Monday, March 25, 2013
William Heiser and Jason Dykstra have been named Principals of the Year for the state of Maryland.
The Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) named North County High School's William Heiser and Southern Middle School's Jason Dykstra the 2013 Principals of the Year. According to an AACPS press release, Heiser and Dykstra will now be considered for national honors by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Heiser has 15 years of education experience and served as an assistant principal at Annapolis High School before coming to North County in 2010. In the three years since Heiser came to North County, graduating students went from earning $1.7 million in scholarships to $10.8 million, according to AACPS. Participation in the SAT also increased from 29 percent to 68 percent, and the number of Advanced …
Monday, March 4, 2013
The fair is set to take place from March 5-7 at North County High School.
School science fairs provide an opportunity for students to research a topic of interest on their own and the best of these projects move on to the next level of competition. This week, more than 300 students will present their research at the Anne Arundel County Regional Science and Engineering Fair to be held at North County High School in Glen Burnie. Winners will be announced Thursday at an awards assembly to be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. “These student researchers represent our best promise of an emerging workforce of degreed and highly skilled technical workers who begin developing their mathematics and science skills early in their educational career,” said Rochelle Slutskin, Coordinator of Science for AACPS, in a prepared statement. …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The North County High School student from Crownsville has taken his talents from the classroom in Glen Burnie to the White House.
Anne Arundel County's own teen celebrity scientist, North County High School student Jack Andraka of Crownsville, will be one of the guests in the audience at President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. First lady Michelle Obama invited Andraka to the address as a representative for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, according to a statement from the White House press office. Andraka, 16, made a huge splash in 2012 with his invention of a paper-based sensor that can help more accurately and efficiently detect pancreatic cancer—a feat that won him first place in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, plus the attention of several patent-seeking companies. The video of Andraka…
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Anne Arundel County police say a man charged with trespassing at the Glen Burnie high school owns several guns and ammunition.
Anne Arundel County police announced Wednesday that a man who reportedly trespassed into North County High School in Glen Burnie on Monday is also the legal owner of several guns, ammunition and a silencer. In a letter sent to parents Wednesday, North County Principal William Heiser said no students were in contact or threatened by the intruder. "I want to be emphatically clear that at no time did the man speak to any students and at no time did he make any threats to our school, employees, or our students," Heiser said in the letter. Police charged Justin Matthew Beaumont, 25, of Glen Burnie with trespassing on posted property. Beaumont attended North County High School for two months in 2002, before transferring, and also served in the …
Friday, July 27, 2012
Zachary Waters, 18, graduated from North County High School in June.
Patch caught up with Zachary Waters, 18, in May—who graduated from North County High School in June. The Pasadena resident was part of the school's science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program. Patch stopped him to ask Five Questions. Glen Burnie Patch: What are your plans after graduation? Zachary Waters: I plan on attending [University of Maryland Baltimore County] in the fall of this year for pre-medicine biological sciences with a minor in law. Patch: Is there a memory that stands out? Zachary: The friends I've made. I would say that would be my favorite memory. ... What I like the most about being here these four years is it's taught me not to judge people. Patch: What do you like about attending North County? Zachary: …
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The Pasadena resident just finished her first year as a counselor at the high school in Glen Burnie.
Patch caught up with North County High School's head of counseling and career center Kristin Krycia of Pasadena in May. Patch stopped her to ask Five Questions. Glen Burnie Patch: How long have you been in education? Kristin Krycia: Since 1992 ... I was an elementary school counselor for a long time. Then I moved to high school to create the state—in Virginia—the state's first [English for speakers of other languages] counseling program for non-English speaking students. Really I've been in education my whole life, but '92, technically, from graduate school. This is my first year [at North County]. I was at South River for three years before this, Broadneck before that and before that I was in Fairfax County, [VA]. I came to Anne Arundel …
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Ben Seto, 17, is a rising senior at North County High School.
Patch caught up last month with North County High School student Ben Seto, 17, a rising senior at the school. The Pasadena resident is part of the school's science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program. Patch stopped him to ask Five Questions. Patch: What school would you attend if you weren't in the STEM program? What do you like about going to North County? Ben Seto: I would go to Chesapeake. North County has a lot of diversity, especially in the STEM program because it attracts people from all over the area. Just seeing a bunch of different people that I never met before—it was all new to me when I came to North County. Most of the people I knew went to Chesapeake. So coming here introduced me to a lot of new things. Patch: …
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Joe
4:26 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
It happened Monday and they told us today ?? Kinda weird right ?? more ›