Ocean City Elementary School honored the February Students of the Month with a T-shirt and a special luncheon and cake sponsored by the Ocean City/Berlin Optimists. First row, first graders are Megan Kearns, Alessia Matha and Benjamin Wilkins (not pictured, Sabrina Berkeridge, German Cordero); second row, second graders Jude Alhamad, Marley Auker, Kennedy Duke and… Read more »

Students in Mrs. McDowell’s class at Berlin Intermediate School used a flat ink wash technique to express the contours of a Chinese landscape. They used thick and thin brushstrokes to convey the details of trees and buildings. Above, Brett Kim and Ashley Atkins work diligently.

The members of the General Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented the 2009 Historic Essay Awards and the Christopher Columbus Award at their February meeting. Pictured, from left, are Lenore Huffer, Education Chairman; Ross Roessler, Christopher Columbus winner; Alexa Conaway, Historic Essay winner for grade 7; Kathryn Lawrence, Historic Essay… Read more »

The Hoornskill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists hosted a competition for students in grades 3-5. The students were asked to create a stamp design targeting the theme: “What did Colonial Children 1607-1776 Experience in School”. Winners pictured with Daughters of the American Colonists’ Regent Lenore Huffer are, from left, Derowin Cutchin, grade… Read more »

Stephen Decatur High School’s Decatur Lifesavers Jr. Red Cross Club members have had an active club schedule so far this year. Above, club members take a break from their Global Outreach, writing greeting cards for a military unit based in Bagdad. Pictured, from left, are Madelyn Justice, Katt Hotz, Taylor Blazer, Leslie Hurley, Catelin Geiser, Sydney… Read more »

After two years as an After-School program, Berlin Intermediate School and music teacher Lisa Adams introduced its orchestra program into the regular school day last year. Fourth, fifth and sixth graders can choose orchestra as a special area class. As part of the program this year, Dr. Jeffrey Schoyen, conductor of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra,… Read more »

Sofia Emm and Remy Trader, students from  Bess Cropper’s second grade at Ocean City Elementary School, celebrated the 100th day of school by putting together 100-piece puzzles.

Windy Phillips’ first grade class celebrated Presidents’ Day by creating Fraction Flags and reading multiple fiction and non-fiction books. Some of the books the class read were Duck for President, The Presidency, Arthur Meets the President, The First Lady of the United States, and My Senator and Me. All the books read were about American presidents, government and American symbols. Above,… Read more »

Students in Worcester’s fifth grade are participating in the National Association of Independent School’s 20-20 Challenge. Together with a school in Hollywood, Calif., they are taking on environmental issues related to the environment and water supplies. Lower School Technology Teacher Erika Phillips, Ocean City istaking the lead, along with Grade 5 teachers Kimberly Law and… Read more »

Mark Wilson, left, Seaford, was the first Worcester Prep student to receive the school’s Random Acts of Kindness “Caught You Being Kind” Award. With jim is Jan Calloway, Berlin, an advisor to the Random Acts of Kindness Club. The awards were initiated this term as a part of National Random Acts of Kindness Week and… Read more »