AACPS STEM Awards 2024 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it" - Alan Kay, Winner of the A.M. Turing Award
My love for baseball & my love for music meeting at this place... it's such a great place to be.
"We need more of this in our schools, communities, and conferences. Thank you for shining a light on these kids and their amazing work!" - Stephanie Wiegand, Chair for the NAfME Council for Choral Education
The band’s repertoire is diverse and is selected to showcase student strengths and capabilities. Their setlists include (but are not limited to) classic rock, contemporary rock, pop, funk, soul, and rap. The ensemble has been invited to perform throughout the local community, for various conferences, and for music festivals in and beyond Maryland.
The first thing would be to tell myself, You’ve Got This! Have fun and if you aren’t enjoying your lessons, neither are the students. Be creative and make changes. The kids like to know you are human, so if you make a mistake, it’s ok
Stacy Kearns
Adolescence is a challenging time for many students. Adolescence can also be a time of immense personal growth. Our job as educators is to prepare students to participate as constructive members of society. Unfortunately, this task is an impossibility unless students possess a conviction that their beliefs and ideas are significant. Teachers can facilitate this process by portraying a positive message to students that their thoughts and feelings are of considerable worth. To do this, educators need to make time in their ever packed day to allow opportunities for students to express themselves, ask questions, and share personal triumphs and tribulations. These occurrences often extend beyond the traditional class period into lunch or after-school hours, but are always worth the results.
Students that are encouraged to take risks and explore concepts are more likely to develop a deeper understanding and a lifelong passion for learning than those that are simply prompted to learn the material for a test. In order for this to occur with fidelity, educators need to provide time for students to wrestle with difficult concepts. In my classroom, reading numerous articles allows us an opportunity to delve into various societal issues. Students love to discuss, debate, and relate text to their own lives through Socratic seminars and Philosophical Chairs. Participating in these types of rich discussions allows students to learn how to articulate their own viewpoints, but also teaches them to consider others’ viewpoints; both of which are critical components of student growth. In addition, giving students opportunities to collaborate, build community, and even express themselves creatively when conveying their […]
The St. Margaret's Helping Hands are dedicated and committed to elevating all students and eliminating all gaps through their volunteer partnership with Broadneck Elementary School.
What is most significant about this partnership with the Magothy River Association and Broadneck High School is that their partnership is opportunity driven.
The performance at Ram’s Head in Downtown Annapolis helps to illustrate the recognition of their level of achievement and the value of providing these students with real-world music industry experiences.
"I believe my primary role is looking at the end goal, assessing current understanding, and taking into account special abilities, interests, and challenges of the students." --Samantha Klenkel Wilkinson, Cape St. Claire Elementary School
In 2018, Broadneck High School’s National Honors Society partnered with Broadneck Elementary to create the literacy-based Kindergarten Kindness Society.
"Ms. Rohrbaugh is everything that a teacher should be: kind, inspiring, smart, patient, and fun."