- December 5, 2025
Seabreeze High School National Honor Society officers: Carson Epp, Mikey Hayes and Annabella Olivari. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze students Carson Epp, Murphie MacDonald, Dominic Marinaccio, Hannah Alley and National Honor Society president Caroline Klayer (front) wrapped up a morning beautifying the high school plant beds. Photo by Michele Meyers
Caroline Klayer and Dina Koulouris kept a positive attitude as they cleaned the Seabreeze High School plant beds. Photo by Michele Meyers
Grace Holland and Caroline Klayer. Photo by Michele Meyers
Grace Holland, Caroline Klayer and Murphie MacDonald posed between picking up debris in front of Seabreeze High School. Photo by Michele Meyers
Jackie Bynum is headed into her second year as vice principal at Seabreeze High School. Photo by Michele Meyers
National Honor Society vice president Annabella Olivari spearheaded the Seabreeze beautification project with fellow NHS officers. Photo by Michele Meyers
Mr. Seabreeze Mikey Hayes is also the co-vice president of the National Honor Society and is involved in "just about everything" at the school. He found a 2008-09 freshman ID card during the project. Photo by Michele Meyers
Murphie MacDonald found a 2007 freshman ID card while cleaning out one of the plant beds at Seabreeze. Photo by Michele Meyers
"All these kids are taking time out of their summer, in this heat and doing amazing work for the betterment of our school," Seabreeze vice principal Jackie Bynum said. Photo by Michele Meyers
Jackie Bynum signed volunteer paperwork for incoming freshmen Isabel Mazelow and Ellie Harris. Photo by Michele Meyers
Dominic Marinaccio and Danwoo Kim scooped some of the final loads of mulch that were poured in the Seabreeze plant beds. Photo by Michele Meyers
Caroline Klayer, Dominic Marinaccio and Grace Holland spread the mulch throughout the Seabreeze plan beds.Photo by Michele Meyers
The most important parts of the beautification project for National Honor Society treasurer Carson Epp was community, cooperation and seeing everyone out doing their part and having a good time. Photo by Michele Meyers
Caroline Klayer, Dominic Marinaccio and Jai Van Rij. Photo by Michele Meyers
Murphie MacDonald held a shovel full of mulch at the Seabreeze beautification event. Photo by Michele Meyers
"We want to bring more energy and life back to Seabreeze," NHS president Caroline Klayer said. "Our top priority was first beautifying the school before all the new freshmen came in." Photo by Michele Meyers
Joanna Olivari, Jai Van Rij, Steve Waterman and Cade Gallman unloaded a truck full of mulch in front of Seabreeze High School. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze student Cade Gallman. Photo by Michele Meyers
Steve Waterman and Cade Gallman removed mulch from the truck bed. Waterman picked up two loads of mulch from Weedo's and dropped them off for the Seabreeze beautification project. Photo by Michele Meyers
Lauren Sullivan and Dominic Marinaccio. Photo by Michele Meyers
Former Seabreeze principal Dr. Earl Johnson and Annabella Olivari got busy removing old leaves and debris from the Seabreeze plant beds. Photo by Michele Meyers
"I firmly believe that if you look good, you feel good," Seabreeze NHS co-vice president Annabella Olivari said regarding the beautification project. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze High School is getting a facelift thanks to its National Honor Society officers and students.
NHS Co-Vice President Annabella Olivari spearheaded the beautification project, which will continue throughout the upcoming school year. She hopes to meet with fellow officers toward the end of summer to discuss and prioritize her ideas for initiatives.
“I firmly believe that if you look good, you feel good,” she said. “I wanted our students to have a better learning environment. When I was applying to be an NHS officer, I thought it would be great to clean-up our school. It needs a little bit of TLC.”
Day one went off without a hitch on Saturday, July 23. A crowd of approximately 40 people showed up by 8:15 a.m., including students, parents, Vice Principal Jackie Bynum and former Principal Earl Johnson.
“All these kids are taking time out of their summer, in this heat, and doing amazing work for the betterment of our school,” she said. “It says a lot about who we are as a school and who we are as a community.”
And at least one student found a piece of Seabreeze history: While cleaning out the plant beds, Murphie MacDonald found a 2007 freshman ID card.
“I firmly believe that if you look good—you feel good. I wanted our students to have a better learning environment. When I was applying to be an NHS officer, I thought it would be great to clean-up our school. It needs a little bit of TLC.”
ANNABELLA OLIVARI, Seabreeze National Honor Society co-Vice President
Local businesses and families donated to help. Olivari got fourteen yards of mulch from Joe Miller’s Mulch, a business partner with the school; and five yards of mulch from Weedo’s.
Steve Waterman and his daughter, Seabreeze junior Sarah Waterman, picked up two truckloads of mulch from Weedo’s while NHS officers Mikey Hayes, Olivari and Jai Van Rij picked up another truckload and unloaded it during a thunderstorm.
Hayes, who is a musician and won Mr. Seabreeze 2022-2023, was impressed with the turnout.
“Everyone was here early and getting it done,” he said. “Music was playing and the vibes were awesome.”
In the coming school year, NHS President Caroline Klayer wants to bring students together by creating projects that involve Seabreeze’s clubs, band and sports.
“Teachers talk about the golden years,” she said. “We want to bring that energy and life back to Seabreeze. That’s what we really want to do—bring this school together.”
