Howard County Public School System Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report Superintendent’s Message
The Howard County Public School System is entering an exciting new era. Over the next five years, we will build a world class educational system Powerful Partnerships where all students are inspired to learn, Amazing Opportunities challenged to grow and empowered to reach for their goals. Contents
We are fortunate in Howard County that Introduction...... 3 community spirit is among our greatest assets. Businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies donate Collaboration...... 4 countless hours, immeasurable resources and invaluable Collaboration through the Years...... 6 expertise to help our students build a mindset of success Rigor and Acceleration...... 8 by providing opportunities for them to do things they enjoy Engagement...... 10 and build upon their strengths. Performance...... 12 The activities highlighted in this report illustrate many of Well-being...... 14 the ways that our partners add value to the educational School Partners...... 16-19 process, helping to secure the future for our community as At-Large Partners...... 19-20 well as for our children. Health and Wellness Partners...... 20 The HCPSS is indebted to all of our educational partners for Student Services Partners...... 21 the generous support that has helped position our system Student, Family and Community Services Partners...... 21 to become truly world class. Thank you for joining with us Career Research and Development Partners...... 22-23 to prepare each Howard County student for lifelong success. Career and Technology Education Partners...... 23-24
Sincerely, Special Education Partners...... 25 Gifted and Talented Program Partners...... 25-26 Employee Incentive Program Partners...... 26 Volunteer Opportunities...... 27
Renee A. Foose, Ed.D.
The Educational Partnerships Annual Report reflects partnerships active between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
If there are any errors or omissions, please accept our apologies and inform the Partnerships Office at 410‑313‑6655 or [email protected].
The Board of Education of Howard County 2012-2013
Frank J. Aquino, Brian J. Meshkin Ann De Lacy Sandra H. French Ellen Flynn Giles Janet Siddiqui, Cynthia L. Cole T Rosenberg Esq. Vice Chairman M.D. Vaillancourt Student Member Chairman Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report
More than 1,000 community partners collaborate with Howard County educators in preparing students for success in a changing world. Partners have been instrumental to the school system’s success for more than 25 years. They will serve an even more critical role as the HCPSS implements its new strategic plan, Vision 2018, Fulfilling the Promise of Preparation.
The strategic plan takes a holistic approach encompassing all of the elements that make up our school system: students, staff, families and community, and the organization. Values reflected in the plan include Collaboration, Rigor and Acceleration, Engagement, Performance, and Well-Being.
Partnership activities support the vision of the plan by broadening students’ experiences, enriching classroom lessons, and helping children discover hidden strengths and new interests. In many cases, partnership programs assist struggling students as they gain mastery in basic skills; in others, they spark a commitment to lifelong wellness, or open a window to an unexpected career path.
The following pages highlight partnership activities and provide examples of the vital role partners play in engaging every student to discover and reach their full potential. The strength of the HCPSS is evidenced by the commitment and diversity of its partnership organizations, who are united in having a real and positive impact on students’ lives. Collaboration
Each year, What Makes a the Sheraton Columbia Successful Partnership? Town Center Hotel hosts Successful, rewarding and the HCPSS sustainable educational Partnerships partnerships have the following Celebration, characteristics: where Superintendent • Good match, with related Renee A. Foose interests and objectives for both and Board partner and school. Identify of Education mutual goals and align business members have an opportunity and academic disciplines – to meet and science, fine arts, finance, thank school culinary, engineering, etc. system partners. • Well planned, with defined, specific activities and oward County organizations and companies have a responsibilities for all participants. Draft written reputation for working together to ensure that our partnership agreements and community is a great place to live, learn, and work. This H focus partnerships to meet unsurpassed community collaboration provides the HCPSS with strategic goals. support from more than 1,000 partners, representing businesses, non-profits, government agencies, civic clubs, colleges and • Supported with resources, universities, faith-based groups, military commands, trade allocating sufficient people, associations, and professional organizations. Education truly is a budget, time, and other community effort in Howard County. resources to allow the partnership to succeed. Identify a “champion” within Community partners participate in many ways to support rigorous instruction, provide the organization and school to engaging activities, bolster performance, and ensure the well-being of HCPSS students coordinate partnership activities and staff members. They help prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s careers, extend the and communications. classroom into the community, engage in meaningful school involvement and provide valuable resources and opportunities to enhance teaching and learning. • Ongoing two-way communication, which is the The HCPSS welcomes the collective ideas and talents of our community stakeholders. cornerstone of a successful New ideas and a passion for reaching higher energizes everyone – students, staff, and the relationship. community. The input of community representatives on curriculum and policy advisory committees, school planning councils, strategic planning focus groups, and other decision- • Evaluation and evolution, making teams is invaluable. establishing measurable criteria and evaluating the effectiveness The HCPSS is recognized as a leading school system, but many do not know that it also is the of the partnership on a regular largest business in Howard County with 7,981 employees and 82 locations. As the county and basis. education continue to change, the HCPSS continuously evaluates its progress to become more focused, efficient, and effective.
4 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report Exchanging information with a wide variety of stakeholders is important to the vitality of the school system and the county overall. The HCPSS collaborates with Leadership Howard County, the Howard County Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Community Services of Howard County to disseminate HCPSS information to their members that is timely, relevant, and easily accessible. Likewise, hundreds of nonprofit organizations communicate information about their programs by submitting notices to the HCPSS Public Information Office for distribution to its 75 schools for posting in their newsletters.
Community leaders share their expertise Community leaders provide key input to the school system’s strategic plan, Vision 2018, to help students discover how classroom Fulfilling the Promise of Preparation at one of the focus groups held throughout the learning relates to the real world. Businesses county. More than 2,400 participants shared ideas about their experiences, hopes and make a unique contribution to education by aspirations for the school system. welcoming students into their businesses via internships. Thousands of HCPSS high school students take their first steps into rewarding careers in fields such as engineering, medicine or culinary arts with the support of a professional mentor.
Partner Demographics
Education 13% Non-profit 12% 7% Government
The school system’s educational foundation, the Bright Minds Foundation, partners Businesses 68% with Capital One Bank to teach financial literacy to students and their families during a computer training session.
