{"id":16328,"date":"2019-08-23T17:26:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T21:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?page_id=16328"},"modified":"2019-08-27T16:35:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T20:35:23","slug":"our-teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/our-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"AACPS Teachers Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TeacherAppreciationBanner.png\" alt=\"We love our teachers--with a pink heart\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"border-color:#c6dce3;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;\"><\/div><p>AACPS students, families, and colleagues share stories recognizing the work and dedication of our incredible AACPS teachers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"border-color:#c6dce3;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;\"><\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:#1a80b6;border-style:solid;\"><a class=\"button fusion-button button-default button-round fusion-button-large button-large button-flat fusion-desktop-button continue continue-right\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/share-your-aacps-story\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Tell Us About Your Favorite Teacher<\/span><\/a><h2>We want to hear from you!<\/h2><div class=\"reading-box-additional\"><\/div><a class=\"button fusion-button button-default button-round fusion-button-large button-large button-flat fusion-mobile-button continue-right\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/share-your-aacps-story\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Tell Us About Your Favorite Teacher<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-infinite\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:20px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -20px !important; margin-right:-20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-infinite fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-3 isotope\" data-pages=\"0\" data-grid-col-space=\"40\" style=\"margin: -20px -20px 0;\"><div id=\"25020\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-25020 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolis_stories category-arundelhs category-arundel_stories category-broadneckhs category-broadneck_stories category-cat-north category-cat-south category-cat-south-specialty category-celebratingaacps category-chesapeakebayms category-chesapeakehs category-csp category-chesapeake_stories category-crofton-hs category-crofton_stories category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-meadehs category-meade_stories category-northcountyhs category-north_county_stories category-northeasths category-northeast_stories category-oldmillhs category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories category-phoenix category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-southriverhs category-south_river_stories category-southernhs category-southern_stories category-specialty category-stem_opportunities category-teacher_stories category-virtual-academy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1.png 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2025 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2025 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-02-25T16:32:09-05:00<\/span><span>March 14th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself\" - John Dewey<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"24270\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-24270 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolis_stories category-arundelhs category-arundel_stories category-broadneckhs category-broadneck_stories category-cat-north category-cat-south-specialty category-cat-south category-celebratingaacps category-chesapeakebayms category-chesapeakehs category-csp category-chesapeake_stories category-crofton-hs category-crofton_stories category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-meadehs category-meade_stories category-northcountyhs category-north_county_stories category-northeasths category-northeast_stories category-oldmillhs category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories category-phoenix category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-southriverhs category-south_river_stories category-southernhs category-southern_stories category-specialty category-stem_opportunities category-teacher_stories category-virtual-academy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover.png 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2024\/04\/16\/stem-awards-2024\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2024 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2024\/04\/16\/stem-awards-2024\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2024 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-04-16T12:39:32-04:00<\/span><span>April 16th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"The best way to predict the future is to invent it\" - Alan Kay, Winner of the A.M. Turing Award<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2024\/04\/16\/stem-awards-2024\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22669\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22669 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-old_mill_stories category-severnes category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AACPS-Art-exhibit-23.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AACPS-Art-exhibit-23.png 1333w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AACPS-Art-exhibit-23-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AACPS-Art-exhibit-23-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AACPS-Art-exhibit-23-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AACPS-Art-exhibit-23-1024x1536.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/06\/05\/aacps-art-exhibit-23\/\">Annapolis Art Exhibit Highlights the Work of AACPS Art Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/06\/05\/aacps-art-exhibit-23\/\">Annapolis Art Exhibit Highlights the Work of AACPS Art Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-06-05T17:08:25-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Thank you Ms. Zavistky from Severn Elementary for motivating and inspiring our daughter and her art was part of the exhibit.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/06\/05\/aacps-art-exhibit-23\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21918\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21918 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oldmillsouthms category-old_mill_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Hall-OMMS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Hall-OMMS.jpg 914w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Hall-OMMS-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Hall-OMMS-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Hall-OMMS-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/old-mill-middle-south-hall\/\">Old Mill Middle School South Celebrates Mr. Hall<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/old-mill-middle-south-hall\/\">Old Mill Middle School South Celebrates Mr. Hall<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-06-05T16:58:30-04:00<\/span><span>May 2nd, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Mike is one of those teachers you come across once in a great while. He is just great with everyone and always has a smile and a story to tell.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/old-mill-middle-south-hall\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21877\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21877 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-centrales category-south_river_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/central-elementary-caring-tiger-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/central-elementary-caring-tiger-1.png 500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/central-elementary-caring-tiger-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/central-elementary-caring-tiger-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/central-elementary-caring-tiger-1-66x66.png 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/beatty-central-es\/\">Central Elementary School&#8230; The Spirit of Caring<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/beatty-central-es\/\">Central Elementary School&#8230; The Spirit of Caring<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-05-02T11:58:59-04:00<\/span><span>May 2nd, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> This act of kindness is just one example of how caring and dedicated these teachers are. I am truly grateful for everything they do. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/beatty-central-es\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21638\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21638 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-glen_burnie_stories category-marleyes category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1028\" height=\"1027\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jamar-Turner-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jamar-Turner-2.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jamar-Turner-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jamar-Turner-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jamar-Turner-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jamar-Turner-2-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jamar-Turner-2-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/jamar-turner\/\">2023 Rising Star at Marley Elementary &#8211; Jamar Turner<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/jamar-turner\/\">2023 Rising Star at Marley Elementary &#8211; Jamar Turner<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-24T15:13:59-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>If you can't start with you, then pass it on to the next person and let them make the change.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/jamar-turner\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21635\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21635 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-centralspecial category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-specialty category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cherith-White.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cherith-White.png 685w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cherith-White-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/cherith-white\/\">2023 Rising Star at Central Special &#8211; Cherith White<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/cherith-white\/\">2023 Rising Star at Central Special &#8211; Cherith White<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-24T15:21:03-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Just take it one minute and one second at a time.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/cherith-white\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21632\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21632 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-broadneckhs category-broadneck_stories category-celebratingaacps category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tyrice-Brown-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tyrice-Brown-2.jpg 423w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tyrice-Brown-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tyrice-Brown-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Tyrice-Brown-2-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/tyrice-brown\/\">2023 Rising Star at Broadneck High &#8211; Tyrice Brown<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/tyrice-brown\/\">2023 Rising Star at Broadneck High &#8211; Tyrice Brown<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-24T15:24:14-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It has to be personal. It has to be something that you personally resonate with, because there's no generic answer. So if you have it in you and you feel the slightest bud that this is what you wanna do, water it, give it some some sun and go with it.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/tyrice-brown\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21629\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21629 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-teacher_stories category-traceyses\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2.jpg 957w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/dalen-parker\/\">2023 Rising Star at Tracey&#8217;s Elementary &#8211; Dalen Parker<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/dalen-parker\/\">2023 Rising Star at Tracey&#8217;s Elementary &#8211; Dalen Parker<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-24T15:28:32-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>My third grade teacher, shout out to Ms. Mandy Brew. She has stuck with me since I was in 3rd grade. She went to my high school graduation. She saw me go through college, and she\u2019s always been that teacher.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/dalen-parker\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21626\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21626 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-edgewateres category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-south_river_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Brandon-Woodroffe-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Brandon-Woodroffe-2.png 235w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Brandon-Woodroffe-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Brandon-Woodroffe-2-66x66.png 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/brandon-woodroffe\/\">2023 Rising Star at Edgewater Elementary &#8211; Brandon Woodroffe<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/brandon-woodroffe\/\">2023 Rising Star at Edgewater Elementary &#8211; Brandon Woodroffe<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-20T15:41:12-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Unless people like you care and awful lot of things won't change.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/brandon-woodroffe\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21641\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21641 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-glen_burnie_stories category-glendalees category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sabrina-Hooper.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sabrina-Hooper.png 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sabrina-Hooper-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sabrina-Hooper-768x1024.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/sabrina-hooper\/\">2023 Rising Star at Glendale Elementary- Sabrina Hooper<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/sabrina-hooper\/\">2023 Rising Star at Glendale Elementary- Sabrina Hooper<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-20T10:59:41-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/sabrina-hooper\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21618\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21618 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-brooklynparkes category-celebratingaacps category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2145\" height=\"2145\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1.jpg 2145w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2145px) 100vw, 2145px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/rebecca-meyer\/\">2023 Rising Star at Brooklyn Park Elementary &#8211; Rebecca Meyer<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/rebecca-meyer\/\">2023 Rising Star at Brooklyn Park Elementary &#8211; Rebecca Meyer<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-20T10:59:15-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>They\u2019re going to remember you. You are dinner table conversation at night. Their families will know you.