{"id":16387,"date":"2019-08-27T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?page_id=16387"},"modified":"2019-08-27T11:43:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:43:21","slug":"chesapeake-feeder-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/chesapeake-feeder-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesapeake 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\/Chesapeake-Banner.png\" alt=\"Stories from Chesapeake --light blue text on dark blue background with Chesapeake High School bear claw 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\u00a0Chesapeake 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 #20218b;\"><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow bottom\" style=\"top:0px;border-top-color: #20218b;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy bottom\" style=\"bottom:-21px;border-bottom:1px solid #20218b;border-left:1px solid #20218b;\"><\/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\/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>\"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=\"24448\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-24448 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-chesapeake_stories category-lakeshorees 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=\"1912\" height=\"2677\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ms-Heist-TOY-24.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ms-Heist-TOY-24.png 1912w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ms-Heist-TOY-24-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ms-Heist-TOY-24-731x1024.png 731w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ms-Heist-TOY-24-768x1075.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ms-Heist-TOY-24-1097x1536.png 1097w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ms-Heist-TOY-24-1463x2048.png 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1912px) 100vw, 1912px\" \/>\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\/05\/22\/elizabeth-heist\/\">2024 Teacher of the Year Reflects on What Helped Them Become the Best Version of Themselves<\/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\/05\/22\/elizabeth-heist\/\">2024 Teacher of the Year Reflects on What Helped Them Become the Best Version of Themselves<\/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;\">2024-05-22T16:14:18-04:00<\/span><span>May 22nd, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/lakeshorees\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Lake Shore 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>\u201cEvery child deserves a champion- an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2024\/05\/22\/elizabeth-heist\/\">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=\"19995\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19995 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chesapeakehs 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<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\/fohr\/\">Preserve, Protect, and Promote<\/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;\">2020-08-03T11:27:27-04:00<\/span><span>August 3rd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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>In 1997, family, friends and local residents who were concerned about the deterioration of the historic Hancock\u2019s Resolution property and the lack of public access, formed the Friends of Hancock's Resolution (FOHR) to \"Preserve, protect and promote the unique historic aspects of Hancock's Resolution for historical and educational purposes.\"<\/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\/fohr\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19821\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19821 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-jacobsvillees category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_jacobves.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Jacobsville Elementary School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_jacobves.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_jacobves-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/jen_vedrani\/\">Thank you, Ms. Abraham!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/jen_vedrani\/\">Thank you, Ms. Abraham!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T12:41:06-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/jacobsvillees\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Jacobsville 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\/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>\"Ms. Abraham connects with her students in so many ways and takes the time to really get to know them.\"--Jen Vedrani, Parent, Jacobsville Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/jen_vedrani\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16951\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16951 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-pasadenaes\">\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=\"595\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Karen_OBoyle-e1574796481580.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of elementary students&#039; artwork covering a bulletin board.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Karen_OBoyle-e1574796481580.jpg 595w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Karen_OBoyle-e1574796481580-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Karen_OBoyle-e1574796481580-320x202.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/karen_oboyle\/\">Celebrating Our Student Artists of the Month<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/karen_oboyle\/\">Celebrating Our Student Artists of the Month<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-12-09T12:20:44-05:00<\/span><span>December 9th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/pasadenaes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Pasadena ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Each month one student in every class at Pasadena Elementary is selected to be the 'Artist of the Month' and their artwork is displayed on a special bulletin board in the main hallway.\"--Karen O'Boyle, Pasadena Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/12\/09\/karen_oboyle\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16806\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16806 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-ft-smallwoodes 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=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ES_schoolpic_fses.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Fort Smallwood Elementary School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ES_schoolpic_fses.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ES_schoolpic_fses-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/10\/31\/pam_osborn\/\">&#8220;This is my second home.&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/10\/31\/pam_osborn\/\">&#8220;This is my second home.&#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;\">2019-10-31T10:48:47-04:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/ft-smallwoodes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ft. Smallwood 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><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"The Fort Smallwood Elementary School staff and community are the best around.\"--Pam Osborn, Fort Smallwood Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/10\/31\/pam_osborn\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16646\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16646 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-ft-smallwoodes 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=\"828\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FSESMural.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Together We Can Make a Difference--colorful mural on the wall at Fort Smallwood Elementary School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FSESMural.jpg 828w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FSESMural-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FSESMural-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/>\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\/10\/18\/emily_pfeifer\/\">Our Students&#8217; Masterpiece to Share a Positive Message<\/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\/10\/18\/emily_pfeifer\/\">Our Students&#8217; Masterpiece to Share a Positive Message<\/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;\">2019-10-21T15:26:21-04:00<\/span><span>October 18th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/ft-smallwoodes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ft. Smallwood 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><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Last year, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students helped create a mural to share the positive message of our school's motto: Together We Can Make a Difference.\"--Emily Pfeifer, Teacher<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/10\/18\/emily_pfeifer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16557\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16557 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-community-partnerships category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-pasadenaes\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PasadenaElementary1_Deaver.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gardens along the side of Pasadena Elementary School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PasadenaElementary1_Deaver.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PasadenaElementary1_Deaver-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PasadenaElementary1_Deaver-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PasadenaElementary1_Deaver-1024x498.