http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/?track=rss Headlines from baltimoresun.com en ©2013, baltimoresun.com Mon, 20 May 2013 15:29:14 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-comm-cmwhs-nutrition-award-20130520,0,3409850.story?track=rss The national, non-profit School Nutrition Association has awarded Beth Freeman from C. Milton Wright High School in Harford County Public Schools the regional Louise Sublette Award of Leadership Excellence in School Nutrition, considered the highest honor a school nutrition manager can earn. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:07 EDT http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-comm-petrey-van-lunen-20130520,0,3580111.story?track=rss The Van Lunen Center for Executive Management in Christian Schools at Calvin College has announced its 2013-2014 fellows and among them is John Petrey, head of Mountain Christian in Joppa. The list includes educators from 22 schools across the United States and Canada. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:27:02 EDT http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-comm-scholarship-winners-20130520,0,6540715.story?track=rss The Forest Hill Recreation Council Scholarship winners were presented with their $1,000 scholarship awards on Opening Day for baseball and softball in April. The winners included: Tyler Abbott, Andy Benjes, Tyler Norcross, Ryan Warren and Alexandra Zorbach. Each of the recipients is a graduating senior who participated in at least five years in any rec council program, strong academics and community service. These scholarships are sponsored by Dr. Charles Ebner and his staff at Forest Hill Family & Cosmetic Dentistry. Also awarded was the Connor Daniel McKeown Memorial Scholarship for $1,000, which was sponsored by the parents, friends and coaches of Connor McKeown. This scholarship was received by Austin Reitz. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:29:14 EDT AEGIS STAFF REPORT http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-comm-lilkeness-riders-car-wash-20130520,0,6463333.story?track=rss Members of Camp Likeness Riders, a local motorcycle enthusiasts club, held a car wash May 4 at Joe's Crab Shack in Abingdon to raise funds for the homeless animals at the Humane Society of Harford County. The group of animal lovers presented the shelter with $200. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:14:59 EDT AEGIS STAFF REPORT http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-schools-hfs-afghan-program-20130520,0,6526802.story?track=rss Seventh-graders at Harford Friends School have a new opportunity to let their voices be heard as far away as Afghanistan. The only school in Maryland selected to participate in an interactive program entitled "Afghanistan Hearts and Minds," Harford Friends incorporated the program into the seventh-grade social studies curriculum, taught by teacher Lauren Redding. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:48 EDT http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-bus-st-matt-coop-nursery-20130520,0,6810867.story?track=rss St. Matthew Cooperative Nursery is expanding. Since 1972, the Co-op Nursery School has served 3- and 4-year-olds in the community through a well-balanced program that stimulates the intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual growth of each child in a caring, Christian environment. The belief is that young children learn best in an atmosphere of creative, exploratory activities where each feels safe and comfortable as a child loved by God and each can develop at his/her own pace and fulfill their own potential. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:39 EDT BY DAVID ANDERSON, daanderson@baltsun.com http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-hcc-board-0517-20130514,0,169912.story?track=rss Harford Community College officials have spent years working to improve cultural diversity on campus, leaving them well prepared to honor a state mandate to create a "plan for a program of cultural diversity." Thu, 16 May 2013 18:47:29 EDT http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-cesky-nominees-0515-20130513,0,3312176.story?track=rss Twenty-four graduating high school student-athletes, representing Harford County's 12 senior classes, will be honored at the 28th Annual Al Cesky Scholarship Fund's (ACSF) awards banquet Wednesday at the Richlin Ballroom, beginning at 6 p.m. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:15:00 EDT BY DAVID ANDERSON, daanderson@baltsun.com http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-bus-hcc-construction-contract-0515-20130514,0,2234244.story?track=rss Kinsley Construction Company of York, Pa., was recently selected as the builder of Harford Community College's new Nursing and Allied Health Building. Tue, 14 May 2013 18:35:13 EDT http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/harford/news/education/ph-ag-craig-statement-canavan-0515-20130515,0,3567004.story?track=rss Harford County Executive David R. Craig issued the following statement regarding the appointment by the Harford County Board of Education of Barbara P. Canavan as interim superintendent of Harford County Public Schools: Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT