{"id":16393,"date":"2019-08-27T11:45:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?page_id=16393"},"modified":"2019-08-27T12:05:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T16:05:38","slug":"north-county-feeder-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/north-county-feeder-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"North County 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\/North-County-Banner.png\" alt=\"Stories from North County--white text on red background with North County High School knights 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\u00a0North County 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 #d81b1b;\"><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow bottom\" style=\"top:0px;border-top-color: #d81b1b;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy bottom\" style=\"bottom:-21px;border-bottom:1px solid #d81b1b;border-left:1px solid #d81b1b;\"><\/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 class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-pagination\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:20px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -20px !important; margin-right:-20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-2 isotope\" data-pages=\"0\" data-grid-col-space=\"40\" style=\"margin: -20px -20px 0;\"><div id=\"25020\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-25020 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolis_stories category-arundelhs category-arundel_stories category-broadneckhs category-broadneck_stories category-cat-north category-cat-south-specialty category-cat-south category-celebratingaacps category-chesapeakebayms category-chesapeakehs category-csp category-chesapeake_stories category-crofton-hs category-crofton_stories category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-meadehs category-meade_stories category-northcountyhs category-north_county_stories category-northeasths category-northeast_stories category-oldmillhs category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories category-phoenix category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-southriverhs category-south_river_stories category-southernhs category-southern_stories category-specialty category-stem_opportunities category-teacher_stories category-virtual-academy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1.png 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2025 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2025 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-02-25T16:32:09-05:00<\/span><span>March 14th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/arundelhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel High School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/broadneckhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/cat-north\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-North<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/cat-south-specialty\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-South<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/cat-south\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-South<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/celebratingaacps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Celebrating AACPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Bay MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/charter\/csp\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Science Point<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/crofton_stories\/crofton-hs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Crofton HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/crofton_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Crofton Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/glenburniehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/meadehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/northeasths\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/oldmillhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/phoenix\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Phoenix Academy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/severnaparkhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/southriverhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Specialty Schools<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/grant-opportunities\/stem_opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">STEM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/virtual-academy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Virtual Academy<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself\" - John Dewey<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"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=\"21618\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21618 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-brooklynparkes category-celebratingaacps category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2145\" height=\"2145\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1.jpg 2145w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rebecca-Meyer-2-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2145px) 100vw, 2145px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/rebecca-meyer\/\">2023 Rising Star at Brooklyn Park Elementary &#8211; Rebecca Meyer<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/rebecca-meyer\/\">2023 Rising Star at Brooklyn Park Elementary &#8211; Rebecca Meyer<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-20T10:59:15-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/brooklynparkes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brooklyn Park 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\/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\/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>They\u2019re going to remember you. You are dinner table conversation at night. Their families will know you.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/rebecca-meyer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21465\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21465 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lindalems category-north_county_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=\"1420\" height=\"1421\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nea-Baker-1-TOY-2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nea-Baker-1-TOY-2023.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nea-Baker-1-TOY-2023-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nea-Baker-1-TOY-2023-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nea-Baker-1-TOY-2023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nea-Baker-1-TOY-2023-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nea-Baker-1-TOY-2023-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1420px) 100vw, 1420px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/19\/neabaker\/\">Empowering Students to Lead: Lindale Middle School&#8217;s Teacher of the Year Finalist shares her secrets<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/19\/neabaker\/\">Empowering Students to Lead: Lindale Middle School&#8217;s Teacher of the Year Finalist shares her secrets<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-19T12:41:58-04:00<\/span><span>April 19th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Lindale MS<\/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\/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>You can be the best advocate for kids who don\u2019t have a voice and have dreams to be more. It\u2019s a noble profession and students need your DNA to access and unlock what they are going to be.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/19\/neabaker\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"20180\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-20180 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-brooklynparkes category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-toy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nisa-Morris.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nisa-Morris.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nisa-Morris-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nisa-Morris-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nisa-Morris-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nisa-Morris-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nisa-Morris-1463x2048.