Education

The May Panorama School Board meeting brought a great deal of good news to the Board members. Superintendent Kasey Huebner says that there are many things that the district can be happy about and celebrate. He shares that one of the teachers will be able to have a great experience in the nation’s capitol.

GAITHERSBURG, MD – May 20, 2024 – Chelsea Zhu, a sophomore at Richard Montgomery High School and an Rockville, Md., resident, was awarded first prize in the 2024 Gaithersburg Book Festival poetry contest for high school students for her poem “Voyage to the Exoplanet.”. Second prize went...

For weeks, every time Mike Najarro attempted to log into the federal student aid portal, he received an error message about server maintenance. The Washington-Liberty High School senior watched with growing anxiety as the portal faltered, concerned these technical delays could thwart his chance to be the first in his family to attend college.

During the ceremony dozens of students held signs and walked out while the University's president spoke.

Last month, honors program students and faculty from higher education institutions across Virginia and West Virginia traveled to Radford University to attend the 2024 Virginias Collegiate Honors Council (VCHC) Conference. With the theme ‘Into the Wilderness,’ attendees were asked to explore the boundaries of their visions for a sustainable future.

The state has seen an increase in conditionally licensed teachers, who have a bachelor’s degree but have not completed the requirements for full teacher certification. The post Wright: There must be ‘a conscious effort’ to grow, diversify Maryland’s teacher workforce appeared first on Maryland Matters.

[J]obseekers who disagree with the ideological premises of such inquiries have an overwhelming incentive to suppress their true beliefs, or pretend to have the "right" ones, lest they be eliminated from consideration. It's a dilemma, especially given the high stakes: As the University of California at Davis's vice chancellor for DEI explained, "In these searches, it is the candidate's diversity statement that is considered first; only those who submit persuasive and inspiring statements can advance for complete consideration." In one faculty search at University of California at Berkeley, around 75 percent of applicants were screened out of consideration — irrespective of criteria such as teaching ability and research skills. Small wonder that many applicants engage in what Daniel Sargent, a history professor at UC Berkeley, calls "performative dishonesty."

High school has really been an awesome four years, and I feel it has built a fantastic foundation for my college years and on. Despite this, I and many others have had to hurdle many obstacles over the past four years, starting in freshman year with learning through a computer screen. 100% would not recommend it!

Today, the Maryland State Board of Education and Maryland State Department of Education held a special recognition ceremony for the 2024-2025 Teachers of the Year at the Nancy S. Grasmick State Education Building. Each of the state’s 24 school systems selects a Teacher of the Year who exemplifies outstanding work...

When I walked in the doors of Walter Johnson High School on May 3, 2021, I thought to myself, “Wow, these are going to be the worst three and a half years of my life.” My high school experience, among many others in my grade, was quite different than most. With freshman year mostly online, and only a little bit of in person classes, I never really felt like I was part of the school and getting the true freshman experience that other classes before me may have gotten.

My idea of high school was based on movies like “High School Musical” or “Ferris Buller’s xDay Off.” But when I started my freshman year, I quickly realized that this was not the case. There was no singing or dancing unless you were in theater, or skipping school and going to a baseball game, until you were a senior and it was skip day. My freshman year of high school was on a computer, which was a bit disappointing. The only friends I had were ones from middle school, and with COVID, the social distancing made us grow apart. All my classes consisted of my teacher and a bunch of black boxes filling the screen. I attempted to join clubs but I missed the feeling of being in person and talking to people face to face. Through my sophomore and junior years, I met my best friends who helped me survive the rest of my years and make my high school experience memorable. I was also able to sign up for sports and clubs, and finally participate in events like homecoming and going to my first football game. Junior year was one of the toughest years for me in school, it was the start of thinking about my future and planning what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I knew I wanted to go out-of-state, so I started googling places, I ended up with a list of 20 schools that had physical therapy as a major. Somehow, I ended up choosing a hard thing to get a job with a bachelor’s degree, which led me to refine my list from 20 to 15 for schools with a graduate program. And with selecting schools aside, I had to register for senior classes. I wanted my senior year to be easy, so I took basic classes but I always wanted to try writing for The Pitch. I knew some people in Pitch like Mackenzie, Mia and Seyun, so I knew I wouldn’t be alone, and being a fan of Gilmore Girls I decided to take J1, what’s the worst that could happen? I took J1 for a semester and found out that being a senior and taking a semester of J1 would let me be a member of The Pitch, and I took the opportunity and joined as a staff writer. Being in Pitch has let me explore my creative side and get to write fun articles about whatever I wanted to. Being a new member towards the end of the year was daunting, I only knew a few people and everyone else knew their role and what to do. Despite the challenges, I am happy with my choice to join The Pitch.

Four years ago, high school seniors had to settle for drive-by cheers from friends and relatives, online ceremonies watched from their sofas, or diploma pickups in empty auditoriums. On Monday evening, University of Maryland graduates celebrated their accomplishments in full with caps and cords, photos and fireworks, and the spirit...

CHESTERTOWN — Fourth and fifth grade students from Radcliffe Creek School recently explored Washington, D.C. to, quite literally, step into the paintings of an artist they have been studying this year—Claude Monet. On Thursday, May 16, 24 students took a bus to the Rhode Island Center in D.C. to experience the immersive Monet exhibit, which included two-story projections of Monet’s most compelling paintings shown in three dimensions, including lights, sounds and VR technology. Following the visit to the digital art display, the students traveled to...

Tilden Middle School principal Sapna Hopkins sent a letter to the school community regarding a “live ammunition round (bullet)” that was found on the floor of the boys’s physical education locker room. In the letter she states that two students reported finding the bullet on the floor...

The Mill (Watkins Mill High School) has faced many changes this school year, from expanding announcements to Spanish to implementing Wolverine Wednesday; one tradition has been kept from the Goddard administration: insensitive prom dates. Let’s talk about it. After having consecutive prom dates fall on religious holidays, you’d think...

ALEXANDRIA, VA-With the summer approaching, and along with it the end of school, Planet Fitness offers a special opportunity to teenagers, 14 to 19. They can workout for free starting June 1, and also work with Planet Fitness trainers for free. A press release about the High School Summer Pass...

TOWSON, MD—Four Baltimore County Public Schools educators have earned statewide honors from the Maryland Art Education Association. In addition, the BCPS Office of Visual Arts has selected nine district-level award winners.

The Montgomery County Department of Police is investigating the validity of a reported bomb threat that prompted a lockdown on Thursday. Officers were called to the school before noon on May 16, where there was a reported threat targeting the building, which was still under investigation as of 12:45 p.m.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Eleven Terrapins have been awarded M Club Rodman Postgraduate Scholarships in 2024. The M Club awards $5,000 scholarships yearly to former student-athletes looking to continue their education post-graduation. This year's recipients are: Maria Budin (Tennis '24), Kyle Convissar (Baseball '14), Bibi Donraadt (Field Hockey '22), Katie...