WPS Lower School Meet Santa to Give Gifts for Diakonia

12/20/2024

Berlin, MD – On Tuesday, December 17, Worcester Preparatory School’s (WPS) Lower School eagerly lined up to visit Santa and give gifts to those in need at Diakonia.

Each Lower School student (Pre-K through Grade 5) arrived in the dining hall with a wrapped gift, or several, and handed them personally to Santa to distribute at Diakonia. Hundreds of gifts were donated to Diakonia’s homeless shelter in West Ocean City, Maryland, which provides emergency and transitional housing, food services, and counseling for its guests.

Thank you to our Lower School students, families, and Diakonia staff and volunteers for all their hard work and support.

Founded in 1970, WPS is a private, independent Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 School 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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WPS kindergartners eagerly await Santa’s arrival to donate their gifts to Diakonia. From the left are Aiden Jarvis (Ocean City, MD), Calvin Dunning (Rehoboth Beach, DE) and Logan Woodall (Whaleyville, MD).
WPS 1st graders Tatum Hanna (Bishopville, MD), Grey Lindsey (Berlin, MD), Milana Christensen (Millsboro, DE) and Paislynn Hutchins (Pittsville, MD) were excited to give their gifts to Diakonia this holiday season.
WPS 2nd graders Caroline McCready (Salisbury, MD) and Ainslie Mitchell (Berlin, MD) got a hug from Santa after donating toys to Diakonia.
Worcester Prep’s Mrs. Cynthia Phillips’ 3rd-grade class takes a photo with Santa after giving gifts to be donated to Diakonia. Sitting from the left are Michael Hovvhanisyan (Selbyville, DE), Markuss Jobson (Ocean City, MD), Declan Parks (Salisbury, MD), Vincent Fasano (Ocean City, MD), Wesley Weeth (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Palmer Hammonds (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Ryder Whitlock (Lewes, DE), Noah Ramadon (Ocean City, MD). Standing from the left are Casey Heun (Ocean City, MD), Blakely Absher (Berlin, MD), Carly McCallum (Ocean City, MD), Sloane Gudelsky (Ocean City, MD), Lisa Stanevich (Frankford, DE), Eleanor Brown (Berlin, MD), Ellie Broughel (Ocean Pines, MD).
Worcester Prep’s Mrs. Camille Jenkins’s 5th-grade class takes a photo with Santa after giving gifts to be donated to Diakonia. Sitting is Teo Conev (Berlin, MD), Tobi Blaska (Ocean City, MD), Maverick Pyne (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Jude Waked (Rehoboth, DE), Jack Parks Salisbury, MD), Peter Van Dalen (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Avrum Gudelsky (Ocean City, MD), John Freitas (Dagsboro, DE). Standing is Isabella Labin (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Madelyn Tull (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Kate DelliGatti (Berlin, MD), Kingsley Giardina (Berlin, MD), Nora Rafinski (Berlin, MD), Charlize Damouni (Lewes, DE), Piper Coyle (Berlin, MD), Sloane Kremer (Snow Hill, MD), 5th-grade teacher Mrs. Camille Jenkins and Head of Lower School Dr. Sara Timmons. Standing in the far back on the left is Head of School Dr. John McDonald.

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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.