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/rebecca-meyer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21622\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21622 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-pointpleasantes category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1037\" height=\"1037\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lorna-Harris-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lorna-Harris-2.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lorna-Harris-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lorna-Harris-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lorna-Harris-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lorna-Harris-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lorna-Harris-2-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/lorna-harris\/\">2023 Rising Star at Point Pleasant Elementary &#8211; Lorna Harris<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/lorna-harris\/\">2023 Rising Star at Point Pleasant Elementary &#8211; Lorna Harris<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-20T10:58:49-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Tell me and I'll forget. Teach me and I'll remember. Involve me and I'll learn.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/lorna-harris\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21609\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-batesms category-celebratingaacps category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stephaen-Hood.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stephaen-Hood.png 292w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stephaen-Hood-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/stephaen-hood\/\">2023 Rising Star at Bates Middle &#8211; Stephaen Hood<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/stephaen-hood\/\">2023 Rising Star at Bates Middle &#8211; Stephaen Hood<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-20T10:58:20-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The kids talk to each other and say \"wait, Mr. Hood sings too?\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/stephaen-hood\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21612\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21612 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-meade_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-sevenoakses category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1571\" height=\"1941\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kayla-Lugo-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kayla-Lugo-2.jpg 1571w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kayla-Lugo-2-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kayla-Lugo-2-829x1024.jpg 829w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kayla-Lugo-2-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kayla-Lugo-2-1243x1536.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1571px) 100vw, 1571px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/kayla-lugo\/\">2023 Rising Star at Seven Oaks Elementary &#8211; Kayla Lugo<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/kayla-lugo\/\">2023 Rising Star at Seven Oaks Elementary &#8211; Kayla Lugo<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-20T10:57:53-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Your feelings are valid, but so are my rules.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/kayla-lugo\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21861\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21861 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-student_stories category-severnes category-teacher_stories category-new\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1243\" height=\"1254\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alonso-Claudio_severn-es.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alonso-Claudio_severn-es.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alonso-Claudio_severn-es-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alonso-Claudio_severn-es-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alonso-Claudio_severn-es-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alonso-Claudio_severn-es-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Alonso-Claudio_severn-es-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1243px) 100vw, 1243px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/alonso-severn-es\/\">Severn Elementary Teachers Motivate Students to Tell Their Stories<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/alonso-severn-es\/\">Severn Elementary Teachers Motivate Students to Tell Their Stories<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-05-05T10:53:02-04:00<\/span><span>May 2nd, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Ms. Harris inspired Ariatna to publish her first children's book \"The Mean Foal, a story about the power of empathy\" and Ms. Daugherty has been motivating Ariatna to continue her creative writing<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/02\/alonso-severn-es\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19894\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19894 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-teacher_stories category-westmeadeeec\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/orion_wmeec.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Thank You Mrs. Haab!&quot; text on a chalkboard background with alphabet letters and school supplies\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/orion_wmeec.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/orion_wmeec-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/orion_wmeec\/\">&#8220;Thank You Mrs. Haab!&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/orion_wmeec\/\">&#8220;Thank You Mrs. Haab!&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-28T11:39:12-04:00<\/span><span>May 28th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My teacher is amazing! She helps me out when I need it.\"--Orion, Student, West Meade EEC<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/orion_wmeec\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19889\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19889 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-park-elementary category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParkElementaryRocks2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Park Elementary Rocks!&quot; with photo of Park Elementary against a background of crayons, colored pencils, and other school supplies.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParkElementaryRocks2.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParkElementaryRocks2-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/lilly_lillian_park\/\">Park Elementary Rocks!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/lilly_lillian_park\/\">Park Elementary Rocks!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-06-30T12:27:16-04:00<\/span><span>May 28th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I want to thank you for all of your hard work this year, especially during this COVID-19 crisis. It has been difficult but you have done a wonderful job for our children.\"--Lilly Davidson, Park Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/lilly_lillian_park\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19884\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19884 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hebron-harmanes category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Merlin_HebronHarman.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Thank You&quot; text on a chalkboard next to books, pencil, and an apple\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Merlin_HebronHarman.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Merlin_HebronHarman-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/merlin_hebronharmon\/\">&#8220;The Most Amazing Teachers at Hebron-Harman&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/merlin_hebronharmon\/\">&#8220;The Most Amazing Teachers at Hebron-Harman&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-28T10:26:15-04:00<\/span><span>May 28th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Miss Brown and Miss Albano are some of the most amazing teachers in Hebron Harman.\"--Merlin, Hebron-Harman Elementary School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/merlin_hebronharmon\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19879\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19879 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundelhs category-arundel_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Maria_Dyson.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;A true asset to Arundel HS &amp; AACPS&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Maria_Dyson.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Maria_Dyson-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/maria_dyson\/\">A Committed AP Teacher, Even in a Shutdown<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/maria_dyson\/\">A Committed AP Teacher, Even in a Shutdown<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-28T09:50:30-04:00<\/span><span>May 28th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"[My son] could not have [prepared for his AP Calculus exam] without Ms. Nakanishi's dedication and guidance.\"--Maria Dyson, Arundel High School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/maria_dyson\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19874\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19874 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1989\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kilby2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mr. Kilby standing with the Severna Park High School Band.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kilby2.jpg 1989w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kilby2-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kilby2-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kilby2-1024x562.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1989px) 100vw, 1989px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/astle_family\/\">A Passionate Leader of Severna Park&#8217;s Music Program<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/astle_family\/\">A Passionate Leader of Severna Park&#8217;s Music Program<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-28T09:16:52-04:00<\/span><span>May 28th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mr. Kilby is a champion and advocate of his students who always looks for the best in each of them and pushes them to work hard and grow as leaders in the school.\"--The Astle Family, Severna Park High School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/astle_family\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19856\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19856 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-croftonmeadowses category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rylee_CMES2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Whole New World of Books, open book with city come out of the pages\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rylee_CMES2.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Rylee_CMES2-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/19\/rylee_cmes\/\">A Whole New World of Books<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/19\/rylee_cmes\/\">A Whole New World of Books<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-19T14:42:54-04:00<\/span><span>May 19th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Dear Ms. Radisi...I loved having you as a media teacher and I'm really sad that I can't do your lessons in person with you.\"--Rylee, Student, Crofton Meadows Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/19\/rylee_cmes\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19845\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19845 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-croftonmeadowses category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bana_Mahmoud.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Thank You&quot;--purpose text on a card next to a pen and flowers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bana_Mahmoud.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bana_Mahmoud-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/bana_mahmoud\/\">Welcoming the Diversity of Our Family<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/bana_mahmoud\/\">Welcoming the Diversity of Our Family<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-19T08:58:33-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"[Mrs. Joop] accepted our differences and made me and my family feel the Unity that you speak about in schools.\"--Bana Mahmoud, Parent, Crofton Meadows Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/bana_mahmoud\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19836\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19836 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-northeasths category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"1353\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mackenzie_jones_crop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Mackenzie Jones in her graduation robes standing next to Danny Imwold\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mackenzie_jones_crop.jpg 817w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mackenzie_jones_crop-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mackenzie_jones_crop-768x1272.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mackenzie_jones_crop-618x1024.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/mackenzie_jones\/\">Inspiring My Passion for Science &#038; Teaching<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/mackenzie_jones\/\">Inspiring My Passion for Science &#038; Teaching<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T15:03:06-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mr. Imwold, I just wanted to thank you for all you have done for me when I was still in high school sitting in your AP environmental science class all the way up to now when I am a soon be senior in college at UMBC studying to be a high school biology teacher myself!\"--Mackenzie Jones, Alumni, Northeast High School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/mackenzie_jones\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19832\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19832 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-croftonms category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Katherine_Moore.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Secret Super Hero of a Math Teacher, with shadow of a woman wearing a cape and math symbols\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Katherine_Moore.