Josh Layfield and Patra Turner, students from Mrs. Marowski’s Kindergarten at Buckingham Elementary School, celebrated the end of the farm theme by wearing farm clothes and making ice cream. First they read the story “Ice Cream from Cows to Kids,” and then they mixed milk, sugar, and vanilla, shook it in a bag surrounded by… Read more »

Morgan Soulsman, Robbie Duke, and Jack Lanier, third graders at Ocean City Elementary School, work on writing spring tanka poems, which are similar to haiku poems but tanka poems have more syllables. Tanka poems are written about nature, seasons, or strong emotions using similes, metaphors, and personification.

The Youth Group at Temple Bat Yam in Berlin recently presented The Holocaust Survivor Cookbook to the Worcester Preparatory School Library. The book, dedicated to the six million Jews who did not survive the Holocaust, is more than a cookbook, for it is a treasure of memories of those who endured the Holocaust and lived… Read more »

Worcester Prep winners in the Young Authors Competition for the Eastern Shore were, front from left, Devin Hammond, Berlin; Josh Michnick, Ocean City; Jordan Welch, Ocean Pines; Michelle Wangel, Berlin; Kendall Holmes, Bishopville; Gina LaBarck, Berlin; Skylar Wilson, Rehoboth Beach; Parker McIntosh, Berlin; middle, Casey Knerr, Berlin; Taylor Hawkins, Berlin; Claire Stickler, Lewes; Emma Richardson,… Read more »

Kindergarten students were amazed by the creatures that live on Assateague Island during KinderKritters, a program conducted by Park Rangers Liz and Chris. Programs were presented to Ocean City Elementary’s pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students. Before the visit from the rangers, early childhood students at OCES collected “Cents for the Seashore” donations, and presented a check… Read more »

Third-grader James Whittington was the lucky winner of a bike donated by Wal-Mart to Buckingham Elementary School. With Whittington are teacher Mary Anne Moniodis, Assistant Principal Terry Smith and Principal Roger Pacella.

Math classes throughout Worcester Preparatory School and the world celebrated Pi Day on March 14. Pi is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Here McKenna Shanahan, Grade 6, participates in a Pi Day competition to see which student can recall the most Pi numbers. Shanahan, Ocean Pines… Read more »

Seventh and eighth graders at Worcester Prep recently presented Knights of the RAD Table. Top, the mighty Knights of the RAD Table, from left, rae Connor Irey, Berlin; David Rosenblit, Ocean City; Buddy Ryan, Ocean View; Sarah Smith, Salisbury; and Mike Durkin, Ocean City. Bottom, posing after the show, front from left, are Gabby D’Antonio,… Read more »

Seven first-place student winners in a contest sponsored by the General Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution attended the awards luncheon at the 103rd Maryland State Conference. At the luncheon, it was announced that eleven also won first place in the Eastern Division, which is comprised of Delaware, District of Columbia,… Read more »

Ocean City Elementary School held the March Student of the Month Luncheon to honor the students who were Optimists. The students are chosen based on the good choices they make in all areas of school life. The March Students of the Month are, first row, first graders Jenna Banks, Lexie Black, Dawson Delaney, Claire Jobson… Read more »