Music Teachers Association honors Bowie students

Students in the A-1 division had to perform one piece of music from each of the four music periods; baroque, classical, romantic, and 20th century. Students competing in the A-2 division performed two pieces from any of the four periods.

Competition chairwoman Wendy Dengler said MTAB has been giving out awards to promising seniors for more than 20 years.

‘‘Several of them are going on to major in music,” Dengler said of the winning students.

Bowie native tappedfor honor society

Shannon Weikle, daughter of Scott and Karen Weikle of Bowie, was accepted into Salisbury University’s Kappa Delta Pi society, the school’s international honor society for education.

Weikle is a sophomore majoring in early childhood education and elementary education. She is a 2006 Bowie High School graduate.

At Salisbury, she is on the dean’s list, a member of Sigma Alpha Pi, the National Society of Leadership of Success, a member of the education club and a lacrosse club team member.

The university is located on the Eastern Shore.

Four bands to march in Bowie Memorial Day parade

Bowie’s annual Memorial Day parade will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Bowie High School Annex on Belair Drive. Four marching bands, including the U.S. Army Fife and Drum Corps, and Bowie, Parkdale and Eleanor Roosevelt high school bands will join the parade of floats, antique cars, fire department apparatus and participating local organizations.

The parade route will begin at the annex, turn right down Belair Drive, turn right onto Sussex Lane, turn right onto Stonybrook Lane and continue past the Bowie Community Center, turn left onto Sage Lane and finish at the Market Place Shopping Center parking lot. Food and drink concession stands will be available at both Sussex Lane Park and Acorn Hill Park.

For more information about the parade, contact Matt Corley, Bowie’s Special Events Coordinator at 301-809-3078 or e-mail mcorley@cityofbowie.org. Information about the parade and participants registered to march is available at www.cityofbowie.org.

Bowie native to receive master’s degree

Bowie native Andre Joseph Lancaster is expected to graduate with a Master of Science in project management this spring from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Lancaster completed his undergraduate work at Platteville and has been working to earn his master’s degree through a distance education program while living in Bowie.

Benjamin Tasker names third-quarter honor roll

Benjamin Tasker Middle School has named the students on its third-quarter honor roll.

Seventh-graders on the principal’s high honor roll (all A’s): Charde Barnes, Matthew Bieler, Tracy Chance, Nicole Alexe De Guzman, Susan Gharfeh, David Gilliam, Victor Grubbs, Britni Hardesty, Crystal Hughes, Scholastic Ibezimako, Rae Dawn Kimbrough, Baonhu Ky, Kenechukwu Mbonu, Michael McCahan, Alexis McNeil, Emily Miller, Kristoffer Recio, Steven Rigby, Dalonte Taylor, Samuel Thomas, Barbara Witol, Dennis Witol, Nicole Woody and Sonia Zhang.

Seventh-graders on the honor roll (A’s and B’s): Heather Alas, Kidus Amelga, Karissa Arthur, Brandon Bailey, Robert Bass, Nicolas Bayes, Colby Blodgett, Daquan Boozer, Brianna Brown, Jerrell Brown, Warren Brown, Deaundre Bumpass, Danielle Burton, Jaylen Byrdsong, Ronald Callahan Jr., Victor Chan, Alfred Cohen, Clifford Coley, Michael Connelly, Marlon Crook Jr., Joseline Cruz-Flores, Elizabeth David, Tyana Debnam, Juan Diaz, Brittany Dinkins, Eric Dong, Janai Durham, Tyra Durrett, Phillip Dyer, Victor Egbe, Peri Ellis, Shakira Ellis, Michael Epps, Brooke Evans, Stephanie Evans, Marissa Fletcher, Nicole Franklin, Jordan Garvin, Steven Gilliam, Tianna Gomez, Cody Grahovac, Jenna Grays, Simone Green, Lexus Greene, Kylie Haley, Ashley Henderson, Cherish Henderson, Heaven Henderson, Nicole Hill, Jade Hillary, Janai Hollinger, Kei’vonda Hollis, Khamar Hopkins, D’auna Hudson, Tiffani Jackson, Henry Jackson III, Emily Jankee, Alexia Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Julian Johnson, Daivon Jones, Cole Joyner, Hakeem Kamara, Sydney Kelsey, Maya Kenner, Bradley King, Kaylin Lloyd, Kenyetta Louis, Rashidat Magbade, Samantha Malenab, Brady Mazzei, Ciara McAllister, Elijah McWhirter, Casi Mewborn, Allison Meyers, Kaela Mitchell, Jason Moeder, Miquella Mollon, Jamia Montgomery, Sheldon Moorefield, Daisha Morris, Marshe’ Morrow, Shonte Moten, Nchang Nchang, Kayla Nedd, Jordan Nicholas, Kevin Ocampos-Barry, Ayotunde Okusolubo, Winifred Okwuchi, Sylvester Olubodun, Kennon Owens, Maya Perry, Kaitlyn Pleinis, Emily Rankin, Elisha Rashad, Rene’ Rivera, Ujala Rizvi, Ramona Roberts, Bryant Rogers II, Alison Ryan, Indera Sahadeo, Maada Sammah, Trenton Samuda, Nancy Sanjines, Schuylar Scott, Clement Senyo, Mario Sequeira III, Scott Sexton, Joshua Sharp, Nykia Shepard, Olumide Shokunbi, Keonya Smith, Samuel Sowunmi, Bobby Stanley, Davis Strohmaier, Aliyah Sweeney, Aja Sydnor, Rea Tai, Antonella Taylor, Ashley Taylor, Denina Taylor, Raygene Taylor, Christina Thayer, Alexander Thomas, Tabitha Thornhill, Mark Vogel, Steven Walton Jr., Emante’ Washington Mobley, Deandre Watson, Ashley Webster, Preston Welling, Jeffrey Williams, Julian Williams, Tori Williams, Larry Williams Jr. and Jazmyne Wright.