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Katherine_Moore-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/katherine_moore-2\/\">A &#8220;Secret Super Hero&#8221; of a Math Teacher<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/katherine_moore-2\/\">A &#8220;Secret Super Hero&#8221; of a Math Teacher<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T14:40:52-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mrs. Arnett, I'm pretty sure is a secret super hero. I mention math at home and it's like I'm trying to feed my teen liver, she on the other hand has taught math and is doing some pretty great elearning lessons to make sure he keeps learning.\"--Katherine Moore, Parent, Corfton Middle<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/katherine_moore-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19824\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19824 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-rivierabeaches category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lauren_Frank_sq.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Laura Frank standing next to Peggy Flohr\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lauren_Frank_sq.jpg 708w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lauren_Frank_sq-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lauren_Frank_sq-52x50.jpg 52w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/laura_frank\/\">First Your Student, Now Your Colleague&#8211;Thank You!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/laura_frank\/\">First Your Student, Now Your Colleague&#8211;Thank You!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T12:54:26-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"When I think of you, Ms. Flohr, I think of the most hardworking and dedicated educator I have ever met.\"--Laura Frank, Former Student & Colleague, Riviera Beach Elementary School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/laura_frank\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19821\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19821 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-jacobsvillees category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_jacobves.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Jacobsville Elementary School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_jacobves.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_jacobves-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/jen_vedrani\/\">Thank you, Ms. Abraham!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/jen_vedrani\/\">Thank you, Ms. Abraham!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T12:41:06-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Abraham connects with her students in so many ways and takes the time to really get to know them.\"--Jen Vedrani, Parent, Jacobsville Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/jen_vedrani\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19812\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19812 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oldmillnorthms category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/TelloFamily.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Thank You&quot; text against a background of books\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/TelloFamily.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/TelloFamily-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/tello_family\/\">Growing My Daughter&#8217;s Love of Reading<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/tello_family\/\">Growing My Daughter&#8217;s Love of Reading<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T12:11:40-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Your English class was filled with laughs, great books, higher order thinking and high expectations for writing.\"--The Tello Family<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/tello_family\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19807\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19807 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-severnaparkhs category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HS_schoolpic_severnaparkhsnew.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Severna Park High School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HS_schoolpic_severnaparkhsnew.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HS_schoolpic_severnaparkhsnew-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/teresita_saff\/\">We Appreciate You, Mr. Boorman!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/teresita_saff\/\">We Appreciate You, Mr. Boorman!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T11:57:46-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thank you to Arthur Boorman, Special Education teacher at Severna Park High School, for the extra effort during this challenging transition to online learning.\"--Teresita Saff, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/teresita_saff\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19797\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19797 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-odentones category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2641\" height=\"3690\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sarah_smith.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ms. Kwaloff dancing with Ms. Smith&#039;s son as the Odenton Family Gala\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sarah_smith.jpg 2641w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sarah_smith-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sarah_smith-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sarah_smith-733x1024.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2641px) 100vw, 2641px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/sarah_smith\/\">Keeping Our Kids Going through Two Transitions<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/sarah_smith\/\">Keeping Our Kids Going through Two Transitions<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T13:03:35-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"[Ms. Kwaloff's] ability to adapt, change, and connect to each of these kids in her class is something that you\u2019d pray for.\"--Sarah Smith, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/sarah_smith\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"25067\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-25067 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-teacher_stories category-woodsidees\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Woodside-ES-meet-the-faces-april-2025-header-photo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Woodside-ES-meet-the-faces-april-2025-header-photo.png 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Woodside-ES-meet-the-faces-april-2025-header-photo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Woodside-ES-meet-the-faces-april-2025-header-photo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Woodside-ES-meet-the-faces-april-2025-header-photo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Woodside-ES-meet-the-faces-april-2025-header-photo-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/04\/03\/woodside-donna-thompson\/\">Woodside Elementary Teacher\u2019s Legacy: Ms. Thompson\u2019s Classroom Feels Like Family<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/04\/03\/woodside-donna-thompson\/\">Woodside Elementary Teacher\u2019s Legacy: Ms. Thompson\u2019s Classroom Feels Like Family<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-04-03T14:09:20-04:00<\/span><span>April 3rd, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"As one of her first students in 1988 she continues to shape me professionally and personally.  Her classroom and students feel like family. \"--Matt Day<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/04\/03\/woodside-donna-thompson\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17323\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17323 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-glendalees category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kristina_Johns.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;So Proud of my Glendale &amp; AACPS Family&quot;; With photo of Glendale Elementary, e&#039;learning on red and yellow background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kristina_Johns.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kristina_Johns-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/kristina_johns\/\">So Proud of My Glendale &#038; AACPS Family!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/kristina_johns\/\">So Proud of My Glendale &#038; AACPS Family!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-04-30T14:56:17-04:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"The work that not only our amazing team at Glendale is doing but across Anne Arundel county is so powerful!\"--Kristina Johns<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/kristina_johns\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17317\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17317 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-waughchapeles\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dwyer_Calton.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Everyone is Welcome in Her Class, floral branches around text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dwyer_Calton.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dwyer_Calton-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/anna_calton\/\">Welcoming to Everyone in Her Classroom<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/anna_calton\/\">Welcoming to Everyone in Her Classroom<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-04-30T08:59:43-04:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"[Mollie Dwyer] has had many children with severe disabilities and developmental delays that needed extra attention and time. She welcomed everyone into her classroom and treated them all the same.\"--Anna Calton<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/anna_calton\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17315\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17315 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-waughchapeles\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/darren_dooley\/\">The Teacher &#038; Friend You Wish You Had<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-04-30T08:58:33-04:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mollie Dwyer is amazing!!! She is that special teacher and friend you wish you had.\"--Darren Dooley<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/darren_dooley\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17313\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17313 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-waughchapeles\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dwyer_Kelley.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;The Biggest Heart Out of Anyone I Know&quot; with photo of Mollie Dwyer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dwyer_Kelley.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dwyer_Kelley-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/jacqueline_kelley\/\">Mollie Dwyer: &#8220;A Natural with Kids&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/jacqueline_kelley\/\">Mollie Dwyer: &#8220;A Natural with Kids&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-04-30T08:53:36-04:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"It's not only [Mollie Dwyer's] great heart that makes her a great teacher, but her drive to really help kids in any situation, not just in the classroom. Her patience, encouragement, love and support for all her students is truly amazing.\"--Jacqueline Kelley<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/04\/30\/jacqueline_kelley\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17096\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17096 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-macarthurms category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Isabel_Mendez.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isabel standing next to the World Langauge Teacher and the School Counselor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Isabel_Mendez.jpg 502w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Isabel_Mendez-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/isabel_mendez_medrano\/\">Returning to My Career with the Support of My Colleagues<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/isabel_mendez_medrano\/\">Returning to My Career with the Support of My Colleagues<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-01-22T19:32:36-05:00<\/span><span>January 22nd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Hundreds of employees of AACPS report to work daily to make a difference in their students' lives. Some of those employees don't just stop there. See how a simple conversation turned the tides of one of our very own.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/isabel_mendez_medrano\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17091\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glenburniehs category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aaron_burdette.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aaron stands next to his teacher Ms. Burdette\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aaron_burdette.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aaron_burdette-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aaron_burdette-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/aaron_gbhs\/\">Ms. Burdette Keeps Me Successful<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/aaron_gbhs\/\">Ms. Burdette Keeps Me Successful<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-01-22T13:49:54-05:00<\/span><span>January 22nd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I can say Ms. Burdette is a great teacher role model in my life and I look up to her and all the hard work she puts into her job and how much work she puts into her students.\"--Aaron, Grade 12, GBHS<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/aaron_gbhs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17083\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17083 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundelhs category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bell_Family_ThenNow.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Collage photo of Amanda Bell standing next to Noah and Tommy when they were in Elementary School and now in high school.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bell_Family_ThenNow.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bell_Family_ThenNow-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/bell_family\/\">A Familiar Face at Arundel High School<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/bell_family\/\">A Familiar Face at Arundel High School<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-01-22T13:13:58-05:00<\/span><span>January 22nd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Amanda Hernandez (now Coursey) was Noah\u2019s Kindergarten teacher and Tommy\u2019s first grade teacher. ... Now they get to see her every day at Arundel High School!