Erin Kaple is in her second term as a vice principal at Westlake High School. As the vice principal who oversees instruction, Kaple is well known among her team as a professional who does her best each day to support students. She is well respected in the school community for her kind and caring demeanor. For her passion about education and support of students, staff and families, Kaple was named the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) 2021 Vice Principal of the Year.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, June 7, 2021
LEONARDTOWN, MD – The Board of Education of St. Mary’s County will be meeting on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, with an executive session beginning at 8:00 a.m., followed by an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. Masks will be required, and social distancing will be enforced. The public may also watch the meeting live via www.smcps.org/streaming.
For more details, please call (301) 475-5511, ext. 32177.
Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black Short Story Published in Story Magazine Michael Bruckler June 04, 2021 - 4:37 pm
June 04, 2021
Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black had a short story published in April’s edition of Story magazine, titled “Daughter Mother Daughter” under her pen name of J. Annie MacLeod.
Story magazine has published such writers as Sherwood Anderson, John Cheever, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Elizabeth Gilbert, Barry Lopez, Abraham Rodriguez, Phong...
SMCM Professor of Physics Charles L. Adler Featured in the Physics article “When Sci-Fi Predicts the Future–and When it Doesn’t”
Professor of Physics Charles L. Adler Featured in the Physics article “When Sci-Fi Predicts the Future–and When it Doesn’t” Michael Bruckler June 04, 2021 - 4:29 pm
June 04, 2021
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor of Physics Charles L. Adler is featured in this Physics article, “When Sci-Fi Predicts the Future–and When it Doesn’t,” looking at why some science fiction ideas never make it off the written page or into a movie. Adler recently released a video lecture series for The...
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Friday, June 4, 2021
Dr. J. Scott Smith, Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32178
Dr. Maureen Montgomery, Deputy Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32135
LEONARDTOWN, MD – St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS) is pleased to announce the award of a competitive Pre-Kindergarten Enhancement Grant in the amount of $443,700.00. This grant is intended to provide Summer in Person learning opportunities for currently enrolled students, and for...
Today in a graduation ceremony filled with blue skies and sunshine, a total of 441 North Point High School seniors celebrated the accomplishments of the Eagle Class of 2021. The North Point graduating class earned a record number of scholarship offers totaling more than $46 million.
North Point’s graduation was the last of seven Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) outdoor high school graduation events held at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf.
Principal Daniel Kaple used the classic...
The Class of 2021 from Maurice J. McDonough High School celebrated the closing of their high school career today during their official graduation ceremony. Held at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, a total of 242 graduates crossed the stage and began their future as high school graduates.
The outdoor ceremony may have started out under gray skies, but the stars of the ceremony were the graduates, who proudly marched on to the field in gowns representing the McDonough Ram purple pride...
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) staff is monitoring the weather for all graduation ceremonies, including the forecast for Thursday, June 3, 2021. If staff feel it is safe for CCPS to host outdoor graduation ceremonies at Regency Furniture Stadium, ceremonies will move forward as scheduled. Seniors from Maurice J. McDonough High School are set to graduate tomorrow in a 9 a.m. ceremony, followed by seniors from North Point High School in a 1 p.m. ceremony. Rain, unless accompanied by...
La Plata High School celebrated its Class of 2021 today in a traditional ceremony held outdoors at Regency Furniture Stadium. A total of 285 graduates crossed the stage to begin their next journey in life.
“Class of 2021, you started this year where the Class of 2020 left off — in the middle of the worst pandemic the world has ever seen, “ Principal Douglass Dolan said. “I am proud at how well you learned to pivot. For so long you have taken change and subsequent disappointments in stride...
SMCM St. Mary’s College Alumna Carly Harvey ’07 to Serve as Mistress of Ceremonies for Mulberry Music Festival: The Blues
St. Mary’s College Alumna Carly Harvey ’07 to Serve as Mistress of Ceremonies for Mulberry Music Festival: The Blues Michael Bruckler June 02, 2021 - 1:49 pm
June 02, 2021
St. Mary’s College is proud to announce that alumna Carly Harvey ’07 will serve as mistress of ceremonies for the Mulberry Music Festival: The Blues, on Friday, June 18 beginning at 6 p.m. Currently dubbed D.C.’s Queen of the Blues, Harvey is a 2021 Wammie Award-winner for Best Blues Artist.