Partners also share with students the support of their efforts to put innovative importance of being a good citizen, teach the teaching and learning strategies into practice More than 1,000 HCPSS partners value of having a well-rounded and healthy that help prepare students for the 21st represent multiple industries. lifestyle, and support those who otherwise century workplace. may not have access to resources and Partnership relationships also offer real supplies that many take for granted. It’s easy to become a partner benefits to the participating businesses and The Bright Minds Foundation, the HCPSS with local schools and the organizations. While working directly with educational foundation, supports equity, rewards can be great. students, a company has an opportunity to innovation and lifelong learning for nurture future talent and identify capable students and staff members. Bright Minds For more information, visit potential employees. Student interns bring has provided computers, printers, and www.hcpss.org/aboutus/ a fresh perspective to a business, and offer flash drives to more than 500 students partnership or contact the the viewpoint of the upcoming generation. and their families who do not have the Partnerships Office Business partners also gain a greater financial means to purchase computers. The at 410‑313‑6655 or appreciation of public education and the Foundation also awards competitive grants [email protected]. rewards and challenges of teaching. ranging from $500-$2,000 to educators in
HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 5 Collaboration through the years Founding Partner Continues to Inspire Students
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), one of the school system’s founding partners, has offered hands-on opportunities and guidance to students for more than 25 years. In 2011, APL created a STEM Program Office in recognition of the strategic importance of its K-12 science, technology, engineering and math outreach efforts. STEM Program Manager Dwight Carr explained, “We are doing a great job inspiring students, but are looking to do more.”
Each year, APL staff members volunteer their time to work with approximately 2,000 Howard County students through a wide range of time-honored programs as well as targeted initiatives to meet a specific need. APL’s STEM programs include the following:
• ASPIRE High School Mentoring • College Prep Program • Girl Power • Groovy Science Show • Maryland MESA • APL/NASA Education and Public Outreach • Python Programming • Robotics Programs An Atholton High School student demonstrates his team’s prosthetic arm prototype for judges at a Maryland MESA regional competition. Providing rigorous and accelerated instruction in a fun and engaging way is central to all of APL’s STEM programs. Some 800 HCPSS students have participated in the program must have good analytical APL intern program, ASPIRE (APL Student skills, mature judgment, and the ability “We are doing a Program to Inspire, Relate and Enrich). to communicate effectively and function great job inspiring APL mentors guide students to complete independently. Students are involved students, but we are an independent research project related in globally relevant and intellectually to computer science, applied physics, or challenging research that already is making looking to do more.” biomedical engineering and research. an impact in a highly competitive and fast- Students who participate in this demanding paced industry. – Dwight Carr APL STEM Program Manager
6 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report APL sponsors the Maryland chapter of each year he found something new and MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science exciting. “MESA became one of the most Achievement), a national STEM program that significant parts of my HCPSS career, and The APL tutoring engages students in hands-on applications even during my higher education days program “really of math, engineering, science, and studying chemical engineering, I used technology concepts through projects and methods learned in MESA.” The North made a difference; competitions. MESA’s rigorous academics, Carolina A&T State University and Oakland 96 percent of the leadership preparation, and collaborative Mills High School graduate now is pursuing a problem-solving training produce highly career working with robotics. students tutored skilled graduates who meet the industry’s passed the (Algebra workforce needs. Most recently, APL collaborated with the High School) school system to increase the algebra Evan Olney is one such graduate. Evan proficiency of HCPSS middle school students Assessment in May.” joined MESA in sixth grade and stayed in the so that insufficient math skills would not be program throughout high school because a deterrent to students pursuing higher-level – Bill Barnes math and science classes in high school. Coordinator Sixteen APL professionals volunteered HCPSS Secondary Mathematics as after-school tutors for 53 students in four middle schools. HCPSS Secondary Mathematics Coordinator Bill Barnes explained, “Staff identified students at risk of APL’s STEM Program Management Office is failing the Algebra High School Assessment also creating opportunities for students to to participate in the APL tutoring program. It expand their learning beyond the school really made a difference; 96 percent of day. In 2012, Carr and his team produced a the students tutored passed the assessment website, in May.” www.jhuapl.edu/STEM, that provides Jeffers Hill Elementary students celebrate information, tools and activities for students, placing first overall at the 2013 Statewide MESA day event. teachers and parents. The website is updated often with many visitors returning to see the latest on-demand videos, STEM- related activities that students can perform independently, calendar of STEM events and competitions, and links to helpful sites where students can learn even more about science. Carr shared that many visitors come back to read Fifth Period, a fun and quirky STEM comic strip that chronicles the adventures of a group of school friends and their science teacher.
T he APL’s STEM program draws students to its website by offering a variety of fun and engaging resources. Students often revisit the site to keep up with Fifth Period, a comic strip that chronicles the adventures of a group of school friends and their science teacher.
HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 7 Rigor Acc&eleration
tudents today are growing up in a technology-driven, media- rich environment, where changes in science, technology Sand communications are happening at an ever-increasing pace. Students must receive rigorous, globally relevant, up-to-date instruction that prepares them to meet the requirements of college or a career. At the same time, reducing the barriers some students face will ensure that all students have access to the challenges and rewards of rigorous instruction.
Howard County businesses and organizations are key to ensuring that the instruction students receive prepares them with the skills necessary to meet the requirements of tomorrow’s jobs. Representatives from partnership organizations visit elementary and middle school classrooms and work directly with students and teachers to enhance classroom lessons with hands-on activities, helping students discover the wonders of many subjects. High school students have opportunities to work directly with industry experts to gain real- world experience that is invaluable in charting a career path and preparing for success later in life.
Students begin to learn research, analytical thinking, teamwork, and public speaking skills in Malerie Gamblin, a high school senior and elementary school. Many of those students have an opportunity to display their skills before a member of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, developed and coordinated panel of judges at Simulated Congressional Hearings, a culminating activity of the HCPSS 5th Music Counts!, for her Girl Scout Gold grade social studies curricular program, “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution.” Award project. Students at Monarch Mills The hearing judges often include representatives from the U.S. Congress, Maryland General Community and Swansfield Elementary Assembly, Howard County Council, Howard County Office of the State’s Attorney, League learning centers explored music concepts of Women Voters of Howard County, Howard County Board of Elections and many other and different instruments, and then performed in a concert. community businesses and organizations.
Playing the role of constitutional experts, fifth grade students at 33 CH PSS elementary schools demonstrate their understanding of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights by presenting prepared oral statements before a panel of judges.
8 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report them due to lack of awareness, financial resources, or encouragement to reach beyond what students and their families thought was possible.
In order to accelerate academic achievement, HCPSS partners including local fraternities and sororities; FIRN; Helping Hands Enrichment Leadership Foundation; A-OK Mentoring and many other community volunteers donate countless hours assisting students with homework assignments, career exploration, computer use, and other activities during after-school programs. Third, fourth and fifth grade students at Guilford Elementary look forward to working Volunteers at six Community Based with members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Tau Pi Chapter. In addition to reviewing Learning Centers help youth learn to use agenda books, checking homework, and discussing the week, the fraternity members talk time constructively, develop academic and with students about a variety of topics ranging from everyday etiquette to environmental awareness.
