Ocean City High School Principal’s Report

March, 2015

CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to Mrs. Michelle Dill for being named in the 2015 County Teacher Recognition Program as OCHS Teacher of the Year. In a memo to the staff, Dr. Jamison stated: Michelle is capable of teaching all levels of Math and currently teaches AP Calculus and Honors Alg II. Michelle is also the advisor to the OCHS Chapter of the National Honor Society. Some characteristics that colleagues noted: Dedicated, devoted, respected, active in school and community!

STUDENT OF THE MONTH Each student was chosen to be Student of the Month because of exemplary behavior, character and performance. We appreciate the support of each of the community organizations. There is a critical connection between a successful public high school and a strong relationship with its community.

Robert Phillips was the Rotary Club Student of the Month. Alec Helm was the Exchange Club

Student of the Month.

CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to Ben Jargowsky, Ben Fischer, and Alec Helm for their first place finish at the Math Mayhem this weekend at Stockton University. Ben Jargowsky also placed first

in the individual portion of the competition. The event brought more than 60 students from 10 South Jersey high schools to Stockton University on Saturday, March 21 to compete in individual and team exams designed to challenge the students and assess their current skill development. For more information please see http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/ocean-city-general-news/63205-ocean-

city-high-school-takes-top-prizes-in-math-mayhem-at-stockton-university.html

Mr. OCHS 2015!! Congratulations to Shane Rauner Mr. OCHS 2015! Cheerleaders, Hannah Eiler, Megan Bologno and Kylie Clearkin and spent two weeks choreographing and teaching the guys dances and a fitness routine. The contestants performed to a sold out audience. First Runner Up –Justin Smith, Second Runner Up – Brendan Haddon, Third Runner Up – Jake

Gibson and Mr. Congeniality – Jeff Payne. Other contestants were Kevin McDermott, Brandon Hadtke, Kyle Howey, Oliver Trout, Luke Martino, Zach Zellers, Aiden MacDonald, and Jon Edwards. The Cinema Production Club is selling DVDs of this show. Mrs. Brenda Colón-Smith and Mrs. Kathy Sykes would like to thank the judges – Mrs. Cathy Finnegan, Mrs. Stef Godfrey, Miss Megan Maguire and Mr. Michael Martirone, the cheerleaders, contestants, Mr. Bruno, Mr. Trauger and the technical production staff for all their help during the two weeks of rehearsals.

Jazz Band On February 5, the OCHS Jazz Band and Jazz Rock Ensemble performed for the annual

Band Booster Scholarship Pasta Dinner.

The OCHS Jazz Band performed at the Rowan Jazz Festival on February 13 where they were able to hear and perform with jazz bands throughout the New Jersey and Pennsylvania area

We ended our season with our final concert on March 3. The Jazz Band and Jazz Rock ensemble did an amazing job. Thank you so much to everyone who attended to help support our music program. And a big thank you to all our custodians, their help is amazing all the time.

National Kick Butts Day Ocean City High School Students in the REBEL and SADD Clubs along with advisors Katie Kline and Debbie Cathcart joined Renee Bendig’s Health Classes in Ocean City Intermediate School for National Kick Butts Day on March 18, 2015. Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against tobacco. More than 1,000 events will be held in schools and communities across the United States and even around the world. On Kick Butts Day, teachers, youth leaders and health advocates organize events to:

Raise awareness of the problem of tobacco use in their state or community; Encourage youth to reject the tobacco industry's deceptive marketing and stay tobacco-

free; and Urge elected officials to take action to protect kids from tobacco.

Kick Butts Day is organized by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The first Kick Butts Day was held in 1996.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES AND VISITORS Ocean City High School Family and Consumer Sciences Classes Host a Pie Tasting Competition on Pi Day Miss Pohlidal and Mrs. Cook’s Family and Consumer Sciences cooking classes made pies to enter into the Family and Consumer Sciences pi(e) tasting competition. Each lab group made either a blueberry pie, apple pie or peanut butter pie. There were two winners from each pie category including best tasting and best presentation. The winners of the categories received a Wawa gift card generously donated by the Ocean City Education Foundation. The students worked very hard on their pies by making a homemade crust and adding their personal decorative touches. The students’ pies turned out beautifully, making it very difficult to pick a winner.

