Page 44 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch May 17, 2013 Students In The News The winners of the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Eunice Q. Sorin Scholarship were announced recently. Joined by family members and Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce officials, the winners were Elizabeth Withers, Alycia Skarzinski and Madison Mitrecic. Photo by Jeanette Deskiewicz The Ocean City/Berlin Optimist Club announced the club oratorical winners at a recent club meeting. Keegan Pando and Devin Hammond won the club contest. They represented the club at an Eastern Shore contest and Pando won at that level. He then participated in the state contest and did well. Pictured, first row, are Ian Whisner, Pando, Zac Cioccio, Claire Dorey, Amanda Gabriel and Hammond; and, second row, Steve Acton, club president; Rich Caproni, chairman; and Jim Welsch assistant chairman. Submitted Photos Worcester Prep students are required to take courses in mathematics and science each year until they graduate. Many opt to enroll in Advanced Placement sections of these courses as well. Other STEM (Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology) courses include work with technologies and engineering. Above, seventh-graders Josh Bredbenner, Jack Fager and Tucker Brown study the brain of a fetal pig during one of teacher Jenn Corron’s Life Science classes. Students in the Buckingham Elementary School STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Club worked in teams to design and build a suspension bridge. Teams focused on the seven STEM standards during this process. Grace Mitchell's afternoon pre-kindergarten class from Ocean City Elementary School enjoyed their field trip to Autumn Grove Stables where students had the opportunity to ride a horse, take a hayride and groom the horse. Pictured are Sonya Bounds, Stephanie Florez-Cruz, Kirby Bounds, Kaitlyn Hitchens, Rodrigo Ramirez, Madyson Long and Carol McGuire. Stephen Decatur Middle School's science teacher, Mr. Romano, uses blacksmithing to introduce how metals have different properties than nonmetals and metalloids. All of metal’s properties can be viewed during the blacksmithing process. Pictured, from left, are seventh-graders Daniel Braciswski, Dina Sbih, Zoe Watson and Matt Alvarado. Loren Izzard, education intern from Salisbury University, spent the spring semester working with students in Ms. Robinson’s pre-kindergarten class at Snow Hill Elementary School. She is pictured with Sean VonGraevenitz as they work on a sound sorting activity.