School Days

Lower Township
Mrs. Richman’s 2nd grade class is learning to plant seeds of kindness around the Mitnick School. They made posters, sang a song to the school during a Bucket Bonanza and made Valentine’s Day cards for the Senior citizens at North Cape Nursing Home.
Maud Abrams School is involved in a unique and fun program known as B.U.G; or, Bringing Up Grades. Cape May Kiwanis volunteers implemented this program at our school. Students who bring up at least one grade, or maintain all A’s are eligible to receive a B.U.G. award.
The following is a list of students who received the award from first to second marking period this year: Grade 4: Mrs. Barcas: Matthew Hays, Dawn Mastriana, Carley McDonald, Tristan Noble, Emma Leigh Reinhardt, Maximilian Gilbert, Nicholas Hess. Mrs. Rivers/Donohue’s class: Shane Allen, Amanda Brooks, Alberto Candelaria-Perez, Javen DeAngelo, Patrick Haggerty, Nathan MacCarter, James Mc Gonigal, Keera Ortiz, Chloe Conley, Grace Moore, Briona O’Connell, Crystal Pham, Destiny Schreader, Wesley Tosto. Mrs. Ferrante’s: Hanna Augustyn, Brianna Barnes, Samantha Billig, Sophnia Greto, Cassie Lake, Taylor Magill, Madison Magliocco, Kevin Morrissey, Abigail Nagel, Manny Rodrigues, Ashlyn Sekela, Delaney Smith. Mrs. Levin’s : Lance Aldridge, Jeanine Bresan, Haley Ruffo, Taylor Mortensen, Tori Novsak, Shelby Walter. Mrs. O’Shea: Samantha Cruzan, Daniel LaPointe, Makayla Morrison, Robert Quinn, Christian Ray. Mrs. Rosenberg: Nicolas Gioulis, Brooke LaSerre. Mr. Shivers: Austin Anderson, Norman Brion, Gabriella Coombs, Connor Eckel, Samantha Jenison, Ashton Kern, Elizabeth Lubberman, Brady Magill, Mattie Newby, Caleb Nickerson, Laura Perry, Abigail Robb, Jordan Surran, David Tosto, Madison Mansfield. Mrs. Swanson: Isabella Aftanis, Paul Cristelo, Kelsey Endicott, Ashely Hamby, Elise Heim, Caleb Lawson, Reed Lindsay, Josue Lopez, Molly McGuigan, Jordan Pierce, Roman Voinea, Alyssa Wagner. Mrs. Sweeney: Brianna Dickson, Tapanga Koelle, Kenneth Lenker, Samuel Recupero. Ms. Weeks: Lacee Calfine, Nikkolas Frey, Jackson O’Brien, Donovan Richardson, Destini Striluk, Rob Elwell, Colin Godman, Alexis Keifer, Ava Leidy, Jack Murphy, Alexis Nalbone, Bryce Reidenbach. Mr. Young: Lawrence Hastings, Nicole MacFarlane, James Pellerin, Justin Treagen, Andrew Vanderlinden, Robert White, Lilie Wilson, Peter Wilson.
Grade 3 students: Mr. Ackroyd: Haley Butler, Jay Heishman, Michael Hober, Alexis Keolle, Hannah McCloskey, Logan Morris, Emily Van Artsdalen, Joseph Whitesell. Mr. Bur: Holly Karavanas, Marley Kronemeyer, Devin Langford, Robert Sleght, Devon Smith, Hailee Stiefel, Angelina Alliano, Matthew Brown, Cali Rose Flosdorf, Evan Golden. Mr. Coombs: Michael McKelvey, Eddie Stockton, Davis Clifford, and Mark Lane. Mrs. Garagozzo: Maggie Boyle, Delaney Brown, David Nelson, Hannah Seningen, Shea Bonner, Isabel Dowe, Troy Genero, Kyla Haibach, Thomas McMenamin, Devon Peckiconis, Daniel Tannenbaum, Leia Torres, Deja Vai. Mrs. Hickman: Elijah DiCola, Haley Dolbow, Tucker Emerson, Amberlee Muller, and Madison Schiffbauer. Mrs. Iapalucci’s: Andrew Barber, Haley Jamison, Jacob Kronemeyer, Kadi Newby, Avery Rovira-Hewett, Destinee Wain, Izzy Yorio. Mrs. LaVancher: Andrew Weber, Kyla Wolf. Mrs. Morris’: Zachary Bada, Codey Howells, Zaria Greer, Adelia Ogden, Julia Olsen, Logan Patro, Shy-Lee Sloane, Christopher Panelli, Emma Wilson. Mrs. Oleksiak-Hall: Kaylee Morales, Rylee Donaghy, Makenna Fletcher, Emma Rodrigues. Mr. Reidenbach: Michael Castellano, Jennifer Drake, James Kessler, Alyssa Lemmon, Anthony Magliocco, Matthew Moore, Jenna O’Neill, Jayna Renna. Mrs. Sweeten’s class: Piero Bisbal-Coloma, Daniela Cruz-Perez, and Kayla Thomas.
Middle Township
MT PTA announces the 2nd Annual Spring Bizarre to take place on April 20 at Elementary 1. Last year this event was at Elementary 2, a huge success, and the PTA hopes that the new location will provide even more exposure. The upcoming event will take place out doors on the field by the Administration Building and Wawa on Route 9. Spaces will cost $50.00. Look for more news to come!
West Cape May
West Cape May Elementary School held its annual Science and Inventors’ Fair on Feb. 11. Parents and the community were invited to view and discuss the projects with the children in grades Pre-K through Grade 6.
It was a busy day on Feb. 8 at West Cape May Elementary School. Not only did the third through sixth graders begin their exploration of alternative energy sources in the morning, but they also participated in the school-wide spelling bee in the afternoon. As part of the Atlantic City Electric Grant awarded to Mrs. Calabro and Ms. Stone, representatives of Solar Cambria visited to discuss the use of the sun as an alternative energy source and the placement of solar panels on the school’s roof. Later that day, the spelling bee took place. There were six participants representing grades 3 through 6. Judges included Lee O’Connor of the East Lynne Theater Co., Ms.Elaine Wallace, the West Cape May Borough clerk, and Michael Regosch, an area resident. The winner after 45 nail-biting rounds was fifth grader, Alex Roth.
Wildwood Catholic
Join us for Wildwood Catholic’s winter musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Performances are Saturday, February 23 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, February 24th at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12.
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of six young school kids, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime and a trip to nationals in Washington. A quirky yet charming cast of overachievers, for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time, will warm your heart, tickle your funny bone and perhaps teach you a valuable lesson; winning isn’t everything and losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser!
Also on Sunday the 24, enjoy a pasta buffet at Wildwood Catholic’s Annual Pasta Festival from 4-7:00 p.m. The price is $12.00 for adults and $6.00 for children under 11. Or better yet, go to the 2:00 p.m. show and the Pasta Festival for only $20.00.
Contact the school at 609 – 522 – 7257 for tickets and/or information.