West Cape May Elementary School

We're thrilled to welcome Tom Medvecky as WCME’s new Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction! 🎉 With his passion and expertise, we're confident he'll help our students reach new heights.
Welcome to the WCM team, Mr. Medvecky! 🌟

Last week of summer camp and we went out with a bang! 💥
Students created Geode paintings using analogous warm/cool colors with watercolors, sharpies, and sea salt. They made home made ice cream, took a trip to the pool, learned about different insects and made ice cream bugs. 🐜Thank you WCM families for sharing your summer with us. Be sure to join us next summer!

Last week students created an under-the-sea chalk pastel/black acrylic painting. They experimented on how to defy gravity with balloons and if their water towers survive an earthquake. They read about the history of s’mores and even made non-campfire s’mores. We ended the week with an incredible performance of A Little Mermaid by The Panther Playhouse.

Starting now throughout July, WCME will receive $1 for every ACME Give Back Where it Counts Bag that is sold at ACME on 315 Ocean Street, Cape May. Help support a great cause and give back to our school. 

It’s always a great time at summer school! Last week in STEM students made a human marble run, baked sugar cookies, and measured the real length of a blue whale. In art, they learned about the artist Wayne Thiebaud and created cupcake oil pastel drawings based on his pop art-themed dessert paintings. To top it all off we ended the week with a trip to the Cape May County Zoo. 🦁🦅🐍🐵🦉🦒

First week of summer camp and students had a lot of fun! They practiced their procedural writing with how to blow a bubble and bathe a woolly mammoth. 🛁 In art they created one continuous line varying in line styles and then designed inside spaces with color and pattern. 🎨 And in STEM they learned about force and made the perfect paper airplane. ✈️  

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West Cape May sixth graders celebrated graduation with a jump in the ocean. More photos in the June 27 issue of Exit Zero.

Read online on Tuesdays at exitzero.com/weekly, or when we deliver on Thursday.

Good Morning WCMES! We are hoping that everyone is having a great start to their Summer Break. We would like to extend an invitation for parents to meet our new Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction on July 1, 2024 in the gymnasium at from 9am to 10am. Thank you!

Happy last day Mrs. McGonigle!
After 25 incredible years of service to our school Mrs. McGonigle is off to enjoy her retirement. Her unwavering dedication, leadership, and kindness have touched the lives of countless students, staff, and families. We're grateful for everything she has done for our school. You will be missed and we wish you all the best in your well-deserved retirement. 🎉
Thank you, Mrs. McGonigle, for a wonderful 25 years! 💜

Congratulations to our 6th grade class of 2024!
West Cape May Proud Forever!

Happy Field Day! 🇭🇷🇦🇷🇫🇷🇧🇬🇩🇪🇵🇹
Thank you Mrs. Ridgway for creating an event students look forward to year after year!

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We want to send out a great big thank you to all the students and faculty West Cape May Elementary School for holding a pet supply drive for Animal Outreach. These supplies are much in demand here at our adoption center and will certainly be put to good use! The cats have already started investigating their goodies and are helping to get a package ready for dogs in need at the shelter!

Thank you Cape May Police Department and West Cape May Volunteer Fire Company for coming out to celebrate our annual Spray Day! Students saw drone and robot demonstrations, tried on real SWAT gear, met some friendly four-legged law enforcement friends, dunked Mr. Palombo, Officer Ed, Mr. Ian, and Mrs. Wilson, and topped it off by being sprayed from a fire truck. What a day! 🚒🚓
Thank you Officer Ed for a great day!

6th grade had a fun day at Six Flags Great Adventure, yesterday. Their last WCME field trip was definitely the best yet. 🎢

3rd and 4th had beautiful day at the beach Friday. They even had the opportunity to learn about some animal friends from Ranger Matt and his helper Lisa.

It is our last week of school!! Tuesday, June 11th - Thursday, June 13th : Early dismissal (12:50pm). Thursday, June 13th: 6th Grade Moving Up Ceremony (9:30 am) Thursday, June 13th - Last Day of School!!!! ☀️🕶️

STEM Around the World 🌎
Students chose a country and examined environmental issues and contributions to science and architecture. Great job students and thank you Mr. B for another fun event!

🧸 Thank you to all that donated to WCME’s 10th Annual Teddy Bears For Kids Fundraiser. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to raise $243 which will purchase 27 teddy bears to comfort sick children at Cape Regional Health System Medical Center in CMCH. 🧡
WCM PROUD!

4th and 6th grade students from WCME and Cape May City Elementary School had an awesome day thanks to Cape May Police Department and the L.E.A.D program. Earlier in the year students learned how to set goals, stand up to peer pressure, and why they should stay drug free. This was the perfect way to wrap up the L.E.A.D program and the year as a whole.

WCME and Cape May City Elementary School took a trip to the Cape May County Courthouse for the One Judge Program today. They learned all about our judicial process, participated in a mini mock trial, played Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader and even got to meet some pretty adorable members of our local law enforcement. Thank you to Judge Kurkowski and staff for giving us this experience.

Thank you to all the families that came out to the Peer Leaders’ fundraiser at Playland's Castaway Cove OCNJ. It was a perfect day for rides, sun and fun! 🎡☀️🎢

It was a great day for our annual Bike-a-thon! Thank you to all of those who donated, our wonderful PTO, Cape May Police Department and Cape Island Bikes for making this event a big hit year after year!

The WCME Peer Leaders and Staff would like to thank everyone who purchased Playland wristbands! They will be stationed at the pavillon across from Playland from 1:30-2:15pm for wristband pickups. If you arrive after 2:15, please look for Mrs. Mroz or Ms. Lawrie inside the park. Can't wait to see you there! ☀️😎🎢

📚🎉 Our amazing 5th graders took center stage last night, reading their persuasive essays to the Board of Education! They presented compelling arguments for changes they'd like to see in our school, including:

1. ⏰ Shortened school days
2. 🌟 Student of the Month special lunches
3. 🍽️ A digital lunch account
4. 📚 Adding library as a weekly special

We are so proud of their thoughtful ideas and passionate presentations. Great job, future leaders! 👏📖✨

Thank you to Ryan Benz for sharing your amazing story of courage, gratitude, and kindness. The students loved hearing your stories from the Appalachian Trail. HYOH!
Cape May City Elementary School

Congratulations to Mrs. Gervato who was celebrated at the Cape May County Teacher of the Year dinner tonight. We’re proud of you Mrs. Gervato and so glad you’re part of our WCM family! 🩷

We are so grateful to the Catskill Puppet Theater for coming out to our school to perform “The Town that Fought Hate” for our students. The students really enjoyed it! A huge thank you to our Peer Leaders and DESATNICK REAL ESTATE, LLC and RE/MAX SURFSIDE for donating to make this event possible.
Help show your support for experiences like these at our school by purchasing Playland wristbands for June 1st. This event will help Peer Leaders bring more programs like this to our community.

WCME is collecting plastic bottle caps for a STEM project we will be working on. Please send in bottle caps in any/all colors and sizes by FRIDAY, MAY 24th, 2024. Thank you!!

Congratulations to the MAY 2024 Students of the Month!

Congratulations to the APRIL 2024 Students of the Month!