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Gunston School welcomes Chesapeake Watershed Semester director
CENTREVILLE — The Gunston School has announced the appointment of Brad Hirsh as Gunston’s new director of the Chesapeake Watershed Semester and sustainability. In this role, Hirsh will be responsible for leading one of the nation’s most innovative college preparatory environmental education programs, the school said in a press release. Gunston’s Chesapeake Watershed Semester is a unique opportunity for highly motivated high school students in 11th and 12th grades to...
Community College Philanthropists Honored with 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy
Richmond – Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation of Annapolis, MD, has received the 18th Annual Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy. They were nominated for the award by Mountain Gateway Community College. Hosted by the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCEE), more than two dozen individuals, families, and organizations have earned the […] The post Community College Philanthropists Honored with 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy appeared first on The Virginian Review.
Anne Arundel Co. middle school students charged after weapon found in school
BALTIMORE - Two middle school students in Anne Arundel County are facing charges after a gun was found Tuesday afternoon at a school.Administrators at Marley Middle School confronted a student who was reportedly vaping in class. When they searched the student's backpack, they found an unloaded handgun, according to Anne Arundel County Public Schools."The school was immediately put on a hold status which means that students remain in their classrooms as a precautionary measure – nobody in, nobody out of the school," Anne Arundel County Public Schools spokesperson Bob Mosier said.School staff immediately called Anne Arundel County Police to investigate. The student...
Plebes take on greasy, grueling Herndon Climb to cap first year at U.S. Naval Academy
BALTIMORE -- Dozens of U.S. Naval Academy freshman, known as plebes, climbed a 21-foot-tall obelisk covered in lard Wednesday morning in Annapolis.Their objective: climb the slippery monument and place a hat on top to mark the end of their first year at the institution.The Herndon Climb is a Naval Academy tradition that dates back to 1950, the academy says. The monument is named after Commander William Lewis Herndon, who went down with his ship in a hurricane in 1857.The plebes work together in the event to remove the "dixie cup" hat from atop the obelisk and replace it with an...
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