{"id":16370,"date":"2019-08-27T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?page_id=16370"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:08:48","slug":"annapolis-feeder-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/annapolis-feeder-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Annapolis Feeder Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><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><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Faces of AACPS: Real People, Real Stories.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Annapolis-Banner.png\" alt=\"Stories from Annapolis--white text on maroon background with Annapolis High School panther mascot\" 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>Read stories from students, families, staff, and community partners from schools in the\u00a0Annapolis feeder system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-half fusion-layout-column fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Inspired to share your own story?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-half fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;border:0px solid #ffffff;\"><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">.fusion-button.button-1 .fusion-button-text, .fusion-button.button-1 i {color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-1 {border-width:0px;border-color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-1 .fusion-button-icon-divider{border-color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-1:hover .fusion-button-text, .fusion-button.button-1:hover i,.fusion-button.button-1:focus .fusion-button-text, .fusion-button.button-1:focus i,.fusion-button.button-1:active .fusion-button-text, .fusion-button.button-1:active{color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-1:hover, .fusion-button.button-1:focus, 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title=\"SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tell-us-your-story\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator\" style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #920027;\"><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow bottom\" style=\"top:0px;border-top-color: #920027;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy bottom\" style=\"bottom:-21px;border-bottom:1px solid #920027;border-left:1px solid #920027;\"><\/div><\/div><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:;margin-bottom:35px;\"><\/div><div 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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>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/arundelhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel High School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/broadneckhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/cat-north\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-North<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/cat-south-specialty\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-South<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/cat-south\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-South<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/celebratingaacps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Celebrating AACPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Bay MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/charter\/csp\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Science Point<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/crofton_stories\/crofton-hs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Crofton HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/crofton_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Crofton Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/glenburniehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/meadehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/northeasths\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/oldmillhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/phoenix\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Phoenix Academy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/severnaparkhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/southriverhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Specialty Schools<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/grant-opportunities\/stem_opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">STEM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/virtual-academy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Virtual Academy<\/a><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=\"25085\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-25085 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-broadneckhs category-aacps_story category-studio39 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=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/school-sounds-ep-4-photo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/school-sounds-ep-4-photo.png 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/school-sounds-ep-4-photo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/school-sounds-ep-4-photo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/school-sounds-ep-4-photo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/school-sounds-ep-4-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\/03\/07\/school-sounds-pock3t\/\">School Sounds Episode 4 featuring Pock3t at Studio 39<\/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\/07\/school-sounds-pock3t\/\">School Sounds Episode 4 featuring Pock3t at Studio 39<\/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;\">2025-04-07T17:54:00-04:00<\/span><span>March 7th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/broadneckhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/studio39\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Studio 39<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/new\/\" rel=\"category tag\">What's New<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>AACPS TV presents School Sounds Episode 4 featuring Pock3t at Studio 39 from Annapolis & Broadneck HS.\r\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/07\/school-sounds-pock3t\/\">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 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\/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>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/arundelhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel High School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/broadneckhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/cat-north\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-North<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/cat-south\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-South<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/cat-south-specialty\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-South<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/celebratingaacps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Celebrating AACPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Bay MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/charter\/csp\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Science Point<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/crofton_stories\/crofton-hs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Crofton HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/crofton_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Crofton Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/glenburniehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/meadehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/northeasths\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/oldmillhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/phoenix\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Phoenix Academy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/severnaparkhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/southriverhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Specialty Schools<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/grant-opportunities\/stem_opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">STEM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/virtual-academy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Virtual Academy<\/a><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=\"23680\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-23680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_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=\"1044\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ms-B.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ms-B.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ms-B-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ms-B-1024x668.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ms-B-768x501.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ms-B-1536x1002.jpeg 1536w\" 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\/2023\/08\/16\/diving-into-the-symphony-of-music-with-ms-b\/\">Diving into the Symphony of Music with Ms. B: Student&#8217;s interview schools choir and music 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\/2023\/08\/16\/diving-into-the-symphony-of-music-with-ms-b\/\">Diving into the Symphony of Music with Ms. B: Student&#8217;s interview schools choir and music 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;\">2023-08-16T15:59:19-04:00<\/span><span>August 16th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In an interview with Ms. B at Annapolis Middle, the student podcast team there asked Ms. B what led her to want to go down a path in the music field and how she happily ended up where she is now. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/08\/16\/diving-into-the-symphony-of-music-with-ms-b\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22875\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22875 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_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=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Blue-Wood-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Blue-Wood-3.png 1080w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Blue-Wood-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Blue-Wood-3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Blue-Wood-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Blue-Wood-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Blue-Wood-3-66x66.png 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\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\/07\/12\/exploring-the-world-of-dance-with-coach-g-students-interview-schools-dance-instructor\/\">Exploring the World of Dance with Coach G: Student&#8217;s interview school&#8217;s Dance instructor<\/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\/07\/12\/exploring-the-world-of-dance-with-coach-g-students-interview-schools-dance-instructor\/\">Exploring the World of Dance with Coach G: Student&#8217;s interview school&#8217;s Dance instructor<\/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;\">2023-07-13T12:35:47-04:00<\/span><span>July 12th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In this interview, AMS's Student podcast team interviews the dance instructor: Coach G. In this interview they cover topics like what it takes to be a Dance instructor, and how childhood passions can be beneficial and lead to a career.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/07\/12\/exploring-the-world-of-dance-with-coach-g-students-interview-schools-dance-instructor\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22871\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_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=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dd-a-head-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dd-a-head-3.png 1080w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dd-a-head-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dd-a-head-3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dd-a-head-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dd-a-head-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dd-a-head-3-66x66.png 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\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\/07\/11\/student-journalist-ms-hammaker\/\">A Student Interview with Ms. Hammaker: Supporting our Students Mental Health<\/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\/07\/11\/student-journalist-ms-hammaker\/\">A Student Interview with Ms. Hammaker: Supporting our Students Mental Health<\/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;\">2023-07-13T12:35:58-04:00<\/span><span>July 11th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Working with so many students give me a sense of purpose and being able to help people is important to me.\u00a0- Ms. Hammaker<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/07\/11\/student-journalist-ms-hammaker\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22680\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-community_engagement_opportunities category-community-partnerships category-community_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=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sofo-beautification.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sofo-beautification.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sofo-beautification-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sofo-beautification-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sofo-beautification-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sofo-beautification-1536x864.jpg 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\/2023\/06\/15\/sofo-beautification-project\/\">A Great Community Opportunity for Local Youth with the SOFO Beautification Project<\/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\/15\/sofo-beautification-project\/\">A Great Community Opportunity for Local Youth with the SOFO Beautification Project<\/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;\">2023-09-01T11:29:52-04:00<\/span><span>June 15th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/grant-opportunities\/community_engagement_opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Engagement<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"What's great about the project is the youth who work on the project get rewarded by having a day in the Bay on a boat. We really wanted them to connect to the maritime theme,\" Jennifer Balducci.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/06\/15\/sofo-beautification-project\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22719\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22719 post type-post status-publish format-gallery has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-community_engagement_opportunities category-community-partnerships category-community_stories category-student_stories post_format-post-format-gallery\">\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=\"6847\" height=\"2633\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sofo-fence-project-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sofo-fence-project-1.png 6847w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sofo-fence-project-1-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sofo-fence-project-1-1024x394.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sofo-fence-project-1-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sofo-fence-project-1-1536x591.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6847px) 100vw, 6847px\" \/>\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\/14\/sofo-fence-project-2023-ams\/\">Seventh Grade Artists Leave Their Mark on SOFO Maritime Heritage Fence Project<\/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\/14\/sofo-fence-project-2023-ams\/\">Seventh Grade Artists Leave Their Mark on SOFO Maritime Heritage Fence Project<\/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;\">2023-06-14T16:23:27-04:00<\/span><span>June 14th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/grant-opportunities\/community_engagement_opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Engagement<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"We had working on the art for the fence project with Mr. Fenton. He really lets us be creative in art club\" - Seventh Grade AMS Art Club Student<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/06\/14\/sofo-fence-project-2023-ams\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22631\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22631 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories category-severna_park_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=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Model-UN-AHS-AMS-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Model-UN-AHS-AMS-1.png 940w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Model-UN-AHS-AMS-1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Model-UN-AHS-AMS-1-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\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\/model-un-2023-spotlight-ahs-and-ams\/\">2023 AACPS Model UN Conference Spotlight: Annapolis High School Teams Up with Annapolis Middle School to Guide their Inaugural Model UN Participation<\/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\/model-un-2023-spotlight-ahs-and-ams\/\">2023 AACPS Model UN Conference Spotlight: Annapolis High School Teams Up with Annapolis Middle School to Guide their Inaugural Model UN Participation<\/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;\">2023-06-05T14:43:55-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Annapolis High (AHS) and Severna Park High students largely ran the event by serving as the dais in each room. They taught parliamentary procedure, modeled best practices for serving in a committee, and selected the participants who should be recognized with awards. These students did most of the work on the day of the event, and they did very well!\" - Ms. Sarah Poole, SPHS Social Studies Department Chair<\/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\/model-un-2023-spotlight-ahs-and-ams\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22629\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22629 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-community-partnerships category-community_stories category-student_stories category-school_classroom_libraries_opportunities\">\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=\"6912\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kami-Garcia-at-AMS.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kami-Garcia-at-AMS.png 6912w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kami-Garcia-at-AMS-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kami-Garcia-at-AMS-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kami-Garcia-at-AMS-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kami-Garcia-at-AMS-1536x768.