Best presentation for Apple Pie - Ryan Segin, Lauren Camp, Gretchen Shirk

Best Presentation for Peanut Butter Pie John Deyoung, Brandon Hadtke, Brianna DiMaren, Rob Rivera

Best Tasting Apple Pie - Teresa Citera, Sam DelSordo, Andrea Sharp

Best Tasting Peanut Butter Pie - John Monzo, Jeremy Grund, Kylie Clearkin, Lauren Prettyman, Chad Bodenschatz

Best Taste and Best Presentation for Blueberry Pie Jeremiah Johnson, Daniel Gray, Roman LaRosa,

Russell Belz

Miss Pohlidal’s Child Development classes participated in Pi Day by creating a Pi Day poster with their little buddies at the Ocean City Primary School. The students worked with their

Pi(e) Judges

little buddies to color pies and the Pi symbol in order to make a decorative collage for the pie competition.

DECA STUDENTS COMPETE IN STATE COMPETITION Ocean City High School students competed in the DECA State Conference held from February 25th to 27th at the Cherry Hill Crown Plaza against more that 1,000 of the top business students in New Jersey. DECA advisor Mr. Brent Earl and Mrs. Debbie Cathcart took 19 OCHS students and came home with three awards in a variety of events related to marketing, management and entrepreneurship. Congratulations to each of our participants: Lucia Casaleno Travis Longstaff Nina DeLuca Emily Rutter Mark Doughten Patrick Cusack Lily Guseman Maria Farnan Jack Hanley Josh Childs Eric Levai Fiona Devine Alexa Mealey Kevin McDermott Macy Oteri Isabella Ritzel Jon Salkeld Martin Shaw Charity Beckert

Josh Childs and Maria Farnan each received awards for their outstanding performances in their respective competitive areas which included Financial Services. They received an award for top role play in their respected event. They also were a top 6 finalist and missed making it to Nationals by one place.

Kevin McDermott, Fiona Devine, and Martin Shaw came in 5th place in the Learn and Earn event for their work managing BayGulls throughout the year.

Jon Salkeld was a finalist in his event Business Finance which made him top 10 in his event.

The DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) is the highlight of the DECA year in which fourteen thousand high school students, advisors, businesspersons and alumni gather for several days of competitive excitement. Most participants at ICDC compete in one of DECA's

business related events. The top competitors in each event are recognized for their outstanding achievements. Hopefully next year we have some competitors. Congratulations to all competitors at the state conference.

Student Council At the end of January, the student council board took a trip to Washington D.C for the national LEAD conference. We stayed Friday, Saturday and Sunday going to workshops, meeting new people, and exploring DC! Each member loved the trip and gained new and exciting experiences to take back to our own Student Council. In the month of February, Student Council’s big event was carnation sales. We sold carnations every day for about two weeks. On Friday, February 13th, a select few student council members distributed the flowers to first period teachers. We sold over 500 carnations this year! The board also had a meeting with our American Red Cross correspondent, Chris Scartelli. As a board, we planned our annual blood drive to be Friday, March 6th, with a goal of 170 donors. Student council also had a Blood Drive assembly on February 24th where the juniors and seniors could sign up to donate. We had around 200 students sign up. This is one of Student Council’s biggest events and we are excited to host. Unfortunately, due to snow days, this event was postponed till April.

Autism Awareness month is coming up in April. We have pins - $10 for the multicolor

puzzle piece and $13 for gold puzzle piece. They say “Autism Awareness . . . Ocean City SD” and scarves ($5) available now in Raider Retailers with more items becoming available. All proceeds go to Autism Speaks.

OCSD March Fitness Results High School Challenge: Bench Press and 3-Point Shooting Competition

Bench Press: 45 Lbs. 1st Place Girl = Emily Culmone 42 reps 2nd Place Girl = Maddy Brady 41 reps 3rd Place Girl = Rachel Wright 40 reps Bench Press: 95 Lbs. 1st Place Boy = T.J. Rumer 4 reps Bench Press: 135 Lbs. 1st Place Boy = Jeremy Grund 40 reps 2nd Place Boy = Matt Armondo 20 reps 3rd Place Boy = Arthur Spackman 16 reps Bench Press: 225 Lbs. 1st Place Boy = Joe Walkowiak 14 reps 2nd Place Boy = Jack Stoerrle 8 reps Staff: 1st Place Female = 45 Lbs. Mrs. Schwartz 41 reps 1st Place Male = 135 Lbs. Mr. McGrath 26 reps 1st Place Male = 225 Lbs. Mr. Barrett 20 reps Top Adminstrator: Dr. Jamison at 225 Lbs. = 5 reps Top Non-Staff: Lisa Rumer and Officer Swillo 3 Point Competition: 1st Place Boy = Zach Altieri 8 out of 10 1st Place Girl = Emily Rutter 6 out of 10 Staff: 1st Place Male = Mr. McGrath 5 out of 10 Thank you to the following High School Participants: Jeremy Grund, Braedyn Kistler, Rob Lane, Taylor Hazlett, Grace Rutter, Rachel

