STEPHEN DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL

🎉 We’re honored! 🎉�
We are excited to announce that Stephen Decatur High School has been voted Coastal Style Magazine’s BEST SCHOOL for the 5th year in a row!
A heartfelt THANK YOU to our amazing community, students, staff, and families for your continued support.
We share this recognition with all of you!
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The Worcester County Health Department invites everyone who lives, works, or plays in Worcester to complete their Community Health Survey. The purpose of this survey is to identify the most important health issues in our community and develop the 2026 Community Health Improvement Plan to address those health issues. Please take the survey by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WoHDCHA2025. If you have any questions or need more information, please email worcester.health@maryland.gov. #PartnershipsInAction

Attention WCPS families: If your family received Maryland SUN Bucks over the summer, be sure to use them before they expire on October 6, 2025. For more information or to check your SUN Bucks balance, visit https://dhs.maryland.gov/sunbucks/.

A new school year is just around the corner! The Maryland Center for School Safety (MCSS) has shared important tips to help students, parents, and drivers stay safe and prepared. #WeAreWorcester #PartnershipsInAction

WCPS families, as you gear up for Back to School shopping, we want you to be aware of an important change. iPads across the school system have been refreshed to a newer model and are ready to go for students' return this September. The new model now requires headphones and earbuds to be USB-C compatible, so be sure to check that compatibility when purchasing from your child's school supply list. All lists have been updated to reflect this compatibility; view them online at https://tinyurl.com/WCPSSupplyList. #WeAreWorcester

Get ready to LIKE and SHARE! We have partnered with @FFFCUofMD to support #WCPS students and families!

From now until 12pm on July 16, #FFFCU will donate $1 for every LIKE their Instagram post receives! An additional $1 will be donated for each SHARE on your story using #FFFCULikeForACause. The donations will help our community prepare for a successful school year! Head to FFFCU's Instagram to learn more or visit: https://www.firstfinancial.org/events/2025-fffculikeforacause/

WCPS Families, check out available school supply lists all in one location. Visit https://tinyurl.com/WCPSSupplyList to see school supply lists for your child(ren) and get a jump on your Back to School prep! #WeAreWorcester

We might be on summer break, but our Stephen Decatur High School NJROTC members are making their mark at the annual Leadership Academy. The week-long academy promotes leadership skills, physical fitness, and discipline. 💪 #SeahawksSoar #SeahawksServe #SeeUs #TheDecaturWay #NJROTC #Dedication #DecaturNation #Seahawks Worcester County Public Schools MD

It’s a strong finish for our PBIS Rewards (Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports) honorees this month: Junior Samuel Willis and Teacher Lisa Santore-Schwartz. 👏👏 Congrats on jobs well done!! 💙🖤🤍 #SeahawksSoar #TheDecaturWay #SeeUs #PBIS #DecaturNation

We are saying bittersweet goodbyes, as well as extending our sincerest appreciation, to three legends this week. As the last bell rings and the hallway hustle bustle turns into summer celebration, long-time teachers Laurie Chetelat (History), Jim Krall (Science), and Kimberly Patrick (English) will close their doors for the final time, officially retiring after forging remarkable teaching careers. 👏👏👏 From all of us at Stephen Decatur High School, both from the past and present, THANK YOU to each of you for your wisdom, inspiration, commitment, dedication, and the countless lives that you have positively shaped through the years. While your time here has ended, your impact will go on for years, and, whether you are enjoying the beach 🏖️, golfing 🏌🏼‍♂️, or cozied up reading 📖, just remember #OnceASeahawkAlwaysASeahawk! 💙🖤🤍 #SeahawksSoar #SeeUs #DecaturNation #Seahawks #SeahawksServe #Legends #TheDecaturWay #TeachingMatters #Retirement Worcester County Public Schools MD

The Worcester County Health Department is conducting a Community Health Assessment to determine the most important health needs in our community. Please lend your voice to this work by participating in the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/CHAwchd2025. #WeAreWorcester #PartnershipsInAction

