Ross Dickerson, a Grade 6 student at Worcester Prep, was honored as the State of Maryland Level 6 Men’s first place gymnast in rings, high bar, and all-around at a recent regional meet. He is part of the TwistersGymnastics team.

First grade students from Ocean City Elementary recently collected stuffed animals to donate to Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital. The stuffed animals will be given to long-term patients receiving treatment at the hospital. Above are Brandon Hannon, Emily Tilghman, Vanessa Morales-Gonzalez, Maddy Kieswetter, Tristen Dagstani, Luke Crisanti, J.C. Feldman, Claire Williams and Allison Marx. Submitted Photos

The Stephen Decatur High School Academic Team placed second out of eight regional high schools at the local Stephen Decatur High School Academic Invitational held at Wor-Wic Community College. The second place finish qualified the team to compete in the national tournament held in New Orleans this coming May.   Above, junior Arianna Riccio, and seniors Bonnie Eisenman, Brandon… Read more »

Worcester Prep Junior Carson Wigley was honored as the first-place winner for Grades 9-12 in the Letters About Literature State of Maryland Competition. Above, she is pictured with Michael Sarbanes, left, executive director of the Office of Partnerships, Communications and Community Engagement, Baltimore City Public Schools and former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes.

At the Optimist Oratorical Finals, held at Stephen Decatur Middle School and sponsored by the Ocean City/Berlin Optimists club, students receiving top honors were, from left, Jamie Welch, Worcester Prep, third boys’ division; Daniel Rosa, Worcester Prep, second boys’ division; Josh White, Stephen Decatur Middle, first boys’ division; Carlee Barrett, Stephen Decatur Middle, third, girls’… Read more »

Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School (MBS) hosted students from Greenwood Mennonite School, the Salisbury School, St. Francis de Sales Catholic School and Worcester Preparatory School in the 2nd Annual Del-Mar Regional Spelling Bee.  The top three finalists in the middle school division were, from left, Charlie Pritchard, third place, Worcester Prep; Carter Michael, second place, MBS;… Read more »

Sixth graders in Vanessa Hill’s and Kelly Kohovec’s  Integrated Language Arts class at Berlin Intermediate School combined their puppet-making skills with their knowledge of folktales to perform a puppet show. Shown with their puppets are, back, Preston Cutsail, Hannah Saulsbury, Jon Hanley, Deep Patel, Conner Quillen and Matt Moore; and, front, Zoe Weistling, Wyatt Hudson,… Read more »

Julie Biscoe’s kindergarten class celebrates their findings after a spring egg hunt in Ocean City Elementary School’s courtyard. Above the students are pictured with their special prizes.

The Berlin Intermediate School and Beyond Afterschool Academies have partnered with Worcester County 4-H to offer an environmental experience. Students are learning about wetlands and buffers, groundwater and aquifers, the shrinking deer population and will simulate an oil spill. Above, students created their own edible aquifers out of sweet treats and ice cream with the help… Read more »

Third grade students at Showell Elementary are reading stories all about voyages. The students wrote about a voyage that they would like to take and dressed as if they were on the voyage. Pictured, from left, are Sofia Gordy, who would like to visit Jamaica; Wyatt Sperry, Disney World; Jack Rosenberg, Egypt; and Logan Dillon,… Read more »