May is Pupil Personnel Worker (PPW) Month at Charles County Public Schools (CCPS). PPWs provide students with additional resources to succeed in and out of the classroom. The main goal is toward enabling students to reach their fullest potential and to become productive members of society. A few CCPS schools offers extra opportunities for growth through mentoring programs called FLEX, where middle school students can mentor students in elementary school.
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The Board of Education of Charles County is holding a 4:30 p.m. work session on Monday, May 19, in the boardroom at the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building.
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The Board of Education of Charles County at its May 13 meeting honored outstanding educators and Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) staff for their contributions to teaching and learning.
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Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) today announces three new principal appointments, six new assistant principal appointments and several assistant principal transfers. The appointments and transfers take affect July 1 and include appointments at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
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U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin Delivers Message to 386 Graduates at St. Mary's College of Maryland Gretchen Phillips May 10, 2025 - 4:23 pm
May 10, 2025
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors College, graduated 386 students with Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees on Saturday, May 10, outdoors on the campus’ Townhouse Green.
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md., 8th), the Ranking Member on the House Committee on the Judiciary, delivered the...
Early Pomp and Circumstance for 27 Senior Seahawks Chuck Steenburgh May 08, 2025 - 3:15 pm
May 08, 2025
St. Mary’s College of Maryland recognized 27 senior student-athletes in a special “grad walk" on Thursday, May 8. The event was held for the baseball and men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, which, due to the spot they’ve earned in the United East Conference and the NCAA Division III Championship tournaments, will keep them from the regularly scheduled 2025 Commencement exercises this...
Charles Co. Board Chairperson Moore Lee, Esq., appointed leadership roles in National education associations
Board of Education of Charles County Chairperson Yonelle Moore Lee, Esq., was recently appointed as chairperson of the National Black Council of School Board Members (NBCSBM). She was also named an ex officio director of the of the National School Boards Association (NSBA).
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The halls of La Plata High School filled as the bell rang for the next period. Students dressed in their college shirt of choice walked the halls as they switched classes to continue the day of learning. College Shirt Day is one of the many spirit days and for students at the school can participate. Put on by the student government association (SGA), it is an initiative to promote student involvement and comradery.
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Munachi Obinali, a La Plata High School sophomore, is the Student Member of the Board of Education of Charles County elect for the 2025-2026 school year. A total of 1,741 votes were cast in the election held March 31 through May 2. Students in Grades 6-12 were eligible to vote in the election.
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Charles Co. There’s a monster at the end of this lesson — Dr. Mudd, St. Charles team up for assignment
The monsters that inhabit Linda Hayden’s classroom like to clean. Some of them like to play outside.
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Sonia Matthew, Ed.D., an assistant principal at Mary B. Neal Elementary School, was named a 2025 Outstanding Assistant Principal earlier this year by the Maryland Association of Elementary School Principals (MAESP) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP).
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The Board of Education of Charles County’s next regular meeting is 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13. The Board will meet in person at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building. The Starkey Building is located at 5980 Radio Station Road in La Plata.
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St. Mary's College to Host, Participate in 2025 College Sailing National Championships Chuck Steenburgh May 02, 2025 - 1:50 pm
May 02, 2025
Field selections for the 2025 College Sailing Open and Women's Fleet Race National Championships, to be hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM), have been announced by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Host SMCM qualified in both the women’s (May 20-23) and open (May 27-30) fleets.
Each 36-team fleet consists of 12 automatic...
Two SMCM Students Receive Research Grants from Maryland Native Plant Society Chuck Steenburgh May 01, 2025 - 12:44 pm
May 01, 2025
Biology majors Aurora Lewis '26 and Krystal Moore-Nicks '26 were recently awarded competitive research grants by the Maryland Native Plant Society. Worth $3,500 each, the grants will support their St. Mary's Project research in the coming year.
Lewis is a junior and is originally from Magnolia, Delaware. She has been the biology greenhouse technician intern...
Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Yeomans’ Co-edited Book and Article Published Sarah Yeomans April 29, 2025 - 2:01 pm
April 29, 2025
Sarah Yeomans, PhD, visiting assistant professor of art, has just had her co-edited volume "Why Ancient Objects Matter: Greek and Roman Art and Materiality from Antiquity to the Present" published by academic publisher DeGruyter-Brill. Her own contribution to the collection, “Portrait of a Physician: The Marcianopolis Instrumentarium,” is an analysis of a...
The Board of Education of Charles County at its April 28 work session approved the name Glymont Middle School to replace the name of General Smallwood Middle School. The name change takes effect July 1, 2025. General Smallwood Middle School will open for the 2025-2026 school year as Glymont Middle School.
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