Eighth-graders on the principal’s high honor roll: Reeham Abdelrazzag, Brooke Armstrong, Vishal Bagadia, Christopher Barbour, Terry Cooper, Geanina Fripp, Amna Geko, Samantha Martinez, Megan McKenna, Jordan McNeeley, Sunhwa Moffitt, Autumn Moore, Olivia Oberle, Nwamara Ogbonna, Chidinma Okafor, Quentin Scott, Bongnwi Tangyie, Jasmine Taylor, Kevin Todd and Blair Vizbulis.

Eighth-graders named to the honor roll are: Ahmed Abdosh, Doyin Adegbesan, Olaoluwa Adeoye, Christopher Allegrezza, Ruth Alvarez Henriquez, Gerardo Amaya Perdomo, Marie Vien Aquino, Alice Bannigan, James Barnes III, Tiffany Barnett, Melissa Bebout, Londyn Beechum, Cameron Bilger, Kevin Bobby, Amani Brooks, Ericka Burton, Fana Cisse, Jhasmyn Curry, Ellen Dahl, Melanie Daley, Dominique Davis, Morgan Davis, Victoria Dehoyos, Shaviya Dickerson, Alexander Dymek, Brandon Enoch, Karen Escobar, Briana Evans, Brea Fields, Mariah Frison, Faith Fugar, Melanie Furr, Johnnae Gee, Coye Gerald, Lexiss Golden, Jordan Graves, Benjamin Harding, Alexis Harvey, Cody Hodge, Jordan Huften, Rohan Jain, Bailey Jarmon, Mikal Jenkins, Jaylen Johnson, Aryn Johnstonm, Lambertine Jones II, Gianni Kemp, Granit Krasniqi, Kelsey Latorre, Derace Lauderdale, Sasha Ledesma, Jacob Lewis, Haley Lloyd, Robert Lopez, Oliver Lumpkin, Janeth Martinez, Domenica Mejia-Clavijo, Michelle Minor, Melena Murphy, Kristin Nowlin, Eyek Ntekim, Ifedimma Nwankwo, Whitney Okwuchi, Emile Palmer, Benjamin Panga, Meagan Park, Bria Parker, Gregory Payne, Dana Powell, Monica Powell, Terrence Price, Devona Quasie-Woode, Devonte Quasie-Woode, Julian Quinonez-Pico, Tyler Reed, Michael Sanjines, Cindy Schlorb, Jacob Seaman, Brittany Simmons, Kiarra Simon, Kelly Sinclair, Kamli Sirjue, Julie Smock, John Sohyda, Alex Stewart, Diamond Sydnor, Julie Thai, Sharde’ Theodore, Courtney Thomas, Jordan Thomas, Camrey Thompson, Camille Tillar, Alyssa Tomchick, Patricia Vicente, Alexis Wainwright, Benjamin Walters, Victoria Walton, Jade Wilkins, Kara Wilson, Christopher Wolff and Erin Worthman.