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6912px) 100vw, 6912px\" \/>\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\/31\/kami-garcia-annapolis-middle\/\">Bestselling Author Kami Garcia Inspires Annapolis Middle Students with a Visit &#038; Advice on Finding Their Voice as an Author<\/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\/31\/kami-garcia-annapolis-middle\/\">Bestselling Author Kami Garcia Inspires Annapolis Middle Students with a Visit &#038; Advice on Finding Their Voice as an Author<\/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;\">2023-05-31T11:04:41-04:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/grant-opportunities\/school_classroom_libraries_opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">School &amp; Classroom Libraries<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I really liked hearing about how she found her voice as a writer. It made me want to start writing more and to experiment with different styles.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/31\/kami-garcia-annapolis-middle\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22006\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22006 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-student_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=\"1448\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ms-Brown-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ms-Brown-1.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ms-Brown-1-300x272.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ms-Brown-1-1024x927.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ms-Brown-1-768x695.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ms-Brown-1-1536x1390.jpeg 1536w\" 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\/2023\/05\/05\/student-journalist-ms-brown\/\">&#8220;A Chat with Ms. Brown, AMS School Psychologist.&#8221; An Interview by Young Journalists at Annapolis Middle.<\/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\/05\/student-journalist-ms-brown\/\">&#8220;A Chat with Ms. Brown, AMS School Psychologist.&#8221; An Interview by Young Journalists at Annapolis Middle.<\/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;\">2023-05-08T09:42:18-04:00<\/span><span>May 5th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my heart I want to make a difference in the lives of students.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/05\/05\/student-journalist-ms-brown\/\">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>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/batesms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Bates MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/celebratingaacps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Celebrating AACPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a><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=\"21468\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21468 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-toy category-tylerheightses\">\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=\"1500\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexis-Cutler-TOY-2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexis-Cutler-TOY-2023.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexis-Cutler-TOY-2023-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexis-Cutler-TOY-2023-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexis-Cutler-TOY-2023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexis-Cutler-TOY-2023-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexis-Cutler-TOY-2023-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\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\/19\/alexis-cutler\/\">Empowering Self-Worth and Peer Mentoring: Meet the Tyler Heights Elementary School Second Grade Teacher Who is a Finalist for Teacher of the Year<\/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\/19\/alexis-cutler\/\">Empowering Self-Worth and Peer Mentoring: Meet the Tyler Heights Elementary School Second Grade Teacher Who is a Finalist for Teacher of the Year<\/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;\">2023-04-19T16:09:27-04:00<\/span><span>April 19th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/tylerheightses\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Tyler Heights ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The heart of teaching is our kids. The future of the world is in this classroom. What we do now is building moral human beings.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/19\/alexis-cutler\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21513\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21513 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_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 class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mary-Kay-Connerton-TOY-2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mary-Kay-Connerton-TOY-2023.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mary-Kay-Connerton-TOY-2023-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mary-Kay-Connerton-TOY-2023-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mary-Kay-Connerton-TOY-2023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mary-Kay-Connerton-TOY-2023-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mary-Kay-Connerton-TOY-2023-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\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\/19\/marykay-connerton\/\">Wellness is the Key: Annapolis High&#8217;s Teacher of the Year Finalist Shares Her Motivation<\/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\/19\/marykay-connerton\/\">Wellness is the Key: Annapolis High&#8217;s Teacher of the Year Finalist Shares Her Motivation<\/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;\">2023-04-19T12:43:43-04:00<\/span><span>April 19th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>If you seek work of the heart, then be a teacher. It fuels your soul as you pour love out. It\u2019s immeasurable the impact you have and the impact it has on 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\/19\/marykay-connerton\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21511\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21511 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-mills-parolees category-aacps_story category-employee_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 class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Richard-Rogers-POY-2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Richard-Rogers-POY-2023.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Richard-Rogers-POY-2023-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Richard-Rogers-POY-2023-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Richard-Rogers-POY-2023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Richard-Rogers-POY-2023-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Richard-Rogers-POY-2023-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\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\/18\/richard-rogers-poy23\/\">Principal of the Year 22-23, Richard Rogers of Mills-Parole Elementary School Advocates for &#8220;Constant Reflection as the Key to Become Better Educator and Leader&#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\/2023\/04\/18\/richard-rogers-poy23\/\">Principal of the Year 22-23, Richard Rogers of Mills-Parole Elementary School Advocates for &#8220;Constant Reflection as the Key to Become Better Educator and Leader&#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;\">2023-04-20T10:09:23-04:00<\/span><span>April 18th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/batesms\/mills-parolees\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mills-Parole ES<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Stay at it! It is worth it and fulfilling. Kids need dedicated teachers from all backgrounds.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/18\/richard-rogers-poy23\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"20150\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-20150 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-aacps_story category-employee_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 class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tema-Encarnacion-2020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Tema Encarnation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tema-Encarnacion-2020.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tema-Encarnacion-2020-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tema-Encarnacion-2020-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tema-Encarnacion-2020-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tema-Encarnacion-2020-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tema-Encarnacion-2020-1463x2048.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\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\/08\/04\/temaencarnacion\/\">Advocating for 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\/2020\/08\/04\/temaencarnacion\/\">Advocating for 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\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-10T16:38:10-04:00<\/span><span>August 4th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>One of the most fundamental roles of an educator is that of an advocate.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/04\/temaencarnacion\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21478\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21478 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-student_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\/04\/AMS-NJHS.