Creativity, innovation, problem solving, and computer workshops. Sofiac founder Brian Partners create critical thinking are all at work when NASA Walsh also conducts presentations that opportunities for engineers visit middle schools to lead hands- demonstrate the relevance of STEM activities on engineering activities and talk about in real life applications. students who might their education and career paths. Working not otherwise have in small groups, students design and create Many other organizations encourage their miniature race cars using household items staff to donate time and talents to enhance access to them...to such as Styrofoam, straws, coffee stirrers student achievement. Honeywell Technology and balloons. The program showcases NASA Solutions, Inc., W. R. Grace & Co., and the reach beyond what engineers and helps inspire students to National Security Agency (NSA) are three of students and their pursue STEM careers. the many dedicated HCPSS partners that give employees time to volunteer in schools or families thought Software services company Sofiac has mentor students. was possible. educated, mentored and motivated Howard County students since becoming an HCPSS Although Howard County ranks among the partner in 2007. The partnership has grown top counties in the nation in terms of level social skills, and have a positive impact in from offering in-class lectures on technology, of wealth and education, a rapidly growing their community. The centers are provided to providing students with opportunities number of our students come from families through a partnership with the Columbia to develop a depth of knowledge through who struggle financially and in other ways. Housing Corporation, Howard County small group authentic software and Partners create opportunities for students Department of Housing and Community web-development projects and weekend who might not otherwise have access to Development, and Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks. Engineers and scientists from the Washington Prepare for Success, a program of the Suburban Sanitation Community Action Council of Howard Commission’s Wastewater County, helps ensure that students Treatment Plant help throughout Howard County are well students from the Biotechnology Career equipped with necessary school supplies. Academy directly apply The organization raises funds to purchase the science and knowledge backpacks, collects donations of school they obtained through supplies from points around the county, their coursework to and then provides backpacks filled with bioremediation and chemical techniques used necessary school supplies to elementary, to test, monitor, and treat middle, and high school students at the start local water samples. of and during the school year.
HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 9 Engagement
he A+ Partners in EducationSM collaboration between the THoward County Library System (HCLS) and Howard County Public School System is the epitome of engagement. Launched in 2002, the partnership takes the library into the schools, and the schools – students, faculty, and staff – into the library.
The commitment of the HCLS to help the school system improve student success in exciting and inspiring ways is unsurpassed. The HCPSS and library system work together Peer-to-peer communications and hands-on projects are at the core of the each year to produce a schedule of highly Howard County Library System‘s STEM digital media lab. Nearly 3,000 anticipated events and programs including students have flocked to HiTech to use cutting-edge science, technology, the countywide Spelling Bee, Battle of the engineering, and math to create video, music, game apps, and e-book Books, Rube Goldberg Challenge, Summer projects. Reading Club, and many others.
An important component of the A+ Partnership is providing each new student and teacher with a library card as part of the school registration process. Since 2002, 51,698 library cards have been issued to students and educators. The partnership also provides students with online, interactive, real-time, personalized instruction. The library system’s free Homework Assistance connects students after school and at night to a pre-screened tutor in an online classroom where they can chat, browse the Web, share files, or collaborate on an interactive white board.
The library system recently introduced HiTech, a STEM digital media lab for teens. This leading-edge initiative captures the attention of teens while teaching science, technology, engineering, and math skills in preparation for 21st century careers. One HiTech project, a mobile game app – Escape The Howard County Conservancy’s “We Are All Connected” program, a favorite from Detention!—has been downloaded among elementary school students, focuses on the role of producers, consumers 6,000 times across the globe. The response to and decomposers as well as the FBI—fungus, bacteria and insects. The hands-on HiTech has been overwhelming as students approach makes students excited to visit the Conservancy and explore science. have jumped at the opportunity to explore
10 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report and learn about STEM principles while extreme weather, its relationship to climate having fun in the process. disruption, and how best to handle an extreme weather event. HCPSS Secondary The Howard County In August, 995 soon-to-be students Science Coordinator Mary Weller explained, Library System’s participated in Kindergarten, Here We Come!, “To be able to engage with experts in the a program designed to reduce the angst community helps students take what they’ve STEM digital media surrounding the first day of school. Both learned in the classroom to the next level. lab captures the students and parents learn about a typical After attending the conference, students school day. Similar programs helped older begin to look at climate and weather in a attention of teens students transition to middle and high different, real way.” school. Rising sixth grade students competed while teaching in a book bag relay and combination lock The HCPSS engages all students to develop science, technology, time-trial in Movin’ Up to Middle School. their unique talents and abilities, and to Each library branch also provides discussion prepare them to participate in and serve engineering, and and lessons in study strategies, time their community with dignity and pride. math skills in management, and other skills for high school Several elementary schools have a Primary freshmen. Learner Program, through which students preparation for 21st receive intensive, structured instruction century careers. Dedication to educating and engaging focused on their significant communication youth are attributes also shared by the needs. The Primary Learner Program Howard County Conservancy. Since 2003, students at Ilchester Elementary visit Green the Conservancy and school system have Valley Marketplace each month to gain system and higher education faculty. Some collaborated on ways to provide students practical experience in handling day-to-day of the local institutions partnering with with authentic learning experiences to solve tasks. the HCPSS include College of Notre Dame, real world problems. Howard Community College, Johns Hopkins The HCPSS also joins with local University, Loyola University Maryland, In March, the Conservancy joined with a universities to provide professional McDaniel College, Morgan State University, handful of local businesses to host 150 ninth learning opportunities for the academic Towson University, UMBC, and University of graders for Weather to the Extreme, a one- and clinical preparation of teachers, Maryland, College Park. day experiential conference offering students leadership development and the continuous the opportunity to better understand professional advancement of both school
Leveraging the talent of a highly functioning staff is key to the HCPSS becoming a world-class educational Students “shop” and check items off of their lists during their visits to system. Traditional and online partners such Green Valley Marketplace. The monthly visits give Primary Learner as Walden University help by providing Program students the opportunity to practice their communications continuous learning opportunities for staff skills by identifying grocery store items and interacting with grocery to enhance job-specific knowledge and fine store staff and customers. tune professional skills.
HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 11 performance
tudies have shown that a key to preventing achievement gaps is to members. Over the years, nearly 1500 ensure that all kindergarteners start school ready to learn. The HCPSS young men have been inducted and have Spartners with several organizations to help preschool-aged children performed nearly 85,000 hours of community and kindergartners build a sound foundation of academic and social skills service. needed for success in school. With this support, 89 percent of Howard County kindergartners were fully school-ready according to the 2012-13 To become a world leader in K-12 education, the HCPSS will build upon activities that Maryland Model for School Readiness Kindergarten Assessment. have high quality, externally benchmarked performance measures. More and more The HCPSS partners with the Young School at King’s Contrivance and the Howard students are testing their ideas and Community College Children’s Learning Center to provide a Preschool for All program, which supports expanded access to low-cost, high quality preschool. A close collaboration with Head Start, a program of the Community Action Council of Howard County, enhances educational services for preschool children, and provides professional development courses and resources for HCPSS early childhood teachers. Ready At Five provides parent and child activities and resources to help ensure that Maryland children are ready for school. The Howard County Office of Children’s Services, Child Care Resource Center and Judy Center also partner to ensure that students enter school prepared to learn.
