Hood College opens 98th year with convocation
Hood College welcomed new students at convocation marking the start of its 38th academe year as classes begin. President Martha E. Church urged shaping the institution while scholarship and leadership awards were announced for incoming freshmen and transfers. Faculty awards recognized five educators amid calls to blend arts and sciences and inspire minority and women students.
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Hood College
Martha E. Church
Barbara Hetrick
Denise Foster
Mechanicsburg
Hood Fr
Hood
Hudson
Upcounty high schools post lower SAT scores
Montgomery County report shows four upper schools with six of eight scores down from 1989 to 1990. Damascus and Gaithersburg rise in math by one point. verbal declines 10 and six. Poolesville drops 29 verbal and 7 math. Seneca Valley declines 21 math and 14 verbal. Race breakdown shows whites up slightly, Hispanics up in math but down verbal. Black and Asian declines in most tests. Overall county averages remain well above national and state levels.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Damascus
Gaithersburg
Poolesville High
Seneca Valley
Assistant principals appointed at Montgomery high schools
The Montgomery County school board approved Michael A. Thomas for Poolesville and Linda W. Fiore for Gaithersburg as assistant principals, elevating them from administrative intern roles. Thomas has served since 1978 with prior posts as an art teacher. Fiore joined in 1966 and progressed from math teacher to computer instruction specialist in 1984. A second bus contract was awarded for 631,011 after the lowest bid failed to meet an August 1 delivery date, replacing the earlier 578,028 contract.
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Montgomery County
Michael A. Thomas
Poolesville
Linda W. Fiore
Gaithersburg
Thomas
Mark Twain and
Martin Luther King
New Principal Named at St. John's Literary Institution
Thomas F. Farrell has been selected as principal of academic affairs at St. John's Literary Institution in Prospect Hall Frederick. He brings 25 years in teaching and administration, including roles as academic dean and guidance director. Farrell and his wife Maryanne, a Hood College history professor, reside in Frederick with their three children.
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Thomas F. Farrell
St. John’s Literary Institution
Prospect Hall
Frederick
Farrell
St. John’s
New Jersey
Mr. Farrell
Maryanne
Hood College
Careyanne
Kevin
Liam
Frederick County Schools Reduce Drug Related Suspensions
Frederick County public schools cut drug related suspensions from 65 in 1988-89 to 32 in 1989-90 while alcohol suspensions fell from 56 to 49. Officials credit expanded education, counseling, assessment programs and police canine inspections plus new drug free zones as part of an overall effort to keep schools safe and improve attendance and reduce dropouts.
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Frederick County
Richard Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Jean Flory
Flory
Frederick County Public School System
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