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/04\/nisamorris\/\">Passion for Motivating Students<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/04\/nisamorris\/\">Passion for Motivating Students<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-02T16:55:20-04:00<\/span><span>August 4th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/brooklynparkes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brooklyn Park 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>Nisa's passion for motivating students started in the 4th grade. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/04\/nisamorris\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"20169\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-20169 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-linthicumes category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-toy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelsey-Kramer.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelsey-Kramer.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelsey-Kramer-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelsey-Kramer-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelsey-Kramer-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelsey-Kramer-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kelsey-Kramer-1463x2048.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/04\/kelseykramer\/\">Celebrating Differences, Adapting to Change, and Finding Success<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/04\/kelseykramer\/\">Celebrating Differences, Adapting to Change, and Finding Success<\/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;\">2020-09-02T17:07:10-04:00<\/span><span>August 4th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/linthicumes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Linthicum 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>Welcome to Camp Kramer! We are a family that starts each day with hugs, high fives, and a bonfire (community circle).<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/08\/04\/kelseykramer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"20003\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-20003 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-community-partnerships category-northglenes category-aacps_story category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<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\/ravensroost137\/\">A Valuable Asset to the School Community<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-03T12:06:48-04:00<\/span><span>August 3rd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/northglenes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North Glen 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\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Ravens Roost #137 Booster Club, in partnership with the North Glen Community Church, has been a valuable asset to the school community.<\/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\/ravensroost137\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19889\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19889 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-park-elementary category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParkElementaryRocks2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Park Elementary Rocks!&quot; with photo of Park Elementary against a background of crayons, colored pencils, and other school supplies.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParkElementaryRocks2.png 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ParkElementaryRocks2-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/lilly_lillian_park\/\">Park Elementary Rocks!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/lilly_lillian_park\/\">Park Elementary Rocks!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-06-30T12:27:16-04:00<\/span><span>May 28th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/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>\"I want to thank you for all of your hard work this year, especially during this COVID-19 crisis. It has been difficult but you have done a wonderful job for our children.\"--Lilly Davidson, Park Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/28\/lilly_lillian_park\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"19802\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-19802 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-northcountyhs category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Maya-Gibson.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Veronique Cole\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Maya-Gibson.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Maya-Gibson-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Maya-Gibson-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Maya-Gibson-1024x576.jpeg 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\/2020\/05\/18\/maya_gibson\/\">The Best Mom, Grandmother, Teacher in AACPS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/18\/maya_gibson\/\">The Best Mom, Grandmother, Teacher in AACPS<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-18T11:43:34-04:00<\/span><span>May 18th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Veronique Cole is very smart and has inspired me to become a teacher.\"--Maya Gibson<\/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\/maya_gibson\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17169\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17169 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-northcountyhs category-aacps_story category-student_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jaden_Y_Intern-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jaden_Y_Intern-1.jpg 548w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jaden_Y_Intern-1-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>\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\/02\/11\/yanovitz_jaden\/\">Meet the PDM Intern<\/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\/02\/11\/yanovitz_jaden\/\">Meet the PDM Intern<\/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;\">2020-02-11T16:06:12-05:00<\/span><span>February 11th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"On a run-of-the-mill Tuesday in March of 2019, I found myself nervously walking up a flight of stairs for an internship interview. My mind was racing with questions I may be asked and I was ecstatic...\" -Jaden Yanovitz\r\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/02\/11\/yanovitz_jaden\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17048\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17048 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-northcountyhs category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-student_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Family_Conference_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jaden (Left) sands with three other volunteers at the Family Involvement Conference.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Family_Conference_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Family_Conference_1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Family_Conference_1-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/21\/family_conference\/\">Welcome to the Family Involvement Conference!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/21\/family_conference\/\">Welcome to the Family Involvement Conference!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-01-21T13:48:37-05:00<\/span><span>January 21st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>On November 16th, the 2019 Family Involvement Conference took place at AACC. The conference is an annual event that welcomes families, community members, and educators to participate in interactive workshops and discussions pertaining to the children and youth of AACPS. The theme of this year\u2019s conference, \u201cAll Means All: Embracing and Learning Through Our Diversity,\u201d highlights how families can discuss cultural, social or economic differences in a healthy way. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/21\/family_conference\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16832\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16832 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-georgecromwelles category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-unity-day\">\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=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joyce_Kovack.