Outdoor Learning At Showell

Showell Elementary third grade students Kylie Whittaker and John Karacoulakis and Master Gardeners Barbara Pardee, Ann Fairfield, Debbie List, Cathy Laws, Robin Wolinski and Jill Hudson have invested 40 hours in the field at Showell Elementary’s children’s garden. The garden provides an outdoor learning environment where students combine nature with science and math to explore… Read more »

Random Acts Of Kindness Club At WPS

Worcester Preparatory School Random Acts of Kindness Club is sending Christmas cards and messages to the wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Pictured, front from left, are Jarad Godwin, Mikalah Potvin, Shea Dowling and Amanda Gabriel; second row, John Meakin, Scott Klug, Kathryn O’Malley and Taylor Zarif; and, third row, Dr. Fred… Read more »

Totem Poles At SES

Third grade students from Showell Elementary School learned about the Pueblo tribe’s culture and made Totem Poles to describe their inner animal spirits. Pictured, back, are Eliza Siegel, Dylan Langworthy and Kaylyn Cobb, and, front, Adam Smith, Lauren Kennard and Joey Carpenter.

Adventures In Fatherhood

Thanks largely to Pam, there’s a lot of Christmas spirit flowing through the house these days.That’s why I almost went cross-eyed when last Friday she floated the idea of possibly having two trees this year, the customary fake one along with a real one.It wasn’t so much that I thought it was overkill, although that… Read more »

Things I Like

Sugar cookies

Taking my kids to Winterfest

The Palette in Snow Hill

Having a real tree in the houseLooking forward, rather than behindHearing rain from bedBooks about dogsThose “big check” presentationsPeople who help strangersSound of laughter in a houseThe Ravens’ all black jerseys

SES Braves The Cold

Showell Elementary students braved the cold to celebrate the holiday season in the Berlin Christmas Parade last week. Pictured, from left, are Broolynn Pugner, Sarah Reid, Anna Rosenberg and, front, Ava Bullock and Savanna Jurist.

BIS Raises $160 In Pennies

Fourth graders at Berlin Intermediate School raised over $160 through a penny drive to donate to the Maryland Coastal Bays. Students culminated their fund raising efforts by creating terrapin shells in art class and wearing them. Children pictured with Coastal Bays’ Carrie Samis, Bill Mahoney of Chesapeake Conservation Corp and school Vice Principal Tamara Mills are… Read more »

Poetry Out Loud At SDHS

Students performed in the annual Stephen Decatur High School Poetry Out Loud competition recently during American Education Week, Above, junior Jackie Saldana took first in the event, reciting two poems entitled “Insomnia” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and “Love of My Flesh, Living Death” by Lorna Dee Cervantes. Saldana will now move on to the county competition.