{"id":16410,"date":"2019-08-27T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?page_id=16410"},"modified":"2019-08-27T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T16:10:00","slug":"southern-feeder-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/southern-feeder-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Feeder System"},"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\/Southern-Banner.png\" alt=\"Stories from Southern--white text on blue background with Southern High School bull dog 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 Southern 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, .fusion-button.button-1:active{border-width:0px;border-color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-1:hover .fusion-button-icon-divider, 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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 #3152ed;\"><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow bottom\" style=\"top:0px;border-top-color: #3152ed;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy bottom\" style=\"bottom:-21px;border-bottom:1px solid #3152ed;border-left:1px solid #3152ed;\"><\/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 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category-glen_burnie_stories category-meadehs category-meade_stories category-northcountyhs category-north_county_stories category-northeasths category-northeast_stories category-oldmillhs category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories category-phoenix category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-southriverhs category-south_river_stories category-southernhs category-southern_stories category-specialty category-stem_opportunities category-teacher_stories category-virtual-academy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1.png 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2025 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2025 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-02-25T16:32:09-05:00<\/span><span>March 14th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/annapolishs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/annapolis_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Annapolis Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/arundelhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel High School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/arundel_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Arundel Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/broadneckhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/broadneck_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Broadneck Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/cat-north\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-North<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/cat-south\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-South<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/cat-south-specialty\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CAT-South<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/celebratingaacps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Celebrating AACPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/chesapeakebayms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Bay MS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/chesapeakehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/charter\/csp\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Science Point<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/chesapeake_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chesapeake Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/crofton_stories\/crofton-hs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Crofton HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/crofton_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Crofton Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/glenburniehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/glen_burnie_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Glen Burnie Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/meadehs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/meade_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/northcountyhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/north_county_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">North County Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/northeasths\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/northeast_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Northeast Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/oldmillhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/old_mill_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Mill Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/student_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/phoenix\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Phoenix Academy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/severnaparkhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/severna_park_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Severna Park Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/southriverhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/south_river_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">South River Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern HS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Specialty Schools<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/grant-opportunities\/stem_opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">STEM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/specialty\/virtual-academy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Virtual Academy<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself\" - John Dewey<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2025\/03\/14\/stem-awards-2025\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"24270\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-24270 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolishs category-annapolis_stories category-arundelhs category-arundel_stories category-broadneckhs category-broadneck_stories category-cat-north category-cat-south-specialty category-cat-south category-celebratingaacps category-chesapeakebayms category-chesapeakehs category-csp category-chesapeake_stories category-crofton-hs category-crofton_stories category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-meadehs category-meade_stories category-northcountyhs category-north_county_stories category-northeasths category-northeast_stories category-oldmillhs category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-student_stories category-phoenix category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-southriverhs category-south_river_stories category-southernhs category-southern_stories category-specialty category-stem_opportunities category-teacher_stories category-virtual-academy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover.png 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STEM-AWARDS-2024-webcover-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2024\/04\/16\/stem-awards-2024\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2024 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2024\/04\/16\/stem-awards-2024\/\">AACPS STEM Awards 2024 Celebrates Excellence in Students and Teachers<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-04-16T12:39:32-04:00<\/span><span>April 16th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>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>\"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=\"21629\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-21629 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celebratingaacps category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-teacher_stories category-traceyses\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2.jpg 957w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dalen-Parker-2-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/dalen-parker\/\">2023 Rising Star at Tracey&#8217;s Elementary &#8211; Dalen Parker<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/dalen-parker\/\">2023 Rising Star at Tracey&#8217;s Elementary &#8211; Dalen Parker<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-04-24T15:28:32-04:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/celebratingaacps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Celebrating AACPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/teacher_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher Appreciation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/southernms\/traceyses\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Tracey's ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>My third grade teacher, shout out to Ms. Mandy Brew. She has stuck with me since I was in 3rd grade. She went to my high school graduation. She saw me go through college, and she\u2019s always been that teacher.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2023\/04\/20\/dalen-parker\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17704\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17704 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lothianes 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=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_Lothianes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Lothian elementary school\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_Lothianes.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ES_schoolpic_Lothianes-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/04\/eleanor_lothian\/\">&#8220;I love Lothian Elementary.&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/04\/eleanor_lothian\/\">&#8220;I love Lothian Elementary.&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-05-04T14:45:32-04:00<\/span><span>May 4th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/southernms\/lothianes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Lothian 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\/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>\"I want to share that I was new at my school this year and I just wanted to tell people how nice people are at my school. I mean its only the third quarter and I feel like I have been here the whole time.\"--Eleanor, Grade 4<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/05\/04\/eleanor_lothian\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17078\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17078 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-southernhs category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading-ThankYou.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Thank You&quot;--Text against a background of music notes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading-ThankYou.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading-ThankYou-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan_2\/\">Briana Gresko: Inspiring My Daughters&#8217; Musical Journeys<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan_2\/\">Briana Gresko: Inspiring My Daughters&#8217; Musical Journeys<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-02-11T13:44:30-05:00<\/span><span>January 22nd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>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\/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\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern HS<\/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>\"She inspired them to audition for All-County, All-State, Solo and Ensemble, and even All-Eastern...She was always kind and caring to both girls, and they both saw her as their mentor and coach.\"--Melinda Keenan, Parent of Former AACPS Students<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan_2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17066\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17066 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-southernms category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gold Music Notes against a dark gray background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MusicHeading-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan\/\">Lauren Walker: Guiding Daughters&#8217; Love of Music<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan\/\">Lauren Walker: Guiding Daughters&#8217; Love of Music<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-02-11T13:47:43-05:00<\/span><span>January 22nd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>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\/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\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/southernms\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern MS<\/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>\"Both my daughters are in college now for music, and our family was blessed with strong music teachers in their lives who inspired and guided them.\"--Melinda Keenan, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/melinda_keenan\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"17039\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-17039 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-traceyses\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1905\" height=\"2540\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Casey_Lee.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Casey Lee with a colleague, standing while wearing Thanksgiving hats.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Casey_Lee.jpg 1905w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Casey_Lee-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Casey_Lee-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1905px) 100vw, 1905px\" \/>\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\/casey_lee\/\">A Fun Place to Work&#8211;Every Part of the Day!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2020\/01\/21\/casey_lee\/\">A Fun Place to Work&#8211;Every Part of the Day!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-01-21T11:29:43-05:00<\/span><span>January 21st, 2020<\/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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/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\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/southernms\/traceyses\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Tracey's ES<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I'm thankful for amazing staff members who make car rider line a fun place during morning drop off!\"--Casey Lee, Tracey's Elementary<\/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\/casey_lee\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"16948\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-16948 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-shadysidees 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=\"600\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Shady_SideES.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photograph of Shady Side Elementary School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Shady_SideES.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Shady_SideES-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/26\/julia_howes\/\">Beyond Thankful for Our Shady Side 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\/11\/26\/julia_howes\/\">Beyond Thankful for Our Shady Side 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;\">2019-11-26T15:12:07-05:00<\/span><span>November 26th, 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\/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\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/southernms\/shadysidees\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Shady Side ES<\/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>\"They make everyday great for the students and really care about them! It\u2019s like one big family at our school.