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two second grade boys stand holding a &quot;CommUnityBBQ2019&quot; photo frame under an orange curtain.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joyce_Kovack.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joyce_Kovack-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joyce_Kovack-177x142.jpg 177w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joyce_Kovack-147x118.jpg 147w\" 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\/11\/01\/joyce_kovack\/\">Our CommUNITY Barbecue<\/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\/11\/01\/joyce_kovack\/\">Our CommUNITY Barbecue<\/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;\">2019-11-01T12:48:38-04:00<\/span><span>November 1st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/georgecromwelles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">George Cromwell ES<\/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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/unity-day\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Unity Day<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"This year, the school celebrated Unity Day by hosting a CommUNITY Barbecue in the evening.  All students and their families were invited.  The event was a huge success!\"--Joyce Kovack, George Cromwell 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\/11\/01\/joyce_kovack\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16589\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16589 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-brooklynparkms category-northcountyhs category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-student_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2049\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jaden_Y.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jaden stands on beach with the water behind her.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jaden_Y.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jaden_Y-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jaden_Y-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/25\/jaden_y\/\">Paving My Way with AACPS Magnet Programs<\/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\/25\/jaden_y\/\">Paving My Way with AACPS Magnet Programs<\/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;\">2019-09-25T17:15:27-04:00<\/span><span>September 25th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brooklyn Park MS<\/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\/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\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Every person\u2019s high school experience is different, but in my case, two distinct AACPS programs (PVA and STEM) paved the way for me to continue a successful career in and after high school.\"--Jaden, Grade 12<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/09\/25\/jaden_y\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15704\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15704 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-partnerships category-north_county_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\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VolunteerProgram1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VolunteerProgram1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VolunteerProgram1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VolunteerProgram1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/06\/25\/transforming_north_glens_volunteer_program\/\">Transforming North Glen\u2019s Volunteer Program<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/06\/25\/transforming_north_glens_volunteer_program\/\">Transforming North Glen\u2019s Volunteer Program<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-06-25T11:05:21-04:00<\/span><span>June 25th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/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\/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>\u201cWe are thankful for Miss Bunny and all the volunteers that helped this school year.\u00a0\r\nHaving them in the classroom made a world of difference.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/06\/25\/transforming_north_glens_volunteer_program\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14437\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14437 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3447\" height=\"2462\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Angela_Taylor.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Angela_Taylor.jpg 3447w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Angela_Taylor-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Angela_Taylor-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Angela_Taylor-1024x731.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3447px) 100vw, 3447px\" \/>\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\/12\/angela_taylor\/\">Helping My Kids At Home and in Our School<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/12\/angela_taylor\/\">Helping My Kids At Home and in Our School<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-03-12T14:15:57-04:00<\/span><span>March 12th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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>, <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\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Being in the classroom, I\u2019m seeing what they\u2019re going through and I can help and reassure them. Knowing that I have that insight means I\u2019m helping kids here and I\u2019m helping them at home.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/12\/angela_taylor\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14432\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14432 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1527\" height=\"1189\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mya.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mya.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mya-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mya-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mya-1024x797.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1527px) 100vw, 1527px\" \/>\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\/07\/mya_gr5\/\">Learning New Skills at Park<\/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\/07\/mya_gr5\/\">Learning New Skills at Park<\/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;\">2019-03-07T14:54:43-05:00<\/span><span>March 7th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I wish the whole world knew that Park is a friendly school where teachers teach you about strategies and skills.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/07\/mya_gr5\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14440\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14440 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Staff-and-their-children_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Staff-and-their-children_opt.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Staff-and-their-children_opt-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Staff-and-their-children_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\/2019\/03\/08\/angel_hood\/\">We Are a Family at Park Elementary School<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/08\/angel_hood\/\">We Are a Family at Park Elementary School<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-05-08T09:36:04-04:00<\/span><span>March 8th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <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\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>As educators, \"We wouldn\u2019t bring our own children here if we didn\u2019t think they\u2019d get the best education possible.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/08\/angel_hood\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14423\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14423 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sandra_Bennett_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sandra_Bennett_opt.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sandra_Bennett_opt-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sandra_Bennett_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\/2019\/03\/07\/sandra_bennett\/\">At Home At Park<\/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\/07\/sandra_bennett\/\">At Home At Park<\/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;\">2019-08-27T16:53:01-04:00<\/span><span>March 7th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"This is where I feel I do my best work and I never want to be anywhere else\u2014I never need to be anywhere else.