Career Camp preps kids for high school
Nearly 300 middle school students attend Career Camp at the Career and Technology Center for a five day program with 29 activity based courses from archaeology to welding Each student pays 55 for two courses and learns through field trips and hands on practice including a mock rescue lift by fire and rescue students and tours with law enforcement and veterinary groups Neal Gowda a sixth grader from Monocacy Middle School participated in a dramatic rescue drill earning mixed reactions from classmates and teachers.
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Career Camp
Career and Technology Center
Neal
Career and ‘Technology Center
Ms. White
Katherine Coates
Walkersville Middle School
Erin Vaughan
Erin
Middletown High School
Greg Solberg
Solberg
Frederick County teachers meet science curriculum writer
About 30 elementary teachers met University of California professor Herbert Thier who helped write the SCIS science curriculum used in Frederick County schools. The three year NSF funded training program supports teachers in 43 states, with local modifications to fit area needs and a focus on student engagement.
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University of California
Frederick County
Herbert Thier
University
Science Education
National Science Foundation
Thier
Phil Brohawn
NSF
Frederick County teachers start later due to budget cuts
The Board of Education trimmed $700,000 by eliminating two staff development days, pushing new teachers to report Monday Aug 28 and returning teachers to Aug 29. Fair Day Sept 22 remains a day off. Students begin Sept 5. the rest of the calendar unchanged.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Delaware creates center to oversee classroom technology
Gov. Thomas Carper signed a law establishing the Delaware Center for Education Technology to supervise the state’s planned largest computer network linking 180 public schools. The center will be run by a 10 member board of educators and state officials as he proposed a $30 million plan to wire every public school and expand technology access.
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Dover
Del
Thomas Carper
Delaware Center For Education Technology
Carper
Hood's Dvorsky Wins 1995 Maryland Education Award
Mary Ann Dvorsky of Gaithersburg head of Hood College Learning and Assessment Resource Center received the 1995 merit award for outstanding contributions to developmental education in Maryland. The presentation occurred at the semiannual meeting of the Developmental Education Association of Maryland at Catonsville Community College. Dvorsky is also computational skills coordinator and Hood mathematics instructor, with a Montclair State College undergrad and a University of Maryland master's degree.
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Mary Ann Dvorsky
Gaithersburg
Hood College
Maryland
Devel
Opmental Education Association of Maryland
Catonsville Community College
Dvorsky
Hood
Montclair State College
University of Maryland
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Neal Gowda
Monocacy Middle School
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Shaun Lugo
Delaware
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Honda Passport
Shockey
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Arenas Blaant
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