A wide variety of businesses and organizations collaborate with the HCPSS to provide targeted supports and programs to help accelerate achievement and close gaps. Several local non-profit organizations, includingConexiones ; the NAACP, Howard County Branch; The Council of Elders of the Black Community of Howard County and fraternities and sororities, join with Howard County schools to serve as student mentors and role models, Altholton High School Alpha Phi Alpha often inspiring their protégés to reach for higher goals. Students are encouraged to enroll Fraternity “Alpha Achievers” read stories in advanced placement classes, conduct advanced research projects, perform community to pre-school students at the Grassroots service and attend college. Crisis Intervention Center.
For more than 15 years the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter, has been promoting academic achievement for male students of color through the Alpha Achievers program. To qualify, students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average, perform community service, and participate in student leadership opportunities. Today, each of Howard County’s 12 high schools has a thriving Alpha Achievers program with a total of more than 500 student
Wilde Lake High School senior Kevin Moreno received the Feli Solá-Carter Award for Leadership and High Academic Achievement, Towanda Brown of The Council of Elders of from Conexiones, Inc., President the Black Community of Howard County Feli Solá-Carter and board member, recognizes Kelechi Eluchie, Hammond High Steve Jarboe at the 2013 Conexiones School, for her academic achievement at Hispanic Student Achievement Awards the annual Celebration of Excellence. The celebration. Conexiones fosters Council of Elders works with the school academic excellence and leadership system to create and maintain a school among Howard County Hispanic environment in which all students are students, and sponsors Hispanic recognized, supported, strengthened, student clubs in several schools. and empowered to meet and exceed high standards of academic excellence and student citizenship. 12 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report achievements against measurements developed by national or international organizations. The combined In April 2013, a combined team from the culinary team from HCPSS Applications & Research Lab (ARL) the HCPSS ARL and Howard High School and Howard High School won third place qualified for the at the 12th annual National ProStart national competition Invitational, a nationwide culinary and when they won first hospitality management competition for place in the Maryland high schools. The ARL/Howard third place ProStart Invitational in March 2013. Chef finish is the highest any Maryland team Marc Dixon of Bistro has placed in the national competition. Blanc helped develop The Restaurant Association of Maryland the menu and guide Education Foundation and chefs from local the students. restaurants—Bistro Blanc, Cattail Creek Country Club, Elkridge Furnace Inn, The Rumor Mill and more—provide the teams with guidance and support.
Success continued in April as the ARL Eighteen Academy of Finance team competed elementary against 27 teams from across the state in a schools celebrated receiving Gold three-round competition to win first place certification at in the Maryland Council on Economic Healthy Howard‘s Education Personal Finance Challenge Sixth Annual State Competition. Each team member was Healthy Schools awarded $500 and an expenses-paid trip Ceremony. to the national competition on May 2 in St. Louis. Partners supporting the team and the competition included State Employee Credit Union (SECU), RetirementQuest, Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware, Credit Union Foundation of MD & DC, Wells Fargo, and Maryland Council on Economic Education.
Students, staff, and partners work together to improve the efficiencies and operations of schools. Forty-five of the county schools have obtained Green School Certification, an award by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education that recognizes a school’s two-year effort to meet criteria in curriculum and instruction, best management practices, and community involvement. In addition, the HCPSS Commit to Be Fit program received Healthy Howard's Healthy Workplaces gold certification, and more than 50 schools were certified as Healthy Schools. The certifications recognize programs that align with national recommendations for comprehensive Rockburn Elementary students improve their schoolyard habitat as part of the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education Green School worksite wellness and childhood wellness. certification. Other Green School initiatives include providing environmental study areas, designing energy and water conservation programs, and involving community members and partners in sustaining the environment. HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 13 WELL-being
and culture, build a welcoming and positive school environment, and strengthen safety and emergency practices.
Promoting physical activity as a part of every child’s daily routine is essential to health and well- being.
Several community organizations partner with the HCPSS to help students understand and appreciate the value of healthy food choices. With Days of Taste, a program of the American Institute of Wine and Food, elementary school students discover the benefits and pleasures of fresh food by working with local chefs and farmers. Students evaluate diverse foods to learn the elements of taste and nutrition, visit a farm to discover how food is grown and transported from farm to grocery to home, and combine fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits to make a salad. After visting the Gorman Farm, Jeffers Hill Elementary fourth grade students participating in the American Institute of Wine and Food Days Promoting physical activity as a part of every of Taste program learn how to make a fresh salad and vinaigrette dressing child’s daily routine is essential to health under the guidance of Chef Tom Caswell of Cattail Creek Country Club. and well-being. A recent collaboration with We Promote Health provides interactive We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity esearch demonstrates that academic performance is linked to & Nutrition) workshops for students and student well-being, which consists of both academic and non- families at several elementary schools. Racademic factors such as social-emotional safety, health, security, We Can!, a national education outreach balanced lifestyle and engagement. program designed by the National Institutes of Health, encourages family wellness and The HCPSS is fortunate to have many partners who support student and staff well-being in helps children stay healthy by improving a variety of ways that stretch beyond the traditional scope of school. Partners help promote food choices, increasing physical activity and physical activity and healthy food choices, provide opportunities for students to explore arts reducing screen time.
14 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report environment. Howard Community College’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Center partners with HCPSS to help students express their emotions effectively and encourage staff to engage students in making school environments safe. High schools working with the Center have seen a decrease in school suspensions and office behavior referrals.