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/07\/sandra_bennett\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14428\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14428 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"1289\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Michael_gr5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Michael_gr5.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Michael_gr5-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Michael_gr5-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Michael_gr5-1024x863.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1530px) 100vw, 1530px\" \/>\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\/07\/michael\/\">Park is a Special School<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/07\/michael\/\">Park is a Special School<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-03-07T13:56:50-05:00<\/span><span>March 7th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I don\u2019t know what makes this school special, but it\u2019s just special to me.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/07\/michael\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14446\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14446 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ParkLobby.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ParkLobby.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ParkLobby-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ParkLobby-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/11\/joanna_frederick\/\">I&#8217;ve Never Found a Better School<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/11\/joanna_frederick\/\">I&#8217;ve Never Found a Better School<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-03-13T15:17:12-04:00<\/span><span>March 11th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"If I had my way, this school would go from PreK-12th grade so my son would never have to leave.\"<\/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\/joanna_frederick\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14420\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14420 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lakita_Brown_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lakita_Brown_opt.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lakita_Brown_opt-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lakita_Brown_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\/2019\/03\/07\/lakita_brooks\/\">Educating Students &#038; Families<\/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\/07\/lakita_brooks\/\">Educating Students &#038; Families<\/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;\">2019-03-07T13:25:18-05:00<\/span><span>March 7th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Ms. Blondell believes, like I do, that you not only need to educate the child, you need to educate the parents.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/07\/lakita_brooks\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14416\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14416 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Stephanie_Hinshaw_opt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Stephanie_Hinshaw_opt.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Stephanie_Hinshaw_opt-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Stephanie_Hinshaw_opt-768x549.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\/07\/stephanie_hinshaw\/\">Making a Difference with My Park Family<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/07\/stephanie_hinshaw\/\">Making a Difference with My Park Family<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-03-07T13:03:49-05:00<\/span><span>March 7th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"This school is like a family--the students, the employees, and the community\u2014it\u2019s what keeps me here and it\u2019s the reason that I want this to be the school I retire from.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/07\/stephanie_hinshaw\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14472\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14472 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-park-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HopeShoes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HopeShoes.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HopeShoes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HopeShoes-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/12\/hopeforall\/\">Meeting Students\u2019 Needs Outside of School<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/12\/hopeforall\/\">Meeting Students\u2019 Needs Outside of School<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-03-21T17:35:15-04:00<\/span><span>March 12th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/park-elementary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Park ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cSo many of these families don\u2019t have family support, which makes what HOPE [For All] does so important. ...The impact is just incredible.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/12\/hopeforall\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14344\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14344 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-partnerships category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-severna_park_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SevernaParkUnitedMethodistChurch.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SevernaParkUnitedMethodistChurch.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SevernaParkUnitedMethodistChurch-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SevernaParkUnitedMethodistChurch-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SevernaParkUnitedMethodistChurch-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SevernaParkUnitedMethodistChurch-700x441.jpg 700w\" 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\/05\/severnapark_umc\/\">Making Sure No Student Goes Hungry<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/05\/severnapark_umc\/\">Making Sure No Student Goes Hungry<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-07-29T17:18:25-04:00<\/span><span>March 5th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community-partnerships\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Partnerships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Severna Park United Methodist Church and the Children's Ministry has supported Brooklyn Park Elementary School\u2019s Backpack Buddies Program for the past six years. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/05\/severnapark_umc\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14134\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14134 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ArrivingAtHilltop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ArrivingAtHilltop.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ArrivingAtHilltop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ArrivingAtHilltop-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/kelly_thomas1\/\">Starting the Day Off Right<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/kelly_thomas1\/\">Starting the Day Off Right<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 1st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"It's a great day to have a great day at Hilltop Elementary\"--Kelly Thomas<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/kelly_thomas1\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14200\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14200 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop_Artwork.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop_Artwork.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop_Artwork-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop_Artwork-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop_Artwork-180x138.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/>\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\/21\/aubrey-ann_blair\/\">We Know We Are Safe at Hilltop<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/aubrey-ann_blair\/\">We Know We Are Safe at Hilltop<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Fifth grade students Aubrey-Ann and Blair share why Hilltop Elementary School is special.