\"--Julia Howes, Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/26\/julia_howes\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15802\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15802 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_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=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Victoria-Scalfaro.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Victoria-Scalfaro.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Victoria-Scalfaro-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Victoria-Scalfaro-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/07\/16\/victoria_scalfaro\/\">Music: The Universal Language<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/07\/16\/victoria_scalfaro\/\">Music: The Universal Language<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/pdmintern\/\" title=\"Posts by Intern\" rel=\"author\">Intern<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T16:49:32-04:00<\/span><span>July 16th, 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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/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>\"I believe that my music classroom, and the lessons I conduct, should provide a creative language that can be communicated by all.\" --Victoria Scalfaro, Lothian Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/07\/16\/victoria_scalfaro\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"15577\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15577 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-teacher_stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Val_Bell_6_opt-e1558637305181.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Val_Bell_6_opt-e1558637305181.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Val_Bell_6_opt-e1558637305181-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Val_Bell_6_opt-e1558637305181-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/valerie_bell\/\">Reviving Southern&#8217;s Agriculture Science Program<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/valerie_bell\/\">Reviving Southern&#8217;s Agriculture Science Program<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-05-23T15:03:15-04:00<\/span><span>May 23rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>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\/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\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/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>\"Dr. Eckels, you are not just teaching a class you are educating our future in life skills.  Thank you for all that you do for your students and what your are bringing to Southern High School.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/05\/23\/valerie_bell\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"14316\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14316 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-partnerships category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-community_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=\"562\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BladesofGreen.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BladesofGreen.png 562w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BladesofGreen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BladesofGreen-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BladesofGreen-66x66.png 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/>\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\/04\/bladesofgreen\/\">Blades of Green: Bringing the World of Business to Our 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\/2019\/03\/04\/bladesofgreen\/\">Blades of Green: Bringing the World of Business to Our Students<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-07-29T17:16:48-04:00<\/span><span>March 4th, 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\/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\/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>\"Businesses like Blades of Green are key in connecting our students with opportunities to work in industries of interest and for companies that are respected in their industry.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/03\/04\/bladesofgreen\/\">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=\"13664\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13664 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-partnerships category-meade_stories category-aacps_story category-community_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=\"3417\" height=\"2441\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-06-Meade-_-Southern-Meade-Middle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-06-Meade-_-Southern-Meade-Middle.jpg 3417w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-06-Meade-_-Southern-Meade-Middle-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-06-Meade-_-Southern-Meade-Middle-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Award-06-Meade-_-Southern-Meade-Middle-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\/nsa_partners_in_education\/\">Tutoring with the NSA<\/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\/nsa_partners_in_education\/\">Tutoring with the NSA<\/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;\">2019-02-28T15:20:48-05:00<\/span><span>August 2nd, 2018<\/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\/meade_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Meade 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\/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>Employees of the National Security Administration visit Meade Middle School on a weekly basis to tutor students in all grade levels and subject areas! ESOL and Math students in particular have benefited greatly from their services.<\/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\/nsa_partners_in_education\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7286\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7286 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-south_river_stories category-southern_stories category-toy 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=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Iris Crankfield standing in her classroom.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/08\/iris_crankfield\/\">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\/2017\/01\/3-TN-Thumbnail-Iris-Crankfield.jpg\" data-id=\"7286\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"3 T&N Thumbnail-Iris Crankfield\" 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\/2018\/06\/08\/iris_crankfield\/\">Inspired to Achieve Greatness<\/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\/iris_crankfield\/\">Inspired to Achieve Greatness<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T17:05:56-04:00<\/span><span>June 8th, 2018<\/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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/toy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Teacher of the Year<\/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\u2019ve risen above thinking I achieved greatness on my own; and I\u2019ve embraced the responsibility to ignite and stoke in my students the fire that was started inside of me.