HCPSS
Worthington Elementary Participates in 2018 Kindness Week
Worthington students recently took on a weeklong kindness challenge. Through a variety of activities, students learned about being kind to their school, their community and themselves.
Nominate an HCPSS Principal or Teacher Today!
Nominations are now open for the HCPSS 2019 Principal of the Year and Teacher of the Year awards. Submissions are due by January 7, 2019.
Students
Creating Equitable Opportunities as a School Social Worker
Social Worker Holly Flanagan details her work with students and their families, and what is being done to address student needs.
Schools
Career Academies Information Session December 11
HCPSS will host “Focus on Your Future,” an information session for secondary students and parents about the school system’s Career Academies.
Community
Chinese American Parent Association Partnership Encourages Involvement and Advocacy
HCPSS has partnered with the Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County to encourage collaboration, communication and mutual understanding among HCPSS staff, students and families with Chinese background.
Celebrations
Mt. Hebron Students Win 2018 National Trophy Design Contest
MHHS students Rashi Kejriwal and Shreya Santhanagopalan were named as national winners in the Association for Career and Technical Education student contest.
Staff Focus: Sung Kim, International Achievement Liaison, Ellicott Mills and Dunloggin Middle Schools
Sung Kim’s work, both as an artist and as an International Achievement Liaison, is guided by thoughtful communications. It’s his goal that language is less of a barrier and meaningful relationships can be made.
Howard County Association of Student Councils Meeting (HCASC), December 12, 2018
Presentation of the Superintendent’s Proposed FY 2020 Operating Budget, December 18, 2018
UMBC President Imparts Life Lessons to West Friendship ES
Diverse Cohort of International Parents Graduate from Leadership Program
Winter Break Meals Program Will Serve Howard County Children
Howard County School Health Council General Meeting, December 12, 2018
HCPSS All-County Improv Show, January 8, 2019
ARL Teacher Named a 2018 Project Lead the Way Outstanding Teacher
HCPSS Teacher Appointed President-elect of the Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Thomas Viaduct MS Teacher Recognized With 2018 Outstanding Science Educator Award
Class of 2019 Graduation Window, May 20-31, 2019
Innovative Pathways Evening Program: Spring Semester Blended Courses
ARL Teacher Wins $50,000 Prize for Excellence in Teaching Skilled Trade
MSDE Releases 2017-2018 School Report Cards
8th Grade Art Showcase, Through January 31, 2019
Board of Education Welcomes New Members and Elects New Leaders
Bright Minds Foundation Announces Sydney L. Cousin Scholarship Fund
High School Midterm Exams, January 22-25, 2019
Call for Nominations: 2019 Friends of Education Award
Proposed HCPSS Instructional Materials on Display, December 19-January 15, 2018
Elementary School Lyric and Cantus Chorus Winter Concert, December 16, 2018
Promoting School Readiness By Learning Together
Looking to the Future: HCPSS Renews 15-Year Partnership with Howard County Conservancy
Finding a Perfect Fit as Special Education Parent Liaison
HCPSS Superintendent Responds to Hateful Incidents in Ellicott City
Chinese American Parent Association Partnership Encourages Involvement and Advocacy
Association of Community Services of Howard County Partners with HCPSS to Host Student Art Exhibits
Creating Equitable Opportunities as a School Social Worker
Worthington Elementary Participates in Kindness Week
Oakland Mills Middle Receives 2018 Champion Creatively Alive Children Grant
Mt. Hebron Students Win 2018 National Trophy Design Contest
Board Approves 2019-2020 Academic Calendar
Talbott Springs Elementary School Replacement Earns State Support
The Launch of HCPSS’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Group
Students at Seven Schools Turn Food Scraps Into Compost
Food and Nutrition Services Director Honored for Helping to Erasing Food Insecurity
Career Academies Information Session, November 8 & December 11, 2018
Reservoir High School Teacher Honored by Maryland Art Education Association
Hammond High AP Wins 2018 Assistant Principal of the Year Award
Five HCPSS Teachers Receive 2018 Outstanding Mathematics Educator Awards
Mount View Middle School Band Selected for National Convention
WATCH D.O.G.S. Getting Dads Involved at Thomas Viaduct MS
New Policy Affirms Rights and Protections for HCPSS Foreign-Born Students and Families
HCPSS Thanks Community Partners for Their Contributions
Clemens Crossing Named 2018-2020 National PTA School of Excellence
Waterloo Elementary School Named 2018 National Blue Ribbon School
Bright Minds Foundation Grants Support Innovative Classroom Projects
HCPSS Schools Earn 2018 EPA Energy Star
Wilde Lake Middle School Recognized as Maryland’s First Net Zero Energy School