From Bel Air resident Scott Kreiger: I thought your readers might be interested to know that there is a local connection to the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team that just beat Brazil in dramatic fashion on Sunday. Ali Krieger started the final play in extra time of that game by taking the ball away from […]
New Principals of Aberdeen, Fallston, Joppatowne High Schools Named
The Harford County Board of Education voted 5-2 in a late-night special meeting Thursday to appoint the new principals of Aberdeen, Fallston, and Joppatowne High Schools, two of them replacing administrators controversially ousted by Superintendent Robert Tomback last month. Michael O’Brien, currently an instructional facilitator at Edgewood High School, will take over as principal of […]
Szerensits Transferred to Bel Air HS, Tucker to Patterson Mill After Removal as Principals of Aberdeen, Joppatowne
Aberdeen Principal Tom Szerensits has been transferred to become an assistant principal at Bel Air High School and Joppatowne Principal Macon Tucker has been transferred to the same position at Patterson Mill High School, Superintendent Robert Tomback announced at the Harford County Board of Education’s meeting Monday. Szerensits and Tucker were told late last month […]
Aberdeen High School Student, 16, Killed in Three-Wheeler Accident; Storm Prohibited Flyout
An Aberdeen High School student was killed Wednesday evening in an accident involving an off-road vehicle in Havre de Grace, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday afternoon. Tyler Lee Hickman, 16, of Perryman, Md. was found by sheriff’s deputies just before 8 p.m. Wednesday lying facedown at the bottom of a rock-layered hill near […]
More Than 100 Skip Class, Road Blocked, Police Respond as Aberdeen High School Students Protest Removal of Principal Szerensits
In an unprecedented show of support for their principal, more than 100 Aberdeen High School students ditched class Monday morning to protest the demotion and reassignment of principal Tom Szerensits by Robert Tomback, superintendent of Harford County Public Schools. [Click below to hear the audio version of this story which aired on WAMD 970 AM] […]
Aberdeen Principal Szerensits: “I Will Not be Leaving Aberdeen High School By My Own Choice”
Aberdeen High School Principal Tom Szerensits sent the following letter home with students on Friday, April 29, 2011. The Dagger obtained a copy for publication. Dear School Community: This letter is to inform you that I will not be returning to Aberdeen High School next year as principal. I also need you to understand that […]
Aberdeen, Joppatowne High School Principals Removed from Positions, Will Not Return Next Year
Tom Szerensits and Macon Tucker, the principals of Aberdeen and Joppatowne high schools, respectively, will be removed from those positions and will not return for the next school year, a source familiar with the situation said Thursday. Rumors about the pair’s departure began circulating Thursday, but it was unclear whether Szerensits and Tucker would retire, […]