Keeping schools safe and secure is a community-wide collaborative effort. The HCPSS appreciates the unwavering support of the Howard County Department of Police and the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services to provide a safe, healthy, and supportive school environment. The school system and Police Department have a longstanding and strong working relationship that includes developing emergency plans, training staff, conducting A Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services representative safety drills and practicing responses to conducts Hands-Only CPR training for HCPSS staff at the annual employee different emergency situations. wellness expo.
serves as the foundation of the HCPSS The Department of Fire and Rescue Services Commit to Be Fit employee wellness program. is actively involved in providing teachers The program encourages employees to and students with life-saving Hands-Only adopt healthier lifestyles through education, CPR training. The Department also offers incentives, and team activities. automated external defibrillator training for teachers and provides mannequins and Several HCPSS partnerships provide instructional resources for use by HCPSS opportunities for students to develop staff to help strengthen school system safety competencies in the arts through a wide practices. variety of experiences. HoCoPoLitSo (Howard County Poetry and Literature Society) brings great writing to life for students through engaging programs such as the Writer- in-Residence, a high school program that Atholton High School Allied Sports exposes students to some of the best poets students experience the pleasures and authors in the area. and camaraderie of bowling through a partnership with Brunswick Bowling. Recognizing the role and benefit music can play in the academic achievement of Sports also are a great way for students students, Maryland Piano partners with to stay healthy while learning important the HCPSS to ensure that each high school team-building skills. High school students, has a quality piano for performances and Working together, the school system and the Howard County Department of Police with and without disabilities, participate recitals. The Columbia Art Center, part of the take a comprehensive approach to ensuring alongside each other in after-school bowling, Columbia Association Community Services that students have a safe and secure place golf, soccer and softball thanks to the HCPSS Division, and Howard County Tourism to learn. In addition to providing school Allied Sports Program, supported by First Tee and Promotion support the visual arts by resource officers for all high schools and of Howard County and Brunswick Bowling. providing gallery space for student exhibits several middle schools, the police along with Howard County Department of Fire and receptions. and Rescue Services and the Office of School system employees also benefit Emergency Management conduct regular from partners promoting healthy living. Demonstrating appropriate positive behavior, safety drills and exercises to ensure student Virgin HealthMiles, the industry’s top respecting peers, and modeling civility all and staff safety. performing health engagement platform, play a role in creating a positive school
HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 15 School Partners Educational partnerships are collaborative initiatives designed to achieve mutually agreed upon goals and objectives to strengthen and enhance the quality of education in Howard County. The businesses and organizations listed below worked one‑to-one with a selected school during the 2012-2013 school year.
Atothol n ES Bushy Park ES Owen Brown Community Association Howard County Library, A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Glenwood Lions Club Smoothie King, Columbia Elkridge Branch Harris Teeter, Inc. Howard Community College The Horace Mann Companies Maryland Marvels Howard County Library, Howard County Library, McDonald’s, East Columbia Branch Glenwood Branch Judy center at Washington Boulevard, Elkridge The Wildlife Authority Smoothie King, Columbia cradlerock es Outback Steakhouse, Long Gate Cradlerock Children’s Center Pizza Hut, Montgomery Road Atothol n HS Cedar Lane School East Columbia Preschool Preston Scheffenacker Properties, Inc. Grassroots Crisis Intervention ATG Rehab Family and Children’s Services of Staples, Inc. Center, Inc. Community Action Council of Central Maryland Subway, Washington Boulevard Head Start, Tubman Center Howard County, Prepare for Success FIRN, Inc. T-Bonz Grille & Pub Hickory Ridge Village Association Fidos for Freedom, Inc. Head Start, Dasher Green Center UMBC Athletics Howard Community College Maple Lawn Business Association Howard Community College Howard County General Hospital, Maple Lawn Homeowners Association Howard County Department of Ellicott Mills MS A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Town Center Community Association Recreation and Parks Columbia Triathlon Association Howard County Library, Howard County Department of Grassroots Crisis Intervention Central Branch Centennial HS Social Services Center, Inc. Sunrise Assisted Living AllCare of Maryland Howard County General Hospital, Howard County Library, Miller Branch The Council of Elders of the Black Boy Scouts of America, A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Okinawan Karate Dojo Community of Howard County Baltimore Area Council Howard County Health Department Subway, Centre Park Drive Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Capitol Debate Howard County Library System Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Howard County Mental Health Folly Quarter MS Bellows Spring ES Grassroots Crisis Intervention Authority Barnes & Noble Booksellers Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Center, Inc. Howard County Office of Children’s Coho Grill Howard County Library, Howard Community College Services Columbia Triathlon Association Elkridge Branch Howard County General Hospital, Lowe’s, Columbia Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe McDonald’s, Snowden River Parkway A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Owen Brown Community Association Eoyang Middle School, Korea Preston Scheffenacker Properties, Inc. Howard County Library, Miller Branch Ready At Five Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel The Arc of Howard County Shattuck & Associates Glenwood Lions Club Bollman Bridge ES The Horizon Foundation Grassroots Crisis Intervention Coastal Sunbelt Produce Turf Valley Resort Dayton Oaks ES Center, Inc. Girl Scouts of Central Maryland Under Armour, Inc. Howard County Library, Howard County Library, Howard Community College Glenwood Branch Glenwood Branch Howard County General Hospital, Centennial Lane ES National Security Agency Mosquito Joe of Howard County A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Brunswick Zone Normandy Sandy Spring Bank, Clarksville Branch Western Howard County Soccer, Inc. Howard County Library, Savage Branch Howard County Library, Miller Branch Loyola University Maryland, Turf Valley Resort Deep Run ES Forest Ridge ES School of Education Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Continental Societies, Inc., Mike’s New York Deli Clarksville ES ezStorage Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Howard County Library, Central Branch Grace Community Church Howard County Library, Center Kendall Hardware Howard County Library, Savage Branch
