Worcester Prep Senior Named Finalist In 61st Annual National Merit Scholarship Program

Worcester Prep Senior Named Finalist In 61st Annual National Merit Scholarship Program

Worcester Preparatory School Senior Victoria Middleton has been named a Finalist in the 61st Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. As a Finalist, she is eligible to receive a National Merit Scholarship which will be awarded in April. About 1.5 million juniors entered the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.  National Merit Finalist… Read more »

The Resorter … Revisited

The Resorter … Revisited

Summer of 1972Volume XVIIIEdition 9Issue Highlights•A new seawall was under construction at the Inlet. The 300-day job was estimated to cost $374,535, or $1,250 a day. The new structure, replacing a rotted wood bulkhead, will span 875 feet and feature an “immovable foundation of huge boulders rising four feet above the mean low water mark.”•Mrs…. Read more »

Things I Like

When meteorologists admit a blown forecastGood snowball making snowOld paperback booksOld hardback booksLetting the sunlight warm a cold house in the winterWalking instead of driving when there’s an optionAnything my kids make in art classJimmy FallonHeavy, old coinsOnly having to wear a tie a couple times a monthThe funny things kids say when they aren’t… Read more »

Adventures Of Fatherhood

Adventures Of Fatherhood

It’s crazy town at the house in the mornings.That’s why on school mornings I make sure to get up at least an hour or so before the kids to begin preparations for the day.I have come to the conclusion that harried mornings will just be the norm at this point. The latest development complicating things… Read more »

The Resorter … Revisited

The Resorter … Revisited

Summer of 1960Volume VIEdition No. 5Issue Highlights• The cover of this issue featured an 8-year-old boy with polio shooting off a gun at Frontier Town. In his honor, the theme park declared that all disabled children would not have to pay admission.• The Lighthouse Players Summer Theatre put on productions of Once More With Feeling… Read more »

National Field Hockey Coaches Association Names Eight Worcester Prep Field Hockey Players To National Academic Squad

National Field Hockey Coaches Association Names Eight Worcester Prep Field Hockey Players To National Academic Squad

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) has named eight Worcester Prep Varsity Field Hockey players to their National Academic Squad, of which four were also recognized as Scholars of Distinction. Student/athletes honored include Hannah Arrington, Isabel Carulli, Macayla Costleigh, Leigh Lingo, Regan Lingo, Hanna Nechay, Eva Parks and Ava Schwartz.The National Academic Squad program recognizes high school seniors… Read more »

OC’s Philadelphia Avenue

OC’s Philadelphia Avenue

Some visitors to Ocean City wonder why Philadelphia Avenue is much wider than Baltimore Avenue in the “old downtown” near the Route 50 Bridge. The reason for this difference is that beginning in 1903 Philadelphia Avenue was the site of railroad tracks extending from today’s North 2nd Street to what was once South 7th Street… Read more »

Things I Like

Finding a conch shell on the beachNot having an ashtray at homeHiding vegetables in a kids mealWhen a snow forecast is accurateA positive referralWell-done scrappleNot worrying about price when eating outWatching a skilled captain dock a boatDimmer switches on light receptaclesThe first shower with a new bar of soapHow praying bring peace

Worcester Prep Lower School Students Practice Cursive Writing In Honor Of National Handwriting Day

Worcester Prep Lower School Students Practice Cursive Writing In Honor Of National Handwriting Day

In honor of National Handwriting Day on Jan. 23, Worcester Prep Lower School student Yasmina El Sabbagh practices her cursive writing that is a required part of the school’s curriculum beginning in second grade.   National Handwriting Day was developed to recognize John Hancock, the first to sign the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776, and… Read more »