School Days

Bishop McHugh
Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School, located at 2221 Route 9 N., Ocean View, will host a “Shadowing Day” for students in any grade, kindergarten through eighth, on Monday, March 29. Prospective new students will be paired up with a Bishop McHugh student in the grade they will be attending in the 2010-2011 school year beginning at 8:15 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Students will have the opportunity to receive a Bishop McHugh experience first-hand and explore the school’s state-of-the-art facility, as well as make a few friends along the way.
A question and answer session will be held in the gymnasium for prospective new students and their families immediately after school. Registration is currently being accepted.
For more information or to make an appointment, call 624-1900, ext. 21.
Crest Memorial
March 1st marked an important moment in the lives of Crest Memorial School’s students and staff, which will be remembered throughout their lives. Since December 2009 the students in grades 4-8 have been raising money and awareness for Angkor Children’s Hospital of Cambodia.
Their goal was to raise money to donate to the “Friends Without a Border” organization that in turn will give much needed aid to Angkor Hospital. In the words of Crest Memorial’s principal, Ms. Ann Maria Guevara, “We believe that one of the most important elements of the education we offer students at Crest Memorial is an awareness that they are part of a global community, that they are citizens of the world, connected to every human being in every village, town, city and country in the world.”
The students were visited on March 1st by Dr. Robert Nassau, a volunteer pediatrician and educator at Angkor Children’s Hospital, who gave a presentation depicting the hospital through photos he had taken during his visits to the hospital. Dr. Nassau has volunteered at the hospital numerous times over the past ten years and has seen it grow into a self-sufficient medical facility treating every ailment from colds to heart defects.
Dr. Nassau was very touched by the hard work and dedication of the students, staff, and PTC who donated a check of $2,260 to the hospital organization. They had set up fundraisers, made hand-painted crafts, and received donations from family members and staff to help raise this money.
The money raised by the Crest Memorial family will not only be a great help to Angkor Children’s Hospital; it is actually enough money to help perform five heart surgeries on children in the hospital. Not only have the students learned a valuable lesson about the meaning of personal sacrifice and helping others, they have actually helped save the lives of at least five Cambodian children.
The following students were the homeroom ambassadors for this project: Fourth graders Genevieve Heym, Anders Marius, Dennis McAllister, and Melissa Malinowski; Fifth graders Brad Altman, Brianna Davidson, Olaf Feria, and Dayna Bucolo; Sixth graders Mackenzie Bradley, Kaci Gallagher, Angel Reidy, and Anna Bobb; Seventh graders Isabella Hannig, Hatden Garrabrant, and Macie Hawthorne; and Eighth graders Rita Marino, Doug Reidy, Megan Irwin, Dominick Martino, Jenny Kole, and Jordan Sedotti.
A special thank you to eighth graders Doug Reidy, Rita Marino, and Megan Irwin, who first suggested to Ms. Guevara that this project would be a valuable experience for the students and staff of Crest Memorial School. This will be an accomplishment that the students and staff of Crest Memorial School will remember throughout their lives because their efforts helped to save the lives of others.
Glenwood Avenue
New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection’s water outreach and education programs sponsored a program for Glenwood Avenue Elementary School’s fourth grade students to help raise awareness about water issues in New Jersey.
The lessons, presented by Dan McLaughlin, an Americorp Watershed Ambassador, helped promote environmentally responsible behavior that results in improved water quality. The students participated in several scenarios which taught them that what happens to the watershed is based on their environmental decisions.
The fourth graders learned about “polluted runoff” and how picking up after pets is just one way to prevent pollution and improve the quality of our water. Glenwood’s students learned some valuable lessons about water pollution!
In Wildwood, the Glenwood Avenue Elementary School has a rich history of community service. Students have been involved with the United Way, various Food Drives, toy collections, reading to senior citizens, beach clean-up and raising money for UNICEF. Most recently their helping hand extended to Haiti following a crippling earthquake killing hundreds of thousands of people. Together, staff and students raised a whopping $925.00 for Save the Children Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.
At lunchtime, students “skipped-a-snack” and dropped those saved coins into collection jars throughout the building. The project was on going throughout the month of February.
Middle Township
MTHS Principal Ted Pugliese recently presented a check to David Spriggs, principal of Cape Christian Academy. The faculty of MTHS collected the money in memory of Thaddeus Lazowski, a former student at CCA who was killed in a tragic plane crash in November of 2009. Thaddeus was an avid science student who wished to have more science equipment in his school. The money will now go to improving the school’s science lab, “Thaddeus’ Playhouse.”
Stone Harbor
Alexine Tice, of this community, recently competed at the 2010 Pennsylvania Alpine Race Association J-4/J-5 State Ski Championships. Tice’s highest scoring run was 10th in the slalom; she finished the two-day competition ranked 15th in the state amongst racers aged 9 – 12. However, Tice, who is 11, was the 2nd highest ranked 11-year-old in the competition.
Tice is a member of the Camelback Ski Team and competes in races in the Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania, racing at mountains such as Jack Frost, Elk, Camelback, and Blue Mountain. Each division in the state has a predetermined number of slots for racers to qualify to compete at the State Championships, thus only 44 girls of the roughly 200 who are competitive skiers were qualified to compete.
Because Tice finished in such a high place at the state competition, she also became one of 11 Pennsylvania racers eligible to compete at the Francis Piche Invitational in Gun Stock, New Hampshire, later this month.
“At the beginning of the ski season, my goal was to qualify for states,” said Tice, “but after was doing well in my races, I started thinking about making it to the Piche.” “I’m really excited,” she added with a huge grin.
Off the slopes, Tice attends Stone Harbor Elementary School, where she is an Honor Roll student. She also plays the flute in the school band and sings in the choir. Tice is a member of the Avalon Recreation Lacrosse team, as well, and a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church.
Wildwood Catholic High School
Wildwood Catholic senior Tara Wuko signed a national letter of intent on Monday to attend Rutgers University on a partial athletic scholarship in track. Tara is a Cape Atlantic League all-star standout athlete in three sports—cross-country, swimming and track.
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