Going the extra mile
October 26, 2015
Helping her middle school science class, teacher Amy McCormick demonstrates how to launch a rubber band. “They’re trying to compare the distance they get downstairs versus the distance they get upstairs,” McCormick said. The activity was part of the students’ lesson in potential and kinetic energy.

















![Students, teachers, and parents visit Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on June 7 as part of an EF tour group. "In 7th grade I had signed up for a [field trip to] Canada but it was canceled because COVID pushed it off so much, so when Mrs. Pietrzak brought up that they were doing a D-Day field trip to Europe, I thought that was really cool and I knew that I definitely wanted to do a trip while I was at West Shore so I took the opportunity," Amelia Bailly '25 said.](https://westshoreroar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/edbc27cd-da37-43d3-9ac9-0f38a21bbe02-1200x675.jpg)

















