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August 1st 2010 Wildwood Catholic
High School Fills Out Administrative Team
North Wildwood- Fr. Joseph Wallace, President of Wildwood Catholic High School, announced that he has filled the remaining
administrative position at the school with an Alumnus and Teacher. Kevin Quinn, a 1994 Graduate of Wildwood
Catholic, who has taught Math and Science at the school for the past six years, was selected for the new position of Director
of Development. “This
newly created position combines the responsibilities that were previously held by the Vice-Principal and the Guidance Director
and adds a new set of duties that will help us transition Wildwood Catholic into a vibrant beacon of Catholic Education in
Cape May County,” said Fr. Wallace.
Ted Pugliese, who was appointed Academic Dean in June, assuming the responsibilities formerly held by the Principal,
commented on the appointment as well. “With this appointment we have created a strong, diverse and
dynamic administrative team, with Fr. Wallace at the top, which will enable Wildwood Catholic to excel in all areas.
I am excited about working with both Fr. Wallace and Kevin as we continue to mold Wildwood Catholic High School into
the premiere choice for private education in Cape May County.”
In addition to assisting the Academic Dean with Guidance, Discipline and Academics, Mr. Quinn will focus on Community
Outreach, Marketing and Fund Raising.
“I am excited and honored to have been chosen for this new position,” said Quinn. “Like
so many alumni, students and teachers, I have a deep and abiding love for this institution and I am humbled to be able to
apply my education and experience to making this a great Catholic High School,” added Quinn.
For additional information, please contact Fr. Joseph Wallace at 609-522-7257. Or, you may email
Ted Pugliese at t.pugliese@wildwoodcatholic.org or Kevin Quinn at k.quinn@wildwoodcatholic.org.###
News Release: March 23rd, 2010 Transition Sub-Committees Highlight Priorities
at Wildwood Catholic
North Wildwood,
NJ- Wildwood Catholic High School (WCHS) Board Member
and Transition Committee Chairman Joe Bogle, today announced a series of Sub-Committees and their respective Chairs.
“We are working hard to transition
between the existing institution of Wildwood Catholic and what we know will be a fantastic new school with a bright future,”
said Bogle. “These sub-committees represent the priorities that the
Diocese, Parish, School Board, Save Wildwood Catholic, Staff, Students, Alumni and Friends have come to consensus on as the
main focus in our effort to reposition WCHS as the premiere secondary educational institution in Cape May County,”
added Bogle.
Each Sub-Committee will
be chaired by a member of the WCHS School Board, but will include representatives from a wide range of organizations and perspectives.
Members of Save Wildwood Catholic will also serve on each of the Sub-Committees. The work of each
Sub-Committee will be presented to the School Board for final adoption and inclusion into the Governance
and Operations Plan for the High School.
The Sub-Committees and their Chairs are
as follows:
Sub Committee
Chair
Campus:
Fr. Michael Field
Endowment:
Ken Calemmo
Finance:
Charles Vogdes
Communications, Public Relations & Liaison
Patrick Rosenello
With Cape Trinity Catholic & Parish Center:
Recruitment & Enrollment:
Br. Robert Carson
Board & Administrative Structure:
Fr. Joseph Perrault
Academic Dean Search Committee:
Joe Bogle
For Immediate Release:
March
18, 2010 Father Wallace Announces Transition Team Committee Chair North Wildwood,
NJ:
Wildwood Catholic High School President, Fr. Joseph Wallace, has announced
the formation of a Transition Committee of the Wildwood Catholic High School Advisory Board and named a Chairman for the Committee. Board
Member Joe Bogle has accepted the appointment of Chairman from Fr. Wallace and has begun work on numerous transition issues
impacting Wildwood Catholic. The Transition Committee will include numerous sub-committees that will be
chaired by WCHS Board Members. Members of the sub-committees will be drawn from numerous places, including
Save Wildwood Catholic, parents, teachers, alumni, students and area professionals. The sub-committees are scheduled to
begin work immediately, with all recommendations flowing through the Transition Committee to the School Board and the Parish
for implementation. “This is a big step in the rebirth of Wildwood Catholic High School and I am grateful to
Joe Bogle and all of the Board Members for their dedication and commitment,” said Fr. Wallace. “We
are working towards a new beginning for Wildwood Catholic and I look forward to working with all of the great people who have
worked so hard to make this a reality,” he added. “I expect to announce shortly the complete list of sub-committees and chairpersons,”
said Bogle. “We will be working closely with our friends on the Save Wildwood Catholic Committee,
Cape Trinity Catholic School Committee, as well as our alumni, parents and students of Wildwood Catholic. We
are going to throw this net as wide as possible to bring as many good ideas and good people into this process.”
Bogle concluded. .
