Lower School Receives Optimist Club Visual Arts Awards

4/17/2025

Berlin, MD – Congratulations to Worcester Prep’s Lower School student award winners of this year’s Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club Visual Arts Contest.

WPS 2nd grader Nicole Sebastian won 1st place in the “Up to Age 7” category, and 5th grader Tobi Blaska won 1st place in the “Age 8 to 11” category. They each received $100 and will be entered into the Optimist International Visual Arts Contest.

WPS students dominated the contest, as 2nd grader Elsie Booth received 2nd place and Caroline McCready received 3rd, while kindergartners Laine Booth and 1st grader Milana Christensen both received Honorable Mentions in the “Up to Age 7” category. WPS 5th grader Aaralyn Lillquist received 2nd place, and 4th grader Hannah Giardina received 3rd in the “Age 8 to 11” category, with 3rd grader Lilly McClure and 4th graders Adee Carmean and Emery Anthony receiving Honorable Mentions. All award winners received monetary prizes.

For more information about the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club, visit www.ocberlinoptimistclub.org.

Founded in 1970, WPS is a private, independent Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 school located in Berlin, Maryland, with approximately 500 students attending from Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. To learn more about WPS, please visit www.worcesterprep.org or call 410.641.3575.

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2025 OC-Berlin Optimist Club Visual Art Contest award winners are pictured with their certificates. Standing from left to right are the participants Caroline McCready (Salisbury, MD), Lilly McClure (Lewes, DE), Tobi Blaska (Ocean City, MD), Adee Carmean (Georgetown, DE), Aaralyn Lillquist (Selbyville, DE), Emery Anthony (Selbyville, DE), Nicole Sebastian (Berlin, MD), Hannah Giardina (Berlin, MD), Elsie Booth (Fenwick Island, DE), Lainie Booth (Fenwick Island, DE), and Milana Christensen (Millsboro, DE). Standing behind are OC-Berlin Optimist Club President Christine Dolomount (left) and Visual Arts Chair Sharon Sorrentino (right), along with Worcester Prep’s Lower School art teacher, Mrs. Cathy Roman (second from right).

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Worcester Preparatory School

508 South Main Street, Berlin, MD 21811

Phone: 410-641-3575 | Fax: 410-641-3586

Celebrating 50 years, WPS is an independent, college prep day school for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 students. Located in Berlin, Maryland, the private school attracts an average of 500 students from Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.