Earth Day Celebrated Across All Grades at WPS

4/25/2024

Berlin, MD – On Monday, Worcester Preparatory School (WPS) celebrated Earth Day by having Lower, Middle and Upper School students come together to celebrate science and our planet.

LS Spanish Teacher/Development Assistant, Mrs. Amanda Netting organized the afternoon, grouping Upper School students (grades 9-12) with kindergarten through 8th grade, conducting experiments and projects aligned to the student’s science curriculum, each emphasizing the message of Earth Day.

A wide variety of experiments were conducted, such as Painting with Chlorophyll, Seed Paper Shapes, Air Propelled Straw Rockets, Citrus vs. Potato Battery, Homemade Seismographs, How Tectonic Plates Move and many more.

Throughout the day student art projects made of recycled objects were on display in the Dining Hall. Past Head of School, Dr. Barry Tull, and his wife, Diane, visited campus to judge the art projects. The winners are listed below:

Lower School:

Collage/ Diorama:

1st: Abigail Kratzer

2nd: Paislynn Hutchins

3rd: Callie McCabe

Statue:

1st: Tobi Blaska

2nd: Roshan Chapla

3rd: Carson Kenton

Middle School:

1st: "The Recycled Rainbow Fish" by Rani Yonker, Chloe Holland, Scarlett Shimko, Brooke Moore, Nora Gorfinkel and Viv Ruggerio

2nd: “Follow the Light to Recycling” by Carolina Labin, Ellie Phillips, Keerat Braar and Ruhi Chapla

3rd: "Whale of a Good Time" by Hayden Wagner

Honorable Mentions:

"We Are Rooted" by Max Griffin, Blair Moore, Sam Kuon, Harper Hertrich, Elena Gjoni and John Lynch

"The Tree of Life" by Elliot Mason, Addy Wisniewski, Viv Spraul, Abby Ferguson, Arteminy Klemins, John Parker, Jack Jarvis, Brock Hidell, Reed Grinestaff and Liam McAllister

Upper School:

1st: “Death Trooper Helmet" by Mia Jaoude

2nd: "Victorian Recycled" by Lena Parker

3rd: "Wave of Waves" by Drew McCormick, Dillon Scopp, Nate Montague, and Lucas Nicastro

Honorable Mentions:

"Trashy Tiki Float" by Sydney Mize, Ashton Browne, Lilly Phillips, Emily Patrowicz, Jude Damouni, Anisha Batra and Sydney Todorov

"Make the Earth a BETA Place" by Grant Crothers, Catherine Cullen, Quinn Solloway, Kain Crosset and Renata Lovitt

Outside of the Innovation Lab, Dr. Nick Busko and senior physics students spent the week preparing wind chimes that sounded off to “Hedwig’s Theme” from the Harry Potter movies soundtrack, which was a hit across all grades in school.

Founded in 1970, WPS is a private, independent Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 School, located in Berlin, Maryland. Approximately 500 students attend from Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. For more information about WPS, please visit www.worcesterprep.org or call 410.641.3575.

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Mrs. Angie Bunting’s (standing center) 1st Grade class celebrated Earth Day by creating Chia Pets with juniors Nazli Unal (second row, far right/Ocean City, MD), Avery Roselle (second row, second from right/Lewes, DE), Danielle Car (second row, third from right/Lewes, DE) and Emma Zajdel (standing, far right/Ocean City, MD).
On Earth Day at WPS, 2nd grader Blaise DiFebo (Millville, DE) worked with senior Hunter Simons (Ocean City, MD) and LS Spanish Teacher/Development Assistant Mrs. Amanda Nettings, who organized the afternoon of experiments and projects across all grades.
WPS siblings, 9th grader Isha Garg and 4th grader Priya Garg of Berlin, Maryland, celebrated Earth Day together by working on a Recycled Doodle Bot together.
WPS 2nd grader Henry Hudson (Lewes, DE) and senior Lebby Becker (Rehoboth Beach, DE) celebrate Earth Day by working on a Seed Paper Shape project together.
Juniors Danielle Carr (Lewes, DE), Nazli Unal (Ocean City, MD) and Emma Zajdel (Ocean City, MD) were dressed in spirit to celebrate Earth Day at WPS.
Middle School 1st place winners in the recycled art competition are 8th graders Chloe Holland (Ocean City, MD), Viv Ruggerio (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Rani Yonker (Chincoteague, VA), Scarlett Shimko (Berlin, MD) and Nora Gorfinkel (Berlin, MD) with their project, "The Recycled Rainbow Fish".

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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.