\r\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/aubrey-ann_blair\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14204\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14204 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NASABest.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NASABest.jpg 500w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NASABest-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NASABest-52x50.jpg 52w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NASABest-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/william_hilltop\/\">NASA Best Club at Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/william_hilltop\/\">NASA Best Club at Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Grade 3 student William shares his experience in the NASA Best science club at Hilltop 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\/02\/21\/william_hilltop\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14217\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14217 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Brielle_Hilltop.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Brielle_Hilltop.png 566w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Brielle_Hilltop-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/>\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\/21\/breille_hilltop2\/\">What Makes Hilltop Special?<\/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\/21\/breille_hilltop2\/\">What Makes Hilltop Special?<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I think Hilltop is a special place because, to me, it's all about the people I get to spend it with.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/breille_hilltop2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14206\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14206 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Raymond_Hilltop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Raymond_Hilltop.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Raymond_Hilltop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Raymond_Hilltop-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/raymond_hilltop\/\">&#8220;You Have to Learn!&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/raymond_hilltop\/\">&#8220;You Have to Learn!&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Third Grade student Raymond shares why it is so important to learn when you're in school. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/raymond_hilltop\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14132\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14132 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdventureBegins3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdventureBegins3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdventureBegins3-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AdventureBegins3-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/hannah_macdonald\/\">&#8220;The positivitiy is palpable&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/hannah_macdonald\/\">&#8220;The positivitiy is palpable&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 1st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"You know that all the teachers care about the students and all the students want to be here because of that care, because of that love.\"--Hannah MacDonald<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/hannah_macdonald\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14227\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14227 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Diana_Rivera.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Diana_Rivera.png 358w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Diana_Rivera-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/>\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\/21\/diana_rivera\/\">Supporting Hilltop&#8217;s International Family Community<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/diana_rivera\/\">Supporting Hilltop&#8217;s International Family Community<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-22T16:11:56-05:00<\/span><span>February 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Bilingual Facilitator Diana Rivera talks about some of the events at Hilltop Elementary School that help engage the community's international families.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/diana_rivera\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14208\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14208 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<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\/21\/lexy_hilltop\/\">Why I Like Hilltop Elementary<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Watch third grade student, Lexy, share what makes Hilltop Elementary School so special.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/lexy_hilltop\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14124\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14124 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop-Digital-Classroom-48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop-Digital-Classroom-48.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop-Digital-Classroom-48-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Hilltop-Digital-Classroom-48-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/darren_towers\/\">Feeling Valued at Hilltop<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/darren_towers\/\">Feeling Valued at Hilltop<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 1st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I really feel valued here by my administration, teachers, and students.  It\u2019s a place I like to come to everyday. It\u2019s also a place I feel like we can voice our ideas freely.\"--Darren Towers<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/darren_towers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14210\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14210 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hilltop category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories tag-hilltop-elementary\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Books_Hilltop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Books_Hilltop.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Books_Hilltop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Books_Hilltop-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/brielle_hilltop1\/\">Filling Student&#8217;s Imagination Through Reading<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/21\/brielle_hilltop1\/\">Filling Student&#8217;s Imagination Through Reading<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-02-21T17:03:16-05:00<\/span><span>February 21st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/lindalems\/hilltop\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hilltop ES<\/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\/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\/hilltop-elementary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hilltop Elementary School<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Third grade student Brielle talks about power of the books she's read at Hilltop 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\/02\/21\/brielle_hilltop1\/\">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=\"14144\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14144 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry 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=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CS-011-Priority-Folger-McKensey-Gift-Drop-Off.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CS-011-Priority-Folger-McKensey-Gift-Drop-Off.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CS-011-Priority-Folger-McKensey-Gift-Drop-Off-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CS-011-Priority-Folger-McKensey-Gift-Drop-Off-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/folgermckinsey_hilltop\/\">Remembering the Spirit of Giving Back<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/folgermckinsey_hilltop\/\">Remembering the Spirit of Giving Back<\/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;\">2019-10-17T12:44:22-04:00<\/span><span>February 1st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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>Folger McKinsey Elementary parent Caroline Bowman & Hilltop Elementary Counselor Ms. Spain talk about the impact of the holiday gift donation program has on students at both Folger McKinsey and Hilltop. