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![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)
![The Melbourne Fire Department recognized coach and custodian Derrick Hamilton on April 16 with the Lifesaving Citizen Award during lunch. "I would just react for anyone," Hamilton said. "My love for children -- that's what it comes down to. [I am] where I am supposed to be."](https://westshoreroar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_0639-1-e1713376507113-1200x805.jpg)
![Senior David Vingradov plays "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers in the senior parking lot on Sept. 18 to kick off the first day of Spirit Week: Barbie versus Oppenheimer. "My friend Ioana [Silaghi] spearheaded putting a piano in the parking lot, so I wanted to inaugurate the piano with a song about good friends," he said.](https://westshoreroar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/david-1200x898.jpeg)
