Severn River Middle School eighth-grader Robin Roper outlasted 31 other champion spellers today to win the 25th annual Anne Arundel County Spelling Bee and earn a trip to the national competition later this year. Robin correctly spelled the word “wafflestomper,” a hiking boot with a lug sole, in the 39th … Continue reading
The 21st Century Education Foundation, in partnership with Anne Arundel Community College, is sponsoring its sixth annual Career Expo on March 9, 2013. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Jenkins Gymnasium on the college’s Arnold campus. The Expo gives middle and high school … Continue reading
The Anne Arundel County Reading Council has announced the most recent winners of its annual Young Authors Contest. More than 1,000 entries were received in the short story/essay and poem categories, and students who finished first or second will now have their works judged at the state level. The high … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today approved the appointment of John Thompson as the inaugural principal of the new Phoenix Academy, a state-of-the-art center in Annapolis that will offer special education and alternative education services to approximately 240 students beginning next year. Thompson is currently assistant principal … Continue reading
The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today adopted a $1.01 billion operating budget that includes $16 million for employee compensation increases and funding for the opening of the county’s first middle school Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program as well as the Phoenix Academy, a state-of-the-art center … Continue reading
Arundel High School junior Christian Hodges is one of two finalists to be the 2013-2014 student member of the Maryland State Board of Education. The names of Hodges and Benjamin Feshbach of Thomas S. Wootton High School in Montgomery County were sent to Governor Martin O’Malley after an election by … Continue reading