Page 58 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch October 11, 2013 Students In The News The Stephen Decatur Middle School Chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) has started to prepare for Red Ribbon Week later this month. This year’s theme is A Healthy Me is Drug Free. Pictured planning activities are SADD members, bottom, Stephanie Jones; middle, Brianna Watts, Kayla Higggins, Karla Maldonado, Candy Anderson and JaDen Spence; and, back, Mrs. Lutz, William Stamnas and Shea Griffin. The Honorable Judge Brian Shockley enjoyed talking with Keith Geiger’s seventh-grade American history classes at Worcester Prep. Shockley, who himself was once a student at Worcester Prep, is pictured with Delaney Abercrombie, Hailey Merritt, Virginia Bateman, Alexander Canakis and Maya Natesan. Submitted Photos Cedar Chapel Special School students Amy Hemphill and Kamau Ndirangu from Mrs. Brooks’ class are pictured on the playground. Cedar Chapel is located in Snow Hill and serves students with special needs, from ages 3 to 21, in Worcester County. Worcester County Public School students from Pocomoke, Snow Hill and Stephen Decatur High Schools joined forces for peer leadership training at Delaware’s Camp Arrowhead last month. The purpose of the two-day retreat was to provide members of Students Against Destructive Decisions with multiple strategies to strengthen their leadership skills in modeling good decision-making. Above, Pocomoke High student Justin Harmon and Snow Hill High student Cora Pusey work together to try and untie the ropes connecting them. Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645 presented dictionaries to students in grade three at Worcester Preparatory School. Pictured are, first row, Austin Bren, Luke Loeser, Brody Bushnell, MaryKate Barnhart, Zoe Brafman, Sara Miller and Emily Leon; second row, Timmy Hebert, Luke Bunting, Chandler Schrider, Jett Odachowski, Parker Tingle, Mark Dahr and Hunter Hammond; third row, Elks representative Toni Wagner, Caitlyn Hoen, Chloe Marshall, Morgan Schoch, Rory Pugh, Jason Todorov, Cayden Wallace, Harrison Humes, Logan Ginnavan and Haris Gjikuria; and, back, Anne Carter, Austin Gentry, Ava Vane, Thalia Vasilikos, Aleezah Ehtasham, Ian Lewes, Saad Faisal, JR Hamer, Ibrahim Khan and Elks representative Pete Peterson. Ocean City Elementary students showed their spirit by donating new and used sports gear to help children in need. In conjunction with the Ocean City Recreation Department and NAYS, the students generously participate in the Global Gear Drive every year. Newly crowned Stephen Decatur High School Homecoming King and Queen, seniors Andrew Bradshaw and Gabi Ortega, pose with Principal Tom Zimmer during halftime of the Homecoming football game versus Easton last Friday.