McDonald’s, Daybreak Circle Elkridge Branch Mother Nature’s Bonnie Branch MS Washington Suburban Sanitary Victory Martial Arts North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel Commission (WSSC), Center Green Valley Marketplace Green School Program Dunloggin MS Howard County Library, Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Fulton ES Elkridge Branch Clarksville MS Howard County Library, Miller Branch Boarman’s Market The Horace Mann Companies Howard County Library, Central Branch Outback Steakhouse, Long Gate Howard County Library, Central Branch The Links, Incorporated, Uno Chicago Grill, Long Gate Maple Lawn Business Association Columbia, Maryland Chapter Sandy Spring Bank, Fulton Branch Clemens Crossing ES The Pearl Modern Spa and Boutique Bryant Woods ES Howard Bank, Hickory Ridge Branch Elkridge ES A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Howard County Library, Edible Arrangements, Laurel Glenelg HS FIRN, Inc. Central Branch Green Valley Marketplace Capitol Debate Howard County Library, Central Branch Towson University Howard County Library, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Elkridge Branch E.W. Beck’s Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Preston Scheffenacker Properties, Inc. Cradlerock ES Soccer Dome Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Burleigh Manor MS Continental Societies, Inc., Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel Glenwood Lions Club Columbia Triathlon Association Columbia, Maryland Chapter Elkridge Landing MS Grassroots Crisis Intervention Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel FIRN, Inc. Dunkin’ Donuts, Washington Boulevard Center, Inc. Howard County Library, Miller Branch Good Life Wellness Elkridge Furnace Inn Green Spring Health Services Inc. Tersiguel’s French Country Restaurant Helping Hands Enrichment Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department Howard County General Hospital, Turf Valley Resort Leadership Foundation Elkridge Youth Organization Howard County Library, Grassroots Crisis Intervention A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine East Columbia Branch Center, Inc. Howard County Library, Green Valley Marketplace Glenwood Branch 16 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report Identity Promotions LLC Howard Community College, Howard HS Lake Elkhorn MS Jilly’s Bar & Grill Division of Continuing Education and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Continental Societies, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Workforce Development Boy Scouts of America, Columbia, Maryland Chapter The Council of Elders of the Black Howard County Department of Baltimore Area Council Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Community of Howard County Police, Harper’s Choice Village Center Capitol Debate FIRN, Inc. The Horizon Foundation Howard County Department of Dance Foundations Good Life Wellness Turf Valley Resort Recreation and Parks Grassroots Crisis Intervention Howard County Library, Howard County General Hospital, Center, Inc. East Columbia Branch Glenwood MS A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Green Valley Marketplace Smoothie King, Columbia Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Howard County Library, Central Branch Howard County General Hospital, Gailes’ Violin Shop, Inc. Howard County Local Children’s Board A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Laurel Woods ES Glenwood Lions Club Howard County Office on Aging, Howard County Library, Continental Societies, Inc., Grassroots Crisis Intervention Florence Bain Senior Center Elkridge Branch Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Center, Inc. McDonald’s, Harpers Farm Road Mamma Lucia, Dollar Plus Howard County Library, Safeway, Harpers Farm Road Columbia Gateway Overlook FIRN, Inc. Glenwood Branch Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Subway, Centre Park Drive Grace Community Church Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc. The Council of Elders of the Black Howard Community College The First Tee of Howard County Hollifield Station ES Community of Howard County Howard County General Hospital, Brunswick Zone Normandy The Horace Mann Companies A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Gorman Crossing ES Howard County Library, Miller Branch The Horizon Foundation Howard County Library, Savage Branch Gailes’ Violin Shop, Inc. Shoppers Food & Pharmacy Johns Hopkins University Applied Howard County Library, Savage Branch Towson University Physics Laboratory National Security Agency McDonald’s, All Saints Road North Laurel-Savage Multiservice North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center Center University of Maryland, Guilford ES Home and Garden Information Center A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Wilhide’s Unique Flowers & Gifts Howard County Library, East Columbia Branch Lime Kiln MS Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, American Cichlid Association Tau Pi Chapter Chesapeake Ecology Center Earth Treks Climbing Center Hammond ES Grassroots Crisis Intervention Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Center, Inc. Audubon Society of Central Maryland Howard County Library, Central Branch Columbia Triathlon Association Maple Lawn Business Association Howard County Library, Savage Branch National Aquarium in Baltimore Maryland Association for Salvere Health and Fitness Environmental and Outdoor Education, Green School Program Lisbon ES PNC Bank, Howard County Library, Columbia Town Center Branch Glenwood Branch Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom McDonald’s, Lisbon Center Drive Washington Suburban Sanitary Pizza Hut, Corporate Office Commission (WSSC), Pizza Hut, Lisbon Center Drive Green School Program Sandy Spring Bank, Lisbon Branch
Hammond HS Long Reach HS Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Family Science Nights, sponsored by the Maryland Science Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center at Laurel Woods, Swansfield, and Talbott Springs Columbia Triathlon Association Center, Inc. HCTA Federal Credit Union elementary schools, bring students and their families together to HCTA Federal Credit Union Head Start, Ellicott City Center Howard County General Hospital, enjoy Fossil Material, Wind Tube Challenge, Alka Seltzer Rockets, Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine and other interactive science and engineering activities. Howard County General Hospital, Howard County Library, Savage Branch A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard County Library, Hammond MS Homewood Center Ilchester ES Elkridge Branch Chick-Fil-A, Johns Hopkins Road Boy Scouts of America, Green Valley Marketplace Hunan Legend Howard County Library, Savage Branch Baltimore Area Council Outback Steakhouse, Long Gate Naval Surface Warfare Center, National Security Agency, Howard County Library, Central Branch T-Bonz Grille & Pub Carderock Division Mathematics Education Program Press Box Tip Top Limousine, LLC Rotary Club of Ellicott City Sunrise PNC Bank, Maple Lawn Farms Branch PTA Council of Howard County Victory Martial Arts Society of American Military Soccer Dome R:evolution Rhythm Engineers, Baltimore Post The Columbia Bank, Gateway Plaza The Council of Elders of the Black Salazar Catering Services/ Jeffers Hill ES Community of Howard County Boardroom Café Gailes’ Violin Shop, Inc. Harper’s Choice MS The Horace Mann Companies Subway, Centre Park Drive Howard County Library, Awesome Tae Kwon Do The Horizon Foundation The Fudgery East Columbia Branch Bank of America, Harpers Farm Road UMBC Department of Mechanical Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall New Vision Martial Arts Columbia Association, Engineering PNC Bank, Elkridge Branch Columbia Athletic Club Schoolhouse Theater Arts, Inc. Columbia Triathlon Association Smoothie King, Columbia Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe The Horace Mann Companies Grace Community Church Towson University Harper’s Choice Village Center HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 17 School Partners continued
