WPS Students Claim Awards in this Year’s Shirley Hall Youth Art Show

4/2/2025

Berlin, MD – Congratulations to the awardees of the Shirley Hall Youth Art Exhibit from Worcester Preparatory School (WPS): Mikayla Towns, Jayden Scopp, Angeline Todorov, Elena Gjoni, and Emery Hammonds.

The Shirley Hall Youth Art Exhibit took place on March 7 at the Art League of Ocean City. WPS senior Mikayla Towns from Pocomoke City, Maryland, earned 1st place in the Grade 9-12 category with her digital art piece titled “Kevin Bacon, Footloose. " Honorable mentions were awarded to WPS seniors Jayden Scopp and Angeline Todorov, freshman Elena Gjoni, and 7th grader Emery Hammonds in the middle school category.

For over 30 years, the Art League of Ocean City has showcased the artwork of Worcester County middle and high school students in the annual Shirley Hall Youth Art Show. Originally sponsored by the Women’s Club of Ocean City, the show was coordinated by Shirley Hall, an active member of the OC Women’s Club and a former president of the Art League. After the OC Women’s Club disbanded, the Art League continued to organize the annual youth show as it remained central to the organization’s mission. In 2006, the Art League renamed the show in Shirley's honor after her passing.

Founded in 1970, WPS is a private independent school serving Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12, located 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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Pictured from the left are WPS students: senior Mikayla Towns (Pocomoke City, MD), who received 1st place in this year’s Shirley Hall Youth Art Exhibit, alongside honorable mentions senior Jayden Scopp (Berlin, MD), senior Angeline Todorov (Berlin, MD), freshman Elena Gjoni (Ocean City, MD), and 7th grader Emery Hammonds (Rehoboth Beach, DE).

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Worcester Preparatory School

508 South Main Street, Berlin, MD 21811

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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.