\" --Iris Crankfield, SRHS<\/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\/iris_crankfield\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13487\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13487 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_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=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Marlene-Kramer-at-Christmas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Marlene Kramer standing in front of her classroom door decorated for the holidays\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Marlene-Kramer-at-Christmas.jpg 720w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Marlene-Kramer-at-Christmas-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\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\/15\/marlene_kramer\/\">My students&#8217; home away from home<\/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\/15\/marlene_kramer\/\">My students&#8217; home away from home<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T17:06:08-04:00<\/span><span>June 15th, 2018<\/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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/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\/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>\"Classroom culture and environment directly impacts student success.  My philosophy of teaching is built around this statement and begins by creating a home away from home for my students.\"--Marlene Kramer, Southern High School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/15\/marlene_kramer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13463\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13463 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_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=\"543\" height=\"1065\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alane-Connolly-SSES.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"George Arlotto standing next to Alane Connolly\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alane-Connolly-SSES.jpg 543w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alane-Connolly-SSES-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alane-Connolly-SSES-522x1024.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/>\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\/alane_connolly-2\/\">The Key to a Successful Year<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/08\/alane_connolly-2\/\">The Key to a Successful Year<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T17:03:47-04:00<\/span><span>June 8th, 2018<\/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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/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\/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>\"What worked in the classroom today, may not work tomorrow. Therefore, I am continuously seeking new ideas.\"--Alane Connolly, Shady Side Elementary<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/08\/alane_connolly-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13407\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13407 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_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=\"875\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Christina-McCall.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"George Arlotto, Christine McCall, and Julie Hummer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Christina-McCall.jpg 875w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Christina-McCall-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Christina-McCall-768x628.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/>\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\/05\/christina_mccall\/\">Connecting With My Students to Build Better Relationships<\/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\/05\/christina_mccall\/\">Connecting With My Students to Build Better Relationships<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T17:10:15-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2018<\/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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/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\/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 more I learn, the better able I am to provide engaging lessons that support them in growing as learners and rise to their fullest potential.\"--Christina McCall, Deale ES<\/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\/christina_mccall\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"13403\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-13403 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-toy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tori_Peddicord-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tori Peddicord surrounded by friends and family at the Teacher of the Year Banquet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tori_Peddicord-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tori_Peddicord-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tori_Peddicord-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\/2018\/06\/05\/victoria_peddicord\/\">&#8220;Be the beacon that guides students&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2018\/06\/05\/victoria_peddicord\/\">&#8220;Be the beacon that guides students&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-27T17:10:29-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2018<\/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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/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\/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>\"Receiving an education should inspire and encourage students to strive to be productive members of a community, great citizens, and meaningful contributors of society.\"--Tori Peddicord, Southern Middle School<\/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\/victoria_peddicord\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"10342\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-10342 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_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=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sarah_Sheckells.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sarah Sheckells &amp; Faith\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sarah_Sheckells.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sarah_Sheckells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sarah_Sheckells-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\/2017\/06\/05\/cathy_gates\/\">Mrs. Sheckells&#8217; Impact&#8211;From One Generation to the Next<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/cathy_gates\/\">Mrs. Sheckells&#8217; Impact&#8211;From One Generation to the Next<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-06-05T10:25:53-04:00<\/span><span>June 5th, 2017<\/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\/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\/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>\"I can't even begin to express my appreciation for Mrs. Sheckells.  She taught me over 20 years ago and I was so fortunate to have her teach my three daughters at Shady Side Elementary.\"--Cathy Gates, Alum & Parent<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/06\/05\/cathy_gates\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9812\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-9812 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-alumni_stories category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-teacher_stories tag-art\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jennifer_Sturgell.