So. Md Education News

 

CSM Kids’ and Teen College, Chautauqua, Summer Flight Academy are Just a Few of the Happenings at CSM this July

CSM Observes Code Green Fridays. Fridays through Aug. 9, College of Southern Maryland (CSM), all campuses. In an effort to decrease energy costs during the summer months, CSM will be running a Code Green initiative each Friday through Aug. 9. During Code Green days, most CSM buildings and services will close at 1:30 p.m. on Fridays and remain closed throughout the weekend. Code Green does not affect the St. Charles’ Children’s Learning Center at CSM, CSM Kids’ and Teen College programs or...

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CSM Students Explore ‘Second Chances’ During CSM’s Social Justice Day

Students at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) spent several weeks this spring exploring the theme of “Second Chances,” with a focus at various times on post-incarceration, drug and alcohol addiction and recovery, immigration, homelessness, hunger and food insecurities. Their work was in preparation of CSM’s annual two-day Social Justice Day events held at the Leonardtown and Prince Frederick Campuses. Calvert County Health Department Peer Recovery Specialists (PRS), from left...

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CSM CSM Student Government Association Honors Students For Being Wizards at Success

Held in the haze of blue lights at the Middleton Hall in Waldorf, the festive event celebrated two semesters of student successes. The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) recognized several students for their service to the community and positive impact on all students during a Harry Potter-themed Student Government Association (SGA) Yule Ball last month. Held in the haze of blue lights at the Middleton Hall in Waldorf, the festive event brought wand-waving students, faculty and staff...

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CSM CSM Medical Lab Technology Program Achieves Highest National Accreditation Award

The College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) program has received its first national continuing accreditation award from the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). The program’s high standards and solid results since its first accreditation in 2014 set the stage for NAACLS to extend the college’s MLT program accreditation through to April 2029. CSM’s two-year MLT program prepares students to perform diagnostic lab work that is...

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Charles Co. Summer toddler playgroups set

Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) will hold toddler playgroups this summer at four elementary schools. The playgroups are open to Charles County children 18 months to 4 years old and will include hands-on play, story time and school readiness activities. Playgroups will be held once a week from July 2 to Aug. 14 at J.P. Ryon, Dr. Gustavus Brown and Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer elementary schools. At Ryon, the group will meet Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon...

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Charles Co. Dr. Brown fifth graders are ready to soar to middle school

It’s not every day that your principal asks you to go out into the world as a soaring eagle thermostat. But that’s what Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary School Principal Karen Lewis asked fifth graders to do at their promotion ceremony June 11. Lewis told the story of a baby eagle who fell out of his nest, landing in a turkey farm. The eaglet grew up among turkeys, and even though he never quite fit in, he went along, doing what turkeys do. One day while he was walking through the forest, he...

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Charles Co. Board of Education honors outstanding support staff

Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) annually honors outstanding support services personnel in the areas of instructional assistant, secretary, information technology, maintenance, food service, central office support staff and building services. The awards program was established to recognize the roles support personnel have in supporting the effective and efficient operations of the school system. Honorees for 2019 include Marie Woodland, assistant building service manager, Jesse L...

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Charles Co. Anthony Carroll named 2019 Vice Principal of the Year

Middle schoolers are challenged with a variety of activities that teach them personal responsibility such as a rotating class schedule, remembering a locker combination and multiple homework assignments. They are also learning how to navigate being a pre-teenager. Some may find it hard to connect to their school administrators, especially at the middle-school level. But not at Matthew Henson Middle School, where the administrative team goes out of its way to connect with students. Part of...

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Charles Co. Student leaders set to take charge for the 2019-20 school year

DeJuan Woods Jr., a rising senior at Thomas Stone High School, was sworn in today as the new Student Member to the Board of Education for the 2019-20 school year. Woods began his term today and officially participated in the Board meeting. The Student Member works with a committee of student liaisons, one student from each high school, throughout the school year. Each high school has a liaison, which is selected by methods approved by the school’s Student Government Association (SGA) and...

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CSM St. Mary’s County Commissioners Recognize Commission for Women, Jane Hale Sypher Scholarship at CSM

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County presented $4,450 on behalf of the Commission for Women on May 21 to the College of Southern Maryland to support the Jane Hale Sypher Scholarship Fund. Established in 2010 by the Commission for Women, the Jane Hale Sypher Scholarship Fund supports a non-traditional student who is a single parent or displaced homemaker at CSM. The scholarship fund is supported by the Commission for Women’s annual Women’s History Banquet in March. Proceeds from and...

