OCHS Principal’s Report February, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to the Top students in the Class of 2018: Avi Rabia, William Mack, Matthew Catanoso, Aspen Lawler, Hailey Stack, Megan Reeves, Morgan McLees, Victoria Patella, Natalie Katsiff, Mary Kate Tumelty

STUDENT OF THE MONTH Each senior 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.

Natalie Katsiff was the Rotary Club February Student of the Month. Mary Tumelty was the Exchange Club February Student of the Month.

OCHS Students of the Month Nicole Rhodes has been a pleasure to have in class this year. She exhibits a positive outlook

and attitude that is infectious among students in the classroom. Nicole always walks into class with a smile on her face and treats everyone she encounters with the utmost respect and acceptance. She has been a shining example of a model student and classmate. Nicole stands out because of her kindness, maturity and optimistic outlook. She radiates goodwill in the classroom and has a very positive effect on other students.

Andrew Arsenault comes to class on a daily basis with a genuine excitement to learn. While others groan sarcastically at names like Emerson and Thoreau, Andrew

perks up, excited for the opportunity to engage with new ideas. Additionally, Andrew often poses thought-provoking questions during class discussion. He is hard-working in all that he does, academically and otherwise. Moreover, Andrew understands the true meaning of empathy and teamwork. He works well with and encourages all of his peers

DECA Students Compete in Regional Competition Ocean City High School students competed in the DECA Regional Conference held on Monday, January 8, 2017 at the Cherry Hill Crown Plaza against more than 1,000 business students in South Jersey. DECA advisor Mrs. Maureen Merighi along with business teacher Mr. Brent Earl accompanied 41 OCHS students and came home with 25 awards in a variety of events related to marketing, finance, management, entrepreneurship, fashion and other business related categories. Congratulations to each of our participants. Michael Beebe placed first on his exam and received 2nd place with his teammate Billy Farnan in the role play portion of the Financial Services Team Decision Making category. Meredith Moon placed first in the role play portion of the Principles of Marketing Competition. Thanasi Koutsfetsoulis placed third on the test for Apparel and Accessories Marketing Series. In the Account Applications Series Anthony

Jones scored 2nd for his role play. Ally Hanley and Grace Rutter received 3rd in their role play portion of Buying and Merchandising Management. Ryan Roller received 1st in his testing portion of Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making. Meanwhile, Garret Longstaff and Sean Roop received 3rd all around for Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making. Josh Barnes received 2nd on his test portion of Principles of Finance. Additionally, Abby Brennan secured third place in her role play for Retail Merchandising Series.

The State Finalists:

Automotive Services Marketing Series: Ariel Stell

Principles of Marketing: Meredith Moon

Retail Merchandising: Abby Brennan

Business Finance Series: Manav Rhanderi

Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series: Samantha Levai (not pictured)

Account Application Series: Angelina Bongiorno and Anthony Jones

Financial Consulting Event: Megan Finley

Principles of Finance: Joshua Barnes

Buying & Merchandising Management Team Decision Making:

Ally Hanley and Grace Rutter Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making: Garret

Longstaff and Sean Roop (not pictured)

Financial Services Team Decision Making: Michael Beebe and Billy Farnan 2nd place overall

State Finalist will compete in Atlantic City with the intent of qualifying for International Career Development Conference which will be held in Atlanta, GA this year in the Spring. The best of luck at State Finals!

OCHS advanced dance students took a trip to experience dance in NYC. Thirty students joined Mrs. Morrison to the Broadway Dance Center to take a jazz dance class with professional choreographer, Eric Campros. After the intense class they were lucky enough to have tickets to the newest Tony Award winning Broadway show, “Anastasia.” It was a life changing trip and everyone had a blast!

Open Gym Club Dodgeball

OC Dive team served a meal and donated much needed food to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission.

On February 14th, the Leadership Club went to The Shores at Wesley Manor to do a Valentine's Day painting activity with their members.

