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Winners in Harford, PG Counties
baltimoresun.comHarford County music teacher Christian Slattery has won the Milken Educator Award, a $25,000 award given to extraordinary teachers around the country. A Hall’s Cross Roads Elementary School teacher, Slattery was surprised with the award yesterday.... -
Checked out over check out?
baltimoresun.comI was intrigued by this blog item about city students' ability to check out books from their school libraries. Over the summer, the city school system changed the software that its libraries use, and the blogger says some schools still aren't up to... -
Board OKs plan for new charter school
A new charter school is set to open in Anne Arundel County next fall, after the county school board approved a preliminary plan for a 600-student combined elementary and middle school. The county school board's unanimous vote last week granted permission...Tags: Values, Philosophy, Imperial and Royal Matters, Ethics, Charter Schools
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Music teacher is awarded $25,000
To help his students learn about money and math last year, music teacher Christian Slattery wrote a song called "Money Rap." He'll have to write a new money song - for himself. Slattery, who teaches at Hall's Cross Roads Elementary School in Aberdeen,...Tags: Film Festivals, Academy Awards, Crossroads, Culture, Awards and Prizes
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Making of a debutante
Fourteen young women, elegantly dressed in full-length white gowns, high-heel shoes and long gloves, will walk into Richlin Ballroom tonight on the arms of their tuxedo-clad fathers, grandfathers or family friends. After presenting their mothers with a...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups, Teen-agers, People, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Sooners pull off 80-76 victory
From Sun news servicesBlake Griffin had career highs of 35 points and 21rebounds, and No.12 Oklahoma needed just about all of them in holding off visiting Gardner-Webb, 80-76, yesterday. Griffin's three-point play with 2:06 left put Oklahoma (4-0) ahead 76-74, and Austin...Tags: Injuries, Earl Clark, University of Connecticut, Green Bay Packers
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Anchoring a surprise team
Special to the Baltimore SunElizabeth Tauber of John Carroll first made an impact in cross country by taking third in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference title race last fall as a freshman. She came back to easily win this year's race, and then went...Tags: Walt Disney World Resort, Lafayette College, Multi-Sport Events
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Clark heats up at the right time
Of The Morning CallIt was 30 degrees with wind chills dipping much lower on Saturday. Don't have many days like that in Jupiter, Fla., where J.B. Clark grew up. ''I don't know if anybody saw me, but I was hiding over there by the [sideline] heaters,'' Lehigh's sophomore... -
UConn Freshmen Fitting Right In
The Hartford CourantThree games and three victories into a season they hope ends in big things, the No. 1 UConn women have no reason to believe freshmen Tiffany Hayes and Caroline Doty won't play a major role in the journey. They have played flawlessly, combining for 66...Tags: Geno Auriemma, XL Center, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Program, University of Connecticut, Nykesha Sales
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UConn Beats Rhode Island
The Hartford CourantTennessee, Rutgers, Stanford, Duke and Maryland, faces on the Mount Rushmore of women's college basketball, have all lost, the Lady Vols nearly twice, and the cranberry sauce isn't even on the table yet. Meanwhile, No. 1 UConn has tried not to whistle...Tags: Geno Auriemma, XL Center, University of Connecticut
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32 American students named to study at Oxford as Rhodes Scholars
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Thirty-two men and women from across the United States have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2009, the scholarship trust announced Sunday. The scholars were selected from 769 applicants endorsed by 207 colleges and universities....Tags: Santa Clara, Environmental Pollution, Financial Aid, Louisville, Colleges and Universities
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Defining, Disciplining Bullies: A Dilemma For Schools
The Hartford CourantIn many ways, Joél Olmeda is a typical 11-year-old boy. He likes social studies, plays shortstop on his baseball team and serves as an altar boy at his church. He's also a bully, according to East Hartford school officials. Nine months ago, the school...Tags: Minority Groups, Family, Human Rights, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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