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EDUCATION
Graduate earns high school diploma and college degree at the same time
A 17-year-old is celebrating her high school graduation and a two-year college degree all in the same week. Graduate Hannah Childs completed two years of college courses while also attending high school. She earned an associate's degree from Cincinnati State all while graduating at the top of her senior class.
MSD grads encouraged to carve out their own paths
Antoinette Dromo's family immigrated to the U.S. from Ghana before her freshman year of high school in search of better education and services for Dromo, who is deaf. Her family moved to Columbia in Howard County.
BCPS teacher earns prestigious VEX Robotics award
TOWSON, MD—A Baltimore County Public Schools teacher has earned a prestigious award from VEX Robotics. Christopher Putnam, a technology education teacher at Hereford Middle School, has been named an Inspiration All-Star at the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championships. The award is given to only six outstanding teachers, mentors, and volunteers who have made a significant contribution to advancing student involvement in robotics.
Edwin Avent, Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys
Annual benefit for local school dedicated to our boys. A journalist since 1994, he also founded DMGlobal Marketing & Public Relations. Glover has an extensive list of clients including corporations, non-profits, government agencies, politics, business owners, PR firms, and attorneys.
Green Hornets Junior Girls Are County Champs
The Green Hornets Junior B girls lacrosse team captured the county title with an 8-6 win over the Arden Attackers on May 19. The win capped an 8-2 season for the girls, who were led by head coach Ed Davis and assistant coaches Bob Evans and Maddie Brady. Players included Avery Davis, Ashlyn Ensor, Millie Evans, Claire Farley, Lexi Fitzsimmons, Molly Koistinen, Rilynn Kusiak, Elle LaBrier, Kaleena Listman, Sage McGuire, Anna Mello, Selin Merfeld, Tessa Norris, Ryleigh Quill, Colleen Ridley, Shayna Tobin, Emma Watt and Starrla Willingham.
Student-Athlete Of The Month: Upton Young
At Severna Park High School, Upton Young is known as a guy who keeps things light. Once he crosses that line, though, it’s a different proposition. Whether in basketball, where he was one of the Falcons’ leading players, or in lacrosse, where he anchored a defense that helped Severna Park win an eighth successive state championship, Young gives opponents headaches every second he’s in the game.
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