HCPSSPress Releases
Howard County Music Educator is Grammy Award Semifinalist
Terry Eberhardt, Instructional Facilitator for Music and a former music teacher at Marriotts Ridge High School, is a semifinalist for the 2015 Grammy Music Educator of the Year award. He is one of just 25 national semifinalists, and is the only semifinalist representing Maryland. The Recording Academy and The Grammy Foundation present the award each […]
Pointers Run Elementary School Launches In-School Bank
In a new partnership, Pointers Run Elementary School and Sandy Spring Bank will work together to teach students the importance of personal financial planning and the benefits of saving. The partnership will be formalized with an official signing Wednesday, October 1 at the Sheraton Columbia Waterside Restaurant, 10207 Wincopin Circle. Under the terms of the […]
Board of Education to Hold Regular Meeting
The Howard County Board of Education will hold a regularly scheduled meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 9, 2014, in the Board Room at the Department of Education, 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City. The afternoon session, will begin with a “Public Forum,” when members of the public may address the Board on any […]
Board of Education Policy Committee Meeting Rescheduled
The Board of Education Policy Committee meeting originally scheduled for Monday, Sept. 22 at 3:00 p.m., has been rescheduled. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m. in Challenger I at the Department of Education, 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City.
HCPSS Superintendent Named Among Maryland’s Most Admired CEOs
Howard County School Superintendent Renee A. Foose was honored last night by the Daily Record Newspaper as one of Maryland’s 30 most admired CEOs. She received the honor during an awards dinner held at the BWI Hilton, and was the only honoree from a school system named to the annual list of the state’s top […]
Columbia Town Center Rotary Partners with Bryant Woods Elementary School
Bryant Woods Elementary School is partnering with the Columbia Town Center Rotary to provide students with resources that promote learning, leadership and citizenship. The partnership will be formalized with an official partnership signing Wednesday, September 17 during the Columbia Town Center Rotary meeting at the Sheraton Columbia Waterside Restaurant, 10207 Wincopin Circle. Under the terms […]
Board of Education to Hold Regular Meeting, Public Hearing, Work Session and Approval on FY16 Capital Budget & FY17-21 Capital Improvement Program
The Howard County Board of Education will hold a regularly scheduled meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 in the Board Room at the Department of Education, 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City. Both the afternoon and the evening session, which convenes at 7:30 p.m., will begin with a “Public Forum,” when members […]
Board of Education Policy Committee to Meet
The Policy Committee of the Board of Education will meet at 3:00 p.m., on Monday, September 22, 2014, in Conference Room ML2, at the Department of Education, 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City.
HCPSS Students to Develop Park Species List at Week-long BioBlitz
HCPSS elementary and middle school students will join state scientists to develop a catalog of plant and animal wildlife at Howard County’s Belmont Manor and Historic Park during the Howard County Conservancy BioBlitz event, to be held Sept. 15-18, 2014. Students from Ducketts Lane and Rockburn elementary schools, and Ellicott Mills, Patapsco and Thomas Viaduct […]
Five Howard County high schools ranked on Newsweek Top Schools list
Five Howard County public schools are among the Newsweek list of America’s Top High Schools for 2014. The list ranks 500 schools deemed to do the best job of preparing students for college, based on factors including enrollment and graduation rates; weighted AP, SAT, and ACT scores; student attrition from 9th through 12th grade; […]