Tag: severna park high school
Severna Park NHS Raises $700 For Bello Machre
The Severna Park High School’s National Honors Society raised over $700.00 to support people with developmental disabilities. The club organized a 1920’s themed dance fundraiser at the Shipley’s Choice Clubhouse for Bello Machre on Monday, March 25, 2013 with over 100 people in attendance. Bello Machre and the Severna Park National Honors Society have been [...]
Scholarships Available From CFAAC
The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel (CFAAC) is currently accepting applications from eligible Anne Arundel County high school seniors for three scholarships focused on student-athletes: Name of Fund: Collegiate Scholarship Fund School: Old Mill High School Scholarships: A $4,000 scholarship is being given to one boys’ varsity lacrosse player and one girls’ varsity lacrosse player at [...]
OMG ‘Legally Blonde’ Coming To CTA
OMG, you guys! Elle Woods, her sorority sisters and the halls of Harvard are coming to the Children’s Theatre of Annapolis this January with its production of Legally Blonde: The Musical. The musical incarnation of the beloved 2001 movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Luke Wilson premiered on Broadway in 2007, earning seven Tony Award nominations. It [...]
Severna Park Physics Teacher Wins Presidential Award
It’s not every day that science instructors get recognized by the President of the United States, but Severna Park High School physics teacher Barry Hopkins was notified by the White House that he had been named Maryland’s winner of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The award is the highest [...]
Matt Wyble Makes Daily Record’s 2012 List of Top Young Professionals
Champion Realty is proud to announce that Matt Wyble, a sales associate in the Severna Park office, was chosen for The Daily Record’s 2012 “20 in Their Twenties” list of Maryland up-and-comers under age 30. Honorees are selected by The Daily Record staff for their professional accomplishments, civic involvement and impact of achievement. “I’m excited [...]
Funeral Arrangements Made For Severna Park Teen
Funeral arrangements have been finalized for the teenager who died in Severna Park earlier this week. The Barranco Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements for Tracy Beth Vander Kolk. Respects can be paid on Monday, with burial on Tuesday. From their website: Tracy Beth Vander Kolk, 16, a resident of Severna Park, died on [...]
Suicide Rocks Severna Park High School
UPDATE: The spokesperson from the Anne Arundel County Schools has sent numerous emails (and a comment) asking for a correction that they did indeed respond to our inquiry for a statement. When we updated the story that the schools had indeed responded with a letter on the school’s website, we felt it was redundant to [...]
Old Mill High Student, Nick Lefavor, Appointed To School Board
Nick Lefavor, a junior at Old Mill High School, was elected by members of the Chesapeake Regional Association of Student Councils today to be the 2012-2013 student member of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education (SMOB). Approximately 230 students attended today’s election at South River High School, and 210 students cast votes. Jake Ritterpusch [...]
15 Outstanding Educators Named Semifinalists For 2012 Teacher Of The Year Honor
Fifteen educators from all levels of the public school system were named today as semifinalists for the 2012 Anne Arundel County Teacher of the Year award. Eight of the educators are elementary school teachers, three teach at middle schools, and four teach at the high school level. Ten of the county’s 12 high school clusters [...]
Excellence In Education Award Nominees Announced
Forty-seven public school teachers and three private school teachers will be honored on April 16, 2012, as Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce celebrate the 26th annual Excellence in Education banquet at the BWI Marriott in Linthicum. The event will also honor local businesses that have [...]
Adaptive Summer Day Camps
The Anne Arundel County Commission on Disability Issues encourages parents of youth ages 5 to 21 with disabilities to attend the Summer Camp Fair offered by the Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks Department. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Severna Park High School, 60 Robinson [...]
Baltimore Sun: Names Released In Route 50 Crash
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that three of the victims on Saturday morning’s crash on Route 50 were recent graduates of area high schools. Brittany Ann Walker, 19 was a 2010 graduate of Meade High School and attended Anne Arundel County Community College. Zachary Tyler Rose, 18, was a 2011 graduate of the same school. [...]
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. [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/pwoodreporter/status/163000608608092160"] UPDATE: The Broadneck Patch is reporting that the teen is in shock-trauma with life threatening injuries. According to Patch, the [...]
Severna Park High Named County’s 11th National Blue Ribbon School
Severna Park High School today was named a National Blue Ribbon School by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, becoming the 11th county school and second county high school to receive the prestigious honor. Severna Park is the third county school in the last four years to receive the distinction. The 1,889-student school is one [...]
Giant Food Awards Nearly $2M To Local Schools
Giant Food of Landover, Md. is presenting nearly $2 million to local schools in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Delaware as a result of its 2010-2011 A+ School Rewards program. A+ School Rewards provides a simple way for schools to earn funds to support school programs and enrichment activities every time a customer makes a [...]
8 Students Vie For Student Member Of Board Of Education
Eight county high school juniors have filed applications to be the 2011-2012 student member on the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County. With nominations now closed, the field of candidates consists of: ● Alexander Berman, Annapolis High School ● Jillian Buck, South River High School ● Angela Copes, Glen Burnie High School ● Erin [...]
Ft. Meade High School Wins Round Three Of County Math Competition
Meade High School captured first place in the third round of the Anne Arundel County High School Mathematics Competition, which saw Annapolis High School place second and a three-way third-place tie between Archbishop Spalding High School, Key School and Severna Park High School. The Jan. 29 event on the Arnold campus of Anne Arundel Community [...]
Psychologist To Address Issues For Parents, Teens In Lecture At Severna Park High School
Psychologist Carol Maxym will address the pressures facing teenagers today and the ways parents, adolescents, and their families can address the challenges they present at a lecture at Severna Park High School on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. The lecture is being sponsored by the Students Taking Actions Responsibly, or STAR program at the school. Dr. [...]
Congratulations To Anne Arundel National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists
The Anne Arundel County Public Schools has announced that eleven students from five Anne Arundel County public high schools have been selected as semifinalists in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship competition. Annapolis, Broadneck, and South River high schools tied for the largest number of semifinalists among county schools this year with three each. Arundel and [...]
More Charges For Korvin and Stryker
According to The Capital, it seems that the police are preparing an additional set of charges against Wade Korvin and Wesley Stryker. Subsequent to their arrest, several other people have come forward to report similar incidents. Currently, the two teens are being held at the Jennifer Road Detention center without bail. Police say that, after [...]
Volunteer Center Honorees Named
Annual Hall Of Fame Inducts Eight Projects This year’s Volunteer Project Hall of Fame Celebration was held on November 6, 2009, in Annapolis. This event, at Loews Annapolis Hotel, was sponsored by the Volunteer Center For Anne Arundel County and the Coordinators of Volunteers of Anne Arundel County to honor eight Volunteer Projects that were [...]