Longfellow ES Howard County Library, Savage Branch Oakland Mills MS Phelps Luck ES A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Maple Lawn Farms A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Columbia Association North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Conexiones, Inc. Howard County Department of Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Center Howard County Library, Recreation and Parks Good to Go Markets, Freetown Road Silver Diner East Columbia Branch Howard County Library, Howard County Library, Central Branch Oakland Mills Community Association East Columbia Branch McDonald’s, Harpers Farm Road Northfield ES Preston Scheffenacker Properties, Inc. Our Shepherd Lutheran Church Sandy Spring Bank, Clarksville Branch Baltimore County Savings Bank, Smoothie King, Columbia Ready At Five The Horace Mann Companies Ellicott City Branch Subway, Centre Park Drive Towson University Brunswick Zone Normandy P aTAPSCO MS Towson University Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Chick-fil-A, Executive Park Drive Bright Minds Foundation Howard County General Hospital, Brunswick Zone Normandy Pointers Run ES Manor Woods ES A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Carrabba’s Italian Grill Giant Food, Daybreak Circle Howard County Library, Miller Branch Howard County Library, Miller Branch Columbia Triathlon Association Howard County Library, Central Branch The Pink Cabbage National Security Agency, Drama Learning Center Turf Valley Resort Mathematics Education Program Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Reservoir HS Subway, Baltimore National Pike Howard County General Hospital, Alliance Benefits & Compensations, Marriotts Ridge HS Uno Chicago Grill, Long Gate A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine LLC ABC Equipment Rental Howard County Library, Miller Branch Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Lotte Korean Supermarket BB&T, Maple Lawn Howard County General Hospital, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Conexiones, Inc. SAIC Students use Core Works Fitness Studio The Council of Elders of the Black calorimetric Enjoy Flowers Community of Howard County probes provided Greenebaum & Rose Associates West Friendship Volunteer Fire by a Bright Minds Howard County General Hospital, Department Foundation Teacher A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard County Library, Savage Branch Grant to assess Johns Hopkins University Applied Mayfield Woods MS the environmental Continental Societies, Inc., Physics Laboratory conditions of Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Krav Maga Maryland, LLC Howard County Library, local streams. Looney’s Pub Elkridge Branch The Bright Minds Maple Lawn Business Association Preston Scheffenacker Properties, Inc. Foundation, the Maryland University of Integrative HCPSS educational Health Mount View MS foundation, funds North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center Howard County Library, programs, services Pangia Technologies, LLC Glenwood Branch and ideas to enhance Raytheon Solipsys Turf Valley Resort equity, educational Sidamo’s Coffee & Tea innovation and Sofiac Mt. Hebron HS lifelong learning. The Pearl Modern Spa and Boutique Capitol Debate Zenyon, Inc. Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Grassroots Crisis Intervention River Hill HS Center, Inc. Ascend One Corporation Howard Community College, Creig Northrop & The Northrop Team Division of Continuing Education and GEICO Workforce Development Oakland Mills HS Northrop Grumman Electronic Green Building Institute, Inc. Howard County Conservancy 2HB Software Designs, Inc. Systems Howard County General Hospital, Howard County General Hospital, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Peer2Peer Tutors A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine BITHGROUP Technologies The Horizon Foundation Howard County Library, Central Branch Howard County Library, Miller Branch British American Auto Care, Inc. The Ulman Cancer Fund for Princeton Sports Howard County Summer Theatre Conexiones, Inc. Young Adults River Hill Garden Center McDonald’s of Howard County Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., UMBC, Education Department Svec Conway Printing Salazar Catering Services/ Columbia, Maryland Alumnae Chapter Vocelli Pizza The Cleaning Authority Boardroom Café Howard County General Hospital, Walter Reed National Military Turf Valley Resort Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Medical Center
Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Howard County Library, The Horizon Foundation East Columbia Branch Pta uxent Valley MS Rockburn ES Wilhide’s Unique Flowers & Gifts LG-TEK Continental Societies, Inc., Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Y of Central Maryland, Matt Fein & The Fein Properties Team Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Green Valley Marketplace Dancel Family Center Oakland Mills Community Giant Food Howard County Department of Association Howard County Library, Savage Branch Recreation and Parks Murray Hill MS Smoothie King, Columbia North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks, Rockburn Park Continental Societies, Inc., Subway, Centre Park Drive Center Howard County Library, Elkridge Branch Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Sylvan Learning Center Salazar Catering Services/ National Security Agency, Five Below, Inc. The Council of Elders of the Black Boardroom Café Mathematics Education Program Grassroots Crisis Intervention Community of Howard County The Floral Gallery PNC Bank, Elkridge Branch Center, Inc. The Horace Mann Companies Victory Martial Arts 18 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report Running Brook ES Howard County Republican Women A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Okinawan Karate Dojo Howard Community College Shoppers Food & Pharmacy Howard County Department of Police T-Bonz Grille & Pub At-Large Partners Y of Central Maryland, Howard County General Hospital, At-Large partnerships are systemwide relationships that A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Dancel Family Center support the Howard County Public School System’s curricular Howard County Library, Central Branch Magellan Health Services, Inc. W aTERLOO ES and strategic goals. Many At-Large partners also have Smoothie King, Columbia Chick-fil-A, Executive Park Drive individual partnerships with schools of their choice. At-Large The Arc of Howard County Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe partners for the 2012-13 school year were: The Horace Mann Companies Howard Bank, Headquarters Towson University Howard County Library, Miller Branch Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Victory Martial Arts African Art Museum of Maryland Head Start of Howard County, Volunteer, Vivian Bailey Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Community Action Council
W aVERLy ES American Association for the Healthy Howard, Inc. St. John’s Lane ES Brunswick Zone Normandy Advancement of Science (AAAS) Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club Brunswick Zone Normandy Columbia Triathlon Association American Heart Association HoCoPoLitSo (Howard County Grassroots Crisis Intervention Howard County Library, Miller Branch American Institute of Wine and Poetry and Literature Society) Center, Inc. Towson University Food, Baltimore Chapter Howard Community College Howard County Library, Miller Branch We Promote Health American Red Cross Howard Community College, Jump!Zone Columbia Wilhide’s Unique Flowers & Gifts A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Arts and Humanities Division Salazar Catering Services/ Association of Community Services Howard Community College, Boardroom Café West Friendship ES of Howard County Center for Service Learning The Columbia Bank Howard County Library, Autobahn Indoor Speedway, LLC Howard Community College, Vocelli Pizza Glenwood Branch Baltimore Orioles Children’s Learning Center Turf Valley Resort Baltimore Sun Media Group Howard Community College, Stevens Forest ES Baltimore/Washington Corridor Early Childhood Education A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Wilde Lake HS Chamber of Commerce Howard County Antique Farm FIRN, Inc. A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Bright Minds Foundation Machinery Club Good Life Wellness Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Brunswick Columbia Lanes Howard County Arts Council/ Howard County Library, Bagel Bin, Wilde Lake Brunswick Zone Normandy Howard County Center for the Arts East Columbia Branch Boy Scouts of America, Capitol Debate Howard County Board of Elections Smoothie King, Columbia Baltimore Area Council Cattail Creek Country Club Howard County Bureau of The Horace Mann Companies Capitol Debate Center for Civic Education Environmental Services, Howard Community College Chesapeake Bay Foundation Recycling Division Swansfield ES Howard Community College, Chesapeake Bay Trust Howard County Center of African Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Center for Service Learning Chesapeake Shakespeare Company American Culture, Inc. Grace Community Church Howard County General Hospital, Children’s National Medical Center Howard County Chamber of Howard Community College, A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine China - Education Committee of Commerce Center for Service Learning Howard County Library, Central Branch Beijing, Chao Yang District Howard County Chinese School Howard County Library, Central Branch McDonald’s, Harpers Farm Road China - Education Committee of Howard