What’s Your Sign?

What’s Your Sign?

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Resist a confrontation with that irksome person. The matter will soon blow over anyway. Meanwhile, channel your high Arian energy into areas with more positive potential.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): The innovative Bovine finds a creative way to resolve a sensitive domestic problem by midweek. A former colleague… Read more »

Things I Like

Things I Like

The movie ‘The Great Debaters’Being passed while going 75 mph on I-95The green tea at PaneraWatching kids scatter around at Easter egg huntsThose warm days that make spring seem so nearA dark-haired man with a gray beardShopping for new furnitureWell-behaved children in a restaurantSimon on American IdolDriving with the sunroof open in MarchCatching all the… Read more »

We Remember Those Who Have Passed

We Remember Those Who Have Passed

Barbara Lynn HornBarbara Lynn Horn, age 53, died Friday, March 14, 2008 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin with her family by her side.Born in Tennessee, she was the daughter of Bobby K. and Kayree Kirk Hamlett. Mrs. Horn had worked as a photo manager at Happy Harry’s Drug Store. She was very artistic, she… Read more »

Showell Elementary Third Graders

Showell Elementary third graders, Erica Hall (left) and Logan Gordy (right) came dressed to school as if they were going on a voyage to help kick-off their new reading theme.  Erica wants to go to Hawaii and Logan would like to visit a rain forest.  The third grade children in Mrs. Lertora’s and Mrs. Johnson’s classes wrote… Read more »

Elks 2007-2008 Americanism Poster Contest

Riley Mears, a 2nd grader at Showell Elementary, won 1st place in the Elks 2007-2008 Americanism Poster Contest, “My Favorite Symbol of America” for ages 6 & 7 sponsored by the Ocean City, Maryland Elks Lodge #2645.  She also won 1st place at the South East District Level where she competed with over 600 poster entries…. Read more »

Worcester Prep

Geneva Sampson’s Grade 5 Reading Class at Worcester Prep, after reading about teatime in one of the novels on the class reading list, visited Tea by the Sea, the tea shop in Berlin. Pictured above, Shea Dowling of Ocean City, loved dressing up for teatime. “It was so much fun, and we loved the food.”

Second Grade Students At Ocean City Elementary

Second grade students at Ocean City Elementary recently held their Spring Concert titled “Almost Spring”.  Pictured are students from Mrs. Wendi Eitel’s class dressed in their costumes for their song, “Puddle Jumping”.  Pictured are:  Macy Petersen, Julia Rettig, Yarden Rafaeli, Amanda Melvin, Hattie Brous, Stephanie Clark and Kira Solomon.

Ocean City Elementary School’s First Grade

Ocean City Elementary School’s first grade held their choral concert, “Character Chorus,” on March 11.  The songs and dialogue focused on good character traits and making smart choices.  The children learned through these songs that when we choose our friends by character, we choose the best friends.  When we understand that we all have feelings,… Read more »