Congratulations are in order for many students at Maryvale Preparatory School on Falls Road. Juniors Lonnie Garrett and Brianna Cimino were selected for the competitive Bits and Bytes Program at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The program is designed for high school juniors who are interested in the engineering and information technology fields. These students were also invited to spend "A Day with an Engineer," along with juniors Elizabeth McCormick and Ashley Copenhaver, a program run through the Society of American Military Engineers.
Maryvale freshman Brooke Yanaga was honored with a regional Gold Key Award for her flash fiction creative writing piece, which allows her to participate in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition. Sophomore, Rachel Vandegrift won first place in the Love your Tree art contest, which will be used in promotional materials for Sheppard Pratt's Center for Eating Disorders.
In addition to all of these accolades, Maryvale Prep is proud to become the first independent girls' school in the region to require CPR training for this year's graduating class. Seniors will participated in Hands-Only CPR on Feb. 10. Under Breanna's Law, CPR will become a graduation requirement for students in Maryland's public schools in fall of 2015.
Congratulations to the upper school students at St. Paul's School and St. Paul's School for Girls for their exceptional performance of the play "Flowers for Algernon," based on the novel by Daniel Keyes.
The play ran the weekend of Feb. 6-7 to a completely sold-out audience in the Ward Center for the Arts. The play tells the story of Charlie Gordon, a mentally handicapped man who undergoes experimental surgery, which temporarily increases his intelligence in a dramatic way. The lead of Charlie Gordon was played by Zach Ruchkin, while the roles of Alice and Fay, were played by Morgan Wilder and Meredith Awalt, respectively. Other cast members included Lutherville residents Ryan Silverman as Young Charlie, Simon Hetzler as Mr. Harvey and Taylor Kern as Norma. St. Paul's School "commends the entire cast for staging a show that was simultaneously funny, romantic, poignant and tragic."