Page 54 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch November 1, 2013 Students In The News Students in Mrs. Piern’s second-grade class at Ocean City Elementary School enjoyed learning how to use the Kuno Tablets during a recent math lesson on geometry. Pictured with their tablets are Samuel Reyes-Ayala and Matthew Beck. Students at Worcester Prep enjoyed sessions with Jack Burrus of the World of Robotics. The program was designed to encourage students to think critically and creatively as they learned how robots were made and how they could control robots with keyboards, their voices and their gestures. The students had the opportunity to interact with robotic pets complete with video vision, vocal recognition, artificial intelligence and balancing sensors. Pictured with Burrus are, front, Abby Hazzard, Oliver Hershey and Jacob Brasure; second row, George Sapna, Lilly Phillips, Gray Bunting, Sydney Todorov and Lebby Becker; and, back, Riya Jani, Baylor Hoen and Head of Lower School Celeste Bunting. Submitted Photos Budding Stephen Decatur High School thespians Abby Stabinski, Sarah Schultz, Samantha Schachter and Bernadette Atwood read the ancient ledger of the Bondurant family brides in the creepy Introduction to Theatre courtyard production of Moonbrides on Oct. 25. The Stephen Decatur High School women's soccer team donated $180 to Diakonia and $232 to Women Supporting Women. The girls sold T-shirts and baked goods during the annual "pink awareness" October home game to raise the proceeds. Showell Elementary first-grade teacher Laura Wheeler is pictured with first-grader Brooke Berquist following the annual hoedown celebration on Friday, Oct. 25. The entire first grade performed songs and dances under the direction of physical education teacher Alyson Brabitz and music teacher Bethany Pugner. Stephen Decatur High School seniors Layla Fowler and Gabrielle Ortega were honored as VIPs of the Game on Oct. 25 between quarters of the varsity football game. They are pictured with teacher Amy Fenzel-Mergott and Principal Tom Zimmer. During every home game, SDHS recognizes students who have excelled in and out of the classroom. Both Fowler and Ortega are members of the National Honor Society, Presidential Service Award recipients and standout athletes. Buckingham Elementary recently held its annual Golden Grahams with Grandparents event. The parent involvement event invited grandparents to have breakfast with their student, read a book together and attend their grandchild's first-period class. Over 250 grandparents attended the event.