Our talented Seahawk musicians have an opportunity of a lifetime! Please consider supporting them in their endeavor to perform at the 2025 Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu, Hawaii. Marching Band has been selected to represent Maryland at the 2025 Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu - a national honor awarded to just nine bands across the country. Held annually on Dec. 7th, the parage pays tribute to those who served and sacrificed during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, including the crew of the USS Maryland and other state-named battleships. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Worcester County's talented musicians and they need your help to get there! Together, lets send our Seahawks to Hawaii! Click here to donate:https://app.verticalraise.com/fundraiser/stephen-decatur-high-school-band/ig/1778860/?utm_source=url_invite&utm_medium=copy_paste&utm_campaign=invite&utm_content=paste&utm_term=main_link&fbclid=IwY2xjawK3yBdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE0bG9ZbG9DOHRwNHpRaUlCAR58oOExP3eBiOrQBZK1EXdw2KvxNTo3biO5oqW8Yh_75gBc2BHgnwe8qQoY0A_aem_PHuxYp7S-fju9prgGAv5gg

Our Surfrider Club members have been busy assembling 200 beach clean-up kits for the summer season. ❤️🌎🌊 Kits contain gloves, trash bag, wipes, a Surfrider cleanup data sheet with directions for reporting, pencil, and stickers. Each kit has been assembled with love 💚 for the express purpose of soliciting help to keep our area pristine. Funding for this project came from community members, local businesses, and a BINGO night at The Sterling Tavern. We are now looking for hotel partnerships for participation in this inaugural program. Please contact Mandi Wells at Stephen Decatur High School at (410) 632 - 2962 for more information, or if you are interested in participating. #SDHSGoesGreen #SeahawksServe #SeahawksSoar #SeeUs #DecaturNation #CommunityPartnerships #KeepOurBeachesClean #LeaveOnlyYourFootprints Surfrider Foundation - Ocean City Maryland Chapter Town of Ocean City - Government Worcester County Public Schools MD

Our Stephen Decatur High School NJROTC program continually offers exciting career building activities for our students. We are very thankful to have the Coast Guard host us for a day! 🛟

The school-year is coming to an end, but we’re still volunteering! Our Surfrider Club members took an afternoon to clean up our beaches - 40lbs of trash! ❤️🌎🌊 💙🖤🤍 #LeaveOnlyYourFootprints #SDHSGoesGreen #SeeUs #SeahawksServe Surfrider Foundation - Ocean City Maryland Chapter Town of Ocean City - Government

💡Spotlight on one of our amazing students: Freshman Abby Bunting used her engineering and 3D printing skills to create a custom piece of equipment for a visually impaired student on the Mardela High School Unified Strength and Conditioning team. Her innovative design, a block that emits sound for the shuttle run event, was created to help the athlete participate more confidently and independently. Abby’s innovative and thoughtful contribution not only demonstrates her technical abilities, but also highlights the power of collaboration and inclusion across schools and school systems. Thank you Abby! #SeahawksSoar #SeahawksServe #DecaturNation #Innovation #SeeUs #InclusionMatters #UnifiedSports Mardela High School Worcester County Public Schools MD

We can hardly believe that the 2024-2025 school year is almost over. Make sure you end the year strong and take care of your end-of-the-year checklist! 💙🖤🤍 #SeahawksSoar

Today marks the end of Eid Al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, which is celebrated for 3-4 days by our students and families who observe it. To learn more information about this holiday and to connect to our students who celebrate, visit https://mpt.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/holidays/

Freshman Carson Nock notches a top 5% finish in national investment competition. 💰 Carson finished 25th in the Capitol Hill Challenge (CHC) out of 1400 teams and over 6000 students. The CHC is a different iteration of the Stock Market Game (SMG). In this investment competition, each member of the House of Representatives sponsors 10 teams from schools in their district. Each team begins with a virtual $100,000 and is challenged to earn the most profit. Students must have a diversified portfolio containing individual stocks, mutual funds and bonds, and short selling is not permitted. Financial literacy is an integral part of our business program. Nock earned his achievement in business department chair Kurt Marx’s Principles of Business course. Pictured are Marx, Mike Detmer (Representative of Congressman Andy Harris), Nock, and Principal Tom Sites. 💸🤑💵 💙🖤🤍 #FinancialLiteracyMatters #SeahawksSoar #SeeUs #MDEconEd #CapitolHillChallenge SIFMA Maryland Council on Economic Education Worcester County Public Schools MD