The Hunt Valley Rotary Club and the James W. Houck Foundation once again sponsored the Four-Way Test Program for area youngsters.Now in its 42nd year, this wonderful program involves more than 1,500 local students in poster, essay and oratorical contests all centered on the guiding principles of Rotary International:Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Students from 12 different area schools were honored at a Rotary Club ceremony on April 23 with Deborah Phelps, of the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools, on hand as the keynote speaker. Yusuf Mahmood, a senior at Dulaney High School, was named the first-place winner of the high school oratorical contest based on his passionate speech against the death penalty.Good luck to Yusuf as he will now go onto compete in the district-wide finals next month.Congratulations also to Dulaney students, Irene Angelos and Mary Charlotte Gitlin for being honored in oratorical contest.
Elementary school students participate in the Four-Way Test Poster contest with winners from each school. Congratulations to Padonia International third-grade students, Sivaranjani Subramanian, Sahra Khusha and Luis Castellanos for winning top honors at their school. Warren Elementary boasted even more participants and winners included third-graders, Sami Elliott, Veah Bagley and Max Edwards; fourth-graders Garrett Kossoff, Rowan Stashik and Tori Matthews; and fifth-graders, Chelsea Elliott, Brianna Portillo and Johnson Yang. Congratulations to all!
Get your tickets now for the inaugural Dulaney High School Distinguished Alumni Award Banquet. The award is to be presented to almnus and Cockeysville native, Reid Wiseman, a NASA astronaut from the Class of 1993. He will share his experiences and pictures taken from the International Space Station. There will also be time for questions, pictures, and autographs.The Dulaney Foundation is working to provide financial support to strengthen the school environment and community.Dulaney grads take note: The Foundation is hoping to make this an annual event — so maybe it will be your turn to be the Distinguished Alumni next year!The banquet will be held on Thursday, May 28 at The Towson Golf and Country Club (Eagles Nest) from 6:30-10:30pm. Contact Pat Benhoff at pbenhoff@comcast.net for more information.
The Mays Chapel Elementary School Safety Patrol was on the move when they headed down to Camden Yards for an Orioles game. As a part of Safety Patrol Appreciation Day, they saw the Orioles take on the Boston Red Sox ending with the O's pulling out an extra inning win! Thanks to Briana Alvarez, Chase Cuevas-Bumps, Mia Elder, Nicole Lu, Bria Marshall, Nupur Shah, Jaelyann Soto Marquez and Emma Whatley along their fellow Safeties (who could not make it to the game given the unrest in Baltimore) for keeping the halls and buses safe at Mays Chapel!