HCPSSThunder Hill Elementary Signs Three New Partners
February 13th, 2013
Thunder Hill Elementary School has established new partnerships with three organizations to support student recognition and career awareness. The owners of All Time Toys, Abrakadoodle and Round House Martial Arts will speak to classes about the benefits and challenges of entrepreneurship and operating a business, and will offer encouragement and rewards to students who make responsible decisions and demonstrate positive behavior.
All Time Toys will also collaborate with educators to support and strengthen the school’s Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS) program, a research-based discipline system that uses incentives and rewards to motivate students to make healthy, positive choices. Abrakadoodle will work with school staff to integrate the arts with core content areas, to strengthen students’ skills synthesis, analysis, reasoning, communications across multiple disciplines. Round House Martial Arts will offer team building, self-awareness, and exercise activities for school field days and staff wellness programs, and will also display student work and projects at its dojo.
About The Partners
- All Time Toys in downtown Ellicott City offers vintage and modern, new and used action figures and collectibles.
- Abrakadoodle is a visual arts program for children providing art experiences at schools and other community locations.
- Roundhouse Martial Arts provides instruction and training in Krav Maga, Hap Ki Do and TACT Self Defense.
The Howard County Public School System’s Partnerships Office unites businesses and community organizations with schools to enhance the educational experience. Partnerships benefit schools, businesses,and the entire community by leveraging the resources of all participants. Partners may commit human or financial resources or other support.