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The Crusader

X Press

The Newspaper of Wildwood Catholic High School Spring 2016

What’s on Deck

this Spring?

April

6 12:07 Dismissal - Faculty meeting

13 Red Cross Blood Drive

18 Teacher In-service / no school

23 WCHS Prom

26 Senior Retreat

May

4 12:07 Dismissal - Faculty meeting

5 Ascension Thursday / no school

30 Memorial Day / no school

June

1 12:07 Dismissal / Graduation

6 Field Day

7 Art Club Trip

17 Last Day Of School

Meet Our President, Father Joseph Wallace By Justin Feraco

For the past six years, Father Joseph Wallace has been president of our school and under his leadership, Wildwood Catholic has grown and improved in many ways.

Father Wallace was born and raised in Woodbury Heights and Somers Point. In high school he was very curious about the priesthood. Realizing his vocation was a slow process. There were no huge signs or a vision that pushed him toward it, just the voice of our Lord.

Also what made him think of it more was the great ex-ample of priests he had in his parish.

Father Wallace has been a priest for 31 years.

When asked if he were to be relocated anywhere of his choice where would it be, he replied, “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere but here. This is my happiest assignment in all of priesthood.”

As president, he said when he walks down the halls he sees “the great potential for the future of young men and women who will be filling the ranks of leadership roles in a variety of occupa-tions.”

In addition to being our president, Father is also the Director of Ecumeni-cal and Interreligious Af-fairs for the Diocese of Camden. He said that “one aspect of priestly ministry that I treasure the most is the variety of opportunities for ser-vice.” This allows Father

to focus on various min-isterial endeavors while keeping the main focus on his parish duties.

With all he juggles dai-ly he said that “it would be impossible without the help of my fellow priests, administrators, parish staff, school deans, won-derful faculty, and an army of volunteer minis-ters at our parish.”

Also “working directly with people, especially sacramentally,” is his favorite thing out of all he does. He loves inter-acting with weddings, baptisms, visiting the sick, and working with our students.

When asked if he would change anything about Wildwood Catho-lic, he said that he would “love to double the num-ber of students in our schools and have no wor-ries about funding.”

(See Father Wallace’s column

on page 2.)

The 2016 race has been a unique one so far. We’re fol-lowing it on TV polls and in our halls. On page 6 read two students’ opinions, as well as the results of our own poll. Here are opinions of some previous winners. “A vote is like a rifle: its use-fulness depends upon the char-acter of the user.” --Theodore Roosevelt

US Presidential Race “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” ― Abraham Lincoln

“Elections belong to the peo-ple. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their be-hinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” ― Abraham Lincoln “I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had

ceased to be in love with liberty.” --Woodrow Wilson “Let us not seek the Re-publican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” --John F. Kennedy

See “President” page 6

Page 2 WCHS Life Spring 2016

As president of Wildwood Catholic

High School, I was asked to give my view of what I see when I tour our wonderful school.

I see students that are blessed to attend a school that is safe, respectful, spir-itual, friendly and academi-cally superior.

They excel educationally because our exceptional fac-ulty is dedicated to giving our students the tools need-ed to face the challenges they will encounter in the colleges and universities they are preparing to enter.

They also are being ex-posed to the Gospel message

that will mold the spiritual compass they need to live lives shaped by the teach-ings of Christ and steeped in the moral doctrine of the Catholic Church.

I see administrators and teachers who have dedicated their lives to the vocation of Catholic education.

Like the parents of our students, our teachers sacri-fice their time, talents and treasure to ensure that our students receive the best possible education available.

They are accountable and operate according to the highest professional stand-ards.

Our teachers, coaches and

administrators emphasize a God-centered life of perse-verance, courage, conscien-tiousness and Christian charity.

Our students learn in a disciplined environment, one that respects every indi-vidual, one that seeks to pro-mote justice and self-control, while living their faith in action.

Our students are encour-aged to spread their wings in all aspects of development. Athletics, arts, forensics and charitable outreach are all aspects of our well rounded student body.

Our students thrive in a community where they are

accepted, respected and nev-er feel lost in a crowd. Our schools are very much an extension of the family, where faith and learning are core values.

To sum up, I see a Catho-lic school that provides a faith-filled education built upon Catholic virtues and the life of Jesus Christ.

Our school points the way to personal success rooted in moral character.

This is the foundation of our beloved Wildwood Catholic High School that seeks to promote a meaning-ful life for our students.