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CSM CSM Construction Management Students join CSM Faculty and Staff to Help Family During National Rebuilding Day

College of Southern Maryland (CSM) construction management students recently had the opportunity to apply skills learned in the classroom to a real-world need. More than 20 students, faculty, staff and others joined 300 other volunteers across Charles County to provide critical renovations to selected homes as part of the Rebuilding Together Charles County’s National Rebuilding Day on April 27. The CSM crew repaired and replaced sections of a back deck on their project house in Nanjemoy...

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CSM First Allied Health Recognition Event Celebrates CSM Graduates

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) held an inaugural recognition ceremony to applaud its Allied Health students achieving degrees and certificates during its 2019 Spring Commencement. Eleven students successfully completed their programs of study in the fields of Health Information Management (HIM), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) and Pharmacy Technician. Awareness coupled with a growing shortage of qualified professionals in the fields of health care often worries professors...

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CSM CSM Offers Recreation & Fitness Draft Proposal for Leonardtown Town Council to Consider in Annual Application of Community Parks, Playground Grant Par

The following Letter to the Editor was sent by the CSM Government Relations and Public Information Office to the St. Mary’s Enterprise. CSM thanks the editorial board of St. Mary’s Enterprise for publishing the letter in its June 8, 2019 edition. Letter to the Editor: To clarify information that was reported in the May 31 issue of the St. Mary’s Enterprise, “CSM to purchase pickleball courts, exercise equipment,” the College of Southern Maryland has been collaborating with the Town of...

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St. Mary's Co. St. Mary's County Public Schools' Ethics Panel to Meet on Thursday, June 13, 2019

Dr. J. Scott Smith, Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32178 LEONARDTOWN, MD – The St. Mary’s County Public Schools’ Ethics Panel will be holding a meeting on Thursday, June 13, 2019, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at 23160 Moakley Street, Leonardtown, Maryland 20650. For more information, call 301-475-5511, ext. 32177. [ This article originally appeared here ]

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SMCM Spots Still Available for Chesapeake Writers’ Conference at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Spots Still Available for Chesapeake Writers’ Conference at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler June 07, 2019 - 12:48 pm June 07, 2019 There are still spots available for the 8th Annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference held on St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s campus, Sunday, June 23 – Saturday, June 29. Workshop tuition is $800. There is also a course credit option for an additional fee and optional meal and housing packages available. For more information, visit...

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CSM CSM’s La Plata Aquatic Center To Be Closed Sunday, June 9

The College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) La Plata Campus Aquatic Center will close Sunday, June 9, due to limited staffing. The one-day closure impacts the La Plata Aquatics Center only. The Leonardtown Campus Aquatic Center will remain open June 9 from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. The college is also actively recruiting an applicant pool for current and future temporary positions as lifeguards, pool operators and water safety instructors within its Wellness, Fitness and Aquatics Department. From...

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CSM Remembering Belva Jensen, Among the First Class of Faculty Members of the College

Belva Laughlin Jensen, MS, PhD, 91, who was among the first faculty class of 12 instructors when the College of Southern Maryland was established passed away on May 20 in Waldorf. Overseeing the biology laboratory, Jensen was one of 12 members who composed the college’s first faculty class when Charles County Junior College opened on September 17, 1958. From night classes held in the former La Plata High School (now the Charles County Government Building), Jensen continued at the college as...

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SMCM SMCM Archaeologists Lead Team Surveying Artifacts Along Rappahannock River

SMCM Archaeologists Lead Team Surveying Artifacts Along Rappahannock River Michael Bruckler June 04, 2019 - 3:24 pm June 04, 2019 Scott Strickland, adjunct instructor of anthropology, and Julia King, professor of anthropology, are featured in this Bay Journal article: https://bit.ly/2ERGxgq. King and Strickland lead the team surveying land along the Rappahannock River for Indian artifacts under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Until recently, the Fones Cliffs...

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SMCM Student Liam McCarthy ’20 Awarded Robert Hobbs Sportsman of the Year

Student Liam McCarthy ’20 Awarded Robert Hobbs Sportsman of the Year Michael Bruckler June 04, 2019 - 1:06 pm June 04, 2019 The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) bestowed one of its highest honors to St. Mary’s College student Liam McCarthy ’20. McCarthy was awarded the Robert Hobbs Sportsman of the Year at the conclusion of the ICSA Dinghy National Championships held in Newport, Rhode Island. McCarthy and first year teammate, Leo Boucher, were both honored as Honorable Mention...

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Charles Co. Board of Education announces June 11 agenda

The Board of Education’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday, June 11 at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building on Radio Station Road in La Plata. The public portion of the meeting begins at 1 p.m. and student and staff recognition starts at 4:30 p.m. The meeting is televised live on Comcast Channel 96 and Verizon FiOS Channel 12 and rebroadcast throughout the week. Board meetings are streamed live on the school system website at ccboe.com. Select the live streaming image displayed in the...

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