From Harford County Public Schools: The Homestead-Wakefield Elementary School (HWES) Parent Teacher Association (PTA) held its third annual Kindergarten Play Date on Friday, August 19, 2011. More than 100 kindergarten students and their families came to the Wakefield playground to meet their new classmates and future friends. Whiskers, the school mascot, made a guest appearance […]
Harford County Board of Education Sept. 26: Superintendent Haas to be Posthumously Inducted into Educator Hall of Fame; Votes Planned on Capital Budget Requests
Harford County Public School officials are expecting a big turnout for the September 26 school board meeting, where Superintendent Jacqueline C. Haas will be posthumously inducted into the HCPS Educator Hall of Fame. Seating will be limited and on a first come, first served basis. Also on the meeting agenda is a board vote recommending […]
North Harford Elementary Singers Raise Money to Buy Phone Cards for Soldiers
From Harford County Public Schools: The North Harford Elementary School fifth grade Eagles Chorus performed the National Anthem at the Aberdeen Ironbirds baseball game on September 1, 2011, at Ripkin Stadium. A portion of the ticket sales from that evening raised $320 for a fundraiser called, “A Measure of Love.” The money will be donated […]
Harford County Public Library Awards Top Summer Readers; Jarrettsville Elementary, Patterson Mill Middle and High Schools Awarded Reading Trophies
Harford County Public Library: Jarrettsville Elementary School, Patterson Mill Middle School and Patterson Mill High School are the recipients of the Harford County Public Library (HCPL) 2011 Summer Reading Trophies. The trophies were awarded to the elementary, middle and high school with the highest percentage of students who completed theOne World, Many Stories Summer Reading […]
Harford County Public Schools Releases Open House and Back to School Schedules for 2011-12
From Harford County Public Schools: Harford County Public Schools has released the following Open House and Back to School schedules for the 2011-12 school year: Elementary Schools: Middle Schools: High Schools:
Good and Bad News for Harford County Public Schools in 2011 Maryland School Assessment Results
A recent press release from Harford County Public Schools gave an overview of the results from the 2011 Maryland School Assessment – tests in reading and math which are given each year to public school students in grades three through eight. Here’s a closer look at the major gains and losses among the county’s 32 […]
Riverside Elementary PTA President Mobley: Community Appreciates Departing Principal Leizear
The following public comments were made by Riverside Elementary PTA President Denise Mobley at the June 13 meeting of the Harford County Board of Education. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Good evening, President Wolkow, Superintendent Tomback and Members of the Board: My name is Denise Mobley. I am the President of […]
Youth’s Benefit Elementary PTA President Runyeon: Leaking Roof, Lead in Water, Aging Facility Need to be Replaced
The following comments were read by Laura Runyeon, President of the Youth’s Benefit Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, at the Harford County Board of Education meeting on Monday night. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Thank you for the opportunity to speak before you this evening. My name is Laura Runyeon and […]