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AMS-NJHS.png 500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AMS-NJHS-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AMS-NJHS-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AMS-NJHS-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\/04\/13\/ams60njhs\/\">AMS National Junior Honor Society Inducts 60 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\/2023\/04\/13\/ams60njhs\/\">AMS National Junior Honor Society Inducts 60 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;\">2023-04-13T15:06:17-04:00<\/span><span>April 13th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The induction ceremony was a proud moment for both the students and their families. It's a testament to their hard work and dedication to their academic and personal growth.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/13\/ams60njhs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19976\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19976 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-community-partnerships category-aacps_story\">\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=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/artsy-partsy-logo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/artsy-partsy-logo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/artsy-partsy-logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/artsy-partsy-logo-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\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\/08\/03\/artsypartsy\/\">A Role Model with the Tools to Inspire<\/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\/08\/03\/artsypartsy\/\">A Role Model with the Tools to Inspire<\/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;\">2020-08-03T11:55:35-04:00<\/span><span>August 3rd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Artsy Partsy, led by Jeannette Nunez, began working closely with our Change Engineering Signature Program and our Signature Program Facilitator, Mrs. Becky Hogan, during the 2019-2020 school year. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/03\/artsypartsy\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19983\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19983 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-partnerships category-germantownes category-aacps_story\">\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=\"2101\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ColdwellBankerLogo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ColdwellBankerLogo.jpg 2101w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ColdwellBankerLogo-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ColdwellBankerLogo-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ColdwellBankerLogo-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ColdwellBankerLogo-1536x678.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2101px) 100vw, 2101px\" \/>\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\/08\/03\/coldwellbanker\/\">Coldwell Banker &#038; The  Backpack Buddy 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\/08\/03\/coldwellbanker\/\">Coldwell Banker &#038; The  Backpack Buddy 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\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-03T11:32:45-04:00<\/span><span>August 3rd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/batesms\/germantownes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Germantown ES<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The Backpack Buddy program was designed to provide meals to students struggling with food insecurity over the weekend.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/03\/coldwellbanker\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19957\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19957 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-community-partnerships category-aacps_story 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=\"419\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AACRecParks-logo2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AACRecParks-logo2.jpg 419w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AACRecParks-logo2-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/>\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\/07\/27\/quietwaters\/\">Community Partner and Lifelong Friend<\/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\/07\/27\/quietwaters\/\">Community Partner and Lifelong Friend<\/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;\">2020-07-29T15:41:33-04:00<\/span><span>July 27th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Ranger Burman has been with Anne Arundel County Parks Department for 13 years and has been Senior Park Ranger for 6 of those 13 years.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/07\/27\/quietwaters\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"22822\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-22822 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_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=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Minimal-Spotlight-Music-Album-Cover-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Minimal-Spotlight-Music-Album-Cover-2.png 1400w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Minimal-Spotlight-Music-Album-Cover-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Minimal-Spotlight-Music-Album-Cover-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Minimal-Spotlight-Music-Album-Cover-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Minimal-Spotlight-Music-Album-Cover-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Minimal-Spotlight-Music-Album-Cover-2-66x66.png 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>\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\/29\/spotlight-dr-india-sommerville\/\">AACPS Spotlight: Dr. Somerville, Annapolis Middle Counselor<\/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\/29\/spotlight-dr-india-sommerville\/\">AACPS Spotlight: Dr. Somerville, Annapolis Middle Counselor<\/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;\">2023-06-29T17:18:46-04:00<\/span><span>June 29th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Annapolis High and Middle, just know Dr. Somerville is rooting for you<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/06\/29\/spotlight-dr-india-sommerville\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21349\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21349 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_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=\"1013\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ams-bhm-presentation1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ams-bhm-presentation1-1.png 1013w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ams-bhm-presentation1-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ams-bhm-presentation1-1-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/>\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\/02\/21\/annapolis_middle_bhm\/\">Annapolis Middle Celebrates Black History Month with the community<\/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\/02\/21\/annapolis_middle_bhm\/\">Annapolis Middle Celebrates Black History Month with the community<\/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;\">2023-03-27T12:10:45-04:00<\/span><span>February 21st, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"It was great to see and feel the community valued having this event\"--Breanna Walker, Teacher<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/02\/21\/annapolis_middle_bhm\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19816\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19816 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-georgetowneastes category-aacps_story category-community_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=\"3072\" height=\"4096\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ingrid_Sandy-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two children giving a high five on the first day of school\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ingrid_Sandy-1.jpg 3072w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ingrid_Sandy-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ingrid_Sandy-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3072px) 100vw, 3072px\" \/>\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\/ingrid_sandy\/\">A Lot of Gratitude for the Family at Georgetown East<\/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\/ingrid_sandy\/\">A Lot of Gratitude for the Family at Georgetown East<\/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;\">2020-05-18T12:28:32-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/georgetowneastes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Georgetown East ES<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\" I feel a lot gratitude for the school & teachers. They are very important part of my kids' life and family.\"--Ingrid Sandy, Parent of former students<\/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\/ingrid_sandy\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17061\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17061 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-rollingknollses category-sevenoakses\">\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=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tiffany_Pfeiffer_sm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tiffany_Pfeiffer_sm.