Eastern Tech had eight students team up to earn seven medals at SkillsUSA Maryland 2019 State Championship on April 12 and 13. More than 1,000 students enrolled in Career and Technology Education programs around the state compete at the state championship each year, which features more than 90 occupational and leadership skill events. Gold medal … Read more
The 2019 Team BCPS Haiku Contest challenge was simple: write a haiku on the theme of family. The response from Baltimore County Public Schools students was extraordinary. A record 2,223 entries flowed in from 105 schools and centers. Students opened their hearts and imaginations to craft emotional, thoughtful, and sometimes funny poems. They reflected on … Read more
Three local residents are among five BCPS educators that have been named finalists for 2019-20 BCPS Teacher of the Year. Perry Hall resident Jaime Metzgar, Middle River resident Kristen Nielsen and Christina DeSimone of Parkville will also compete with Ronald McFadden and Abigail Metcalf to see who will be named BCPS Teacher of the Year … Read more
Jeffrey Cai, a Grade 12 student at Eastern Technical High School, has become the first Eastern Tech student to qualify to take the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). To qualify, Cai scored 87 out of 150 – which placed him in the top 5% of test takers – on the AMC12 Exam offered by the … Read more
Anderson J. Williams of Honeygo Elementary School and Gabriella Chiericoni of Perry Hall High School were named winners of Baltimore County Public Schools annual Black History Month Writing Contest for their respected age groups. Williams is a second grader at Honeygo and was named the K-2nd grader winner for all of Baltimore County. She is … Read more
The Technology and Engineering Association of Maryland (TEEAM) honored local Baltimore County Public Schools educators at its Awards Banquet on Feb. 22 at the Engineers Club in Baltimore. The East Side honored educators are: Nicole Boyd and James Hemming, Stemmers Run Middle, who received the Program Excellence Award and Angela Waldrop, Eastern Tech, named Exemplary … Read more
Three area Baltimore County Public Schools students earned high honors in the 2019 Maryland Regional Braille Challenge. This year, more than 35 students from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. participated in the regional event held on Feb. 9, hosted by the Maryland School for the Blind and the Maryland State Department of Education. During … Read more
Kimberly Zepeda Garcia, a Grade 10 student at Parkville High School, was named the high school level winner at the Maryland Art Education Association Youth Art Month Maryland Flag Contest. Her art teacher is Matt Duvall. Garcia, along with Evelyn Epstein, a Grade 3 student at Summit Park Elementary School, will receive $100 in art … Read more
The Maryland School Counselor Association has named Zachary Clark, of Overlea High School, as the 2019 Maryland School Counselor of the Year. He will be honored at the National School Counseling Week gala on February 8, 2019, at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, and he will be nominated to the American School Counselor Association for the … Read more
Heather Howard of Chesapeake High School was one of two Baltimore County Public School students and among the 1,896 students just named 2019 Coca-Cola Scholar semifinalists. Mofeed Najib of Towson High School was also named a semifinalists. Howard is a member of both the National Honor Society and National Math Honor Society at Chesapeake High … Read more