8th-graders taking part in Prejudice Awareness Summit
The Anne Arundel chapter of Jewish Women International will present its first Prejudice Awareness Summit from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at St. Vincent Palloti High School in Laurel.
The Prejudice Awareness Summit is aimed at eroding racial, religious, gender, age and disability-related stereotypes among youths moving from middle school to high school. Private and parochial schools from the Annapolis and Baltimore areas will transport 70 eighth-graders to the event.
Leon Bass, a retired Philadelphia high school principal who was among the first group of American soldiers to enter the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany during World War II, will be the keynote speaker.
Police officers from Anne Arundel County, Laurel and Annapolis, deputies from Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Department, and volunteers from community organizations will act as co-facilitators for group discussions and activities.
Information: 410-451-2161.
Teachers association lists tutoring help available
The Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County is compiling its 15th edition of the Tutor Pool, a source of qualified tutorial aid for students in Arundel public schools. The Tutor Pool is a listing of Arundel teachers who offer private tutoring for a fee. Tutors, for elementary and secondary schools, are listed by subject. Also included is special education and foreign language.
Parents may obtain copies of the Tutor Pool for specific subject areas by calling the TAAAC office, 410-224-3330, 410-841-6022 or 301-261-8309.
Teens from 2 high schools to help elderly residents
Plans are under way for two county high schools to undertake a service learning project with Partners in Care. North County High School Cleanup Days will take place this week. This will be the fifth year for North County students to take part in the project, during which 500 freshmen will perform yardwork and small exterior painting jobs for elderly clients of Partners in Care in the North County area.
Volunteers from Partners in Care and teachers from the school will be present at all sites. Arundel High School will participate in the project for the second time this year. Two hundred and fifty students each day will earn service learning credits on Nov. 12 and 13 by raking leaves and doing other yardwork for the elderly in the West County area. Information: 410-544-4800.
Harbour School releases study of its graduates
Harbour Schools at Annapolis and Baltimore have completed their sixth annual graduate study. Overall, 94 percent of Harbour graduates are employed, in post-secondary education, or attending vocational day training. Harbour serves a wide variety of disabilities and cognitive levels from gifted to moderately challenged.
Individuals with learning disabilities face challenges in completing their high school education and also in their transition from high school to a productive, independent adult life.
The Maryland State Department of Education reports that high school dropout rate of students with learning disabilities and or emotional problems is twice that of nondisabled students. Only two students have dropped out of the Harbour School program before completing high school.
Information: 410-974-4248 or 443-394-3760.
Key School schedules admissions open house
An admissions open house will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Key School, 534 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis. Families interested in learning more about the school and its programs are invited to attend the open house where they will have an opportunity to meet the faculty, discuss the curriculum, and tour the 15-acre campus.
Founded in 1958 by tutors and parents affiliated with St. John's College, the Key School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. It currently enrolls 720 students. The school encourages independence of thought, curiosity, creativity and an interest in learning. Information: 410-263-9213.