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tiffany_Pfeiffer_sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tiffany_Pfeiffer_sm-768x512.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\/2020\/01\/21\/tiffany_pfeiffer\/\">Picking Up Where I Left Off: My Journey with 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\/2020\/01\/21\/tiffany_pfeiffer\/\">Picking Up Where I Left Off: My Journey with 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;\">2020-01-29T17:11:46-05:00<\/span><span>January 21st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/batesms\/rollingknollses\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Rolling Knolls ES<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/meadehs\/macarthurms\/sevenoakses\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Seven Oaks ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My journey with AACPS had picked up where I left off, switching roles from student to teacher. I'm happily continuing my journey, and hope I end up having a strong impact on my students, just as my teachers had on me.\"--Tiffany Pfeiffer, 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\/2020\/01\/21\/tiffany_pfeiffer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15796\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15796 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_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 class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Martin-Noga.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Martin-Noga.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Martin-Noga-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Martin-Noga-768x548.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\/07\/16\/martin_noga\/\">Embracing the Real World<\/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\/07\/16\/martin_noga\/\">Embracing the Real World<\/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;\">2019-08-27T16:46:08-04:00<\/span><span>July 16th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My teaching philosophy views every learner as both a psychological and social construct; because neglecting or subordinating one to the other can result to behaviors that can be detrimental to the teaching and learning environment.\" --Martin Noga, Annapolis 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\/07\/16\/martin_noga\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15963\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15963 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-employee_stories category-toy category-tylerheightses\">\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=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bonita-Bradway_opt-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bonita-Bradway_opt-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bonita-Bradway_opt-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bonita-Bradway_opt-1-768x548.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\/08\/07\/bonita_bradway\/\">Being an Educator is an Honor<\/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\/07\/bonita_bradway\/\">Being an Educator is an Honor<\/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;\">2019-08-27T16:46:44-04:00<\/span><span>August 7th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Story Locations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/tylerheightses\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Tyler Heights ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I believe that it is equally important to help my students realize that they can be world changers; to teach the whole child.\" --Bonita Bradway, Tyler Heights Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/08\/07\/bonita_bradway\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14346\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14346 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-community-partnerships category-aacps_story category-community_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=\"1107\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ShoesThatFit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ShoesThatFit.jpg 1107w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ShoesThatFit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ShoesThatFit-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ShoesThatFit-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1107px) 100vw, 1107px\" \/>\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\/03\/05\/shoes_that_fit\/\">A Partnership that Fits<\/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\/03\/05\/shoes_that_fit\/\">A Partnership that Fits<\/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;\">2019-07-29T17:04:55-04:00<\/span><span>March 5th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"We want to remove the barrier of not having proper shoes so kids can attend class everyday prepared to reach their highest potential.\u201d <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/05\/shoes_that_fit\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14184\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14184 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-arundel_stories category-broadneck_stories category-chesapeake_stories category-glen_burnie_stories category-meade_stories category-north_county_stories category-northeast_stories category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-ppw category-severna_park_stories category-south_river_stories category-southern_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=\"1219\" height=\"1309\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chasity-and-Gma-002-2-e1549391806289.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chasity-and-Gma-002-2-e1549391806289.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chasity-and-Gma-002-2-e1549391806289-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chasity-and-Gma-002-2-e1549391806289-768x825.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chasity-and-Gma-002-2-e1549391806289-954x1024.jpg 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1219px) 100vw, 1219px\" \/>\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\/05\/chasity_mcghee\/\">Words of Encouragement for Kinship Caregivers<\/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\/05\/chasity_mcghee\/\">Words of Encouragement for Kinship Caregivers<\/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;\">2019-11-19T16:59:19-05:00<\/span><span>February 5th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/ppw\/\" rel=\"category tag\">PPW<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Kinship care is something I can relate to personally.  Being raised by my grandparents, I know firsthand how it feels to not reside with a biological parent.\"--Chasity McGhee<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/05\/chasity_mcghee\/\">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>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/charter\/monarch-annap\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Monarch Annapolis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a><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=\"13647\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13647 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-broadneck_stories category-community-partnerships category-aacps_story category-community_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=\"3417\" height=\"2441\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-02-Annapolis-_-Broadneck-Region-Mills-Parole-ES.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-02-Annapolis-_-Broadneck-Region-Mills-Parole-ES.jpg 3417w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-02-Annapolis-_-Broadneck-Region-Mills-Parole-ES-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-02-Annapolis-_-Broadneck-Region-Mills-Parole-ES-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-02-Annapolis-_-Broadneck-Region-Mills-Parole-ES-1024x732.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3417px) 100vw, 3417px\" \/>\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\/08\/02\/panthers_leaders\/\">\u201cThe Mills-Parole Way\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\/2018\/08\/02\/panthers_leaders\/\">\u201cThe Mills-Parole Way\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\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-28T15:19:23-05:00<\/span><span>August 2nd, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I am very pleased to present Mills-Parole Elementary with this plaque in recognition of your wonderful program that supports literacy as well as the development of caring, competent, and contributing citizens.\r\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/08\/02\/panthers_leaders\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13472\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13472 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_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<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\/08\/dawn_conway-2\/\">Inspired to Be My Best<\/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;\">2019-08-27T17:03:27-04:00<\/span><span>June 8th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cMy students and colleagues inspire me to be the best that I can be. I endeavor to do the same for them.