Letter from our Pastoral Leaders
Dear Wildwood Catholic High School Faculty, Parents and Students, It’s hard to believe that just two months ago we came to you with
heavy hearts to relay the sad message that the decision was made to close our beloved high school. From that very moment you
rose as one against formidable odds to raise the funds needed to open the doors in September. Through this crucible of testing
we have all leaned many lessons about faith, perseverance, compromise, trust and of course hard work! It is so much more gratifying
to us as your Pastoral Team to be bearers of good news! We are happy to announce that the decision to close has been reversed
and our doors hopefully will never close. As the mission statement of our parish, Notre Dame de la Mer begins, “The
Love of Jesus Christ Gathers Us Together.” This love has gathered us together in heart and purpose to now ensure the
successful transition to a new revitalized vision of Catholic education here in Cape May County. We will be working closely with the newly empowered Wildwood
Catholic High School Board and its subcommittees to ensure a viable, academically excelling and financially stable school
for many years to come. The Board has nominated and Bishop Galante has appointed Father Joseph Wallace, a member of the Pastoral
Team, President of Wildwood Catholic High School. This appointment begins immediately. He will work closely and collaboratively
with the other Pastoral Team members and the Wildwood Catholic High School Board to help reshape and revitalize Wildwood Catholic
High School. We will be working on various aspects of this revitalization and restructuring in the upcoming weeks and report
to you in a timely fashion as we move forward together. In the midst of our jubilation, as we celebrate new life for our beloved high school, we cannot forget
the gathering storm that brought us to the precipice of closure. We must continue to keep the flame ignited. The flame that
inspired in only two months the gathering of over $300,000.00 and promises to bring in the remaining $200,000.00 by summer’s
end. We thank Save Wildwood Catholic and all others who rallied the troops, organized, solicited, collected and kept the flames
burning brightly. Now we all need to rally together to ensure a sizable enrollment and the establishment of an endowment that
will see us safely into the future. We
will soon provide you with information regarding registration for the coming school year, as well as our plans to strengthen
school leadership, to enhance lay involment through a reconstituted school board and to boost our institutional advancement
and marketing efforts. In the meantime,
we thank you for your patience and understanding, your financial generosity and most importantly, your great love and tremendous
support of Wildwood Catholic High School, Cape Trinity Regional and Catholic education in general. It is our great hope and
prayer that the enthusiasm we feel today and the wonderful, collaborative spirit demonstrated in recent weeks will grow steadily
into an even stronger Catholic school presence in Cape May County for many years to come. Your Pastoral Team,
Reverend Michael J. Field
Reverend Joseph D. Wallace
Reverend Gustavo Agudelo
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Helen McCaffrey --------------------------------------------- January 8th 2010
Bishop Joseph Galante,
Diocese of Camden
Father Michael Fields,
Pastor of Saint Ann’s Church
Mr. Richard Turco,
Principal Wildwood Catholic High School
At this time of utter disbelief
and shock I find that I must express to you how your unilateral decision to close Wildwood Catholic High School has affected
my family, specifically how it has shaken our faith in our church to its core.
My wife, Carla, and I grew up in
Philadelphia and attended Catholic grammar schools (Saint Gabriel’s and Saint Clemens). We both agree those years formed
the basis of our beliefs in God and the church. Neither of us however attended a Catholic High School, due to decisions at
the time that were out of our control by our parents.
Carla and I were married in Saint Ann’s Church and
watched as our family blossomed by the grace of God. Our children are 20, 17, 14 and 3 years old and we have sent all three
school age children to St. Ann’s Regional School from K to 8th grade. Our oldest son attended Cape May Technical High
School and although he has done well, currently serving our country in Iraq we realized that we should have sent him to Wildwood
Catholic.
Our daughter is currently a senior at Wildwood Catholic and will graduate, by your choice, a member
of the last graduating class in 2010. Her brother was to have attended Wildwood Catholic as a freshman the following year
as would our youngest son some years down the line.
We have experienced attending Public High School and made
that choice for our son but were so impressed with Wildwood Catholic High School that we realized that we must and would send
our remaining children to Wildwood Catholic High School, that is until January 5th, 2010. We have made sacrifices to send
our children to Catholic schools in the past and are committed to, into the future (until recently).
My wife and
I truly understand business decisions and tough choices that must be made from time to time. We can accept when all efforts
to save a service or maintain a benefit have been exhausted however we cannot and will not accept a decision like this in
the manner in which it was done to our family and the Wildwood Catholic High School Community.
When we, personally,
overhear 15 year old children making comments that they are going to “change” their religion to something else;
when we as adults feel so betrayed by our church and it’s leaders; when we as a community are so shocked by the manner
in which this is decision is given to us…then we know that you have either simply made a very poor or a cold calculated
uncaring decision. We know that humans are fallible and make mistakes. We have been taught to “forgive and forget”
and we want to so very much believe in our church and its leaders.
Therefore our family simply asks you to reverse
your decision to close Wildwood Catholic High School and begin a process within the community to save the school for future
catholic generations to build their faith upon as we have done.
As a family we will continue to submit to you
our tithes and donations each Sunday but will do so in Wildwood Catholic “Crusader Dollars”. The church may redeem
from my family at any time after it is announced that Wildwood Catholic High School will remain open. No longer will my tithes
and donations fund inner city catholic education while the children of Cape May County are denied theirs.
We truly
believe that you, Bishop Galante and You Father Fields, do not realize just how much your decision has shaken our faith in
our church. True we may only be one family at this point in time however you have affected my children’s future families
as well. Multiply that by the Wildwood Catholic Community and you would realize that this will have disenfranchised thousands
of Catholics in the South Jersey region and given the times that we live in now... even one lost soul… is much too
great a loss for our Catholic Church to bear.
The Adair Family
Richard and Carla
Richard,
Deanna, John and Aidan
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