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• Opinion

"Oz": teacher, mentor, friend

Say the word "teacher." The image it evokes reflects the experience you've had with them. When I say that word (and I consider it to be a sacred word), there is one person who embodies it above all others: my high school English teacher with whom I'm friends to this day. I am now 55, and he continues to teach and inspire me.

• Baltimore City Paper

A UMBC student group strives to do community partnerships right

I've lived in Baltimore City for most of my life, but I never had as much access to the city as I do now that I attend UMBC, a university outside of

• Education

Power outage closes Prospect Mill Elementary in Bel Air Tuesday

A power outage has closed Prospect Mill Elementary School in Bel Air, according to Harford County Public Schools.

• Opinion

An opportunity for meaningful school reform in Maryland

Maryland needs a statewide public school funding model that incentivizes the redesign of our schools, and develops the most innovative and forward-thinking school system in the country. A successful formula should focus not just on graduation rates and test scores, but on five core values that serve as a framework to improve our human condition, bring us together and help our children interact in schools that are as diverse and promising as the world in which we live.

• Opinion

Grading homework in BCPS [Poll]

Should marking period grades for Baltimore County Public Schools factor in student homework completion, classroom conduct and ability to collaborate?

• High Schools

Water main break closes Chesapeake High School

A water main break in the area of Chesapeake High School in Baltimore County has closed the building for the day.

• Howard County

Running Brook teachers get national grant to model lessons that engage students

Running Brook Elementary School teachers Sara Wolfson and Jeanette Swank are using a recently awarded $10,000 national grant to help their fellow English language arts teachers learn to design literacy-based lessons that better engage students.

• Maryland

Carter: Put more thought into assigning homework

A few weeks ago, a Texas school teacher named Brandy Young went viral on the Internet when a parent shared a letter she sent home announcing her new homework policy: There wouldn't be any assigned, unless it was work your child was unable to complete in class. She instead asked parents and students spend their time after school doing things like eating together as a family, reading to and with your children and getting kids to bed early, all of which have a proven impact on student success.

• Howard County

New Wilde Lake Middle uses 'environment to run the building'

A construction team led a guided tour of the new Wilde Lake Middle School Friday morning, explaining all the nuts and bolts behind what will be Maryland's first net-zero energy school in the state.

• Opinion

Post-Labor Day school [Poll]

Do you approve of Gov. Larry Hogan's executive order prohibiting public schools from opening before Labor Day?

• Education

Kevin Plank donates $1 million to Baltimore's CollegeBound Foundation

The CollegeBound Foundation, a Baltimore-based non-profit, receives $1 million gift from Kevin Plank.

• Howard County

Atholton grad Bleakney reflects on winning field hockey national title at Syracuse

Former Player of Year Bleakney reflects on National Championship

By Tim Schwartz

Jul 19, 2016

• Business

Troubled teen turned savvy business owner expands her Mount Vernon salon

Her family had been torn apart by drugs and mental illness, and Rosalind Holsey had little hope for the future. Then her life took a new direction. She was shut out of cosmetology in high school and found herself among the boys in a barbering class. "This industry literally changed my life," she said.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 8, 2016

• Howard County

Mt. Hebron's Linsenmeyer leaps to head of class as Howard County boys soccer Player of Year

Mt. Hebron junior Johnny Linsenmeyer named Howard County boys soccer Player of Year to headline all-county team

By Brent Kennedy

Dec 25, 2015

• Maryland

A healthy spirit of volunteerism at annual Havre de Grace community Thanksgiving

Even though Havre de Grace's annual community Thanksgiving dinner has been moved from its traditional site at St. Patrick Catholic Church to the Havre de Grace Community Center this year, that did not stop several hundred volunteers and multiple people wanting a Thanksgiving meal and holiday company from coming out Thursday.

By David Anderson

Nov 26, 2015

• Business

Under Armour's Kevin Plank gives $16 million to high school alma mater

Over the weekend, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank pledged $16 million to St. John's College High School in Chevy Chase from his private foundation.

By Christopher Dinsmore

Nov 9, 2015

• Schools

State superintendent named policy leader of the year

• Harford

Red Pump fifth-graders help plant trees at school

Fifth-graders at Red Pump Elementary School in Bel Air got a different classroom experience Monday when they joined a host of volunteers to plant 400 trees of eight varieties of native Maryland trees such as hickory, pin oak, red bud and river birch around the school's storm ponds and ball fields behind the school

• Howard County

Datebook

Howard County datebook

• Howard County

Two enjoyable events in Highland to pick from on Oct. 4 [Highland/Fulton]

there's the 10th annual Highland Day community celebration. Festivities start at 11 a.m. There will be a costume parade, lots of activities for kids young and old, local vendors, crafters, food, beverages, games, just to name some.

• Broadway Theater

Local talent returns for Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts gala

Glenelg High graduate Caroline Bowman is starring as Eva Peron in "Evita" at the Kennedy Center. She and other local artists who launched from Columbia are venturing back to town for "Bringing Broadway to Columbia," a Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts benefit at Toby's Dinner Theater Oct. 13. The show, staged every couple years, is a large-scale, variety program that brings theater and musical performers together at the place where many of them got their start.