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jennifer Sturgell with Mrs. Sheckells\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jennifer_Sturgell.jpg 480w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jennifer_Sturgell-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/jennifer_sturgell\/\">The BEST Art Teacher who taught me so much more: Mrs. Sheckells<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/jennifer_sturgell\/\">The BEST Art Teacher who taught me so much more: Mrs. Sheckells<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2017-05-02T12:35:15-04:00<\/span><span>May 2nd, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>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\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/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\/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\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"As I entered Shady Side Elementary in my new role as a teacher in August of 1996, a familiar voice spoke to me.  It was Mrs. Sarah Sheckells, my former art teacher... Over the last 21 years, Mrs. Sheckells transitioned from my classroom teacher to a peer, mentor, colleague, and friend.\" --Jennifer Sturgell<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2017\/05\/02\/jennifer_sturgell\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8681\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8681 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-story_locations category-employee_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=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kevin_Buckley.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kevin_Buckley.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kevin_Buckley-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Kevin_Buckley-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/>\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\/10\/10\/kevin_buckley\/\">From Coaching to Administration&#8211;How Principals are Made<\/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\/10\/10\/kevin_buckley\/\">From Coaching to Administration&#8211;How Principals are Made<\/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;\">2016-10-10T15:29:02-04:00<\/span><span>October 10th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our AACPS Story Locations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/aacps_story\/employee_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Employees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/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>\u201cA pertinent question to ask during this month where we recognize administrators is what experience prepared you for the challenges of the position? Of course the numerous workshops, books\/articles read and years worked in the classroom helped. But in my particular case, my many years coaching on the sideline provided me with incredible advantages that translated to the skills I would need as an administrator.\u201d\u2014Kevin Buckley, Principal<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/10\/10\/kevin_buckley\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7647\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7647 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dealees category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-southern_stories category-teacher_stories tag-school-pride\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3664\" height=\"2748\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth.jpg 3664w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bischoff-Holsworth-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3664px) 100vw, 3664px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/16\/cynthia_bischoff\/\">Inspiring Students through the Media Center<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/16\/cynthia_bischoff\/\">Inspiring Students through the Media Center<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T11:20:35-04:00<\/span><span>March 16th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/southernms\/dealees\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Deale 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\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/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>\"Our current media specialist, Cynthia Bischoff, joined our school only a year ago, but she has made a great impact on our students.\" --Cindy Holsworth on Cynthia Bischoff<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/03\/16\/cynthia_bischoff\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7500\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7500 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community_stories category-shadysidees category-southern_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 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Action<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/26\/j_tickle\/\">Technology in Action<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/author\/lnesbitt\/\" title=\"Posts by Louis Nesbitt\" rel=\"author\">Louis Nesbitt<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2019-08-08T09:49:50-04:00<\/span><span>January 26th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <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\/southern_stories\/southernhs\/southernms\/shadysidees\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Shady Side ES<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/category\/story_locations\/southern_stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Southern Stories<\/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>\"Me: \"Time for your spelling pre-test.\"\r\nSon: \"I don't have my list. 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Just a second Mom.\"\" --Jessica Tickle<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/01\/26\/j_tickle\/\">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 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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 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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 class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/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:25px;\"><\/div><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-2 .fusion-button-text, .fusion-button.button-2 i {color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-2 {border-width:0px;border-color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-2 .fusion-button-icon-divider{border-color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-2:hover .fusion-button-text, .fusion-button.button-2:hover i,.fusion-button.button-2:focus .fusion-button-text, .fusion-button.button-2:focus i,.fusion-button.button-2:active .fusion-button-text, .fusion-button.button-2:active{color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-2:hover, .fusion-button.button-2:focus, .fusion-button.button-2:active{border-width:0px;border-color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-2:hover .fusion-button-icon-divider, .fusion-button.button-2:hover .fusion-button-icon-divider, .fusion-button.button-2:active .fusion-button-icon-divider{border-color:#ffffff;}.fusion-button.button-2{background: #3152ed;}.fusion-button.button-2:hover,.button-2:focus,.fusion-button.button-2:active{background: #3152ed;\r\n\t\t\t\t\tbackground-image: -webkit-gradient( linear, left bottom, left top, from( #748aed ), to( #3152ed ) );\r\n\t\t\t\t\tbackground-image: -webkit-linear-gradient( bottom, #748aed, #3152ed );\r\n\t\t\t\t\tbackground-image:\t-moz-linear-gradient( bottom, #748aed, #3152ed );\r\n\t\t\t\t\tbackground-image:\t  -o-linear-gradient( bottom, #748aed, #3152ed );\r\n\t\t\t\t\tbackground-image: linear-gradient( to top, #748aed, #3152ed );}.fusion-button.button-2{width:auto;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-round button-large button-custom button-2\" target=\"_self\" 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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16410","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16411,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16410\/revisions\/16411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}