\"--The Bell Family<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/bell_family\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17078\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17078 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-southernhs category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading-ThankYou.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Thank You&quot;--Text against a background of music notes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading-ThankYou.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading-ThankYou-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan_2\/\">Briana Gresko: Inspiring My Daughters&#8217; Musical Journeys<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan_2\/\">Briana Gresko: Inspiring My Daughters&#8217; Musical Journeys<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-02-11T13:44:30-05:00<\/span><span>January 22nd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"She inspired them to audition for All-County, All-State, Solo and Ensemble, and even All-Eastern...She was always kind and caring to both girls, and they both saw her as their mentor and coach.\"--Melinda Keenan, Parent of Former AACPS Students<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan_2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17066\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17066 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-southernms category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gold Music Notes against a dark gray background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan\/\">Lauren Walker: Guiding Daughters&#8217; Love of Music<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan\/\">Lauren Walker: Guiding Daughters&#8217; Love of Music<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-02-11T13:47:43-05:00<\/span><span>January 22nd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Both my daughters are in college now for music, and our family was blessed with strong music teachers in their lives who inspired and guided them.\"--Melinda Keenan, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16971\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16971 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-croftonms category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MS_schoolpic_croftonms.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MS_schoolpic_croftonms.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MS_schoolpic_croftonms-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/cara_greene\/\">Valuing the Teacher-Parent Partnership<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/cara_greene\/\">Valuing the Teacher-Parent Partnership<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-12-09T12:04:10-05:00<\/span><span>December 9th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I am thankful for teachers like Ms. Benny (6th grade advanced math) who take the time each week to send an email to parents to let us know what our kids are working on that week.\"--Cara Greene, Crofton Middle<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/cara_greene\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16966\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16966 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-rivierabeaches category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/RivieraBeach_ESschoolpic.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Riviera Beach Elementary School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/RivieraBeach_ESschoolpic.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/RivieraBeach_ESschoolpic-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/jessica_riverabeach\/\">Thankful for Our School<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/jessica_riverabeach\/\">Thankful for Our School<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-12-09T11:20:30-05:00<\/span><span>December 9th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"We are so thankful that our daughter loves school!\"--Jessica, Riviera Beach Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/jessica_riverabeach\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16609\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-jessupes category-meade_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Atalante_shay_jessup.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Group photo of the staff at Jessup Elementary School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Atalante_shay_jessup.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Atalante_shay_jessup-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Atalante_shay_jessup-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Atalante_shay_jessup-1024x537.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/27\/atalante_shay\/\">A Fun Back-to-School Night!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/27\/atalante_shay\/\">A Fun Back-to-School Night!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-09-27T13:47:04-04:00<\/span><span>September 27th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My favorite part of this school year has been our Back to School Night!!\"--Atalante Shay, Parent, Jessup Elementary <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/27\/atalante_shay\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16483\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16483 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Thank-You_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Thank You!&quot;--chalkboard covered in mathematics equations\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Thank-You_.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Thank-You_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Thank-You_-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/17\/bri_barone2\/\">Overcoming My Fear of Math with Mr. Fornaro&#8217;s Encouragement<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/17\/bri_barone2\/\">Overcoming My Fear of Math with Mr. Fornaro&#8217;s Encouragement<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-09-17T13:50:35-04:00<\/span><span>September 17th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mr. Fornaro at Glen Burnie High School was one of the educators who taught me to believe in myself, to never turn away from a challenge.\"--Bri Barone, Glen Burnie High School Alum<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/17\/bri_barone2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16302\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16302 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/HS_schoolpic_glenburniehs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"photograph of Glen Burnie High School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/HS_schoolpic_glenburniehs.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/HS_schoolpic_glenburniehs-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/08\/23\/jeremiah_thomas\/\">You Can Always Count on Mrs. Addison<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/08\/23\/jeremiah_thomas\/\">You Can Always Count on Mrs. Addison<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T12:55:42-04:00<\/span><span>August 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mrs. Addison always motivates and pushes her students to the fullest and to their highest potential.\"--Jeremiah Thomas, Alum<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/08\/23\/jeremiah_thomas\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16298\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16298 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-freetownes category-oldmillhs category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CameronKenny.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CameronKenny.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CameronKenny-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CameronKenny-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CameronKenny-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CameronKenny-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CameronKenny-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/08\/23\/cameron_kenny\/\">Finding a Home in AACPS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/08\/23\/cameron_kenny\/\">Finding a Home in AACPS<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-23T16:09:04-04:00<\/span><span>August 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"There was never anywhere else I wanted to teach! Anne Arundel County Public Schools were my home when I was younger and are still my home away from home as a teacher!\"--Cameron Kenny, AACPS Teacher & Alum<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/08\/23\/cameron_kenny\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15603\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15603 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Howell_1_opt-e1559223306378.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Howell_1_opt-e1559223306378.jpg 765w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Howell_1_opt-e1559223306378-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/30\/howell_family\/\">A Colorful, Positive Environment for Kids to Feel Supported<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/30\/howell_family\/\">A Colorful, Positive Environment for Kids to Feel Supported<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-30T16:59:03-04:00<\/span><span>May 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"The importance of accepting all students and treating each other with kindness is displayed by Mrs. Ward and is therefore displayed by her students. I am thankful that our daughter has Mrs. Ward as a teacher this school year.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/30\/howell_family\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15621\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15621 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-meade_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/30\/nikkia_taylor-hines\/\">Nothing But Great Things from Mrs. Bohanana<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-30T09:17:33-04:00<\/span><span>May 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"When my son tells me he had a great day at school I know it's because he has an awesome teacher supporting him throughout his day.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/30\/nikkia_taylor-hines\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15575\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15575 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/29\/emily_urps\/\">Guiding My Love of Teaching<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-29T15:47:48-04:00<\/span><span>May 29th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thanks for being a supportive and safe environment to recognize my love of teaching!\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/29\/emily_urps\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15577\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15577 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Val_Bell_6_opt-e1558637305181.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Val_Bell_6_opt-e1558637305181.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Val_Bell_6_opt-e1558637305181-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Val_Bell_6_opt-e1558637305181-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/valerie_bell\/\">Reviving Southern&#8217;s Agriculture Science Program<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/valerie_bell\/\">Reviving Southern&#8217;s Agriculture Science Program<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-23T15:03:15-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Dr. Eckels, you are not just teaching a class you are educating our future in life skills.  Thank you for all that you do for your students and what your are bringing to Southern High School.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/valerie_bell\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15607\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-northeast_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lisa_Moyer_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lisa_Moyer_opt.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lisa_Moyer_opt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lisa_Moyer_opt-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lisa_Moyer_opt-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/lisa_moyer\/\">A Gifted Educator that Makes Learning Fun<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/lisa_moyer\/\">A Gifted Educator that Makes Learning Fun<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-23T14:24:38-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thank you Ms. Crawford for loving your students the way you do and always being their biggest supporter and fan. The impact that you have had on our son will carry with him for the rest of his life and we will be forever grateful.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/lisa_moyer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15611\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15611 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Amy_Avergas2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Amy_Avergas2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Amy_Avergas2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/amy_avergas\/\">Instilling A Love of Art in My Children<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/amy_avergas\/\">Instilling A Love of Art in My Children<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-23T14:15:11-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Ludlow has instilled a love of art in both of my children.  She teaches them techniques, introduces them to great artists, and is really giving them a comprehensive cultural experience.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/amy_avergas\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15623\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15623 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-meade_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/irene_albright\/\">The Perfect Teacher for My Child<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-30T09:03:02-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Lisa Donnelly has changed my son's life in a way I never thought possible. \"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/irene_albright\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15613\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15613 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mandy_watts_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mandy_watts_opt.jpg 729w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mandy_watts_opt-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/many_watts\/\">Lucky to Have Ms. Maury<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/many_watts\/\">Lucky to Have Ms. Maury<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-23T10:29:52-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"She consistently goes above & beyond for her students, providing such a positive first-school-experience for our little ones, and we couldn\u2019t be more lucky to have her!!\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/many_watts\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15609\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-ft-smallwoodes category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fort-smallwood-es_racoon-e1566509155956.