Read more about Harvey on...
SMCM Southern Maryland Folklife Center Presents Southern Maryland Folklife Summer Workshops at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, June 23-25, 2021
Southern Maryland Folklife Center Presents Southern Maryland Folklife Summer Workshops at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, June 23-25, 2021 Michael Bruckler June 02, 2021 - 9:49 am
June 02, 2021
The Southern Maryland Folklife Center will present the first annual Southern Maryland Folklife Summer Workshops at St. Mary’s College of Maryland this June 23-25, 2021. Attendance registration is required by visiting https://www.somdfolklife.org/.
During the three-day event, workshops will be...
The Thomas Stone High School Class of 2021 on June 2 celebrated its accomplishments and triumphs in the culmination of their senior year. The graduation class experienced a senior year unlike any other graduating class before.
In an outdoor graduation ceremony held at Regency Furniture Stadium, 248 members of the Cougar Class of 2021 celebrated the end of their high school career. And crossed the stage to start the next chapter of their lives.
Donned in robes of blue and gold, the...
a large dumpster at a local elementary school is almost 1/2 filled with BOOKS...Some brand new. Apparently, an administrator saw fit to dispose of them, not donate to the public library or even give to one of the thrift stores....
yup, books are fun damental
The Board of Education’s next regular meeting is 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8. 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. The meeting will stream live on the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) website, www.ccboe.com. CCPS also will post the meeting on CCPSTV under the Board meeting menu at ccboe.com.
Public forum for this meeting will be held in a hybrid format of both in-person and...
The 238 members of Henry E. Lackey High School’s Class of 2021 celebrated their graduation today, June 1, at Regency Furniture Stadium.
Lackey’s ceremony is the third Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) graduation held at the stadium. In gowns of blue and white, graduates filed into the stadium, scanning the crowd to look for families and friends as they made their way to their seats.
The class has much to celebrate. In addition to participating in a traditional in-person ceremony –...
The Westlake High School Class of 2021 celebrated their accomplishments today during their graduation ceremony held at Regency Furniture Stadium. Under clear blue skies, a total of 257 seniors took to the stadium field to receive their diplomas.
Westlake’s ceremony is the second Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) graduation planned for the stadium. Dressed in orange and teal robes, some graduates exuded excitement while crossing the stage while others shed tears as they said goodbye to...
Superintendent Kimberly Hill today announced the appointment of three new school principals, six vice principal appointments and six vice principal transfers. Schools affected by principal changes are Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary School, Piccowaxen Middle School and Maurice J. McDonough High School. The Superintendent did not recommend any principal transfers for the upcoming school year.
New principal appointments are:
Shannon Finnegan, vice principal at Higdon, will move to the...
Seven members of the Class of 1969, or their representatives, will receive their original high school diplomas and the Board of Education will recognize 15 other former students whose distribution of diplomas was disrupted following a civil rights protest at La Plata High School.
The Board of Education of Charles County on June 10 will celebrate the members of the Class of 1969 who were instrumental in changing the way La Plata High School selected its Majorettes and Warriorettes. The...
St. Charles High School seniors were honored today in the first Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) graduation ceremony. Held at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, the ceremony was the first of seven planned for the next week in a new outdoor format. A total of 296 Spartan seniors crossed a stage set up on the stadium field and received their diplomas today.
“This past year, as we all know, has been one like no other. Then it hit me, what I need you to hear – that your experience – more...
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Friday, May 28, 2021
Dr. J. Scott Smith, Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32178
Dr. Maureen Montgomery, Deputy Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32135
LEONARDTOWN, MD – Superintendent of Schools, Dr. J. Scott Smith, announces the administrative appointments made by the Board of Education at its meeting of May 26, 2021.
The Board appointed Ms. Tammy Burr as Supervisor of Assessments, 12 month, in the Department of Assessment and...