In 1921,
American Education Week began with hopes it would raise awareness about the importance of public education, according to the National Education Association website.
Beginning Monday, Nov. 14, area schools will celebrate the 90th American Education Week with the following activities:
Arbutus Middle School – 5525 Shelbourne Road, 410-887-1402. Visits by parents and guardians welcome during the school day, 8:10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Special activities planned between 8 a.m. and noon Nov. 15 for grade six, Nov. 16 for grade seven and Nov. 17 for grade eight.
Baltimore Highlands Elementary School – 4200 Annapolis Road, 410-887-0919
Visits by parents and guardians welcome 8:25-11:30 a.m. Nov. 14 for pre-kindergarten and communication and learning support students; Nov. 15 for grades one and two; Nov. 16 for grades three and five; and Nov. 17 for grade 4 and kindergarten. Nov. 18 is open to all grades.
Spirit Week will include:
Nov. 14: School Spirit Day.
Nov. 15: Career Day. Students dress as what they want to be when they grow up.
Nov. 16: College T-shirt day.
Nov. 17: Mix-up Day. Students wear mismatched clothes or inside-out clothing.
Nov. 18: Purple Friday.
Parent Workshops:
Nov. 15: Technology for the 21st century family, 9:30-10 a.m.
Nov. 16: Number sense for grade five, 9-9:30 a.m. Number sense for grade three, 11:30 a.m.-noon.
Nov. 17: Secrets to your student's success, 11:45 a.m..
Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies – 901 South Rolling Road, 410-887-0934
Visits by parents and guardians welcome all week. Nov. 16 is the official visit day.
Catonsville High School – 421 Bloomsbury Avenue, 410-887-0808.
PTA will host tables welcoming parents and guardians to visit all week.
UCP Delrey School – 3610 Commerce Drive, 410-314-5000.
Teachers of six classes at the school have planned special community outreach projects for their students next week. Projects include preparing food for Our Daily Bread and for Helping Hands, collecting nonperishable food items for Maryland Food Bank, making small gift items for residents of Maryland Baptist Aged Home in west Baltimore, creating a poster on American Education Week to display in local post office and making and sending cards to soldiers overseas.
Halethorpe Elementary School – 4300 Maple Avenue, 410-887-1406
Nov. 16: Grandparents Day from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Nov. 17 – Student of the month assembly 10 a.m.
Lansdowne Elementary School – 2301 Alma Road, 410-887-1408
Visits by parents and guardians welcome Nov. 15 for grades three, four and five; Nov. 16 for grades one and two; and Nov. 17 for those with children in program for 3-year-olds, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Book fair all week.
Lansdowne High School – 3800 Hollins Ferry Road, 410-887-1415
Visits by parents and guardians welcome Nov. 14 for ninth grade, Nov. 15 for 10th grade, Nov. 16 for 11th grade 11 and Nov. 18 for 12th grade.
Nov. 14: Visit by Poe, Baltimore Ravens mascot..
Nov. 15: Lansdowne Advisory Board to host "How Do I Stand Out in a Sea of Job Applicants?" for student interns and work-study students. An engineering workshop will also be held for all interested students.
Nov. 17: Mock interviews by 50 community professionals for seniors.
Nov. 18: Financial seminar by First Financial Credit Union.
Lansdowne Middle School – 2400 Lansdowne Road, 410-887-1411
Parent visits during school hours, Nov. 15 for grade six, Nov. 16 for grade seven, Nov. 17 for grade eight. Grandparents welcome to visit all grades Nov. 18.
Maiden Choice School – 4901 Shelbourne Road, 410-887-1431
Nov. 14: Each class to participate in a special arts-and-crafts activity.
Nov. 15-16: Parents and grandparents invited to visit from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Nov. 17: Special sensory activity for students.
Nov. 18: Special cooking activity for students.
Relay Elementary School – 5885 Selford Road, 410-887-1426
Visits by parents and guardians welcome during school hours; Nov. 14 for grades one and two; Nov. 15 for grade three, pre-kindergarten and functional academic learning support students; Nov. 16 for grades four and five; Nov. 17 for kindergarten. Grandparents' visitation day, Nov. 18.
Nov. 14: PTA Book Fair
Riverview Elementary School – 3298 Kessler Road, 410-887-1428
School will send newsletter to parents this week with schedule of activities.
Western School of Technology and Environmental Science – 100 Kenwood Avenue, 410-887-0840
Visits by parents and guardians welcome 7:30 a.m to 2 p.m. throughout week.