Category: Education
Montessori Plunges
For the fourth year students, parents, staff, and alumni from Montessori International Children’s House (MICH) took the plunge to support the Special Olympics in Maryland at last Saturday’s Polar Bear Plunge. To date, Team MICH has raised over $9,000 for Special Olympics. Colette Tettemer, Team MICH Captain, explained that this “worthy event is a win-win [...]
Elementary School Redistricting Meetings Scheduled
The county Board of Education has scheduled two public briefings and a public hearing on Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell’s recommendation to redistrict Central, Davidsonville, and Mayo elementary schools and a proposal from a developer to redistrict a Crofton parcel of land where it hopes to build homes. A briefing on the Central-Davidsonville-Mayo plan will be [...]
Police Report On Broadneck Assault
UPDATED 02/01/2012: The investigation was conducted by Eastern District Detectives. Detectives interviewed the parties involved along with multiple witnesses and it was determined that the aggressor in the incident was the 18-year-old male. The investigation revealed that the 18-year-old male, a former Broadneck High student, approached his 15-year-old friend and assaulted him over what was [...]
Broadneck Teen Attacked; Flown To Shock Trauma
UPDATE: From Pam Wood, reporter at The Capital’s twitter feed (follow her, she is good), , they have confirmed that the teen was 18 years old. Initial reports indicated that he was 15. UPDATE: The Broadneck Patch is reporting that the teen is in shock-trauma with life threatening injuries. According to Patch, the Anne Arundel [...]
Reading Screenings At Summit School
On Saturday, February 11th from 9am-1pm, The Summit School will open its doors for a public reading screening event for 1st-8thgrade children between the ages of six and thirteen. Although not designed to diagnose learning disabilities, this screening will afford parents the opportunity to learn about their child’s reading strengths and weaknesses. All screenings are [...]
2 Anne Arundel County Students Win Prestiguous Writing Award
Two Anne Arundel County students are among this year’s winners of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Achievement Awards in Writing, considered one of the most prestigious writing honors in the country. Samantha Dean of Broadneck High School and Sarah Crockett of North County High School were among only 12 Maryland students to [...]
Two Local Private Schools Team Up For Food Link
Students at two local independent schools have teamed up on a joint fundraising effort dedicated to alleviating hunger. The girls’ varsity basketball teams at Key School and Indian Creek School have joined forces to organize a canned goods drive, a pep rally and a competitive basketball tournament called “Hoops for Hunger”, scheduled for January 28. [...]
Information Night For Student Board Of Education Slot
High school juniors in good academic standing can get more information on becoming the 2012-2013 student member on the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County during an Information Night scheduled for Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Anne Arundel County’s student member on the Board of Education is the only one in the nation on a [...]
NASA Space Capsule Leaving USNA
NASA spacecraft, “Freedom 7,” will be leaving the Naval Academy at the end of February, bound for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library in Columbia Point, Boston, Mass. The space capsule first arrived at the Naval Academy on Dec. 15, 1998. Since then, it has been on display to the public in the Armel-Leftwich Visitor [...]
Crofton Meadows Named Blue Ribbon School
Crofton Meadows Elementary School became the county’s 15th Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence last week when it was announced as one of six schools to receive the prestigious honor at a ceremony at the Maryland State Department of Education in Baltimore. Schools Superintendent Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell, Board President Patricia Nalley, and Regional Assistant [...]
Robots To Invade AACC
An opportunity for hands-on fun with science and technology while honing skills in teamwork, critical thinking and problem solving enticed 16 teams of students ages 9-16 to build and bring robots to a Jan. 21 competition at Anne Arundel Community College. AACC is hosting “The Battle by the Bay,” a FIRST® LEGO® League qualifier tournament [...]
Annapolis Area Christian School Superintendent Resigns Amid Scandal
The Annapolis Area Christian School (AACS) Board of Directors today announces the retirement of Superintendent George J.W. Lawrence, Jr., and the immediate implementation of a transition leadership team comprised of the principals of its three schools and the school’s business manager. The announcement was made by Michael Edmonds, president of the AACS Board of Directors, [...]
11 Year Old Reports Assault At School Bus Stop
On January 12, 2012, at approximately 4:45 p.m., officers from the Western District responded to Frostwood Drive in Laurel for a report of an assault that took place earlier at a bus stop in the area of Shadow Park Drive and Finchleigh Street in Laurel. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the 11-year-old male victim, who [...]
Heterogeneous Grouping Informational Meeting
There will be a public information session on the new “Honors for All” focus at Annapolis High School. Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:30-8pm, the event is hosted by Annapolis Education Commission. “Heterogeneous Grouping”, “de-tracking”, “Honors for All”. However it is labeled, the concept is being discussed in education policing-making and academic circles across the country [...]
Lindale Middle Aims To Feed The Hungry In A Big Way
A year ago, Lindale Middle School teachers and administrators camped outside for a week as part of a schoolwide effort to collect more than 7,800 pounds of food for the needy. They had so much fun, they’re doing it again. With temperatures scheduled to hover around freezing next week, members of the school’s faculty will [...]
AACC Cyber Forensics Team Wins International Competition
An Anne Arundel Community College cyber forensics team won first place in the community college division and was among the top 10 teams on the leaders’ board of the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) Digital Forensics Challenge that drew 1,147 teams from all 50 states and 52 countries. The team will receive [...]
Folger-McKinsey School Returns Home In April
Students and staff members at Folger McKinsey Elementary School will enjoy a newly renovated school building with state-of-the-art technology when classes resume after the Easter/Spring break. Folger McKinsey students have been housed in Chesapeake Bay Middle School since August 2010 while construction on the $27.2 million building has taken place. The schedule now calls for [...]
Cyber Center At Anne Arundel Community College Title Sponsor Of 2012 TechAwards
The Chesapeake Regional Tech Council (CRTC) is pleased to announce the Cyber Center at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) as the Title Sponsor for its prestigious 7th Annual TechAwards program, a celebration of technology excellence in the Chesapeake region that recognizes outstanding achievements in the areas of innovation, strategic growth, customer service and stewardship. The [...]
Annapolis Area Christian School Sued For Sexual Harassment, Retailiation
UPDATE: The Capital’s Heather Rawlyk has a more in depth article on these allegations which include several red flags from the Superintendent’s past which were known to the Board. According to a story broken by the Baltimore Sun (paywalled), three former employees of the private Annapolis Area Christian School are suing the school for an [...]
Naval Academy Midshipmen Make Contributions To Local Community
Naval Academy midshipmen from the Midshipmen Action Group (MAG) are spreading the holiday cheer this season with record food and gift donations to those in need in the Annapolis area. Along with the USNA Chaplains’ office, MAG collected an outstanding 15,330 pounds of food for the Harvest for the Hungry food drive benefiting the Anne [...]
Superintendent Kevin Maxwell Submits $986.2 Million Operating Budget
Requests Authority To Fill 62 Additional Classroom Teaching Positions And Fully Funds Negotiated Agreements Schools Superintendent Kevin Maxwell tonight recommended a $986.2 million Fiscal Year 2013 operating budget that requests the authority to fill 62 additional teaching positions and fully funds negotiated agreements with all four employee bargaining groups. Funding for the teaching positions – [...]
Fight At South River High Causes Stir
The Edgewater Patch broke a story about a fight that broke out at South River High School in Edgewater on Wednesday morning. The fight, and the response of the school has caused quite a dust up in the comment section. The school’s spokesman, Bob Mosier sent the following statement to Edgewater Patch: The school’s administration, [...]
