AACPS STEM Awards 2024 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers

April 16th, 2024|Annapolis HS, Annapolis Stories, Arundel High School, Arundel Stories, Broadneck HS, Broadneck Stories, CAT-North, CAT-South, CAT-South, Celebrating AACPS, Chesapeake Bay MS, Chesapeake HS, Chesapeake Science Point, Chesapeake Stories, Crofton HS, Crofton Stories, Glen Burnie HS, Glen Burnie Stories, Meade HS, Meade Stories, North County HS, North County Stories, Northeast HS, Northeast Stories, Old Mill HS, Old Mill Stories, Our AACPS Stories, Our Students, Phoenix Academy, Severna Park HS, Severna Park Stories, South River HS, South River Stories, Southern HS, Southern Stories, Specialty Schools, STEM, Teacher Appreciation, Virtual Academy|

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it" - Alan Kay, Winner of the A.M. Turing Award

Learning life-long skills at the Café @ Maryland Hall

August 8th, 2019|Cafe at Maryland Hall, CAT-South, CAT-South, Our AACPS Stories, Our Alumni, Severna Park HS, Severna Park Stories|

"At CAT-South and at the Café, you have students from lots of areas of the county coming together, which gives you a lot of different perspectives and a lot of different backgrounds." Isabella Nguyen, CAT-South Alumn

Redefining the Culinary Classroom

August 20th, 2019|Cafe at Maryland Hall, CAT-South, CAT-South, Our AACPS Stories, Our Employees|

"We reflect and we reflect and we reflect and then we reflect again. Then we modify, modify, modify."--Pam Klink, CAT-South Culinary Teacher

Have Only Positive Expectations

July 16th, 2019|CAT-South, Our AACPS Stories, Our Employees, South River Stories, Teacher of the Year|

"I refer to my teaching philosophy as "Soul Food" because of having the opportunity to beautifully educate my students in mind, body and soul."--Carla Matthews, Center of Applied Technology South

Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce

February 27th, 2019|CAT-North, CAT-South, Community Partnerships, Our AACPS Stories, Our Alumni, Our Community|

"We are strengthening the push with the CAT schools to help raise awareness of the great opportunities that are still offered in trades."

On-the-Job Exposure in the Nursing Field

February 28th, 2019|CAT-South, Community Partnerships, Our AACPS Stories, Our Community, Specialty Schools|

Over the past eight years, Ginger Cove has provided CAT-South nursing assistant students with real life on-the-job exposure and entrance into the healthcare world.

My Journey from Culinary Student to Culinary Teacher

September 20th, 2017|CAT-South, Chesapeake Stories, Our AACPS Stories, Our Employees, Teacher of the Year, What's New|

"Of course, I want my students to learn the culinary knowledge and skills...Most importantly though...I want them to value the importance of professional growth, collaboration, and teamwork in all industries."--Pam Klink, CAT-North Teacher

Paying a Passion for Teaching Forward

June 17th, 2017|CAT-South, Our AACPS Stories, Our Alumni, Our Employees, South River Stories, Teacher Appreciation|

"It is because of Mr. Glorioso that I was hired for [the cosmetology teacher at the Center of Applied Technology North]. When I expressed my gratitude to him he simply said, 'Now you go and give to someone else.'"--Tammy Diedrich