike Adams commented, “The donated software suite represents advanced tools that are currently used in the aerospace industry. Cessna, NASA, FAA, and the DoD for engineering design and analysis are also adopting these same tools. The software is professional grade, and Cape May Tech will use it well to prepare engineering students for real world careers in industry and government.”
The Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) is a public-private partnership aimed at sustainably increasing the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce in the long term. The New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Math and Science Education support the RWDC.
The RWDC project is an annual engineering design competition that provides high school students in grades 9-12 the opportunity to work on real world engineering challenges in a collaborative, team-based environment. Each year, the teams are asked to address a difficult technical challenge confronting a leading industry.
This year’s challenge was to use aero-elastic tailoring to design the exterior geometry and interior structure of a commercial airliner wing in a manner that maximizes both fuel efficiency and aerodynamic efficiency.
For more information on the 2011 RWDC program, please visit online at www.realworlddesignchallenge.org.
For more information about Cape May Tech, please visit online at www.capemaytech.com or call 609-465-2161 Ext.643. To contact the Cape May Tech Pre-Engineering program, please send email to petehart@capemaytech.com
Dennis Township
Primary school will hold its kindergarten registration for the 2011-12 school year on April 27 and 28. Registration is done by appointment only. If you have a child who will be entering kindergarten in September, please call the school at 861-2821, extension 501 for an appointment.