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/folgermckinsey_hilltop\/\">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=\"13273\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13273 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_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=\"2100\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Katrina-Griffin-Classroom-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Katrina Griffin standing between two students pointing to a computer.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Katrina-Griffin-Classroom-3.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Katrina-Griffin-Classroom-3-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Katrina-Griffin-Classroom-3-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Katrina-Griffin-Classroom-3-1024x731.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\/2018\/06\/08\/katrina_griffin\/\">Creating Meaningful Experiences through German<\/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\/katrina_griffin\/\">Creating Meaningful Experiences through German<\/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;\">2019-08-27T16:54:56-04:00<\/span><span>June 8th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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>\"The 21st century demands on students are rigorous, but my classroom is a safe area for students to take risks and to discover that mistakes are simply opportunities for learning.\"--Katrina Griffin, NCHS<\/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\/katrina_griffin\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13351\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13351 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-celebratingaacps category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/veronica_lum-3\/\">A Partner in My Child&#8217;s Education<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-06-05T11:35:02-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/celebratingaacps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Celebrating AACPS<\/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\/story_locations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Story Locations<\/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. Lum is one of the kindest, patient, but disciplined teachers my children have ever had. She is truly my partner in my Kindergartener\u2019s education...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/veronica_lum-3\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"11784\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-11784 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arundel_stories category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-thenandnow category-new\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1907\" height=\"1073\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6-TN-Thumbnail-Wayne-Shipley.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6-TN-Thumbnail-Wayne-Shipley.jpg 1907w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6-TN-Thumbnail-Wayne-Shipley-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6-TN-Thumbnail-Wayne-Shipley-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6-TN-Thumbnail-Wayne-Shipley-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1907px) 100vw, 1907px\" \/>\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\/03\/13\/wayne_shipley-2\/\">Wayne Shipley, Arundel High School, Class of 1962<\/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\/03\/13\/wayne_shipley-2\/\">Wayne Shipley, Arundel High School, Class of 1962<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-05-16T22:38:39-04:00<\/span><span>March 13th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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\/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\/thenandnow\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Then &amp; Now<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/new\/\" rel=\"category tag\">What's New<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Wayne\u2019s lifelong love of the performing arts began on a high school dare. But over the course of his 30+ years as an English teacher in Anne Arundel County and, later, as an independent filmmaker, Wayne has shared his passion for literature and the arts to help his students\u2014in and out of the classroom\u2014find and follow their own visions for the future.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/03\/13\/wayne_shipley-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7651\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7651 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories tag-avid\">\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=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CierraCarter.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CierraCarter.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CierraCarter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CierraCarter-768x576.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\/09\/15\/cierra_carter\/\">Finding a Path to College through AVID and the Gates Millennium Scholarship<\/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\/09\/15\/cierra_carter\/\">Finding a Path to College through AVID and the Gates Millennium Scholarship<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2016-10-14T11:30:28-04:00<\/span><span>September 15th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/avid\/\" rel=\"tag\">AVID<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"As a junior in high school, the thought of college was an overwhelming and stressful one. With my teacher\u2019s guidance through the AVID program, my questions were answered and I began to develop a plan. As senior year rolled around, I had a plan, but no financial means of achieving it. My teachers encouraged me to apply for the Gates Millennium Scholarship. When I received the decision email from Gates a few months later I scrolled down cautiously, only to see, \"Congratulations!\" and my life has forever been changed. \" --Cierra Carter\r\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/09\/15\/cierra_carter\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8383\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8383 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-teacher_stories tag-school-pride\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1614\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christopher_Frye-1024x807.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/22\/frye\/\">Learning to Love Politics in Mr. Sullivan&#8217;s Classroom<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/22\/frye\/\">Learning to Love Politics in Mr. Sullivan&#8217;s Classroom<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-04-27T15:22:55-04:00<\/span><span>August 22nd, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/tag\/school-pride\/\" rel=\"tag\">School Pride<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Maryland's best-kept secret is that the best teachers in the world are at North County High School. One teacher for me stands out in particular.  Mr. Dennis Sullivan, or \"Sully,\" taught my AP U.S. Government, STEM Policy, and AP Human Geography courses and was also my (one-time) lacrosse coach.  Sullivan has many strengths as a teacher, but by far his best attribute is his ability to get students excited about politics.\"--Christopher Frye, NCHS 2012 Graduate<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/08\/22\/frye\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7765\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7765 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-brooklynparkms category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-community_stories category-employee_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1564\" height=\"2346\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ken_Skrzesz.