Championships, innovative programs, exciting opportunities, and prestigious recognitions - there's always something to celebrate in City Schools!
Here are just a few of the good news items from this week:
- Rep. Ruppersberger has named Saria Malik, Amya Johnson, and Kayniel Gooden from Western as the winners of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge in Maryland’s Second District.
- City College’s Debate Team won the Novice Policy Debate Championships at the Pennsbury Invitational.
- Poly’s Mock Trial teams were undefeated during the 2023-2024 MyLaw High School Mock Trial Case and Competition season.
- Green Street Academy’s Engineering, Design, and Development class won the state prize in Samsung's "Solve for Tomorrow" competition. Earning this distinction for the fourth time, the class will receive a prize of over $12,000 in technology products for their classroom.
- Forty students from Mervo and NAF (most of whom are part of Culinary or Hospitality CTE pathways) participated in "School Food: Behind the Scenes!" They toured Baltimore’s main produce supplier, Coastal Sunbelt; visited the Baltimore Museum of Industry, where they checked out the "Food for Thought" exhibit featuring our very own food service heroes; heard from MD Hunger Solutions experts about why their voices matter; and explored museum highlights focused on Baltimore's food heritage.
- In honor of CTE Month, Baltimore Design School shared what the students in the Architecture pathway have been learning.
- Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Henderson-Hopkins presented projects about endangered species.
- Students at Harford Heights dressed up depicting a career of their choice to celebrate. See more over on Facebook.
- The Keurk Khaleyi Dance Company visited students at Belair-Edison and demonstrated various styles of African dance.
- Lakewood students have been learning about community helpers (careers like firefighters, police officers, etc.) and experienced a hands-on lesson about dentistry at a visit to the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry.
- Across the district, we celebrated our school counselors for National School Counselor of the Year – including this lovely bulletin board from Forest Park.
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