Preparing for college can be stressful. At Wildwood Catholic the college process is broken down into step-by-step instructions. Guidance Direc-tor Mr. Salvatore Zuccarello and Guidance Secretary Mrs. Linda McBride guide students through the process.

Guiding Students toward College

Story and photo By Anastasia O’Regan

Mrs. McBride has worked for nine years as the guidance secretary at Wild-wood Catholic and is willing to answer students’ questions about their academic future. When asked how juniors can prepare for their senior year, Mrs. McBride says, "Juniors should be concentrated on taking their SATs, being in-volved in community service, school activities, and finishing the year strong." In order for a junior to get ready for the SATs it is helpful to get a

tutor over the summer of for after school.

It is important to talk over college locations and financial situations with par-ents. Deciding on a career path is a hard process, but it is good to have some idea of what you'd like to do in life. As for seniors, they should be focused on their grades and meeting application deadlines. And for those seniors who have not finished the process, there is still time if you’re diligent!

Julian Diantonio, a junior

Mathematics teacher Mr. Matthew

Schelling and his fiancé Jessica

DiPrimeo met five and a half years

ago in North Wildwood. On Nov. 18,

2015, Mr. Schelling surprised Jessica

after work with a marriage proposal.

The couple is having a destination

wedding in the Dominican Republic

with family and friends.

Mock Trial Team Makes History

Although the Wild-wood Catholic Mock Trial Team (4-2) was not able to make it out of counties, they accomplished a feat that hasn’t happened in over six years: beating Middle Township.

Middle has won three state championships in the past 10 years, and the last time they lost the county, freshmen witness Kate Don-aldson was only nine-years-old.

Middle Township went on to win the county, but was

By Joe Scioli first defeated by Wildwood Catholic’s prosecution.

Wildwood Catholic’s mock trial team was com-prised of the prosecution led by Alex Horwell and Joseph Scioli. Prosecution witness-es were Mae Mathis, Emma

McCoy, and William Gloede. The defense was led by

attorneys Micah Rucci and Julianna Roche. The defense witnesses were Kaci Gal-lagher, Stephanie Black, and Kate Donaldson.

Looking toward the future, the team looks to do even better by striving to win the county and go on to the state competition next year.

With a large part of the team still intact, big things are to come for the Wild-wood Catholic Mock Trial Team.

From left: Joe Scioli, Kaci Gal-

lagher, Alex Horwell

Photo by Ms. Theresa Murphy

Best Wishes!

As I Look About: Notes from Father Wallace

Page 3 WCHS People Spring 2016

Catholic Goes Global A Spring Morning

By Meng Haoran (689-740)

I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,

Everywhere round me the singing of birds.

But now I remember the night, the storm,

And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.

Every year Wildwood Catholic students have the opportunity to travel to a des-tination outside the United States.

This year about 25 students will be visiting Italy over Easter break.

This trip will include stops in

Academic challenge is a trivia team at Wildwood Catholic. It is a competition where students form teams of four and face off in a three round challenge.

The first round consists of history, art, and music. The second round consists of sci-

This taste of the season written in Chinese and Eng-lish was submitted by staff writer Jinyi Zhang

On Feb. 29, the Journalism class

and the entire senior class, along

with their teachers traveled to

Washington, DC to visit the US

Holocaust Memorial and the Mar-

tin Luther King Monument.

Left: the Journalism class at the Eter-

nal Flame in the Hall of Remem-

brance.

Photo by Randy Whitt

Pursuing Trivia for the Win By Dominic Lopresti

Arriverderc i ! Ciao! Buon Viaggio!

By Molly McNulty Rome, Florence, Padua,

Venice, and Lake Como over a span of 10 days.

The trip is an experience of a lifetime and anticipated by all who go.

The European trip varies every year. In years past they traveled to places such as France, Germany, and Greece.

The trip is open to any sophomores, juniors, or sen-iors who wish to join, and is

chaperoned by Ms. Mary Kane, Mr. Joseph Catanoso, and this year, math teacher Mr. Matthew Schelling.

When in Italy students will experience the history and culture of this country and make memories that will last a lifetime.

Two years ago a group of Wildwood Catholic students traveled to Italy and Greece.

Maegan Sharkey, class of 2015, described her experi-

ence on this trip saying, “my great-est high school memories were made on the European trip my jun-ior year. I was able to explore new places and learn about different cultures alongside my Wildwood Catholic family. The trip exceeded my expectations and was well worth the investment.”

ence, and math. The final round is pop culture and mis-cellaneous.

There is one substitute al-lowed and can only sub out in between rounds. There are 30 questions per round and a team can challenge one question per round.

