Else-Britt De Long, director of Educational Services for the NationalMerit Scholarship Cooperation, has announced that Worcester Prep juniors, above from left, Connor Douglass, Megan Rosales and Michael Dowling have met all the requirements to enter the 2010 National Merit® Scholarship Program. These students were among the highest scoring students in the nation on the Preliminary… Read more »

Shannon Southcomb, a sixth grade student from Ocean City, served as Headmaster of Worcester Preparatory School on May 8. Southcomb put together an exciting day for students and teachers at the school. She provided donuts for teachers when they arrived at school in the morning, lunch treats for all students in the sixth grade and… Read more »

Ocean City Elementary School students entered the Zaner Bloser Handwriting Contest. There were grade level winners for the grades of first, second, third and fourth. First grade winner was Abby Yesko from Barbara Porter’s class. Second grade winner was Grace Beres from Bess Cropper’s class. Third grade winner was Samantha Workman from Robyn Rincavage’s class,… Read more »

Clarence J. Snuggs, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, left, honors Worcester Prep fifth grade student Julia D’Antonio for her outstanding poster about fair housing in Maryland. Her drawing will be published in the Realtors’ 2010 calendar, which will be distributed to realtors throughout the state. Snuggs and D’Antonio are pictured with… Read more »

Third grader Rachel Gillin helps Melanie Biscoe’s first grade class at Ocean City Elementary School release their butterflies that they watched develop from caterpillars.

Buckingham Elementary School honored the “Students of the Month” for April. Above second grade winners are Sha’Kayla Fooks, Khazra Fatima, Emma Moore, Amjad Awadallah  and Sa’Cora Thomas. Others winners not pictured included first graders Branden Manuel, Sarah Burke, Andrew Spence and Joshua Layfield; third graders Nathan Ewell, Jessie Lupiwok, Aleyah Lewis, Montajha Bownen and Sierra… Read more »

Students under the age of 16 as of Dec. 31, 2008 were invited to participate in the Optimist Oratorical Competition sponsored by the Ocean City/Berlin Optimists. Winners of the competition were, from left, Hannah Esham, third place, girls division; Elise Harmon, second place, girls division; Claire Dorey, first place, girls division; Daniel Rosa, third place,… Read more »

Most Blessed Sacrament School recently performed Alice in Wonderland. Above, the three Alices, small Alice played by Rylie Doyle, Alice played by Delaney McMullen, and Cassidy Baker as Tall Alice, are pictured.

The 2009 Prom Court for Worcester Prep’s Junior-Senior Prom consisted of, from left, Evan Bauer, Roxana, Senior Prince; Manali Patel, Berlin, Senior Princess; Peter Buas, Ocean City, Prom King; Meegan Jayne Smith, Prom Queen; Theresa Ciletti, Ocean City, Junior Princess; and Taylor Kern, Dagsboro, Junior Prince.

Ocean City Elementary second grade students performed music and skits to celebrate Arbor Day at Northside Park on Friday, April 24. Students were able to visit with Smoky the Bear, race a police officer on horseback, watch a canine patrol demonstration and help plant a tree. Above, Cameron Bradshaw and Francesca Wheeler plant a tree