Weekly Wrap

March 14, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION

2023-2024 Calendar

Kindness Walks the Hallways at WCA

Dear Families & Friends,

Kindness is a trait that we model for our students every day at Wildwood Catholic Academy. By showing kindness through our actions the students learn how to treat others in small, but important ways. One of my favorite things is when a student is "caught" helping another student. Just this week, Tyler, shown in the photo above, stopped to tie a friend’s shoe in the hallway this morning. Kindness is a movement and creates a chain reaction that we see throughout school. "The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention." ~Kahlil Gibran

Congratulations to our 8th grade students, Bohdan, Abby, Diana, Mae, and Will, for winning the Anglesea Irish Society scholarship. They will be presented their scholarships at the 10am Mass at St. Ann's Church on Saturday, March 16.

Theater: Reserve your seat at an entertaining and delicious buffet breakfast at Duffinetti's on March 16. Money raised will help support the WCA Theater Program. Plus remember to get your tickets for the show! WCA was live on 98.7 The Coast to promote the Green Eggs and Ham fundraiser, and the spring musical, Seussical.

Sports: Spring sports began practicing this week. Schedules are posted here.

75th Anniversary: To commemorate 75 years we kicked off a campaign to raise $75,000 in 75 Days. Donations fund academic programs, competitive athletics, and extracurricular activities.

You can donate in three ways:

Online
Text WCA75 to 53-555
Check made out to Wildwood Catholic Academy and note in the memo "75 in 75."

Save these dates!

March 18 Faculty In-Service Day (School Closed)
March 21-23 Seussical the Musical
March 26 Living Stations of the Cross
March 27 End of 3rd Quarter Marking Period (12pm Dismissal)
March 28-April 5 Easter Recess
April 8 School Closed (Snow Day)
April 9 School Resumes

Joseph Cray

Principal

Email Joseph Cray

Louise Fourney

Vice Principal, Director of Guidance

Email Louise Fourney

Jennifer Snyder

Vice Principal

Email Jennifer Snyder

Guidance/Senior Class Events & Updates

College Acceptances

Wildwood Catholic Academy is proud to announce:

El McCabe’s acceptances to the University of North Carolina, University of Massachusetts, University of Delaware, and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Emily Evan’s acceptances to Penn State University Park and Loyola University.
Jaime Bogle’s acceptance to the College of Charleston.
Mia Dougherty’s acceptance to the University of Tennessee.

Congratulations!

April Is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Fundraiser Tuesday, April 2 - 4-8pm: Chipotle, 1705 NJ-47 South, Rio Grande Order online for pick up using code BG2ZLR7 or show the flyer in the restaurant

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the fundraiser will help Joel Feldman’s organization Enddd.org to keep going into schools, creating public service announcements, and doing presentations, and raising awareness to try to put an end to distracted driving.

High School Student Summer Job Opportunity

Seasonal camp counselor positions open at the Cape May Recreation Department for students 16 years and older. Please see the flyer for details to apply.

Click Here to Download Flyer

From Around Campus

Theater Fundraiser

Dine Out for Seussical the Musical

Did you get your tickets for this delicious fundraiser? This Saturday dine at Duffinetti's Restaurant and Lounge at 4600 Pacific Ave. in Wildwood, and help the theater program raise funds. There will be two seatings: 9-10:30am and 10:30am-noon, adults are $15, and children are $10. Included is a buffet breakfast, performances from the cast, and a photo op with the Cat in the Hat!

Tickets can be purchased from any cast member or in the Main Office. Questions? Email [email protected].

In the Classroom

Fourth Graders Put Final Touches On "Color My World" Project

Our fourth graders tackled a writing and artistic endeavor on the theme "Color My World." Students were asked to write a poem about a color, and were additionally challenged to decorate the poem with imagery from magazines. Using visuals along with the written word allowed multiple lessons to coincide. Ask your student about the color and imagery that they chose.

5th Grade

Practicing Editing Skills With Partners

The fifth graders have been practicing their peer editing skills. They have been working on research papers, and then paired up with a classmate to begin the editing process. Working in pairs provides a comfortable way for students to work through new skills and concepts, and gives them a chance to try out new ideas.

Catholic Corner

Youth Stations of the Cross

Every Friday in Lent the parish of Notre Dame de la Mer has Stations of the Cross at Assumption Church at 6pm. On Friday, March 22 we will be doing the Stations directed toward the youth. After the Stations, which is about 45 minutes, I would like to invite the youth of the parish and their families to join us for a pizza social in Kelly Hall. Any family who would like to bring a dessert to share would be appreciated.

Please RSVP by phone at 609-522-2709 ext. 218 or email [email protected], so I can order enough pizza.

Hope to see you all there!

From the Parent Teacher Association

SAVE THE DATE

Annual Spring Fling - Friday, June 7, 5-9pm

Details will be coming out soon on how to purchase tickets and become a sponsor for the end of the year Spring Fling - so save the date and book your babysitter now - you don't want to miss this party!

This Week In Photos

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Cast members from Seussical were live on 98.7 The Coast to promote the Green Eggs and Ham fundraiser, this Saturday 3/16, and the spring musical, Seussical. Seussical runs next Thursday 3/21, and Friday 3/22 at 7pm and Saturday 3/23 at 2pm and 7pm. Get your tickets for the breakfast and shows in both the Upper School and Lower School offices.

This week students “dressed like a famous person." Students were able to dress like a famous person in exchange for a donation to The Lazarus House. Take a look at all of these stars: Lainey Wilson, Albert Einstein, and Taylor Swift are just a few of the famous people depicted.

On Wednesday the American Red Cross was at our school. We are so proud of all the students that volunteered and donated blood.

Fifth graders working with partners on the editing process.

Fourth graders put the final touches on their “Color My World” poems. Each student wrote a poem about a color, then they were challenged to decorate it with pictures from magazines.

Last week kindergartners enjoyed Dr. Seuss themed rotations.

During Read Across America Week the cast of Seussical the Musical celebrated by performing and reading books to several classes. They also visited our friends at Bishop McHugh.