Thursday, November 29, 2012
Henry A. Wise head football coach DaLawn Parrish previews Friday’s Maryland 4A state title game against Quince Orchard.
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part Q&A about the Henry A. Wise-Quince Orchard state championship game. Click here to view Part I. Upper Marlboro’s Henry A. Wise High School will meet Gaithersburg’s Quince Orchard High School in football in Friday night’s Maryland 4A Division state championship game. Wise returns to the title game for the third time in four seasons, while Quince Orchard hopes to avenge last season’s loss in the state title game, 36-35 to Old Mill. Wise head coach DaLawn Parrish took some time to share his thoughts with Upper Marlboro Patch on Friday’s game. UM Patch: Who are some notable players from your team to keep an eye on in the state title game, both players you view as vital to your team's success and…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Henry A. Wise head football coach DaLawn Parrish previews Friday’s Maryland 4A state title game against Quince Orchard.
Upper Marlboro’s Henry A. Wise High School will meet Gaithersburg’s Quince Orchard High School in football in Friday night’s Maryland 4A Division state championship game. Wise returns to the title game for the third time in four seasons, while Quince Orchard hopes to avenge last season’s loss in the state title game, 36-35 to Old Mill. Wise head coach DaLawn Parrish took some time to share his thoughts with Upper Marlboro Patch on Friday’s game. Upper Marlboro Patch: Entering with a 13-0 record, your team doesn't appear to have been challenged all season, allowing only 43 points (3.3 ppg) and never winning by less than 20 points. What do you view as your team's biggest strength and what adversity have they had to overcome in order to reach…
Thursday, August 30, 2012
The Upper Marlboro Elementary School will receive money to help create programs with an engineering focus.
Barack Obama Elementary in Upper Marlboro is one of the schools recently named as a recipient of a $60,000 grant from the Maryland State Department of Education to pilot the Engineering in Elementary (EIE) program. The EIE focuses on students in first and second grades. “This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to develop their science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills,” Verjeana M. Jacobs, Chair of the Prince George's County Board of Education, said. “We are helping to spark students’ interest in science at an early age and teaching them skills that can be used in the real world.” The program helps peak the interest of students in the field of engineering at a young age. It is classroom-tested and integrates the …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Bonita Curtis at Fairmont Heights High School receives "Livable Future" grant to teach students about the food system and environment.
Prince George's County Schools teacher Bonita Curtis has won a John's Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) grant to teach students about the food system and its impact on the environment. Curtis, a teacher at Fairmont Heights High School, is one of 10 Maryland teachers to receive a "Teaching the Food System for Educators" grant. The award funds "innovative" educational activities for teachers who were early to adopt CLF's Teaching the Food System curriculum. The program focuses on the relationship of food, public health, diet and the environment. The $2,000 grants enable teachers to build upon the curriculum by creating activities such as field trips and school projects so students can apply what they learn. The project Curtis created…
Monday, August 20, 2012
Share your photos of your first day of school in Prince George's County.
Today is the first day of school and emotions are running high for both students and parents as they arrive at school. Tell us how your child's first day went and share your photos with us by adding them to this post. Was it nervewracking? How long did it take your child to find the right outfit? Did anything go wrong with school buses or scheduling? Tell us in the comments!
Friday, June 15, 2012
Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker creates a panel to advise him on schools.
A new 12-member commission made up of parents, teachers and business leaders will advise Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) on how to improve schools. Baker made the announcement Wednesday. Baker also announced his priority in expanding the county's STEM programs— or science, technology, engineering and mathematics— according to The Washington Post. Read the full story on the Post.
Monday, October 3, 2011
There was a slight dip in the state test scores for high school students in the county, decreasing the passing rate.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Due to heavy rains, Prince George's County Public Schools have decided to cancel evening activities.
There won't be any sports team practice or evening classes Thursday after Prince George's County Public Schools decided to cancel afternoon and evening activities. At this time they said the activities will be rescheduled, however there has not been a date announced.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
County school funding remains top expenditure.
The Prince George’s County Council Thursday approved a $2.65 billion budget that includes increased spending for county schools but leaves out pay raises for county workers. County schools received 61 percent of the total budget; the council restored $7.5 million to the schools budget to maintain core students' activities. In all, spending increased 1.2 percent over last year. According to The Gazette, no tax increase will be issued to residents. The County Council will maintain a slight pay raise in this year’s budget, despite voting down a resolution to give unionized county workers a 2 percent pay raise last week. The outgoing county council members voted last October, before the five current members were elected, to increase their …
John
12:51 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Sonia - "The program helps PEAK the interest of students in the field of engineering at a young age." PEAK (noun) 1. the pointed top of a mountain or ridge. 2. a mountain with a pointed summit. 3. the pointed top of anything. 4. the highest or most important point or level: the peak of her political career. 5. the maximum point, degree, or volume of anything: Oil prices reached their peak last … more ›