The challenge is used for questions where your team had been told an answer was wrong and you think you're

right. There are no deductions for lost challenges.

In between rounds there is a five minute break and after the second round pizza is served.

The questions asked can range in difficulty from simple questions such as the name of certain award winners all the way to the name of the ancient people who originate from the island of Crete.

Wildwood Catholic has two competition teams, team white and team blue. Their competi-tion schedule leads up to one fun event at Buena where teams pick countries to repre-sent themselves and dress up with costumes signifying their country.

This year Wildwood Catho-lic teams are Morocco and Australia.

Page 4 WCHS Sports Spring 2016

DJ Smith is captain of the Crusaders Boys Basketball team. When he has the ball on the three-point line, the ball is going in. Here are some inter-esting things he told us.

My best memory is when we won the Cape Atlantic League Championship against Atlantic City my sophomore year.

Practice and Talent: A Winning Combo

By Camilo Jaramillo

Our last issue fea-tured Eileen McNulty, one of the three seniors on the Varsity Girls Basketball team. In this issue, we feature the other two, Molly McNulty and Katie Fiore.

Molly and Katie agree that the best part of being on the team is playing basketball with their friends. For Mol-ly, the hardest part of basketball has been injuries. This year, Molly tore her menis-

Girls B-Ball Captains Give Their All

By Natalie D’alicandro

cus and broke her arm, but continued the season with determination and support for the team.

Through all the ups and downs, both girls feel that they have made lasting memories the past four years on the team. Katie’s favorite memory was the senior night game.

“I was able to play with Eileen, and even though I wasn’t able to play with Molly it was a great experi-ence to stand at half court with them.”

The team also requested a “pink out” for the game, so that the crowd could wear pink to show support for the WCHS art teacher, Ms. Mary Walsh, who is current-

ly fighting breast cancer. Molly’s favorite memory is the Penn State basketball camp, which the team at-tended twice.

She feels that her biggest accomplishment is the team winning the conference this year. Her advice for new members of the team: “Always give 100%; leave it all out there on the floor.”

Katie and Molly aren’t just basketball players. In the fall, Katie plays tennis and Molly plays soccer. They are also involved in Student Council, the fall musical, Art Club, and NHS. In addition to all of these activities, both girls are preparing for col-lege. Katie plans to major in math and Molly, in science.

Photo by Erin Connelly

This year, the Varsity Girls Basketball team won the Cape Atlantic United Conference title, a victory that the Wild-wood Catholic girls haven’t reached since 1997. On March 1, the girls beat Holy Cross Academy in the state playoffs. They advanced to the next round, but unfortu-nately lost to Rutgers Prep.

My worst memory is losing against Gill St. Ber-nard in the State play-off game this year.

Trenton Catholic is the hardest team I have ever played against. They beat us my junior year.

What about college? I am looking at Goldey-Beacom, Bloomfield and Delaware State.

George Cook was the most important player for me. He never hesitated and he always pushed the team.

About being captain, he said, It’s humbling. My responsibilities are leading by example and showing them differences between right or wrong.

We all know you are one of the best three-point shooters in South Jersey. Do you think it is a tal-ent or hours of practicing? I believe it’s a lot of practicing.

Photo by Marshal Vanaman

Spring is here and that means Track and Field sea-son has already started. The Crusaders had a scrimmage at Holy Spirit on March 19. And also the first meet of the season on April 6 at Lower.

Coaches Mike Scythes and Linda McGovern will have great athletes this

TRACK AND FIELD

By Camilo Jaramillo

year. Junior Olaf Feria and sophomore Rakim Coyle are well known for their speed. In addition, freshman Sophie Pe-ters, freshman Nadine Coyle and junior Alicia Forrest will fight to elevate the name of the school.

The team practices at Max-well Field in Wildwood and has 22 kids so far.

“We have a lot of potential in the team and a lot of kids,” says Athletic Director Mr. Brian Haas about the upcoming sea-son.

Photo by Renee Forrest

And about Coach DeWeese? We butted heads at times but in the end we both will

do anything to win.

Page 5 WCHS Sports Spring 2016

Wildwood Catholic soft-ball will be looking toward a run to the championship, as the team this year has been stacked with both leadership and talent.

Three seniors (Kaci Gal-lagher, Mia Capozzoli, and Alexis Skidmore) will be the backbone of the team, leading the way with seven new players.

Going 7-17 last year,

Spring Training in Florida

Drawing by Andy Wang

By Joe Scioli

Imagine waking up in March and walking out the door to a sunny 75 degrees. For Wild-wood Catholic baseball, this dream will become a reality.

