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Two After-School
Clubs Gearing up for Competition at Eastwood
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Two
after-school clubs at Eastwood Elementary Magnet School, 428 Westham
Way in Dundalk, are busy preparing students for competitions in 2010.
The MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Science Club
meets each week to prepare for MESA regional competition in March and
April of 2010. Students participating in MESA explore science and math
concepts and participate in activities designed to engage students in
observation, recording data, problem solving and team work. Meanwhile,
the school's Black Saga Club students challenge each other with facts
and information about African-American history each week as they
prepare for the countywide competition in February.
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Author Barry Louis
Polisar to Visit Colgate
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Author
Barry Louis Polisar will visit Colgate Elementary School on Tuesday,
Jan. 19. All Colgate students will have the opportunity to attend two
author assemblies. Polisar is a well-known children's author, host of a
children's show called "Field Trip," and a Learning Channel
personality. He is a four-time Parents' Choice Award winner and has
written songs for "Sesame Street."
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Eastwood is Up to
Bats in Special Program
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The
Snyder Foundation for Animals will visit Eastwood Elementary Magnet
School, 428 Westham Way in Dundalk, to present a special program to
students in grades 1 and 2 on bats. The activity, a humane,
environmental and character education program, is called "Bats! Beasts
or Benefactors?" Please call the school for specific times and details.
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| New
3-& 4-Year- Old Learning Center |
Open
House, Sunday, Jan. 31 from 4 - 6 p.m. and the Education Building at
Hope Lutheran Church, Lower Level, 1901 Middleborough Road in Essex.
Registation will open at that time. For more information, please
call Linda at 410-686-3324 or Debbie at 410-687-4988. Or visit www.HopeELCA.org.
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| Sussex Elementary Gets
Gold Again |
Sussex Elementary was recently
recognized as a PBIS Maryland Gold
Exemplar school for the fourth consecutive year. This is the highest
level recognized by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
for the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program that
emphasizes improving student academic and behavior outcomes.
Sussex Elementary, located at 515 South Woodward Dr., has been
successful in implementing and sustaining a school-wide program that
shows creativity in engaging students and effective rewards systems. A
key component, according to Ms. Leslie Ellis, PBIS coordinator at
Sussex, “ is integrating PBIS into daily activities across available
teaching opportunities, not just our classrooms.”
The school collected data showing systems and practices of the PBIS
program had positive effects on both discipline and achievement data
over the past two years. During that time frame, Sussex continued to
show a decrease in overall number of office referrals, a decrease in
the number of school suspensions and an increase in student achievement
data (MSA scores).
Sussex Elementary was one of only two elementary schools selected
to present to the Baltimore County Returning Schools Team Training at
PBIS Maryland 2009 Summer Institute.
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Prince of Peace
Daycare
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The
Prince of Peace Creative Learning Center, located at 8212 Philadelphia
Rd. in Rosedale started 37 years ago to
give area parents a safe and affordable Home Away From Home for their
children while they were at work. We have expanded our enrollment to
include 100 children. We serve a hot breakfast, hot lunch and an
afternoon snack. The Center has openings at all age levels. Please
check our website at www.princeofpeacedaycare.com
or e-mail any questions
to popdaycare@attglobal.net.
All teachers are credentialed with many
years of teaching experience.
Each staff works very hard to exceed the requirements set forth by the
Maryland Office of Child Care.
Free Baltimore County bus transportation is provided to and from Red
House Run, Shady Spring and Elmwood Elementary Schools, which includes
before and/or after school care, as well as a full Center summer
program. Teachers are prepared to help children with their homework if
the parents so choose. The Center is an extended mission of the Prince
of Peace Lutheran Church as is the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Daisies and
Brownies. The Church sponsors a Parent Club, which meets once a month
for single or married parents.
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