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Discover Local History: Cecilton Elementary's Time Capsule Reveal
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Fracassi receives Golden Anchor Award
ROCK HALL — Described as an integral part of Kent County Public Schools' special education team, teacher Cheryl Fracassi was honored Monday, May 6 with the Golden Anchor Award. The Golden Anchor is presented by the Kent County Board of Education each month to staff members or groups of school employees who exemplify the system's mission and core values. “Kent County Public Schools is an anchor organization that creates an...
Escape the Vape, Youth Summit held at Chesapeake College
WYE MILLS — On a rainy Saturday, approximately 35 students from area schools gathered at Chesapeake College for an event called Escape the Vape, a youth summit. The kids ranged in age from sixth grade to high school, and chose to participate in an event designed to empower youth to embrace a vape-free and smoke-free lifestyle. Those attending came from Dorchester, Kent, Talbot and Queen Anne’s counties. As an added benefit, QA provided free transportation to the event to make it accessible to all who wanted to attend. Many of the youth who attended were accompanied by at least one...
4th annual Roger D. Brown Scholarship awarded to Vagelis Ananiadis
CHESTERTOWN — Kent County High School senior Vagelis Ananiadis has been drawn to the stories that history has to share since childhood, when he would spend long car trips listening to the “Stories of the World” audio curriculum. He took every history class he could in high school, and wrote his college essay about his interest in history. Thanks to his passion and hard work, his teachers selected Ananiadis to receive the Roger D. Brown Scholarship, awarded by the Historical Society of Kent County each...
Two PHHS graduating seniors selected to participate in NIH Summer Internship Program
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Perry Hall High School graduating seniors Aisha Batista and Mahlet Nigussu have been selected to participate in the National Institute on Aging Summer Training in Aging Research Program. Batista and Nigussu are among only nine students selected from the more than 1,400 students who applied to the program.
School superintendent proposes FY25 budget
During this year’s budget planning session for FY25, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Couch has been tasked again with balancing a budget that meets the needs of not only students but also the Maryland Blueprint for Education, commonly known as Kirwan. According to Couch a snapshot of this proposed budget looks like this: A total budget request of $32,175,451 for FY 25 from all revenue sources ...
Finalists announced in superintendent search
ROCK HALL — Three frontrunners have emerged in the Kent County Board of Education’s search for the next superintendent of schools. The search process launched in January when Dr. Karen Couch, the current superintendent, announced her plans to retire at the end of the current school year. The board hired the Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) to lead the search for Couch’s replacement. With initial interview rounds complete, the board announced three finalists: Dr. Mary Boswell-McComas, Dr. LeTrecia Gloster and Dr. Dawn Lucarelli. ...
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