• Howard County

Mt. Hebron's marching unit wows Atlantic City [Ellicott City]

Raymond Chow, Mt. Hebron High School Marching Unit Boosters publicity chairman, has great news to share. Last month, the MHHS Marching Unit participated in the Miss America Parade in Atlantic City.

• High Schools

BCPS Superintendent Dance appointed to national commission

Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent S. Dallas Dance was recently nominated as the final member of President Obama's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans.

• Preschools and Early Learning

At Your Library

Events and activities taking place at the local branches of the BCPL

• Laurel Leader

Fall celebration at Emmanuel United Methodist [North Laurel/Savage]

Emmanuel United Methodist Church will host a Fall Fun Day on Oct. 4 starting at 9 a.m.

• Schools

Nine Maryland schools receive Blue Ribbon honor

Six public schools and three Catholic schools were named National Blue Ribbon Schools, a designation given to the most successful schools in the country.

• Howard County

Elkridge Elementary yard sale will benefit PTA [Elkridge]

Elkridge Elementary School is hosting a yard sale on Oct. 4, from 8 a.m to noon

• Features

Friends of Great Kids Farm hosting Fall Food and Jazz Festival

• Maryland

Author to speak in Westminster as part of statewide book program

• Maryland

School holidays and dates to remember

Carroll County Public Schools holidays and dates to remember.

• Opinion

Good schools deserve investment [Commentary]

The Maryland Education Credit, which was not brought to a vote last year, would attract critical financial assistance for lower- and middle-income Pre-K to 12th grade students at both public and nonpublic schools by awarding up to $15 million in education tax credits for business donations that help students pay for tutoring, tuition, supplies, transportation and special needs services.

• Maryland

Candidate seeks support in BOE race [Letter]

• Maryland

Parent concerned over Carroll schools' partnership with Ravens

At least one Carroll County mother has decided to pull her child from an upcoming school system Project ACES event because of its association with the Baltimore Ravens in the wake of the NFL's ongoing domestic violence controversy in which former Ravens running back Ray Rice was videotaped hitting then-fiancee Janay Palmer in an Atlantic City casino.

• Harford

District E Harford council candidates disagree on Churchville wedding venue plan

The two candidates for the Harford County Council's District E seat have opposing views on the controversial Regent at Stone House wedding venue proposed on a Churchville farm.

• Maryland

College priorities adrift

• Opinion

Fund science; it's key to our economy [Commentary]

I understand that the nation is grappling with difficult economic times, but we should keep in mind that, since the end of World War II, more than half of American economic growth can be traced to science-driven technological innovation.

• Maryland

Watch Baltimore Ravens at Hampstead Ravens' benefit feast Oct. 5

The Hampstead Ravens Youth Football and Cheer program will have a crab and oyster feast from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Hampstead fire company hall, where the Baltimore Ravens' game may be viewed on the big screen starting at 1 p.m.

• Concerts

Datebook

Howard County datebook

• Schools

Education briefs

Anne Arundel County education briefs

• High Schools

State looks to veterans to serve as corrections officers

Maryland's prison officials are looking for a few good men, and women, to serve as corrections officers in the state's detention centers.

• Obituaries

Robert G. Keenan Sr., teacher and deacon

Robert Gately Keenan Sr., a retired Baltimore County public schools agriculture teacher who was a Roman Catholic deacon, died of a brain tumor Tuesday at Stella Maris Hospice. The Parkville resident was 77.

• Baltimore County

Towson named as one of best suburbs by real estate brokers

Towson was named by online real estate brokerage Movoto as one of three Maryland towns in the top 10 nationwide. The list was based on factors including student-teacher ratio, money spent per student and high school graduation rates.

• Howard County

Glenelg High's robotics team shows a lot of class

On Saturday, Sept. 20, the Glenelg High School Robotiators, Team 888 Robotics team, competed in and earned two awards at the 8th annual Battle O' Baltimore FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition.

• Baltimore County

Parents learn how to access school information from home

Parents at Baltimore Highlands Elementary School learned how to navigate the new BCPS One web portal

• Harford

Candidates for Harford school board's District E seat cite their experience

In explaining why voters should pick them, the two candidates for the District E seat on the Harford County Board of Education point to their experiences in education, life and as parents of HCPS students.

• Obituaries

Elizabeth M. Solter, accomplished equestrian and teacher

Elizabeth M. Solter, an accomplished equestrian and horse trainer who had been a member of the U.S. Equestrian Team, died Sept. 12 at her Berlin farm of breast cancer. She was 47.

• Schools

Filling in the 'missing pieces'

Sharon Westra describes her experiences as a volunteer for Acts4Youth

• Howard County

Chinese culture comes to Mt. View Middle School [Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock]

students at Mt. View Middle School enjoyed a unique cultural event: a World Language Kickoff presented by Bianca Chang, retired principal of the Chinese Language School of Columbia.

• Preschools and Early Learning

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Events and Activities at the local branches of the BCPL

• Maryland

Eldersburg Public Library Sept. 24-30