\u201d\u2014Dawn Conway, Hillsmere Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/08\/dawn_conway-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13410\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13410 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_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 class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1888\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toni_haislip.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tonia Haislip standing in the school library\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toni_haislip.jpeg 1888w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toni_haislip-277x300.jpeg 277w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toni_haislip-768x833.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toni_haislip-944x1024.jpeg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1888px) 100vw, 1888px\" \/>\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\/06\/07\/tonia_haislip\/\">Reaching Towards Individualized Growth<\/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\/06\/07\/tonia_haislip\/\">Reaching Towards Individualized Growth<\/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;\">2019-08-28T13:14:09-04:00<\/span><span>June 7th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Teaching is part of who I am, and thank goodness there is still much to learn.\"--Tonia Haislip, Bates Middle School Teacher<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/07\/tonia_haislip\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13393\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13393 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-annapolis_stories category-moss-adams category-aacps_story category-employee_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<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\/tamara_saxon\/\">Being the Constant for My 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;\">2019-08-27T17:10:43-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/moss-adams\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Moss-Adams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"It was and still is my mission that every student can exceed everyone's expectations given the appropriate environment and support so that they can become successful contributing members of society.\"--Tamara Saxon, MM@JAA Teacher<\/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\/tamara_saxon\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13334\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_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 class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1033\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stacey_Scofield.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Julie Hummer, George Arlotto, Stacey Scofield, and Bonnie Johansen standing on stage at the Teacher of the Year banquet.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stacey_Scofield.png 1015w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stacey_Scofield-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stacey_Scofield-768x782.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stacey_Scofield-1006x1024.png 1006w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stacey_Scofield-66x66.png 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/>\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\/06\/04\/stacey_scofield\/\">More than a Job: Teaching is a Passion<\/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\/06\/04\/stacey_scofield\/\">More than a Job: Teaching is a Passion<\/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;\">2019-08-28T13:22:25-04:00<\/span><span>June 4th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My philosophy for teaching is very simple. Everything I do, every interaction that I have with my students, must serve the students to educate and make them feel empowered.\"--Stacey Scofield, Mills-Parole Elementary School Librarian<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/04\/stacey_scofield\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13312\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13312 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_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 class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sally_Wilson.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Julie Hummer, George Arlotto, Sally Wilson, and Bonnie Johansen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sally_Wilson.png 1001w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sally_Wilson-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sally_Wilson-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sally_Wilson-768x760.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sally_Wilson-52x50.png 52w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sally_Wilson-66x66.png 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/>\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\/31\/sally_wilson\/\">Four Elements that Drive My 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\/2018\/05\/31\/sally_wilson\/\">Four Elements that Drive My 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;\">2019-08-28T13:23:14-04:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My experience has led me to hold four elements sacred in my classroom...high expectations, engaging & differentiated instruction, parent involvement, and a culture of student dignity & value.\"--Sally Paz y Mi\u00f1o Wilson, THES Teacher<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/05\/31\/sally_wilson\/\">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>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><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=\"9302\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9302 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_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\/2017\/03\/Ariyanna_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ariyanna and Mrs. Bradshaw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ariyanna_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ariyanna_2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ariyanna_2-768x1024.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\/05\/03\/ariyanna\/\">Building Self-Confidence in Tyler Heights&#8217; S.E.L.F 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\/2017\/05\/03\/ariyanna\/\">Building Self-Confidence in Tyler Heights&#8217; S.E.L.F 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;\">2017-05-03T12:53:34-04:00<\/span><span>May 3rd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"In the fifth grade, my school Tyler Heights had a program called S.E.L.F which still continues now. This program helps young girls to gain determination, and self-confidence. I learned a lot from that program, and go there almost every Friday to see the new S.E.L.F girls.\"--Ariyanna<\/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\/ariyanna\/\">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>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a><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=\"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>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a><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=\"9241\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9241 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-moss-adams category-aacps_story category-employee_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=\"5312\" height=\"2988\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Moss-Adams-Staff-Morning-Huddle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Moss-Adams Staff Morning Huddle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Moss-Adams-Staff-Morning-Huddle.jpg 5312w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Moss-Adams-Staff-Morning-Huddle-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Moss-Adams-Staff-Morning-Huddle-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Moss-Adams-Staff-Morning-Huddle-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5312px) 100vw, 5312px\" \/>\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\/27\/tiffany_stewart-kline\/\">Using Community Building Circles to Strengthen our School Community<\/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\/02\/27\/tiffany_stewart-kline\/\">Using Community Building Circles to Strengthen our School Community<\/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;\">2019-08-27T14:49:18-04:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/moss-adams\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Moss-Adams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"[Community building circles are] now part of our morning routine and our staff looks forward to giving  'shout outs,' learning about new students coming to our school, and having courageous conversations!\"--Tiffany Stewart Kline, Assistant Principal, Mary Moss @ J. Albert Adams<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/02\/27\/tiffany_stewart-kline\/\">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>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><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=\"9047\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9047 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-moss-adams category-aacps_story category-employee_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=\"400\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tiffany_Steward-Kline.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tiffany Steward-Kline\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tiffany_Steward-Kline.