Wright, Arthur Spackman, Matt Armondo, Emily Culmone, Joe Walkowiak, Maddy

Brady, Jack Stoerrle, Shane Rauner, Kevin McDermott, Jake Gibson, Zach Williams,

Pat McCarron, Jeff Dahl, Chris Heist, Gavin Gallagher, Dylan Calloway, Joe Neiman,

Craig Nordberg, Steve Savage, Emily Rutter, Jeff Payne, Karrisa Bourbeau, Joey Dilks,

Matty O., Garrett Jones, Josh Anderson, Rob Rivera, Tim Farrier, Justin Booth,

Tucker Perkins, Erin Myers, Gabby Breazeale, Mike Kimball, Noah Gillian, Sean

Jamison, Eric Easterly, Doug Shallcross, Joe Gildea, Alyssa McGuigan

Dr. Jamison, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Matthews, Mr. McGrath, Mrs. Depasquale, Lisa Rumer, Officer

Swillo, Officer Elias, Mr. DiBartolo, Mr. Ulrich,

“Your body is a temple, Worship it!”

Congratulations!!! Our overall weight loss challenge competition winner:

Dan Weaver (Physics Teacher)

Dan was able to lose a total of 30.6 pounds and 12.10% of his body fat. This individual competition was VERY close.

Our team winner:

City Council Members They lost a total of 8% of their body fat.

In total, all participants lost a whopping 471.4 pounds in 10 weeks!!!

Congratulations to everyone who participated and thank you for you all of your donations towards Drug and Alcohol Awareness Committee!

Honors World History prepared news skits on different parts of the Russian

Revolution.

Death of

Russian

royal family

Interviewing

the Czarina

Interview

with Czar

Interviewing

royal family

Interviewing the

Royal Family

Mrs. Daniel's Word History classes participated in Ms. Dombrosky's dream flag project. These positive wishes for the world will be displayed in the National Constitution Center in

Philadelphia on May 2nd. They will then go to different countries.

On March 24, 2015, Mrs. Georges’ Advanced Anatomy & Physiology students were treated to an interactive presentation by Dr. Bradford Tucker and Nurse Melissa Romeo. Students learned about orthopedic surgery as a career, the anatomy of a shoulder and then were able to perform laparoscopic surgery on a model to repair a full rotator cuff tear. It appears we may have some future surgeons in our midst!

On the first day of spring, March 20, Mrs. Georges’ Honors Biology classes were visited by two volunteers from the Margate Terrapin Rescue Project. Kimberly Lull and William Doughty explained the anatomy and physiology of our local terrapins as well as their roles in our ecosystem. Terrapins of different ages were provided for hands-on investigation. Lastly, students were shown how causeways connecting the mainland to our barrier islands are a threat to this species and what they can do to help. Students designed comprehensive plans to protect terrapins along the Margate causeway using real barriers, weighing pros and cons of each material.

Geometry Students in Use Trigonometry to Measure

Ocean City Landmarks Geometry students in Mr. Lehman’s class braved cold and wind during March to determine the heights and distances between landmarks on Ocean City’s skyline without actually measuring a single distance. Using homemade sextants, students were able measure angles by simply pointing to the tops of objects along the skyline. “If we can measure the angle of elevation, we can use trigonometry if we know another measure. We needed another measure, and that’s where Google Maps came in”, one student explained. Students took measurements from several locations easily identified on Google Maps (West Goal Post, The Sundial at the Observatory, and Carey Stadium’s scoreboard). They then measured the angles of elevation to the stadium lights, Garden’s Plaza, and the Wonderland Ferris wheel. Next they pinpointed the locations and captured the distances between sites using Google Maps. Finally, once the calculations were made, it was

time to confirm the accuracy of the devices and methods. Students were very pleased to know that their calculated height of the Ferris wheel was within two feet of the documented 144 foot height … and that measurement was made from about 700 feet away!

Red The 3rd Annual Red & White Night Winner was the RED team

(Freshmen and Seniors)! Special Thanks to Alyssa-Rae Preis and Katie Kline for all

their work in organizing this

event.

The highlight of the night was

the teacher dance. A video can

be seen at

http://youtu.be/F48gCfaKgyI