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/rachel_johnson\/\">Thank You Mr. Webster!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/rachel_johnson\/\">Thank You Mr. Webster!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-22T17:26:50-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"The students love how he teaches hands on and how he has opportunities for the students to be involved.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/rachel_johnson\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15598\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15598 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bri_Barone.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bri_Barone.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bri_Barone-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bri_Barone-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bri_Barone-819x1024.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1638px) 100vw, 1638px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/briana_barone\/\">Thank You for Being So Impactful in My Life<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/briana_barone\/\">Thank You for Being So Impactful in My Life<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-23T09:28:11-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"A huge thank you to Mr. Keener for always providing not just educational support for his students, but emotional support as well.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/briana_barone\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15584\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15584 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-severna_park_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ashley_gates.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ashley_gates.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ashley_gates-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ashley_gates-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ashley_gates-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/ashley_gates\/\">Finding A Family At Folger McKinsey<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/ashley_gates\/\">Finding A Family At Folger McKinsey<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-23T09:19:44-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"The Kindergarten team at Folger McKinsey Elementary have not only welcomed me into the world of Kindergarten with open arms, but they have become family.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/ashley_gates\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15592\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15592 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-broadneck_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2976\" height=\"1754\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WindsorFarmFifthGrade.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WindsorFarmFifthGrade.jpeg 2976w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WindsorFarmFifthGrade-300x177.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WindsorFarmFifthGrade-768x453.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WindsorFarmFifthGrade-1024x604.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2976px) 100vw, 2976px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/21\/lorene_redziniak\/\">Everything A Teacher Should Be<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/21\/lorene_redziniak\/\">Everything A Teacher Should Be<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-21T17:18:26-04:00<\/span><span>May 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Rohrbaugh is everything that a teacher should be: kind, inspiring, smart, patient, and fun.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/21\/lorene_redziniak\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15590\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15590 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-northeast_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/21\/natalie_gimperling\/\">Sharing Our Appreciation for Mrs. Winarski<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-21T17:09:36-04:00<\/span><span>May 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mrs. Winarski has made his first year of elementary school a wonderful experience for him and has fostered such a joy of learning.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/21\/natalie_gimperling\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15580\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15580 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1285\" height=\"1664\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Michelle_Power-e1558471294430.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Michelle_Power-e1558471294430.jpeg 1285w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Michelle_Power-e1558471294430-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Michelle_Power-e1558471294430-768x995.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Michelle_Power-e1558471294430-791x1024.jpeg 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1285px) 100vw, 1285px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/21\/nadia_krenelka\/\">The Power of Positivity<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/21\/nadia_krenelka\/\">The Power of Positivity<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-21T17:04:27-04:00<\/span><span>May 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mrs. Power has influenced her in such a wonderful way and made her so excited about learning, we cannot thank her enough.\" <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/21\/nadia_krenelka\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14809\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14809 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-marleyglen category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/L_B_Student_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/L_B_Student_opt.jpg 718w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/L_B_Student_opt-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/L_B_Student_opt-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/20\/laura_booth\/\">Amazing Support from the Special Education Team<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/20\/laura_booth\/\">Amazing Support from the Special Education Team<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T14:40:05-04:00<\/span><span>May 20th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Moving to Anne Arundel County has been a blessing for our family.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/20\/laura_booth\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15013\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15013 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ryan_Bonaccorsy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ryan_Bonaccorsy.jpg 865w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ryan_Bonaccorsy-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ryan_Bonaccorsy-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ryan_Bonaccorsy-577x1024.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/07\/danielle_bonaccorsy\/\">Going Above and Beyond for Her Kindergarten Class<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/07\/danielle_bonaccorsy\/\">Going Above and Beyond for Her Kindergarten Class<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-09T10:22:24-04:00<\/span><span>May 7th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I really appreciate the positiveness and impressions she has made in my child and many others I'm sure!\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/07\/danielle_bonaccorsy\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14767\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14767 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundel_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Coe_sm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Coe_sm.jpg 512w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Coe_sm-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/06\/ashely_coe\/\">Creating a calming area for little brains to grow<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/06\/ashely_coe\/\">Creating a calming area for little brains to grow<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-06T16:46:42-04:00<\/span><span>May 6th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Teachers are worth their weight in gold and my son Grayson has been blessed to have Mrs. Fischetti as his first grade teacher.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/06\/ashely_coe\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15000\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15000 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-south_river_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Shayne_G_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Shayne_G_opt.jpg 576w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Shayne_G_opt-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/06\/shayne_gifford\/\">Thank You For Making a Difference to My Son&#8217;s Day!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/06\/shayne_gifford\/\">Thank You For Making a Difference to My Son&#8217;s Day!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-09T10:21:10-04:00<\/span><span>May 6th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Most importantly, she has made my son so happy while he is at school.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/06\/shayne_gifford\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14998\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14998 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/06\/lauren_gradowski\/\">One of the most influential teachers I have ever had<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-06T15:55:34-04:00<\/span><span>May 6th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Your classroom was always a joy to be in. It was a place where I could be proud of my accomplishments, and more importantly, proud of myself.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/06\/lauren_gradowski\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14690\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14690 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-south_river_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/04\/25\/katherine_moore\/\">An Important Part of My Son&#8217;s Village<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-04-30T15:08:22-04:00<\/span><span>April 25th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"That confidence Mrs. Erdely has given my son, the constant communication she has with me on how he is doing-- she is a true educator.\"--Katherine Moore<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/04\/25\/katherine_moore\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14618\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14618 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-severna_park_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2004\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Teddy_Giard.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Teddy_Giard.jpeg 3000w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Teddy_Giard-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Teddy_Giard-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Teddy_Giard-1024x684.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/04\/08\/teddy_giard\/\">From Severna Park Signature to Shark Tank<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/04\/08\/teddy_giard\/\">From Severna Park Signature to Shark Tank<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-04-08T14:52:34-04:00<\/span><span>April 8th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I\u2019m a student from SPHS who went through the Business Innovation and Leadership program and ended up on Shark Tank with my college startup!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/04\/08\/teddy_giard\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14132\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14132 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdventureBegins3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdventureBegins3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdventureBegins3-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdventureBegins3-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/hannah_macdonald\/\">&#8220;The positivitiy is palpable&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/hannah_macdonald\/\">&#8220;The positivitiy is palpable&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 1st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"You know that all the teachers care about the students and all the students want to be here because of that care, because of that love.\"--Hannah MacDonald<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/hannah_macdonald\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14124\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14124 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop-Digital-Classroom-48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop-Digital-Classroom-48.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop-Digital-Classroom-48-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop-Digital-Classroom-48-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/darren_towers\/\">Feeling Valued at Hilltop<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/darren_towers\/\">Feeling Valued at Hilltop<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 1st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I really feel valued here by my administration, teachers, and students.  It\u2019s a place I like to come to everyday. It\u2019s also a place I feel like we can voice our ideas freely.\"--Darren Towers<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/darren_towers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13799\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13799 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-severna_park_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/10\/01\/hazar_biddle\/\">An Awesome Kindergarten Teacher<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-10-01T15:00:41-04:00<\/span><span>October 1st, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thank you Mr. Walter at Folger McKinsey for being an awesome teacher for kindergarten! Sophia enjoyed everyday of your instruction and teaching!\" -- Hazar Biddle, parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/10\/01\/hazar_biddle\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13730\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13730 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-meade_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3022\" height=\"2808\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Webber_Deanna.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Webber_Deanna.jpg 3022w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Webber_Deanna-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Webber_Deanna-768x714.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Webber_Deanna-1024x951.