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ken_Skrzesz.jpg 1564w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ken_Skrzesz-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ken_Skrzesz-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ken_Skrzesz-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1564px) 100vw, 1564px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/04\/01\/ken_skrzesz\/\">&#8220;You are an artist and you will never be happy until you pursue life as an artist.&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/04\/01\/ken_skrzesz\/\">&#8220;You are an artist and you will never be happy until you pursue life as an artist.&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T11:11:32-04:00<\/span><span>April 1st, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/brooklynparkms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brooklyn Park MS<\/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\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <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>\"In my first year as a student at Brooklyn Park Jr. Sr. High School I met Hal Gomer, a visual art teacher and the after school theatre director... Because of his influence, I began to recognize that I related to the world in ways that were different from other people and that, for the first time, my way of relating felt accepted.\" --Ken Skrzesz<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/04\/01\/ken_skrzesz\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7552\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7552 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-northcountyhs category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories tag-stem\">\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=\"894\" height=\"1253\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amanda_soccer-photo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Amanda--female caucasian high school student holding a soccer ball.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amanda_soccer-photo.png 894w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amanda_soccer-photo-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amanda_soccer-photo-768x1076.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Amanda_soccer-photo-731x1024.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/16\/amanda_b\/\">&#8220;I believe [the STEM Program] has opened doors and granted me so much preparation for the years to come.&#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\/03\/16\/amanda_b\/\">&#8220;I believe [the STEM Program] has opened doors and granted me so much preparation for the years to come.&#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;\">2019-08-07T12:34:52-04:00<\/span><span>March 16th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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\/stem\/\" rel=\"tag\">STEM<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Looking into the next couple years, I hope to be studying nursing at a university. STEM has prepared me to do so, giving me connections and opportunities that I won\u2019t ever forget.\" --Amanda<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/16\/amanda_b\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7350\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7350 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story 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=\"3264\" height=\"1786\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/img_2667.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/img_2667.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/img_2667-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/img_2667-1024x560.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/19\/wayne_shipley\/\">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\/img_2667.jpg\" data-id=\"7350\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"img_2667\" data-caption=\"\">Gallery<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/19\/wayne_shipley\/\">&#8220;The encouragement I received daily&#8230;afforded me an understanding that university could not.&#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\/19\/wayne_shipley\/\">&#8220;The encouragement I received daily&#8230;afforded me an understanding that university could not.&#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;\">2019-08-08T09:53:39-04:00<\/span><span>January 19th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/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>\"I was assigned to a school near Friendship Airport in Linthicum, which served as the bedroom for the mega company Westinghouse. Andover High School, which had opened a mere five years before, was, I was told, \"the garden spot of Anne Arundel County.\" I was to learn before long that indeed it was a special place.\" --Wayne Shipley<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/19\/wayne_shipley\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7294\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-arundel_stories category-broadneck_stories category-chesapeake_stories category-glen_burnie_stories category-meade_stories category-north_county_stories category-northeast_stories category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-severna_park_stories category-south_river_stories category-southern_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1226\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2.png 1226w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2-1024x521.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/17\/vic_samuels\/\">Permalink<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Vic_Samuels2.png\" data-id=\"7294\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Vic_Samuels2\" data-caption=\"\">Gallery<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/17\/vic_samuels\/\">&#8220;How prepared students are for college or careers depends on what they get from the school system, and we want to be a part of that.&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/17\/vic_samuels\/\">&#8220;How prepared students are for college or careers depends on what they get from the school system, and we want to be a part of that.&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T09:58:56-04:00<\/span><span>January 17th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/community_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"As a credit union focused on helping members of the educational community achieve their financial dreams, the fundamental belief in the power and importance of giving back is at the core of everything the Educational Systems Federal Credit Union does. Throughout Maryland, this organization works with seven different public school systems and three community colleges to support education at all levels.\" --Vic Samuels<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/17\/vic_samuels\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7397\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1302\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MikeBurns.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MikeBurns.jpg 1302w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MikeBurns-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MikeBurns-1024x718.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1302px) 100vw, 1302px\" \/>\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\/14\/mike_burns\/\">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\/MikeBurns.jpg\" data-id=\"7397\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"MikeBurns\" data-caption=\"\">Gallery<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/14\/mike_burns\/\">&#8220;That special relationship, and friendship, helped begin me on my way to becoming the man with the confidence to believe in himself as I moved from lawyer to legislator to judge.&#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\/14\/mike_burns\/\">&#8220;That special relationship, and friendship, helped begin me on my way to becoming the man with the confidence to believe in himself as I moved from lawyer to legislator to judge.&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T10:10:23-04:00<\/span><span>January 14th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/alumni_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Alumni<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Thus began my friendship with what quickly became the first adult to take me seriously as a peer. For the first time in my life, I could argue with an adult who took me seriously. And it was at Andover that teachers like that history teacher did that for me. Without them, I would not be who I am. 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