As part of Worcester Prep’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program, juniors Josh Bredbenner of Seaford, Del. and Connor Cebula of Berlin built their own programmable drone quad-copter in Colleen McGuire’s Digital Engineering course. Together they designed and 3D printed the frame and assembled all the necessary electronics, including the motors, GPS sensors, controller and… Read more »
The Ocean City Museum Society, Inc. has awarded the George M. and Suzanne Hurley Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to R. Brody Shockley, a 2017 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School. Shockley, a resident of Berlin, wrote his essay about the ruins of the Glen Riddle farm in Worcester County and the importance… Read more »
On May 24 at Stephen Decatur High School, 13 scholarships were awarded from the Kiwanis Club. Noah Sperry received the $2,000 Ray Pugh Memorial Scholarship, Lidia Kappelmeier received the $1,000 David Lloyd Memorial Scholarship, Lexi Van Kirk received the $500 Al Levine Memorial Scholarship and Logan Gordy received a $500 scholarship dedicated to Marcus Page,… Read more »
Students from Seaside Christian Academy competed in a tug-of-war during annual field day festivities prior to summer break. Pictured are Spencer Beauchamp, Max Hilbert, Samantha Cummings and Andrew Baker.
Worcester Preparatory School seventh grade twins Hugh Thomas and Myra Cropper acted as headmasters of the school on June 1. Their parents purchased the “Headmaster for a Day” at the WPS Gala’s fundraising auction this past March. As headmaster, they allowed all students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 to wear casual clothing instead of their… Read more »
Before the close of the school year, Worcester Prep student athletes from around Delmarva received awards for excellence in spring sports — lacrosse and tennis. Left, winning awards for varsity girls tennis were, from left, Anchita Batra (Coaches Award), Eva Parks (Co-MVP), Stormy McGuiness (Co-MVP) and Annika Larsen (Most Improved). Middle, taking home top honors for… Read more »
The Ocean Pines Garden Club recently held its annual garden tour and luncheon. Megan Elizabeth Corcoran was the recipient of the OPGC’s $1,500.00 scholarship award at the luncheon. She is pictured with her mother, Kathy Corcoran, left, and Judy Baumgartner, chairperson of the scholarship committee.
Sixth grader Morgan Schoch presents her Middle School Art Teacher George Zaiser with a $250 check she received for Worcester Prep after winning second place in the U.S. Kids Magazine Jack and Jill Cover Contest. In addition to the money for the art program, Schoch won a $150 coupon for Blick Art Materials. Her winning… Read more »
Ocean City Elks Lodge representative Larry Batis presents Worcester Prep fourth grader Lilly Doran, next to Head of Lower School Celeste Bunting, a second place ribbon for her poster entry in the O.C. Elks Lodge Drug Awareness Poster Contest.
Worcester Prep Librarian Tracy Polk presented fourth grader Dillon Scopp with a new book for winning the summer reading program book raffle. The book, Marty Pants: Do Not Open by Mark Parisi, was donated by Brittney Herz Glenn, manager of the Ocean City Branch of the Worcester County Library, to encourage students to participate in… Read more »