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3022px) 100vw, 3022px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/09\/13\/deanna_webber\/\">Welcomed to AACPS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/09\/13\/deanna_webber\/\">Welcomed to AACPS<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-09-14T14:26:24-04:00<\/span><span>September 13th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Since I was first offered the position at Meade Heights Elementary School I have felt welcomed and appreciated within the whole AACPS family.\"--Deanna Webber<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/09\/13\/deanna_webber\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13744\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13744 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-broadneck_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/22\/angelica_shiels\/\">Is Ms. Quinn a wizard or a teacher?<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-10-09T09:23:50-04:00<\/span><span>May 22nd, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thanks Mrs. Quinn! You are doing formative things for these kids that will follow them throughout their whole lives.\"--Angelica Shiels, Parent, Belvedere Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/22\/angelica_shiels\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13740\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13740 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lum.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lum.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lum-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lum-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lum-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/22\/elizabeth_carll\/\">A True Partner in My Child&#8217;s Education<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/22\/elizabeth_carll\/\">A True Partner in My Child&#8217;s Education<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-09-14T12:39:20-04:00<\/span><span>May 22nd, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Lum is one of the kindest, patient, but disciplined teachers my children have ever had.\"--Elizabeth Carll, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/22\/elizabeth_carll\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13733\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13733 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-monarch-annap category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brimhall.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brimhall.png 810w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brimhall-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brimhall-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/22\/nikki_johnson\/\">The pleasure of working with Mrs. Brimhall<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/22\/nikki_johnson\/\">The pleasure of working with Mrs. Brimhall<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T13:10:16-04:00<\/span><span>May 22nd, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"We often recognize those in the classroom and those educators associated with the academic success of our students, but today I wanted to highlight an educator that is exposing our students to the arts in a positive, professional, and most of all meaningful way.\"--Nikki Johnson<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/22\/nikki_johnson\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13351\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13351 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-celebratingaacps category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/veronica_lum-3\/\">A Partner in My Child&#8217;s Education<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-06-05T11:35:02-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Ms. Lum is one of the kindest, patient, but disciplined teachers my children have ever had. She is truly my partner in my Kindergartener\u2019s education...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/veronica_lum-3\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13353\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13353 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-arundel_stories category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/shorter_kristen\/\">Keeping parents engaged!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-06-05T11:33:11-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Mrs. Shorter is my son's teacher for Kindergarten, and she has been a blessing to us. I just wanted to share that\r\nMrs. Shorter has been such a great communicator with the parents. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/shorter_kristen\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13347\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13347 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-broadneck_stories category-celebratingaacps category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/caitlin_quinn\/\">A teacher who cares, makes a huge difference&#8230;.<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-06-05T11:30:32-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>My bright and curious 3rd grader was feeling burned-out on the demands of school to the extent that he was being turned-off from learning. By December, he was complaining daily of not enough freedom and too much sitting in his seat. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/caitlin_quinn\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13255\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13255 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/21\/linda_batts\/\">One Enthusiastic, Positive and Genuine Teacher<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-28T13:15:44-04:00<\/span><span>May 21st, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My grandson had Ms. Brady for Kindergarten last year and my granddaughter has her this year. They both love her as she makes them feel special no matter what they are doing.\"--Linda Batts, Grandparent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/21\/linda_batts\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"12880\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-12880 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-arundel_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/15\/skill-compassion-an-amazing-teacherlindsay_howard\/\">Skill + Compassion = An Amazing Teacher<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-05-15T11:11:20-04:00<\/span><span>May 15th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I always love visiting Ryan's class during American Education Week and I always hope to see just a \"normal\" class (meaning, not anything special because the parents will be there....just a typical lesson.) And I was thrilled I got to see just that today in your classroom. But, let me clarify: What I saw was anything but \"normal.\" It was exceptional. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/15\/skill-compassion-an-amazing-teacherlindsay_howard\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"12795\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-12795 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundel_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2781\" height=\"3582\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-04-0620.40.15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-04-0620.40.15.jpg 2781w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-04-0620.40.15-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-04-0620.40.15-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-04-0620.40.15-795x1024.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2781px) 100vw, 2781px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/14\/kristen_caminiti-2\/\">The Definition of Dedication<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/14\/kristen_caminiti-2\/\">The Definition of Dedication<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-05-16T09:10:33-04:00<\/span><span>May 14th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Mr. Stanzione epitomizes what it means to be a dedicated AACPS employee. He gives so generously of his time.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/14\/kristen_caminiti-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"12694\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-12694 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Jennifer_Greenwood.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Certificate awarded to Tag by Mrs. Pillow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Jennifer_Greenwood.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Jennifer_Greenwood-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/10\/jennifer_g\/\">Thank You Mrs. Pillow!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/10\/jennifer_g\/\">Thank You Mrs. Pillow!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-05-10T15:05:59-04:00<\/span><span>May 10th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"On August 7, 2008 I heard the worst words a parent can hear, 'Your son has cancer.' I didn't know which end was up. I reached out to [his teacher] Mrs. Pillow to let her know of Tag's situation. I barely remember our conversation, I cried for most of it, but I do remember her saying, 'Jen, Tag will go to college. I guarantee it.' Those words were so comforting to me.\"--Jennifer G., Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/10\/jennifer_g\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"11526\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-11526 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Beth_Lassiter.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Beth_Lassiter.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Beth_Lassiter-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/01\/17\/beth_lassiter\/\">Thankful for Mrs. Nodtvedt&#8217;s Positive Communication &#038; Support<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/01\/17\/beth_lassiter\/\">Thankful for Mrs. Nodtvedt&#8217;s Positive Communication &#038; Support<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-01-17T13:36:55-05:00<\/span><span>January 17th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"The one thing that I truly appreciate is that she not only told me when there were problems but let me know if he had had a great day and if he had done something good for another student. In the past I was only contacted if there was a problem. Through Mrs. Nodtvedt's kind and compassionate ways my grandson has come a long way since the beginning of the year.\"--Beth Lassiter, Grandparent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/01\/17\/beth_lassiter\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"11509\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-11509 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nancy_Seidler_cropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mrs. Hoffman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nancy_Seidler_cropped.jpg 476w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nancy_Seidler_cropped-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/07\/nancy_cahlink-seidler\/\">Thank You for Inspiring My Son&#8217;s Love of Reading!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/07\/nancy_cahlink-seidler\/\">Thank You for Inspiring My Son&#8217;s Love of Reading!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-12-07T11:07:43-05:00<\/span><span>December 7th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I just wanted to thank Ms. Hoffman for helping my son's love reading!\"--Nancy Cahlink-Seidler, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/07\/nancy_cahlink-seidler\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"11524\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-11524 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/05\/laura-blankenship\/\">Retired Educator Continues to Spread Joy<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-12-05T16:43:42-05:00<\/span><span>December 5th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><h2>Laura Blankenship<\/h2>\n<p><strong>I am an AACPS:<\/strong> Parent | Volunteer, <em>Rippling Woods Elementary School<\/em> Rippling Woods has went through so many changes in the past 7 years. I want to thank all the staff there for the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/05\/laura-blankenship\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"11511\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-11511 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundel_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-new\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3030\" height=\"2360\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DeannaMallon-Ms-Kennelly.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ms. Kennelly with students\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DeannaMallon-Ms-Kennelly.jpg 3030w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DeannaMallon-Ms-Kennelly-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DeannaMallon-Ms-Kennelly-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DeannaMallon-Ms-Kennelly-1024x798.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3030px) 100vw, 3030px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/05\/deanna_mallon\/\">Bringing Joy and Happiness Through Music<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/05\/deanna_mallon\/\">Bringing Joy and Happiness Through Music<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-12-05T16:22:46-05:00<\/span><span>December 5th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Music brings out the joy and happiness in the heart. Mrs. Kennelly at Waugh Chapel Elementary teaches music to her students with such dedication and patience.\"--Deanna Mallon, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/12\/05\/deanna_mallon\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10934\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10934 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-teacher_stories category-new\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AVID-Logo-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AVID-Logo-2.jpg 820w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AVID-Logo-2-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/09\/20\/charlotte_bader\/\">A Teacher that Made a Huge Impact on my Life<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/09\/20\/charlotte_bader\/\">A Teacher that Made a Huge Impact on my Life<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-01-17T17:14:24-05:00<\/span><span>September 20th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Mrs. Tami Beyer is most definitely one of the reasons I am where I am today. Through tough decisions to\r\ntake advanced classes, to struggling through a rough week, all the way to college decisions, Mrs. Beyer\r\nsupported me every step of the way.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/09\/20\/charlotte_bader\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10418\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10418 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cat-south-specialty category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-south_river_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tammy_Diedrich.