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Patuxent softball blanks Lackey
After battling through three scoreless innings with her Lackey High School pitching counterpart Dakota Miles last Friday afternoon, Patuxent High junior hurler Autumn Kern appeared to gain a genuine boost in confidence after the Panthers plated two runs in the top of the fourth and the visitors departed with a 4-0 win. Kern, who also plays field hockey and girls’ basketball for the school and has already verbally committed to Limestone University in South Carolina for field hockey, fanned seven of the last 14 batters...
Opinions clash on solving school discipline crisis
The conversation of how best to restore order at the county’s oldest high school continues in the community and board rooms. On April 25, the Calvert County Board of Education’s evening work session started with a motion from member Lisa Grenis to direct Superintendent Andraé Townsel to provide the panel with an action plan for addressing disciplinary issues at Calvert High School for presentation at their May meeting. “I have...
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...
Prince George’s County kicks off graduation season with College and Career Decision Day
BOWIE, Md. (DC News Now) — As graduation season nears, many high school seniors will be taking that next step into adulthood in the coming weeks. Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) decided to celebrate the milestone by bringing thousands of students district-wide for its College and Career Decision Day. Students were treated to food, […]
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