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tiffany_Steward-Kline-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\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\/01\/03\/kathy_rockefeller\/\">The Five Restorative Questions in Action!<\/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\/01\/03\/kathy_rockefeller\/\">The Five Restorative Questions in Action!<\/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;\">2019-08-27T14:47:27-04:00<\/span><span>January 3rd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/moss-adams\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Moss-Adams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Restorative Questions provide a framework that helps adults as they guide students through a reflection of their actions, what harm they caused, and how they can repair that harm. This helps them be part of creating an honorable pathway back to the classroom \u2013 and to learning!\"--Kathy Rockefeller<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/01\/03\/kathy_rockefeller\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9010\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9010 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-arundel_stories category-broadneck_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-community_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=\"792\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mark_hildebrand.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mary Hildebrand on shoot getting ready to interview someone in Revolutionary war-period costume\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mark_hildebrand.jpg 792w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mark_hildebrand-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mark_hildebrand-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/>\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\/01\/03\/mark_hildebrand\/\">From Annapolis Class of 1982 to Documentary Filmmaker<\/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\/01\/03\/mark_hildebrand\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mark_hildebrand2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mark_hildebrand2.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery9010]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"mark_hildebrand2\" data-caption=\"\"><img style=\"display:none;\" alt=\"Mark hildebrand on set interviewing Governor Martin O'Malley\" \/><\/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\/01\/03\/mark_hildebrand\/\">From Annapolis Class of 1982 to Documentary Filmmaker<\/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>January 3rd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a><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 a new \"Guest Performer\/Artist\" with the Performing and Visual Arts program in Anne Arundel County Public Schools, I look forward to exploring digital storytelling as a way to combine multiple disciplines and enhance learning experiences. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/01\/03\/mark_hildebrand\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8931\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8931 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-student_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=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Yeats_Quote.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.&quot;--William Butler Yeats\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Yeats_Quote.png 940w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Yeats_Quote-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Yeats_Quote-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\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\/12\/02\/donchell\/\">The Key to Changing the World<\/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\/12\/02\/donchell\/\">The Key to Changing the World<\/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;\">2016-12-02T12:25:53-05:00<\/span><span>December 2nd, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cMy life has constantly been affected by my teachers, my family, and my friends. I owe all my success to them, not because they taught me, but because they have continued to inspire me and support my life.\u201d\u2014Donchell, 12th Grade Student<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/12\/02\/donchell\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8405\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8405 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-alumni_stories category-thenandnow 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=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Then-Now-Thumbnail-Jordan-Potter.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Then-Now-Thumbnail-Jordan-Potter.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Then-Now-Thumbnail-Jordan-Potter-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Then-Now-Thumbnail-Jordan-Potter-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Then-Now-Thumbnail-Jordan-Potter-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" 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\/2016\/08\/26\/jordan_potter\/\">Jordan Potter, Annapolis High School, Class of 2011<\/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\/26\/jordan_potter\/\">Jordan Potter, Annapolis High School, Class of 2011<\/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;\">2017-01-13T11:17:59-05:00<\/span><span>August 26th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/thenandnow\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Then &amp; Now<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/new\/\" rel=\"category tag\">What's New<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Jordan always knew he loved working on cars. So after two years in the Automotive Technology Program at CAT South and with the support of the AACPS Internship Program, he became an intern at Tiff\u2019s Foreign Car Care, a specialty care shop that focuses on high-end vehicles, during his senior year of high school.  Years later, Jordan is still at Tiff\u2019s, now as the Service Manger & Mechanic and still loves what he does.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/26\/jordan_potter\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21314\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21314 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-employee_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=\"1016\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AMS-polar-plunge-2023.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AMS-polar-plunge-2023.png 1016w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AMS-polar-plunge-2023-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AMS-polar-plunge-2023-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/>\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\/02\/15\/annapolis_middle_coolschool\/\">&#8220;Cool School&#8221; Annapolis Middle NJHS &#038; SGA take the Polar Bear Plunge to help Special Olympics Maryland<\/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\/02\/15\/annapolis_middle_coolschool\/\">&#8220;Cool School&#8221; Annapolis Middle NJHS &#038; SGA take the Polar Bear Plunge to help Special Olympics Maryland<\/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;\">2023-03-09T15:14:12-05:00<\/span><span>February 15th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Story Locations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"The students were really excited to do this to show they can help with something bigger than themselves.\u201d\u2014Alex Tougas, Teacher<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/02\/15\/annapolis_middle_coolschool\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8933\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8933 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-moss-adams category-aacps_story category-employee_stories tag-international-families\">\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\/11\/AMS-El-Joven-Noble.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Group of middle school boys talking in circle as part of the El Joven Nobel program\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AMS-El-Joven-Noble.png 3264w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AMS-El-Joven-Noble-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AMS-El-Joven-Noble-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AMS-El-Joven-Noble-1024x768.png 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\/02\/lisa_keough\/\">AACPS School Social Workers: Guiding Latino Students through Character Development<\/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\/02\/lisa_keough\/\">AACPS School Social Workers: Guiding Latino Students through Character Development<\/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;\">2019-08-27T14:48:44-04:00<\/span><span>June 2nd, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/moss-adams\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Moss-Adams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/international-families\/\" rel=\"tag\">International Families<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cAs the School Social Worker at Annapolis Middle School, one initiative that I am excited to be involved with is the new El Joven Nobel program that Maria Baez (school social worker from Mary Moss at J. Albert Adams Academy) and I launched. El Joven Noble (The Noble Young Man) is a youth leadership and character development program for male students in grades 6 and 7 at Annapolis Middle School that supports and guides Latino youth through a \u201crites of passage\u201d process. Developed by Jerry Tello in 1988, the program utilizes a 12-session curriculum focusing on the prevention of substance abuse, teen pregnancy, relationship violence, gang involvement, and school failure.