2008-09 Annual Report - Harford County Public Schools

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2008-09 Looking back on the 2008-09 Under the leadership of Mary Murray and Jim Pritchard, student-groups involved with the local Maryland Summer Center investigated a number of invasive plants, animals, and man-made changes at the Harford Glen Environmental Center during a two-week study in July 2008. Students involved included, from left, top, Reagan Harper, Thomas Ogden, William Corey, Dan Gorski, Adam Lanphear, Andrey Privado, and Morgan Gardner; center, Drew Vinyard, Colleen Patton, Ben Hendricks, Cole Merryman, Jillianne Carter, Bridget Newell, and Natalie Brosh; and, bottom, Ben Barsam, Bram Swarr, Brett Boileau, and Joe Nichols. Harford’s Hickory Elementary School was selected as a 2008 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education for students achieving at very high levels. The announcement made by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, cited only six Maryland schools and 320 schools nationally to receive the distinguished honor. Each year, the U.S. Department of Education conducts a nationwide search for ‘Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence.’ In order to facilitate that process, they first look to the state level where State Departments of Education nominate schools whose students demonstrated excellence in ‘No Child Left Behind’ (NCLB) sanctioned standardized tests. Additionally, the school must fall in the top 10 percent of all schools in the state on test scores in both reading and math for the past three years. The 2009 General Assembly student pages were, from left front, David John “D.J.” Sigworth, Nick Temple, Viona Miller, Gerard Neely, Greg Waterworth (alternate), and William Richardson. Elected officials in attendance were, from left, Senators Andrew Harris and Barry Glassman, Delegation Chair Susan McComas, Delegates Daniel Riley, Mary-Dulany James and Donna Stifler. The student pages spent two weeks in Annapolis – those weeks are non-consecutive to allow them to experience the beginning of the process, to see things all the way through by following certain issues that interest them, and returning later in the session to witness the conclusion. 16 BOE | DECEMBER 2009
Rewind HCPS School Year Students, faculty and staff at Edgewood Middle School (EMS) boosted their confidence by holding an energizing pep rally featuring Dr. Ron Kelley of Konfident Enterprises on February 10, 2009. Dr. K, as he is known, travels the nation giving presentations to students and teachers on innovative ways to achieve academic success. In an effort to pump up the student body and make students feel motivated, excited and prepared for the Maryland School Assessments (MSA), EMS held two pep rallies - one for the sixth grade and one for the seventh and eighth grades. Coordinated by EMS Principal Dr. Lawrence Rudolph and Instructional Facilitator Ms. Patrice Brown, this event is the first of many events being established to bolster student self-confidence and put the test front and center in school culture at EMS. The Milken Family Foundation, which for two decades has sponsored one of the nation’s premier education conferences, again joined with the 9th Annual National Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) Conference to examine successful reforms in education. The conference also featured the presentation of unrestricted $25,000 Milken Educator Awards (MEA) to 70 of America’s most outstanding elementary educators at a gala celebration including Hall’s Cross Roads Elementary School Vocal Music Teacher Christian Slattery. Mr. Slattery meshes the music curriculum with other subjects, from creating rap songs to teach multiplication tables to changing the lyrics of a familiar pop song to strengthen understanding of a history unit. Pictured right, Mr. Slattery poses for a photo with Mr. Lowell Milken, chairman and co-founder of Milken Educator Awards, at the conference. The Edgewood High School’s (EHS) Global Studies Program/ International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme recently received its official authorization as an International Baccalaureate World School. A celebration event was held at the media center of EHS on April 22, 2009. The two-year application process, which included a site visit, ended when the school was granted authorization on December 11, 2008. The celebration event for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme included guest speakers, former Interim Superintendent of Schools, Patricia Skebeck; Board of Education Member, Mark Wolkow; Councilman Richard Slutzky; EHS Principal, Larissa Santos; and EHS IB Coordinator, Amy Woolf. DECEMBER 2009 | BOE 17
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