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/11\/pasadena_elementary_garden\/\">Thank You for Making Our School Beautiful!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/11\/pasadena_elementary_garden\/\">Thank You for Making Our School Beautiful!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-09-11T12:35:28-04:00<\/span><span>September 11th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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>, <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\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/pasadenaes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Pasadena ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thank you to SJR Lawn Care, The Reynolds family, and Mrs. Kathy Jovan for making our front entrance, courtyard and outdoor classroom beautiful.\"--Carrie Deaver, Teacher, Pasadena Elementary School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/11\/pasadena_elementary_garden\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15575\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15575 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/29\/emily_urps\/\">Guiding My Love of Teaching<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-29T15:47:48-04:00<\/span><span>May 29th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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\/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><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thanks for being a supportive and safe environment to recognize my love of teaching!\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/29\/emily_urps\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15609\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-ft-smallwoodes category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fort-smallwood-es_racoon-e1566509155956.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/rachel_johnson\/\">Thank You Mr. Webster!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/rachel_johnson\/\">Thank You Mr. Webster!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-22T17:26:50-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/ft-smallwoodes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ft. Smallwood 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>, <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 students love how he teaches hands on and how he has opportunities for the students to be involved.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/rachel_johnson\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14480\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14480 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_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=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/CornholePic.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/CornholePic.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/CornholePic-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/CornholePic-768x432.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\/03\/11\/scott_mcadoo\/\">Building Community Relations In Unexpected Places<\/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\/11\/scott_mcadoo\/\">Building Community Relations In Unexpected Places<\/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;\">2019-03-12T16:07:28-04:00<\/span><span>March 11th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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>The game of cornhole is fun, friendly, safe, portable, unisex, etc. I thought it would be fun to take a set of boards to various community functions to help build community relations. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/11\/scott_mcadoo\/\">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=\"13655\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13655 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-community-partnerships category-north_county_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=\"3417\" height=\"2441\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-04-Chesapeake-_-North-County-Linithicum-ES.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-04-Chesapeake-_-North-County-Linithicum-ES.jpg 3417w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-04-Chesapeake-_-North-County-Linithicum-ES-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-04-Chesapeake-_-North-County-Linithicum-ES-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-04-Chesapeake-_-North-County-Linithicum-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\/read_across_america\/\">Get Ready to Read!<\/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\/read_across_america\/\">Get Ready to Read!<\/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;\">2019-02-28T15:21:47-05:00<\/span><span>August 2nd, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County 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>Just like a walk-a-thon, this program raises money based on how much each entrant reads. In this case, each minute spent reading translated into miles....This program has been in place for four years. In that time, it has raised over eighteen thousand dollars. Of course, it has also helped to support the cause of literacy. The Read-a-Thon is now one of the biggest, most successful school wide events at Linthicum Elementary.\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\/read_across_america\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13550\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13550 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-northeast_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-pasadenaes 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=\"436\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Elizabeth_Parker-e1566509894639.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Elizabeth_Parker-e1566509894639.jpg 436w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Elizabeth_Parker-e1566509894639-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/>\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\/28\/elizabeth_parker\/\">A Legacy of 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\/2018\/06\/28\/elizabeth_parker\/\">A Legacy of 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\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T17:09:32-04:00<\/span><span>June 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast 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\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/pasadenaes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Pasadena ES<\/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>\u201cThe women in my family have given over 100 year of teachings to AACPS.\u201d--Elizabeth Parker, NHS\r\n\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\/06\/28\/elizabeth_parker\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13474\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13474 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-pasadenaes 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\/2018\/06\/Debra-Biggs-PasadenaES_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Debra-Biggs-PasadenaES_opt.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Debra-Biggs-PasadenaES_opt-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Debra-Biggs-PasadenaES_opt-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\/2018\/06\/08\/debra_biggs\/\">Child-Centered Learning<\/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\/08\/debra_biggs\/\">Child-Centered Learning<\/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;\">2019-08-27T17:03:15-04:00<\/span><span>June 8th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/pasadenaes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Pasadena ES<\/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>\u201cWhen student diversity is accounted for, all students will succeed.\u201d\u2014Debra Biggs, Pasadena Elementary, 2017 Teacher of the Year Honoree<\/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\/debra_biggs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13422\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13422 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_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=\"368\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Margaret-Graham2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Margaret Graham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Margaret-Graham2.jpg 368w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Margaret-Graham2-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/>\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\/margaret_graham\/\">A Shift in Classroom Dynamic<\/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\/margaret_graham\/\">A Shift in Classroom Dynamic<\/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;\">2019-08-28T13:14:23-04:00<\/span><span>June 7th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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>\"I would not be a teacher without them, so the classroom is just as much theirs as it is mine.\"--Margaret Graham, CBMS 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\/margaret_graham\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10938\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10938 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cat-south-specialty category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-toy 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=\"2100\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pam-Klink-Small-Group.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pam-Klink-Small-Group.