\u201d\u2014Lisa Keough <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/06\/02\/lisa_keough\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7354\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7354 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolisms category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_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=\"1535\" height=\"1061\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/mdflaginindia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/mdflaginindia.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/mdflaginindia-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/mdflaginindia-1024x708.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, 1535px\" \/>\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\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/25\/jacqueline_foley\/\">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\/mdflaginindia.jpg\" data-id=\"7354\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"mdflaginindia\" data-caption=\"\">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\/25\/jacqueline_foley\/\">&#8220;I had no idea that leading the [Model UN] conference would awaken in me an idea that I could someday change the world.&#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\/01\/25\/jacqueline_foley\/\">&#8220;I had no idea that leading the [Model UN] conference would awaken in me an idea that I could someday change the world.&#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;\">2019-08-08T09:52:21-04:00<\/span><span>January 25th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/annapolisms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"When I was in seventh grade at Annapolis Middle School, my social studies teacher handed me an old, roughly worn-out gavel and said \u201cJacqueline, I\u2019m electing you as Secretary General for our school\u2019s Model United Nation\u2019s conference--be ready, it\u2019s next week,\u201d and without giving me a moment to either accept or refuse, walked away and went on with his day...I had no idea that leading this conference would awaken in me an idea that would shape the rest of my academic career at AACPS--the idea that I could someday change the world.\" --Jacqueline Foley<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/25\/jacqueline_foley\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7294\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-arundel_stories category-broadneck_stories category-chesapeake_stories category-glen_burnie_stories category-meade_stories category-north_county_stories category-northeast_stories category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-severna_park_stories category-south_river_stories category-southern_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=\"1226\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2.png 1226w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2-1024x521.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/>\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\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/17\/vic_samuels\/\">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\/Vic_Samuels2.png\" data-id=\"7294\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Vic_Samuels2\" data-caption=\"\">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\/17\/vic_samuels\/\">&#8220;How prepared students are for college or careers depends on what they get from the school system, and we want to be a part of that.&#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\/01\/17\/vic_samuels\/\">&#8220;How prepared students are for college or careers depends on what they get from the school system, and we want to be a part of that.&#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;\">2019-08-08T09:58:56-04:00<\/span><span>January 17th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"As a credit union focused on helping members of the educational community achieve their financial dreams, the fundamental belief in the power and importance of giving back is at the core of everything the Educational Systems Federal Credit Union does. Throughout Maryland, this organization works with seven different public school systems and three community colleges to support education at all levels.\" --Vic Samuels<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/17\/vic_samuels\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7362\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7362 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories tag-school-pride tag-signature\">\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=\"2000\" height=\"1319\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/engineering-blueprint.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/engineering-blueprint.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/engineering-blueprint-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/engineering-blueprint-1024x675.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\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\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/15\/josh_lewis\/\">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\/engineering-blueprint.jpg\" data-id=\"7362\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"engineering-blueprint\" data-caption=\"\">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\/15\/josh_lewis\/\">&#8220;I remember this meeting so well because it was the first meeting in the program that would change my life. &#8220;<\/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\/15\/josh_lewis\/\">&#8220;I remember this meeting so well because it was the first meeting in the program that would change my life. &#8220;<\/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;\">2019-08-08T10:01:00-04:00<\/span><span>January 15th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a><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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/signature\/\" rel=\"tag\">Signature Program<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ever since this first meeting I have been heavily involved with the Change-Engineering Signature Program. Mr. Elston has helped me in many different ways to accomplish my dream, like introducing me to congressman and many State Delegates. I truly believe if a student has someone like Mr. Elston in their life the things they can accomplish will be outstanding. \" --Josh Lewis       <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/15\/josh_lewis\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7496\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7496 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolis_stories category-aacps_story category-community_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=\"2648\" height=\"3707\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bruce_Morgenstern_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bruce Morgenstern, 2017 Volunteer of the Year, standing with Teresa Tudor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bruce_Morgenstern_2.jpg 2648w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bruce_Morgenstern_2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bruce_Morgenstern_2-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bruce_Morgenstern_2-731x1024.jpg 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2648px) 100vw, 2648px\" \/>\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\/01\/15\/students-crave-relevance-to-the-academics-that-they-are-learning-community-members-bring-that-relevance-by-sharing-their-personal-and-professional-experiences-with-the-students\/\">&#8220;Students crave relevance to the academics that they are learning.  Community members bring that relevance by sharing their personal and professional experiences with the 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\/01\/15\/students-crave-relevance-to-the-academics-that-they-are-learning-community-members-bring-that-relevance-by-sharing-their-personal-and-professional-experiences-with-the-students\/\">&#8220;Students crave relevance to the academics that they are learning.  Community members bring that relevance by sharing their personal and professional experiences with the 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;\">2019-08-08T10:02:59-04:00<\/span><span>January 15th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My passion is with the Signature Programs in the high schools.  These themed programs engage students in real world experiences, teaching them soft skills that are not always part of the standard curriculum.\" --Bruce Morgenstern  <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/15\/students-crave-relevance-to-the-academics-that-they-are-learning-community-members-bring-that-relevance-by-sharing-their-personal-and-professional-experiences-with-the-students\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7291\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7291 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-broadneck_stories category-chesapeake_stories category-glen_burnie_stories category-meade_stories category-northeast_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories\">\n<div 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