WEST ESSEXHigh School

On Wednesday, May 7th, in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Newark Tournament, Coach Joe Cardinale earned his 200th career win with a dramatic 4–3 walk-off victory over Columbia in the bottom of the 7th inning.

The West Essex Arts Department hosted the second concert of its Spring Concert Series on Thursday, May 1st. The packed crowd warmly received the amazing performances of the Concert Band, Symphonic Winds, and Jazz Quintet! At the end of the concert, Ms. Elise McAloon, Director of Bands, honored this years seniors and honors ensemble members. Congrats to all!

This past March, the WE Care Club hosted their annual tree sapling sale, working with the organization Tree Plenish to sell Red Maple, Flowering Dogwood, and Eastern Redbud saplings to community members. The goal was to offset the school's paper usage for the year. The WE Care Club ended up selling 31 saplings, 15 of which were planted right here at West Essex this past week.

May 1st was Decision Day, and our amazing high school seniors celebrated in a big way, taking photos with friends, enjoying cupcakes and snow cones, and signing their senior banner. Congratulations to the Class of 2025 as you prepare to take the next step in your academic journey!

ICYMI: Our Give-Kids-The-World senior service group hosted their sixth annual WE Family Feud tournament last month. The event was hosted by Mr. Patrick “Steve Harvey” McGlynn, with twelve student teams competing for the grand prize: a gift card to Chipotle!

On April 15th, West Essex STEM students had a unique opportunity to step into the future of American infrastructure during a field trip to the construction site of the Portal North Bridge in Kearny, NJ.

Earlier this month, 10 amazing High School athletes signed their Letters of Intent to continue their academic and athletic journeys at the collegiate level. We are so incredibly proud of all of them, and know they will represent West Essex well in the future.

On Thursday, April 24, Anthony Drago reached a major milestone, eclipsing 200 career goals in boys lacrosse, surpassing the previous school record of 200 career goals set by Michael McWilliams (Class of 2000)! Anthony didn’t stop there — he scored 4 goals that day to reach 203 total career goals and added 8 assists, giving him 12 total points in the game, which also broke the school’s single-game points record.