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Safe Passage program rolls out at several Prince George’s County schools
LARGO, Md. (DC News Now) — A new student safety program is underway at several schools across Prince George’s County. Volunteers with the Safe Passage pilot program are working to help students stay out of trouble and harm’s way after dismissal. Volunteers were easy to spot at Largo High School on Tuesday, wearing bright purple […]
Calvert softball upends La Plata
Three weeks after being humbled in their season opener at home, the Calvert High School softball team earned a measure of atonement last week when the Cavaliers beat host La Plata 5-1 in the Warriors’ first “Autism Awareness” game. Calvert (3-3) has appeared in each of the last three Maryland 2A state title games under coach Lauren Robison, but La Plata was unimpressed with the Cavaliers’ gaudy resume when the two teams met on March 21 in Prince Frederick and the visiting Warriors departed with...
A rough road: Students see bad choice consequences in mock crash
A statewide initiative to curb road fatalities continues to send a sobering message to Maryland’s newest drivers. What began nationwide decades ago as a lesson in the dangers of blending alcohol with driving now includes in its scenario the sad consequences of not wearing seatbelts or allowing diversions such as cellphones and conversations to take a driver’s attention away from the road. Public high schools in Calvert County have annually...
Panel Discussion: The Complicated Legacy of Francis Scott Key
St. John’s College will host “The Legacy of Francis Scott Key, Class of 1796,” a panel discussion, on Wednesday, April 17. This event organized by the College History Task Force will discuss the complicated legacy of Francis Scott Key, founder of the St. John’s College Alumni Association, and the college’s most famous—and perhaps most controversial—graduate. The panel will be moderated by Chanel Compton Johnson, Executive Director of the Banneker-Douglass Museum. Panelists include Professor Mark Clague, author of the 2022 cultural biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” O Say Can You Hear?, Marc Leepson, author of the 2014 Francis Scott Key biography What So Proudly We Hailed, and Professor William Thomas, author of the 2020 history of freedom suits, A Question of Freedom.
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