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Charles school board approves $506 million budget
The fiscal 2025 budget is finalized for Charles County Public Schools after having to make intense cuts to make ends meet. At the June 11 school board meeting, Karen Acton, the chief financial officer for the school system, presented the $506,209,726 operating budget, which was approved unanimously by the board. This year, the school system came significantly short of its request from the county, as the board of education requested...
Prince George’s 8th Grader Wins National Civics Bee For The Second Time: Maryland State Finals
BOWIE, Md. — On Saturday, June 8, the Maryland Chamber Foundation hosted the 3rd annual National Civics Bee®: Maryland State Finals, sponsored by Amazon and Comcast at Bowie State University. Hosted in partnership with The Civic Trust of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and in collaboration with...
Former principal shares book on fostering calm classrooms for teachers
WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Former school principal Meredith McNerney joins Good Morning Washington to share her book that provides tips to teachers and parents, called “Cultivating a Classroom of Calm: How to Promote Student Engagement and Self-Regulation.”. Inside the book, McNerney teaches practical mindfulness-based tools for teachers to...
La Plata Post 82 outlasts St. Mary's Post 255
Tuesday afternoon when the La Plata Post 82 squad edged St. Mary’s Legion Post 255 with a score of 3-2 at La Plata High School, Post 82 relief pitcher and recent La Plata graduate Evan Adams emerged virtually unscathed in a pair of bases loaded jams. La Plata (4-1) had actually opened the season with a 3-0 setback to Post 255 — a loaded group split into three teams this summer — then appeared destined for a similar setback on Tuesday as the St. Mary’s...
Community split on renaming school bearing slave owner's moniker
After a survey, stakeholder sentiment on whether or not to rename General Smallwood Middle School is split. Results revealed at the June 11 Charles County Board of Education meeting revealed that while some stakeholder groups who were surveyed skewed one way or another, the overall results of the 646 surveyed reflect 42% in favor of renaming the school and 42% against. The remaining 16% reported that they had “no opinion.” ...
High school sweethearts attend prom for a 3rd time at Va. senior community
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A pair of high school sweethearts were crowned prom king and queen for a third time on Tuesday. Donald Gonchar and Susan Adams have been married for 70 years. Back in the 1950’s they were crowned during their senior proms at D.C.’s Western High School, now called Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
H.D. Woodson High School students receive Chief Pam Smith Award
Tuesday was a special day for some H.D. Woodson High School students and their football coach. The students were recognized with the inaugural Chief Pamela A, Smith Youth Leadership Award and their coach got special recognition also. FOX 5's Gwen Tolbart has the story.
Alexandria Named the #2 Best Mid-Sized City for Recent College Grads
Coworking Cafe has named Alexandria the #2 best mid-sized city for recent college grads who want to start their careers. Factors include job accessibility. Coworking Cafe noted that "Arlington, VA, and Alexandria, VA, stand out with high percentages of jobs accessible to college grads." In addition, Arlington and Alexandria stood out for having low unemployment rates among people in their 20s.
ACPS community members share concerns about English Learner job cuts and leadership shakeup
Teachers and other Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) community members spoke at a School Board meeting last week to express anger and disappointment at restructuring inside school leadership. Much of the criticism focused on the budget cuts (page 352) to the Teaching, Learning and Leadership team, which saw a net...
US Students Slowly Recover from Pandemic Setbacks
It is a usual school day for third graders at Mount Vernon Community School in Alexandria, Virginia. On one side of the classroom, students surround teacher Maria Fletcher and work on making vowel sounds. On the other side, children read together from a book. In another part of the room, students sit at computers and get reading help from online tutors.
CSM Helps Retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Phillip Ball Find Military Connections, Hone New Skills
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – Almost 30,000 students have been awarded degrees or certificates at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) since the college was founded in 1958, and thousands more have attended, from driver education to workforce training. Each one has their own unique story to tell: the connections they formed, the opportunities they found, and the successes they achieved.
They launched a club to help Afghan refugees. 2 Fairfax Co. students saw it grow to welcome many others
In 2021, as thousands of Afghan refugees arrived in the U.S., Annandale High School’s Multilingual Education Department Chair, Meredith Hedrick, reached out to students Sosan Barakzai and Husna Basiri. Hendrick asked whether the pair, who are both Afghan immigrants, would be interested in helping to launch a club for...
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