Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The event to benefit Autism Speaks will take place Wednesday night at Pasadena Elementary School.
On Wednesday night, exercise enthusiasts will have the chance to bust out some moves and meet Baltimore Ravens' safety Bernard Pollard at a Zumbathon, all to benefit the Autism Speaks society. Autism Speaks in a nonprofit organization that raises money for individuals with autism and it will be hosting the Zumbathon Wednesday night at Pasadena Elementary School. The Super Bowl-bound Pollard will be a guest at the event, which is something event coordinator Amy Tewell said she is really looking forward to. “He’s great. I met him at his radio show a few months ago and mentioned my vision for the Zumbathon and he was super-excited about it,” Tewell said. “It is pretty reassuring to have someone as professional and successful as he is come …
Friday, April 20, 2012
The fourth- and fifth-grade chorus performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" Thursday night.
Pasadena Elementary School’s fourth- and fifth-grade chorus sang the national anthem at Thursday night’s Bowie Baysox game at Prince George's Stadium. Led by choral director Jo Enke, the students sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of an announced attendance of 2,575 people. This is the second year in a row the school has performed at a Baysox game. “It is something we like to do and it serves as a fundraiser for our music department,” Enke said. “It is a nice thing for the kids to do and it promotes our national anthem. You’d be surprised how many kids don’t know the words. So it is a fun event and a good learning experience.” Twenty-two fourth- and fifth-grade students—along with fifth-grade teacher Debra Biggs, assistant principal …
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Some locations were optimistic about more voters coming later in the evening.
While traveling around Pasadena to talk to residents casting their ballots for Tuesday’s primary election I noticed one thing was missing … voters. “It’s been pretty slow, but we are hopeful it will pick up,” said Kathie Suite, a check-in election judge at Pasadena United Methodist Church. One of 17 polling places in Pasadena, the church had seen just 93 voters as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, leaving one veteran judge wondering why there were so many polling locations. “I have been a judge for 25 years in 25 different precincts,” said Louanna Moberly. “I have been in Pikesville where it was jamming—there were lines out the doors. Today is slow; why don’t we consolidate precincts and save money?” Other election judges at the church suggested the …
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Friday, March 2, 2012
The Bowie Baysox sponsored an assembly at Pasadena Elementary to encourage kids to read.
Teachers at Pasadena Elementary were busy busting a move with Bowie Baysox mascot Louie Thursday afternoon in an assembly. Louie, along with Baysox intern Allan Hutchins put on a reading skit to promote the Read and Hit a Homerun Program, which Pasadena Elementary students are participating in. “We do the program with the Baysox every year. The kids need to read at least four books to get a free ticket to a game,” said Pasadena Elementary reading specialist Lele Demestinas. “This is the first time we had Louie come though and it is very exciting. I am hoping Louie will inspire the kids to read four books.” The Baysox reading skit features a poem that tells the story of how Louie learned to play baseball. Throughout the poem Louie dances …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Joyce Jennings spoke to Eagle Cove School students about her life growing up in Anne Arundel County.
Joyce Jennings, one of the first black students to integrate Pasadena Elementary School, spoke to students at Eagle Cove School Feb. 22 about her life growing up in Anne Arundel County as a young African-American girl. Jennings addressed students at Eagle Cove, who have been studying black history. She asked the kids about the Emancipation Proclamation, the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Jim Crow Laws and other issues related to black history. After she addressed the students, Jennings sat down with Patch for a personal interview about her memories as a child growing up in segregated Pasadena and her thoughts on the town today. Up until 1958, Jennings attended the segregated Town Neck Elementary in Severna Park. …
Amy Leahy
9:31 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
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