Key Events In Wicomico Schools This Week

Friday:

Reception for students with artwork in the Wicomico County Elementary & Secondary Student Art Show, and the students' families, 7 p.m. at the Wicomico County Public Library. The 31st annual Wicomico County Elementary & Secondary Student Art Show, featuring more than 1,000 works from students in every Wicomico school, is on display at the Wicomico Public Library in Salisbury through May 3. Art teachers have elected 20 to 50 pieces per school, including paintings, drawings, photographs and sculpture, to represent the creative efforts of Wicomico students. The artwork will be displayed in the lobby and throughout the children's side of the library. The exhibit is available for viewing during library hours: 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. For information about the Wicomico County Student Art Show, please call Gary Beauchamp, supervisor of fine and performing arts, at 410-677-4573.

Parkside High School will host a mock crash at 9 a.m. Friday for the seniors of Parkside and James M. Bennett High School, as the two schools prepare for their proms. The mock crash, which illustrates for students what happens when a student drinks and drives, will take place at the basketball courts behind Parkside. A number of law enforcement agencies, fire and rescue personnel, and a funeral home will be involved in staging the mock crash, after which an assembly will be held in the auditorium. Parkside's prom will be on Friday night at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and JMB's prom will be held at Salisbury University May 23. (Wicomico High, whose prom is Saturday, hosted a mock crash before homecoming last fall for students of Wi-Hi and Mardela High.)

Sunday

Derek Wu, a senior at James M. Bennett High School, will give a piano recital at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall at Salisbury University. The recital is free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to bring canned goods to support the Maryland Food Bank and/or donations to support the Salisbury/Wicomico Youth Leadership Academy. In addition to being a senior at JMB and the student member of the Maryland State Board of Education, Derek is an award-winning pianist who has studied at the Peabody Institute.