Photo Club's project - "HUMANS AND THEIR ONE VALUE" took off on February 6. Students are creating photographic series of Humans (over 65 at this moment) and One Thing of Value, person would take if they have to leave their house forever. Our first volunteer humans were Norma Wing and Jeri Breish. We are hoping for this project to involve older and later on much younger humans in order to get a feel of how life experiences change what we value. Please, if you know anyone over 65 who would like to participate in this project contact Mrs. A. Palmer - Photography Club Adviser.

OC's Got Talent For another great year the OCHS Key Club had a great OC's Got Talent making it our 7th annual event! The event took place on Friday, February 9th and was a smashing success raising over $2,500 for the Children's Miracle Network of Philadelphia. The other money that we raised is split to fund our senior scholarships. Our show consisted of 16 amazing acts from exquisite piano songs to exceptional singers to tin foil flutes. After the judges talked it was announced by MC's Matthew Catonoso and Korey Greene that the results were in. In 3rd place was Ocean City's very own Winter Guard who spun their flags to the Incredibles Theme! Second place was Sarah Ruth who sang "I Dreamed a Dream" (from Les Miserable) as last year’s reigning winner. Finally, in first place was the amazing freshman Hannah Carr who sang beautifully for the audience. To conclude, the Tin Foil Flute Gang was a crowd favorite winning the People's Choice Award. The event ended up being a huge success raising above and beyond our goals. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and our seniors will greatly thrive in this success.

Valentines and Donations for the Troops from NJ We beat our past record of 1901 valentines!!!

TOTAL # Valentines: 2238 + donations of socks, snacks, candy, and money

Ocean City High School - 1517 Miss Sharon Norton’s business students - 494 Mrs. Rubina Dombrosky Carroll’s art students – 147 + 18 = 165 Mr. Joseph LaTorre’s students - 132 Mrs. Lisa O’Neill’s Best Buddies Club and Mrs. Masters and Mrs. O’Neill’s students – 168 Mrs. Ashley Palmentieri’s students – 54 Mrs. Sharon Elco’s French 3 students – 44 Mrs. Kara Uhrich’s Spanish 4 students – 34 Mrs. Maureen Merighi’s students – 13 Mrs. Nicole McMaster’s and Mrs. Debra Cathcart’s Peer to Peer Club – 39 Mrs. Corrine Cook’s students – 29 Ms. Jennifer Dean’s Interact Club - 26 OCHS Library – 56 OCHS Extension School students (Mr. Matusz, Mrs. Adriana Palmer, Ms. Molly McKeefry) – 102 Dr. Aaron Wohlrab and Mr. Keith Zammit’s Senior Class Council – 28 Miss Karly LoSasso’s Per. 1 class – 24 Mr. Shane McGrath’s Per. 3 class – 47 Mrs. Ashley Schmid’s Key Club - 5 Student Council – 33 Anneliece Mattina and Gavin Mattina - 24

Ocean City Intermediate School – 530

Mrs. Megan O’Neill’s 4th grade students – 31 Mrs. Lindsay Morris’s 8th grade students – 65 Mrs. Eileen Ruane-Graham’s and Mrs. Joyce

Frank’s students – 34 Mrs. Maureen Baldini’s 4th & 5th grade computer science students – 37 Mrs. Christie Pontari’s Spanish class students – 47 Mrs. Ashley Schmid’s ESL – 48 Mrs. Jess Kriegner’s 6th grade students – 83 + 56 + 19 = 158 Mrs. Alissa Gerent’s 5th grade students – 14 Mr. Christopher Nunan – 18 Mrs. Stephanie Michael’s 4th grade class - 9 2 interschool envelopes without teacher(‘s’) name(s) – 16 + 17 = 33 Miss Lauren Miley’s 6th grade Spanish students - 36

Ocean City Primary School - 156

Mrs. Ashley Schmid’s ESL – 12 Ms. Ivory William’s Girls Group – 10 Ms. Megan Riordan’s 2nd grade students – 72 Ms. Christine Haury’s 2nd grade students – 13 Mrs. Erin Porter’s 1st grade students – 37

Mrs. Danielle Humphries’ 1st grade students – 12 St. Damien Parish, Ocean City, NJ - 35

Mrs. Patti Kelly’s (Also a teacher at OCHS) Sunday School Class - 35