The baseball team will be flying to Florida, and will be competing in an exhibition tournament at Universal Parks.

On March 29, the team will travel to Orlando to compete in two or three

spring training games. The team will either practice or have a game each day, conditioning themselves for the up-coming 24 game sea-son.

The day after arrival, Wildwood Catholic will be up against Horace Mann High School from New York to play in the exhibition tour-nament. The day after, Wildwood Catholic will square up against Niles North High School from Illinois.

Our team will be looking to win all their games there to get ready for the upcoming season.

“It’s all about getting reps and swings,” sen-ior outfielder Justin Feraco states. “The bet-ter we do down there, the better we will do up here.”

Once the “sun and sea” trip comes to an end, it will be time for Wildwood Catholic Baseball to bring their bats back up to the

Cape Atlantic League, where they will be looking to surprise many fans, and many parts of the league as well.

Spring Means Softbal l

By Joe Scioli with the amount of skill and leadership this team presents, Wildwood Catholic Softball is looking to at least dou-ble their win total.

Striving toward at least 14 wins, Captain Kaci Gallagher spoke on the upcoming season: “I believe both teams [baseball and softball] will do real well. Both teams will do better than what most people ex-pect.”

Early on, Wildwood Catholic Softball beat Oakcrest in their first preseason matchup.

Starting April 1, Wild-wood Catholic softball begins their 24-game season, looking to win their conference and go as far into the playoffs as possible.

Pictured from left: Mia

Capozzoli, Kaci Gallagher, Alex-

is Skidmore

On Jan. 31 the following soccer players received awards at a din-ner at The Reeds in Stone Harbor. MVP: Jackson Rogers and Anthony Zampiri Coaches Awards: Frankie Phillips and Ryan Mcduell Crusader Awards: Justin Feraco and Kyle Krause Newcomer Awards: Ryan Legler and Camilo Jaramillo (Tin Tin)

From left: Kyle Krause, Camilo Jaramillo, Jackson Rogers, Justin Feraco and Ryan Mcduell Photo by Cory Krause

Mr. Timothy O’Brien is the new Boys Tennis

Coach. The team has 15 players. The season

spans April 5-May 12.

Page 6 WCHS Politics Spring 2016

His bround consists of economic genius and a no-nonsense poli-cy. This strong and stern leader is what our country needs to “Make America Great Again.”

Trump’s plan for the American economy is by far the best out of all the candidates. He plans to simplify the tax brackets to four different brackets and to be easier on the middle class citizens.

He also aspires to help the American economy grow by discour-aging corporations to outsource jobs. Outsourcing has been a hot topic in political conversation in recent years because it has been hard to fix, but Trump’s 15 percent tax on companies will lower the United States to one of the lowest on earth.

Also for those who dislike the rich and their ability to avoid taxation, Trump will attempt to solve that issue with the exclusion of loopholes in taxes.

The misconception of Trump’s policy on illegal immigrants has been hard to understand with the media skewing his words. Trump’s policy on immigration is to return all illegal immigrants to their home countries and to uphold the laws of our constitution. What would our nation be with a government that does not enforce its own laws? Well, it would hardly be a nation.

A no-nonsense attitude will get things done. The “do your job” mindset of Donald Trump will help to jumpstart America into the right direction and towards a profitable America.

Trump’s strategy once he comes into office is to get things done. Getting things done has been such an issue in our government today that it's embarrassing to talk about. The standstill we call Congress will begin to run again but it will take time and a power-ful and new leader.

America needs a leader who will be transparent and speak the truth. Donald J. Trump is that leader. With Trump as our president we will make America Great Again.

Because of my age some may think that I support Sanders because of his plan to lower college tuition. However, this is not the sole rea-son.

First Sander's has a powerful record on civil and human rights since the 1950s. One of his first campaigns was running for class president at Madison High School in New York City. His platform was based on raising scholarship funds for Korean War orphans. Although he lost, the person who won decided to endorse Sanders' idea, and the scholar-ship program was created.

In 1962 Sanders was arrested for protesting segregation in Chicago schools. Sanders went around putting up flyers around the city detail-ing police brutality. Eventually the Supreme Court started to undo segregation.

Sanders recently spoke out in his support of the Black Lives Matter movement at the recent Democratic debate. Sanders mentioned his four ideas on how to combat police brutality. Racism is a close issue to him since Sander's father’s family was killed by Nazis in the Holocaust.

Second, Sanders is honest. As a young woman I firmly believe that men and women are equal.

Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright are shaming young females supporting Sanders instead of Hillary Clinton. I am not voting for her simply because I don't trust her. According to a recent Quinnipiac Uni-versity National Poll, 60 percent of Americans find Clinton dishonest. Clinton changes her viewpoints according to what is trending instead of standing for what is right. Clinton does not treat the youth with in-telligence when she talks to them. For example, she tweeted "In three emojis or less, how does your student loan debt make you feel?"

But Sanders respectfully talks to the youth as his equal. Donald Trump has proven to be a strong candidate, and I agree with

some of his plans. We need to make sure the people coming into America are not bringing harm. I do not believe that building a "Great Wall" between Mexico and the US will handle this issue, but rather a scanning process and a visa system that immigrants can afford.

Some people claim that Sanders is a socialist and will ruin Ameri-ca's democracy. His plans are deeply inspired by Yiddish Socialism. According to an article found on www.forward.com: 'The unions that Yiddish Socialists built gained increasing influence in local and nation-al politics and helped pass New Deal, Veterans, and Great Society legislation that established middle class living standards for millions of American workers.”

Sander’s values were strongly influenced by his attending a kibbutz shortly after college. This explains his stances on Israel and his values.

I would like to see Sanders in office because he will work on fixing issues in America. Unlike other candidates Sanders recognizes that it takes unity to enforce change. While other candidates, such as Clinton, are paid to speak at events, Sanders has spoken for free at many colleg-es. He truly cares about our country and that is what I think America needs right now.

On the Left…By Anastasia O’Regan

My family has always encouraged me to vote for the person of my choosing despite their political party. I have chosen Bernie Sanders.

On the Right...By Dominic Lopresti

Unorthodox tactics and bad hair to boot, Donald J. Trump is the best candidate for US Presidency. His peculiar behavior, (for example, buying Jeb Bush’s campaign Web site so it would send people to his Web site), and excellent economic approach is surely the most eye catching of all the candidates.

For whom would our students vote? Dominic Lopresti polled them during history classes involving all four grades. Students were asked to choose the presidential candidate they would most likely vote for.

“President” cont. from page 1

“A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.”

--Theodore Roosevelt Complied by Camilo Jaramillo

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1500 Central Avenue North Wildwood, NJ 08260

Editor-in-Chief: Mrs. Carolyn Miller Managing Editor: Dr. Carolyn Mee Staff Reporters: Will Bell ‘16 Natalie D’alicandro ‘16 Justin Feraco ‘16 Camilo Jaramillo ‘16 Dominic Lopresti ‘17 Molly McNulty ‘16 Anastasia O’Regan ‘16 Joseph Scioli ‘16 Faith Sorensen ‘16 Andy Wang ‘17 Jinyi Zhang ‘17

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Page 7 WCHS Arts Spring 2016

C re a t i ve C r u s a d e r s Crusader XPress highlights WCHS’s talented students in every issue.

C o m p i l e d b y N a t a l i e D’ a l i c a n dr o

Artist: Caroline Inderwies, a junior. It is also “repeat pattern and coloring technique” project. The medium is colored pencil and sharpie.

Artist: Morgan Burkhardt, a senior. The project is "repeat patterns and coloring techniques." The medium is colored pencil and sharpie.

Wildwood Catholic High School is now taking ap-

plications for 2016-2017.

Here’s what current students are saying about WCHS:

At Wildwood Catholic High School I have to exceed my boundaries and I

have realized that I can do anything if I set my mind to it...as this school

helps one form lasting relationships with others.

Joe Scioli, Class of 2016

I learned that if someone really talks to God and prays, it will be easy to

understand and learn what God teaches us… Although I am not Catholic,

religion affects my life for the better.

Andy Wang from China, Class of 2017

Since I came here I have learned a lot about religion...I think Catholic

schools are the best schools. This is a school is full of love.Love God,

love ourselves, and love everyone.

Jinyi Zhang from China, Class of 2017

I am glad I attend Catholic high school because of the family atmos-

phere...For me, attending a Catholic school means that I will be a part of

the Wildwood Catholic family long after I graduate. The lessons I have

learned will stay with me. I also know that friend I have made will with

me for life. Attending a Catholic school has made me the person I am

today and has prepared me for the future.

Natalie D’alicandro, Class of 2016

“Fides et Scientia” means faith and knowledge. Here at Wildwood Cath-

olic I believe that I have developed in both my faith and my knowledge...

In attending Wildwood Catholic, I learned that with God that is surely

possible.

Molly McNulty, Class of 2016

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