St. Mary's College of Maryland Welcomes Most Diverse Class in History Gretchen Phillips September 05, 2023 - 9:03 am
September 05, 2023
St. Mary's College of Maryland welcomed 519 first-year and new transfer students, the largest incoming class in over a decade and the most diverse in the 183-year history of the College. New students arrived on campus Thursday, August 24 and participated in a range of orientation activities over the weekend, joining returning students for the first day of...
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Charles Co. Board files lawsuit against social media companies for negative impact on youth mental health
The Board of Education of Charles County filed a lawsuit earlier this week against several social media companies, including Meta, Google, ByteDance and Snap Inc.
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The Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Community Schools program focuses on connecting students, families and surrounding communities to the resources needed in order to survive. Some of these resources include providing additional mentors and restorative coaches, expanding school-based health center services, providing healthy meals in and out of school, and access to mental health practitioners. With nearly 360 community schools throughout Maryland, CCPS currently has five schools that...
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) officially opened its newest facility last week dedicated to expanding early childhood program access for young learners. In an Aug. 24 ribbon-cutting ceremony, CCPS staff was joined by elected officials, teachers, students and College of Southern Maryland (CSM) representatives to celebrate the opening of the new Early Learning Center, La Plata.
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Charles Co. Recent graduates can earn money, get career support through new Maryland service program
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) has partnered with a new state government department focused on service learning to promote a new program for youth. The new state Department of Service and Civic Innovation is piloting a service program pathway to education and career opportunities for community members who either recently completed high school or are looking for a career change.
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Psychology Faculty James Mantell and Aileen Bailey Awarded National Science Foundation Grant Angela Draheim August 28, 2023 - 3:25 pm
August 28, 2023
Associate Professor of Psychology James Mantell and Professor of Psychology Aileen Bailey were recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, titled “Developing Modernized Data Science Instruction in Psychology Curricula.” The purpose of the three-year, $297,000 project is to develop...
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is accepting applications from high school seniors interested in participating in the Maryland General Assembly Student Page Program. Each year, CCPS selects three high school seniors and one alternate to represent the school system in the program.
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The Board of Education of Charles County has extended the deadline for applicants interested in filling the vacated District 1 seat on the Board of Education. Applications will now be accepted through 4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 15.
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Professor of History Charles Holden in LA Review of Books Lee Capristo August 28, 2023 - 4:00 pm
August 28, 2023
Professor of History Charles Holden co-authored with Zach Messitte and Jerald Podair, an article that appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books on August 27. "Oh, We Knew Agnew: On Spiro Agnew's Lasting Legacy" looks at political buffoonery as part of Agnew's legacy and how it remains relevant today. The trio co-authored "Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of...
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) was recently awarded $17,758 to help fight food insecurity among students. The money was raised during Giant Food’s Nourishing Our Youth food initiative. From June 16 to July 27, Giant Food Stores invited customers to round grocery purchases at the register and join in the support of local public school system’s food and meal programs.
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Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) officially kicks off the 2023-2024 school year on Monday, Aug. 28 for students in kindergarten through Grade 12. Keep reading to learn need-to-know information and about what’s new this school year including an updated student dress code and a school bus-tracking app.
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Charles Co. CCPS, Board approve eight-hour minimum workday for contracted bus drivers and attendants, agree to work toward implementing a multi-year bus contract
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) officially kicks off the 2023-2024 school year on Monday, Aug. 28. More than 28,000 students in kindergarten through Grade 12 are expected to start school Monday.
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Charles Co. Assessment data released today shows student progress, areas of focus in math, ELA and science
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) today released student data for the 2022-2023 school year on MCAP assessments in mathematics, English Language Arts (ELA) and science. MCAP, or Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program, assessments measure a student’s mastery of content and readiness for the next grade level and is reported by MSDE using four levels.
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The Board of Education of Charles County is holding a 6 p.m. work session on Monday, Aug. 28, in the boardroom at the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building. The Starkey building is located at 5980 Radio Station Road in La Plata. The meeting will stream live on the CCPS website at www.ccboe.com. The meeting will also stream to YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@ccpsmd.
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The Board of Education of Charles County met Aug. 8, 2023, for its regular meeting. A meeting agenda is posted on Board Docs here. Board meetings are streamed live at www.ccboe.com and archived on the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) YouTube page here.
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The Board of Education of Charles County today supported Superintendent of Schools Maria Navarro’s decision to increase the cost-of-living adjustment, also known as COLA, for contracted bus drivers and attendants. Superintendent Navarro presented the information to the Board members this afternoon, who expressed unanimous support of her decision to increase the COLA for contracted drivers and attendants from 2% to 5%.
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The Board of Education of Charles County is hosting a virtual meeting at 4 p.m. today, Friday, Aug. 18, through Zoom.
The Board expects that the meeting will be closed to the public as permitted by the Maryland Open Meetings Act, Sections 3-305 and 3-103 of the General Provisions Article.
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Two Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) students took home medals from the National NAACP ACTO-SO competition held earlier this summer in Boston. ACT-SO — the NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Culture, Technological and Scientific Olympics — is an achievement program open to high school students of African American descent who are in Grades 9 to 12.
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Professor Mertz Publishes in ASBMB Today Pamela Mertz August 17, 2023 - 9:04 am
August 17, 2023
Pamela Mertz, professor of biochemistry, and Kristin Procko, associate professor of instruction at the University of Texas at Austin, published an article in the August 2023 issue of ASBMB Today, “Ten Years in the Making: How a community of teachers developed a visual literacy repository.” The article describes the process of developing a public repository of assessments for molecular...