Nicole Ullrich, a senior at Winters Mill High School, is first place winner of the 2013 Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Operation: Safe Prom Video Contest.
Winters Mill High School senior Nicole Ullrich has been named winner of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) safe prom video contest. The Fund encourages students to make good choices during prom season. Ullrich and Winter Mill received $1,000 for their first-place entry, “Prom Safety.” For Operation: Safe Prom Video, students were asked to produce and submit videos that encourage teens to avoid texting while driving and drinking while driving. According to the MAIF’s blog, once videos were collected from five Maryland High Schools, voting was opened to the public. During the voting period, 311 votes were cast over 10 days and the seven films were narrowed down to five finalists. Next, the films were judged by a panel of …
Westminster knocked out the Gators 3-0 in Perry Hall Wednesday afternoon.
Don’t let their in-season record fool you. The 7-12 Westminster Owls are not to be trifled with. “We really started to come into our own in the post season,” head coach Ashley Moyer said. “One thing that I've stressed to the girls is that our season record means nothing in the post season. The teams that we face know nothing about us.” The Lady Owls ousted Perry Hall 3-0 in the regional semifinals of the class 4A softball playoffs Wednesday. View the full bracket here. “We played a hard regular season schedule and we came out of it looking to show that we are better than our record,” Moyer said. A standout performance from freshman pitcher Emily Maseth made the difference against a sturdy Perry Hall that ended the regular season with a 15-…
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While participation by low-income students has risen, participation in Carroll County schools breakfast programs ranks second-to-last in Maryland.
Carroll County is second to last when it comes to the number of low-income students who were getting breakfast at school in the 2011-2012 school year, according to a recently released study. Less than 40 percent of students who participated in reduced lunches also participate in a breakfast program, according to Serving Maryland’s Children: Measuring Access to the School Breakfast Program, released by Maryland Hunger Solutions (MHS). MHS is an initiative of Food Research and Action Center, a nonprofit “working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.” In Maryland, for the first time, according to MHS, just over half of all low-income students are getting …
Two students from Westminster High School were recognized for their outstanding contributions to their communities in the Northrop Real Estate Team’s “Unsung Hero” program.
Westminster High School students Andrew DiDio (a senior) and Alexis Ross (a junior) were selected from hundreds of nominees from high schools in Carroll, Howard, and Montgomery Counties for the Northrop Real Estate Team's Unsung Hero program. Westminster High School was the only school to have two students selected as finalists. There were 12 finalists, according to a news release. The Unsung Hero program recognizes students who stand out for their personal character demonstrated through selflessness, strength and resilience during difficult times, according to a release. Andrew DiDio was nominated for the award by social studies teacher Clay Matthews. DiDio is active in school as a member of the National Honor Society and as historian …
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West Middle and East Middle encourage community support as they take each other on in a Box Tops collection competition during the month of May.
Starting May 1, East Middle School and West Middle School began a month-long face off to collect the most box tops for their school and parent teacher organization (PTO). The school with the most box tops per student wins, and the principal of the losing school will have to wear spirit wear from the winning school and proclaim that the winning school "rocks." Box tops can be found on certain General Mills products. The company will pay 10 cents toward education-related projects for each box top collected. Mary Bendel-Simso, West Middle School’s box tops coordinator, is the originator of Box Tops competitions in West Middle and is excited to promote this competition between the two middle schools. “What inspires middle-schoolers more than …
The board of Carroll County Commissioners will adopt its fiscal year 2014 budget on May 28.
Carroll County citizens asked the commissioners to reconsider funding for education and nonprofits in the fiscal year 2014 county budget at a public hearing Monday night. A majority of the 37 speakers asked the commissioners to flat fund county-supported nonprofits and/or to fund the public schools at the amount requested by the board of education. In the proposed budget, seven nonprofits will see a 3 percent reduction in funding in fiscal year 2014 and a 5 percent reduction in coming years. Representatives spoke on behalf of Human Service Programs, the Youth Service Bureau, the Circle of Caring and other nonprofits asking the commissioners to flat fund all county-supported nonprofits. An email from Rape Crisis Intervention Services of …
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The Special Education Citizen's Advisory Council honored teachers, therapists, administrators and more.
Teacher Appreciation Week begins today, but the Carroll County Public School System began thanking its staff last month at the Special Education Citizen’s Advisory Council’s Awards Night. Awards were given to teachers, speech pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other service providers, according to a statement from Carroll County Schools. Beyond the classroom awards also recognized the role played by administrators, family members, community members, and students, “Who have truly gone to extraordinary efforts to contribute in a compassionate and caring way to the growth, happiness, and general well-being of children,” the statement read. Awards were given out Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the Carroll County Career…
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Or milkshakes, or smoothies, or frappes ... McDonald's celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week.
Shiny red apples and adorably misspelled hand-drawn cards will always express our appreciation of teachers. But sometimes, don’t you think, they’d like a milkshake too? Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week. From Monday, May 6 – May 10, McDonald’s is recognizing teachers in its own way – with free drinks. Just stop inside a restaurant, or roll through the drive-thru, mention you are a local educator, show your school ID and you’ll get a small drink – coffee, smoothie, shake, frappe – you name it, for free. Looking for a location in Westminster? For more local news, sign up for the Westminster Patch newsletter. Keep the conversation going on Facebook and Twitter.
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The Rita Board Dowd Award for Outstanding Carroll County School Administrators was created in memory of Rita Board Dowd, who passed away in May 2009.
Nicholas Shockney, principal at Mechanicsville Elementary School, and Teresa Meinecke, assistant principal at Freedom Elementary School, have been named recipients of the Rita Board Dowd Award for Outstanding Carroll County School Administrators. This award is given annually to two school administrators – one principal and one assistant principal (K-12) – awarded independently. The goal of the award is to recognize exceptional educational leadership in serving Carroll County Public Schools and its students, according to a news release. Nicholas Shockney has 13 years in the field of education. He began his career as a first grade teacher in Anne Arundel County and came to Carroll County in 2002, where he was a first and fourth grade …
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The $6.7 million came from the family of 1891 alumnus Philip Henry Dorsey.
The family of a McDaniel alumnus from more than 120 years ago has given the largest bequest for scholarships in the school’s history. The approximately $6.7 million came from the family of 1891 alumnus Philip Henry Dorsey of St. Clements Bay. (St. Mary’s County), McDaniel said. “McDaniel has received a check for more than $975,000 as the first installment of the gift with much of the estate coming in the form of property,” officials said in a release. Dorsey was one of 18 students to earn a bachelor’s degree from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel) in 1891, the school said in a release. A lifelong bachelor, Dorsey was “beloved by nieces and nephews,” McDaniel said, and he spent his life after graduation in St. Mary’s County, where he …
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