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tammy Diedrich with Mr. Glorioso at her high school prom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tammy_Diedrich.png 318w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tammy_Diedrich-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/17\/tammy_diedrich\/\">Paying a Passion for Teaching Forward<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/17\/tammy_diedrich\/\">Paying a Passion for Teaching Forward<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T13:13:37-04:00<\/span><span>June 17th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"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<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/17\/tammy_diedrich\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9814\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9814 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundel_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Kristen_Caminiti.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ms. Mueller with Ryan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Kristen_Caminiti.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Kristen_Caminiti-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Kristen_Caminiti-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/kristen_caminiti\/\">How one amazing teacher has forever impacted my son<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/kristen_caminiti\/\">How one amazing teacher has forever impacted my son<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-06-05T10:27:00-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Perhaps what has impressed me the most about Ms. Mueller is how well she knows each of her students' unique abilities, family situations, skills, interests, and strengths. It is clear she has taken the time to know every student in front of her as an individual and as a result, each of the students in her class feels valued and important.\"--Kristen Caminiti<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/kristen_caminiti\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10423\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10423 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/kathleen_tran\/\">From student teacher to colleague, I&#8217;ve had a mentor in Ms. Zak<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-06-05T10:24:09-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"With unwavering persistence, patience, and love, Mrs. Zak not only pushes her children to levels they never thought they could, but she motivates everyone around her to examine the quality of their own teaching and will work with anyone to help them support their students.\"--Kathleen Tran<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/kathleen_tran\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10421\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10421 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-broadneck_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Holly_McDermott.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Holly &amp; JoAnne\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Holly_McDermott.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Holly_McDermott-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Holly_McDermott-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/holly_mcdermott\/\">Shout-Out to Two Great Language Arts Assets at SRMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/holly_mcdermott\/\">Shout-Out to Two Great Language Arts Assets at SRMS<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-06-05T10:22:42-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Joanne Sprague is a great department chair [and] Mandi Quinn is our amazing resource teacher.\"--Holly McDermott<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/holly_mcdermott\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9816\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9816 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2979\" height=\"4129\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Laura_Blankenship_2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ms. Lowe with one of her students\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Laura_Blankenship_2.png 2979w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Laura_Blankenship_2-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Laura_Blankenship_2-768x1064.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Laura_Blankenship_2-739x1024.png 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2979px) 100vw, 2979px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/09\/laura_blankenship\/\">Heather Lowe: Going above and beyond to help her students<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/09\/laura_blankenship\/\">Heather Lowe: Going above and beyond to help her students<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-05-12T11:26:31-04:00<\/span><span>May 9th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Heather Lowe takes time to contact the parents and let them know what their child is doing, be it good or bad.\"--Laura Blankenship<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/09\/laura_blankenship\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10337\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10337 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-monarch-gb category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2990\" height=\"1890\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ms-Tanya-with-Logan-e1566934925887.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Logan standing with Ms. Tanya\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ms-Tanya-with-Logan-e1566934925887.jpg 2990w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ms-Tanya-with-Logan-e1566934925887-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ms-Tanya-with-Logan-e1566934925887-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ms-Tanya-with-Logan-e1566934925887-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ms-Tanya-with-Logan-e1566934925887-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ms-Tanya-with-Logan-e1566934925887-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2990px) 100vw, 2990px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/05\/valerie_frazier\/\">Our Continued Appreciation for Ms. Tanya<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/05\/valerie_frazier\/\">Our Continued Appreciation for Ms. Tanya<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T15:42:47-04:00<\/span><span>May 5th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Tanya energizes the students and gets them excited to learn. She gets to know her students and lets them know her not only as a teacher but as a person.\"--Valerie Frazier, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/05\/valerie_frazier\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10346\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10346 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-south_river_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Leigh_Jones_with-Evan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ms. Jones with Evan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Leigh_Jones_with-Evan.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Leigh_Jones_with-Evan-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/05\/melissa_wirzburger\/\">How A Teacher Continues to Encourage, Years After My Son Left Her Classroom<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/05\/melissa_wirzburger\/\">How A Teacher Continues to Encourage, Years After My Son Left Her Classroom<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-05-05T12:21:18-04:00<\/span><span>May 5th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"When my son started kindergarten I was worried... I didn't know anything about the teachers at Davidsonville Elementary school and didn't realize how getting the letter saying Mrs. Jones would be his teacher would change his life.\"--Melissa Wirzburger, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/05\/melissa_wirzburger\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10021\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10021 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-south_river_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meredith_Krissoff_crop.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Suzy Wyatt with Meredith Krissoff eating lunch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meredith_Krissoff_crop.png 817w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meredith_Krissoff_crop-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meredith_Krissoff_crop-768x535.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/meredith_krissoff\/\">Elementary Music Teacher Turns Mother-in-Law<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/meredith_krissoff\/\">Elementary Music Teacher Turns Mother-in-Law<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-05-03T12:28:51-04:00<\/span><span>May 3rd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thank you Suzy Wyatt for being MY amazing K-5 Music teacher at Davidsonville Elementary (still going 41 years strong!). \"--Meredith Krissoff, Alum & Employee<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/meredith_krissoff\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10014\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10014 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-northeast_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Susan_Coakley.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Susan Coakley&#039;s Middle School Dance Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Susan_Coakley.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Susan_Coakley-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Susan_Coakley-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Susan_Coakley-177x142.jpg 177w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Susan_Coakley-147x118.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/susan_coakley\/\">Fostering a Love of Music &#038; Dance<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/susan_coakley\/\">Fostering a Love of Music &#038; Dance<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-05-03T13:43:25-04:00<\/span><span>May 3rd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"At George Fox Middle School I had the privilege of having a wonderful chorus teacher, Karen Simmons. She was a talented individual who cared about her students.\"--Susan Coakley, Alum & Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/susan_coakley\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10029\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10029 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Rippling_Woods.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rippling Woods Elementary School\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/lauren_blankenship2\/\">The Dedication at Rippling Woods<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/lauren_blankenship2\/\">The Dedication at Rippling Woods<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-05-12T11:28:36-04:00<\/span><span>May 3rd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Rippling Woods Elementary School has so many dedicated teachers who go unappreciated everyday.\"--Lauren Blackenship, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/03\/lauren_blankenship2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9812\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9812 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-teacher_stories tag-art\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jennifer_Sturgell.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jennifer Sturgell with Mrs. Sheckells\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jennifer_Sturgell.jpg 480w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jennifer_Sturgell-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/jennifer_sturgell\/\">The BEST Art Teacher who taught me so much more: Mrs. Sheckells<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/jennifer_sturgell\/\">The BEST Art Teacher who taught me so much more: Mrs. Sheckells<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-05-02T12:35:15-04:00<\/span><span>May 2nd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"As I entered Shady Side Elementary in my new role as a teacher in August of 1996, a familiar voice spoke to me.  It was Mrs. Sarah Sheckells, my former art teacher... Over the last 21 years, Mrs. Sheckells transitioned from my classroom teacher to a peer, mentor, colleague, and friend.\" --Jennifer Sturgell<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/jennifer_sturgell\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9806\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9806 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sydney_R.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sydney with her teacher\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sydney_R.jpg 770w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sydney_R-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sydney_R-768x1021.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/sydney\/\">My story is about how kind Mrs. Reisinger is<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/sydney\/\">My story is about how kind Mrs. Reisinger is<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-05-02T11:34:22-04:00<\/span><span>May 2nd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mrs. Reisinger is kind because an example is at our feild trip i was not happy with my group so i got too sit with her and hang out. I love Mrs. Reisinger because of what she does!\"--Sydney, Grade 2<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/sydney\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9560\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9560 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundel_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4752\" height=\"3168\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Holly_Mueller.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Holly Mueller with Sam\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Holly_Mueller.jpg 4752w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Holly_Mueller-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Holly_Mueller-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Holly_Mueller-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4752px) 100vw, 4752px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/04\/25\/erin_rick\/\">Expressing My Appreciation for Ms. Mueller, an Excellent Teacher at Nantucket<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/04\/25\/erin_rick\/\">Expressing My Appreciation for Ms. Mueller, an Excellent Teacher at Nantucket<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-04-27T14:13:28-04:00<\/span><span>April 25th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Mueller clearly cares about each of her students, and she goes out of her way to let them know it.\"--Erin Rick, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/04\/25\/erin_rick\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9557\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9557 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/04\/25\/kristin_schrecker\/\">Watching My Daughter Grow in Mrs. Miller&#8217;s Classroom<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-04-27T15:23:43-04:00<\/span><span>April 25th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Miller has the patience, heart, and firmness that my daughter needs to be not only successful in 5th Grade, but to be prepared for middle school.