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pam-Klink-Small-Group-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pam-Klink-Small-Group-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pam-Klink-Small-Group-1024x731.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/09\/20\/pam_klink\/\">My Journey from Culinary Student to Culinary 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\/2017\/09\/20\/pam_klink\/\">My Journey from Culinary Student to Culinary 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;\">2019-08-28T13:16:25-04:00<\/span><span>September 20th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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\/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>\"Of course, I want my students to learn the culinary knowledge and skills...Most importantly though...I want them\r\nto value the importance of professional growth, collaboration, and teamwork in all industries.\"--Pam Klink, CAT-North Teacher<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/09\/20\/pam_klink\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10934\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10934 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-teacher_stories category-new\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AVID-Logo-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AVID-Logo-2.jpg 820w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AVID-Logo-2-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/09\/20\/charlotte_bader\/\">A Teacher that Made a Huge Impact on my Life<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/09\/20\/charlotte_bader\/\">A Teacher that Made a Huge Impact on my Life<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-01-17T17:14:24-05:00<\/span><span>September 20th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/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>Mrs. Tami Beyer is most definitely one of the reasons I am where I am today. Through tough decisions to\r\ntake advanced classes, to struggling through a rough week, all the way to college decisions, Mrs. Beyer\r\nsupported me every step of the way.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/09\/20\/charlotte_bader\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8304\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8304 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeakehs category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories tag-volunteers\">\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\/2016\/07\/Alexandra_Johnson.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Alexandra_Johnson.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Alexandra_Johnson-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Alexandra_Johnson-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\/2016\/07\/27\/alexandra_j\/\">Volunteering to Help Students Connect Through Foreign Language<\/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\/07\/27\/alexandra_j\/\">Volunteering to Help Students Connect Through Foreign Language<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T11:33:47-04:00<\/span><span>July 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/volunteers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Volunteers<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cNothing brings me more joy than our youth connecting with each other, especially in foreign languages.\u201d--Alexandra, Grade 12  <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/07\/27\/alexandra_j\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7549\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7549 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-chesapeakehs category-chesapeake_stories category-story_locations category-employee_stories tag-school-pride\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/N_Czach-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/N_Czach-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/N_Czach-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/N_Czach-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/01\/nancy_czach\/\">Connecting with students through friendship and sports<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/01\/nancy_czach\/\">Connecting with students through friendship and sports<\/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;\">2019-08-08T09:14:28-04:00<\/span><span>March 1st, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake HS<\/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\/\" 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><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/school-pride\/\" rel=\"tag\">School Pride<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"For me it\u2019s not all about winning...but it is about having fun. We do have fun because at the end--we are all winners. We are there to teach children sportsmanship and to be competitive and not take it too far. At the end we want them to be the best they can be. In athletics you meet the child that wants to be there and learn something new, usually they are good all-around students.\" --Nancy Czach<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/01\/nancy_czach\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7545\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7545 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-bodkines category-celebratingaacps category-chesapeakehs category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-story_locations 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<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/02\/29\/chris_vanvalkenburg\/\">&#8220;My daughter is one of the many children that has benefited from the special education programs that AACPS offers.&#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;\">2019-08-08T09:46:53-04:00<\/span><span>February 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/bodkines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Bodkin ES<\/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\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake HS<\/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\/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\/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 daughter is one of the many children that has benefited from the special education programs that AACPS offers.\" --Chris Van Valkenburgh<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/02\/29\/chris_vanvalkenburg\/\">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 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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=\"7261\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7261 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chesapeakehs category-chesapeake_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-severnaparkes category-severna_park_stories category-teacher_stories category-toy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul 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class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/13\/jennie_merrill\/\">Permalink<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Merrill-Classroom9.jpg\" data-id=\"7261\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Merrill Classroom9\" data-caption=\"Ms. Merrill as her alter-ego, the nutty \"Professor Labcoat,\" helping one of her 5th grade students.\">Gallery<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/13\/jennie_merrill\/\">Mr. Collins Sparked My Passion for Teaching<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/13\/jennie_merrill\/\">Mr. Collins Sparked My Passion for Teaching<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-28T13:23:55-04:00<\/span><span>January 13th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake 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\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/severnaparkhs\/severnaparkms\/severnaparkes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park ES<\/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\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/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>\"As I look back on why I am the teacher I am today, I think of one man who truly was an inspiration to all who walked through the doors of Chesapeake High School.\" --Jennie Merrill, SPES<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/13\/jennie_merrill\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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 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=\"1221\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Joe_VanDeuren2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Joe_VanDeuren2.png 1221w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Joe_VanDeuren2-300x154.png 300w, 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we&#8217;re really doing is growing a community&#8230;that says education is important to us&#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\/10\/j_vandeuren\/\">&#8220;What we&#8217;re really doing is growing a community&#8230;that says education is important to us&#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;\">2019-08-07T12:23:38-04:00<\/span><span>January 10th, 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\/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\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast 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>\"No matter whether we're a private individual, private organization, or civic organization, we have a responsibility to be good citizens and do what we can to make sure the next generation grows up and is successful.\" --Joe Van Deuren<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/10\/j_vandeuren\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" 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