Highlighted Events This Week In Wicomico Schools

Wednesday, Dec. 15
Holidays Around the World
Wicomico Early Learning Center

Pre-Kindergarten Three and Four Year Olds and Salisbury II Head Start will participate in the Holidays Around the World Parent/Child Event beginning at 9:45 a.m. at the Wicomico Early Learning Center. Students will travel to stations located throughout the school to participate in science, reading, math, art, social studies and cooking activities. Families are invited to attend with their child. This activity is a Judy Center funded event. 410-677-5900.

Wednesday, Dec. 15
Superintendent’s Open Door Session
Board of Education Office

A Superintendent’s Open Door Session will take place Wednesday, Dec. 15, from 4-6 p.m., in the Administrative Conference Room at the Board of Education Office. The Open Door Sessions are opportunities to meet one-on-one with Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Fredericksen to discuss any issue, idea or concern. No appointments are made: Anyone interested in meeting with the superintendent should come to the Board office that day and sign in. Other Superintendent Open Door Sessions for this year are scheduled for Jan. 19, Feb. 23, March 23, April 27 and May 25. 410-677-4495.

Friday, Dec. 17
3rd annual Operation SPEAK Oratorical Competition for Fifth-Graders from Prince Street, Pinehurst and Glen Avenue Schools
At Prince Street Elementary School

Prince Street Elementary will host the 3rd annual Operation SPEAK (Stimulate, Prepare & Encourage Articulate Kids) Oratorical Competition at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17. There will be fifth-grade students from three Title I school competing - Pinehurst, Glen Avenue and Prince Street. This program encourages 5th-grade students to compete first with students from their own school in writing, memorizing, and reciting a speech. Three students from each school will participate in the contest on Dec. 17. Each student will have two to four minutes to present a prepared speech on either this quote from John Crudele: “Kids Spell Love T-I-M-E,” or Jesse Jackson’s quote, “Your children need your presence more than your presents.” Winners will be eligible for trophies and monetary awards. This year’s Operation SPEAK Oratorical Competition is supported by a grant from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. For information please contact Tana Ellis at 410-677-5813 or tellis@wcboe.org.