\"--Kristin Schrecker, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/04\/25\/kristin_schrecker\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9504\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9504 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2440\" height=\"1760\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Chrystyna_Sullivan_2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fifth grade girl holding flowers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Chrystyna_Sullivan_2.png 2440w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Chrystyna_Sullivan_2-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Chrystyna_Sullivan_2-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Chrystyna_Sullivan_2-1024x739.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2440px) 100vw, 2440px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/04\/25\/chrystyna_sullivan\/\">Forever Grateful for the Support of Ms. Dalgleish<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/04\/25\/chrystyna_sullivan\/\">Forever Grateful for the Support of Ms. Dalgleish<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-04-25T14:08:48-04:00<\/span><span>April 25th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"All of the teachers at Freetown Elementary are very kind and treat all the students with respect. Ms. Amanda Dalgleish especially helped us through a hard [transition] and I will be forever grateful.\"--Chrystyna Sullivan, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/04\/25\/chrystyna_sullivan\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9279\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9279 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NicholasMusic.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NicholasMusic.jpg 560w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NicholasMusic-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/03\/16\/nicholas\/\">How My Music Teacher Has Helped Me<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/03\/16\/nicholas\/\">How My Music Teacher Has Helped Me<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-04-27T15:24:48-04:00<\/span><span>March 16th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"In fourth grade, I decided to start playing the saxophone. My teacher was Mrs. Emily James, and she was a fantastic teacher.\"--Nicholas, Grade 8<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/03\/16\/nicholas\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9208\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9208 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2057\" height=\"1478\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tracy_Lee2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"1970s 5th grade class photo from Hillsmere Elementary school\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tracy_Lee2.jpg 2057w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tracy_Lee2-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tracy_Lee2-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tracy_Lee2-1024x736.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2057px) 100vw, 2057px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/02\/13\/tracy_lee\/\">An Overdue Thank You to the Teachers at Hillsmere Elementary<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/02\/13\/tracy_lee\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tracy_Lee1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tracy_Lee1.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery9208]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Tracy_Lee1\" data-caption=\"\"><img style=\"display:none;\" alt=\"1970s 4th grade class photo from Hillsmere Elementary School\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/02\/13\/tracy_lee\/\">An Overdue Thank You to the Teachers at Hillsmere Elementary<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-04-03T12:15:22-04:00<\/span><span>February 13th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"How long has it been, since I left Hillsmere Elementary School? I am not really too sure of the names of my classmates, but I know three teachers who, played a fantastic roll in my development and interest in self-improvement that has followed me to this day.\"--Tracy Lee<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/02\/13\/tracy_lee\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8383\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8383 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories tag-school-pride\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1614\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye-1024x807.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/22\/frye\/\">Learning to Love Politics in Mr. Sullivan&#8217;s Classroom<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/22\/frye\/\">Learning to Love Politics in Mr. Sullivan&#8217;s Classroom<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-04-27T15:22:55-04:00<\/span><span>August 22nd, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/school-pride\/\" rel=\"tag\">School Pride<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Maryland's best-kept secret is that the best teachers in the world are at North County High School. One teacher for me stands out in particular.  Mr. Dennis Sullivan, or \"Sully,\" taught my AP U.S. Government, STEM Policy, and AP Human Geography courses and was also my (one-time) lacrosse coach.  Sullivan has many strengths as a teacher, but by far his best attribute is his ability to get students excited about politics.\"--Christopher Frye, NCHS 2012 Graduate<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/22\/frye\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8138\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8138 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glen_burnie_stories category-monarch-gb category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3023\" height=\"2385\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Maxwell-and-Ms-Tanya_horizontal.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maxwell standing next to his fifth grade teacher Ms. Tanya\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Maxwell-and-Ms-Tanya_horizontal.png 3023w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Maxwell-and-Ms-Tanya_horizontal-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Maxwell-and-Ms-Tanya_horizontal-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Maxwell-and-Ms-Tanya_horizontal-1024x808.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3023px) 100vw, 3023px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/maxwell\/\">My Favorite Teacher: Ms. Tanya<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/maxwell\/\">My Favorite Teacher: Ms. Tanya<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T13:11:30-04:00<\/span><span>June 10th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Tanya, thank you for being the person you are. You have opened up your heart and soul to do what you need to do and love to do and I just want to return the love.\"\u2014Maxwell, Grade 5<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/maxwell\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8143\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8143 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-south_river_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tayman-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tayman-1.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tayman-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tayman-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tayman-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/tayman\/\">Thank You Mr. Tayman!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/tayman\/\">Thank You Mr. Tayman!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-03-17T16:04:09-04:00<\/span><span>June 10th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mr. Tayman, through your talent, guidance, and dedication, so many students have developed outstanding skills and furthered their love of music.\"\u2014Jennifer Ballard<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/tayman\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8141\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8141 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-brockbridgees category-meade_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1523\" height=\"1401\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Janie_Lormann_horizontal.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mrs. Lohrmann standing with one of her fifth grade students.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Janie_Lormann_horizontal.png 1523w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Janie_Lormann_horizontal-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Janie_Lormann_horizontal-768x706.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Janie_Lormann_horizontal-1024x942.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1523px) 100vw, 1523px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/taylor\/\">A Teacher&#8217;s Dedication<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/taylor\/\">A Teacher&#8217;s Dedication<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T12:47:44-04:00<\/span><span>June 10th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Mrs. Janie Lohrmann makes learning exciting and fun for her 5th grade class.\" --Marva Taylor<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/10\/taylor\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8028\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8028 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ApplePhoto.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ApplePhoto.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ApplePhoto-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ApplePhoto-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/05\/02\/lanay_byers\/\">&#8220;Lanay Byers impact on the lives of these students was not measured in grades, but by the compassion and encouragement she offered to these children.&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/05\/02\/lanay_byers\/\">&#8220;Lanay Byers impact on the lives of these students was not measured in grades, but by the compassion and encouragement she offered to these children.&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T10:50:26-04:00<\/span><span>May 2nd, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Lanay Byers, Retired Teacher\r\nHer impact on the lives of these students was not measured in grades, but by the compassion and encouragement she offered to these children...Although my son grew up and moved through middle school and high school within AACPS, he never forgot Mrs. Byers and would always stop at Richard Henry Lee during the Christmas holiday with a small gift to let her know she was often in his thoughts.\"--Candy Fontz<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/05\/02\/lanay_byers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7935\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7935 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/diannerossoheadshot1-e1460137046579.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/04\/12\/dianne_rosso\/\">&#8220;Of all my accomplishments, the most gratifying thing for me has been developing talent in students.&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/04\/12\/dianne_rosso\/\">&#8220;Of all my accomplishments, the most gratifying thing for me has been developing talent in students.&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T11:02:20-04:00<\/span><span>April 12th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I student taught in 1972 at Glen Burnie High School and went under contract with the Anne Arundel County Board of Education as a theatre arts teacher. At the time, there were no dance classes offered in the school system, so I developed a dance curriculum for credit, taught it during the school day, and grew it into the largest dance program in a public high school in Maryland.\" --Dianne Rosso<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/04\/12\/dianne_rosso\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7647\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7647 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dealees category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-teacher_stories tag-school-pride\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3664\" height=\"2748\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth.jpg 3664w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3664px) 100vw, 3664px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/16\/cynthia_bischoff\/\">Inspiring Students through the Media Center<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/16\/cynthia_bischoff\/\">Inspiring Students through the Media Center<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T11:20:35-04:00<\/span><span>March 16th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/school-pride\/\" rel=\"tag\">School Pride<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Our current media specialist, Cynthia Bischoff, joined our school only a year ago, but she has made a great impact on our students.\" --Cindy Holsworth on Cynthia Bischoff<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/16\/cynthia_bischoff\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7761\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7761 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Benfield_Elementary.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/08\/mc_chesshire\/\">\u201cEvelyn Foutty was a force of nature at Benfield Elementary\u201d<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/08\/mc_chesshire\/\">\u201cEvelyn Foutty was a force of nature at Benfield Elementary\u201d<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-07T12:58:24-04:00<\/span><span>March 8th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Evelyn Foutty was a force of nature at Benfield Elementary School in the 70s.\" --Mary Claire Chesshire<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/08\/mc_chesshire\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7261\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7261 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeakehs category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-severnaparkes category-severna_park_stories category-teacher_stories category-toy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/13\/jennie_merrill\/\">Permalink<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Merrill-Classroom9.jpg\" data-id=\"7261\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Merrill Classroom9\" data-caption=\"Ms. Merrill as her alter-ego, the nutty \"Professor Labcoat,\" helping one of her 5th grade students.\">Gallery<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/13\/jennie_merrill\/\">Mr. Collins Sparked My Passion for Teaching<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/13\/jennie_merrill\/\">Mr. Collins Sparked My Passion for Teaching<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-28T13:23:55-04:00<\/span><span>January 13th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"As I look back on why I am the teacher I am today, I think of one man who truly was an inspiration to all who walked through the doors of Chesapeake High School.\" --Jennie Merrill, SPES<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/13\/jennie_merrill\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class='pagination 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