County Conservancy The Horace Mann Companies Safeway, Harpers Farm Road Beijing, Dong Cheng District Howard County Council Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., China - Education Committee of Howard County Department of Eta Zeta Sigma Chapter Beijing, Shanghai Minhang District Citizen Services Talbott Springs ES St. John Baptist Church Chinese Language School of Howard County Department of Fire Costco Wholesale, Columbia Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Columbia and Rescue Services Howard County Library, Vantage House College of Notre Dame Howard County Department of East Columbia Branch Columbia Archives Police Oakland Mills Community Association Wilde Lake MS Columbia Art Center Howard County Department of Columbia Association Recreation and Parks Parents as Teachers Columbia Triathlon Association Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Howard County Department of Preston Scheffenacker Properties, Inc. Howard County Library, Columbia Triathlon Association Recreation and Parks, Office of Smoothie King, Columbia Central Branch Community Action Council of Environmental Education National Aquarium in Baltimore Howard County, MD, Inc. Howard County Department of Northrop Grumman Electronic Thunder Hill ES Community Foundation of Howard Recreation and Parks, Robinson Systems Abrakadoodle County Nature Center Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall All Time Toys, Inc. Conexiones, Inc. Howard County Economic
Howard County Library, Counselors Helping (South) Asians/ Development Authority East Columbia Branch Worthington ES Indians, Inc. (CHAI) Howard County Family Child Care Roundhouse Martial Arts Brunswick Zone Normandy Courtesy on the Road Association Smoothie King, Columbia Chick-fil-A, Executive Park Drive Data Computer Corporation of Howard County General Hospital, Centre Park Drive Subway, Cooks ‘N Cakes America A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine The Columbia Bank, Gateway Plaza Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Digi-Block, Inc. Howard County Government Glenelg Country School Eggspectation Bistro-Cafe Howard County Health Department Triadelphia Ridge ES Howard County General Hospital, Fairway Hills Golf Club Howard County Historical Society American Fitness Express A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine FIRN, Inc. Howard County Lacrosse Program Brunswick Zone Normandy Howard County Library, Miller Branch Girl Scouts of Central Maryland Howard County Library System Howard County Library, Okinawan Karate Dojo Grace Community Church Howard County Local Children’s Board Glenwood Branch One Dish Cuisine Grassroots Crisis Intervention Howard County Nutrition and PNC Bank, Woodbine Branch The Columbia Bank, Gateway Plaza Center, Inc. Physical Activity Coalition Western Howard County Soccer, Inc. The Horace Mann Companies Green Valley Marketplace Howard County Office of Child Care Grow and Learn, LLC Howard County Office of Children’s Veterans ES Growth Adventures Services, Child Care Resource Center Brunswick Zone Normandy HC DrugFree Howard County Office of Public Howard County Library, Miller Branch Information
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Howard County Office of the State’s MakingChange Northrop Grumman Electronic The Timbers at Troy Attorney Maryland Business Roundtable for Systems The United States Army Field Band Howard County Office of Workforce Education Olney Theatre Center The Young School, Kings Contrivance Development Maryland Council on Economic Preston Scheffenacker Properties, Inc. Towson University Howard County Summer Theatre Education PTA Council of Howard County Turf Valley Resort Howard County Tourism & Promotion Maryland General Assembly Ready At Five UMBC, Center for History Education Howard Soil Conservation District Maryland Historical Society Rotary Club of Clarksville UMBC, Martha Ross Center for Oral Huaxing Language and Culture Maryland Humanities Council Rotary Club of Columbia History Center Maryland Piano Service Rotary Club of Columbia Town Center UMBC, Education Department Innovations in Education, LLC Maryland Science Center Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent United Way of Central Maryland Jewish Museum of Maryland Maryland SportsCare & Rehab, LLC Rotary Club of Elkridge University of Maryland College of Johns Hopkins University McDaniel College Rotary Club of Ellicott City Education Johns Hopkins University Applied McDonald’s of Howard County Rotary Club of Ellicott City Sunrise University of Maryland, Physics Laboratory McDonald’s, Baltimore National Pike Rotary International, Howard County Extension, Howard County Johns Hopkins University School of McDonald’s, Benson Drive Salazar Catering Services/ University of Maryland, Extension, Howard County Master Gardeners Engineering McDonald’s, Columbia Mall Boardroom Café Johns Hopkins University, McDonald’s, Daybreak Circle Sheraton Columbia Town Center University of Phoenix Columbia Mall Elementary and Secondary Education McDonald’s, Dobbin Road Hotel Uno Chicago Grill, Graduate Program McDonald’s, Guilford Road Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Volunteer Center Serving Howard Johns Hopkins University, Peabody McDonald’s, Montgomery Road Smithsonian American Art Museum County Institute McDonald’s, North Ridge Road Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery W. R. Grace & Co. Johns Hopkins University, Secondary McDonald’s, Pocomoke Avenue Smoothie King, Columbia Walden University Education Graduate Program McDonald’s, Snowden River Parkway Subway, Centre Park Drive Washington Adventist University The Business Monthly Washington Wizards & Mystics The Columbia Bank, Gateway Plaza Youth Basketball The Columbia Orchestra Western Howard County Soccer, Inc. The Council of Elders of the Black Western Howard County Youth Community of Howard County Baseball/Softball League The First Tee of Howard County Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP The Horace Mann Companies Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. The Horizon Foundation Willow Springs Golf Course The James and Anne Robinson Foundation
Health and Wellness HCPSS employees have the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive wellness program, Commit To Be Fit. The program is designed to reduce the demand for healthcare services through long-term behavior change. HCPSS Benefits staff and the Employee Wellness Council work Health and Wellness partners support school system staff in with community partners and others to offer a system-wide The Boot their efforts toward optimal health and well-being. wellness program that includes monthly health and financial Camp Girl , a local health and fitness company, partners with the educational sessions, online health assessments and wellness Commit To Be Fit Employee Wellness Program to conduct boot initiatives, and fitness classes. Partners for 2012-13 included: camp-style fitness classes for employees. 39 Minute Workout Jump!Zone Columbia Aetna Krav Maga Maryland, LLC Judy Center at Cradlerock School McDonald’s, American Cancer Society, Inc. Let’s Dance Fitness Studio Junior Achievement of Central Washington Boulevard, Jessup American Red Cross MakingChange Maryland, Inc. MdBio Foundation and MdBioLab Benefitfocus Marriottsville Acupuncture Kaplan University Mid-Atlantic Turtle & Tortoise Body Shapers, LTD Maryland University of Integrative Kaur Foundation Society, Inc. BodyWise Physical Therapy and Health Korea - The Iksan District Office of Morgan State University Wellness Maximum Fitness Education Music & Arts Center Brick Bodies and Lynne Brick’s Medifast Lazarus Foundation NAACP, Howard County Branch Health and Fitness Facilities My Gym Children’s Fitness Center Leadership Howard County National Archives and Records Bring It! Physicians Weight Loss Centers League of Women Voters of Administration CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Pump It Up of Elkridge Howard County National Center for Earth and Space Columbia Association Quest Fitness Legacy Leadership Environmental Science Education Columbia Jazzercise Fitness Center Salvere Health and Fitness Institute National Commission on Teaching Curves, Howard County The Body Image Therapy Center Lifetouch National School Studios, and America’s Future Express Scripts The Boot Camp Girl Baltimore National Security Agency Feet First Sports Virgin HealthMiles, Inc. Loyola Clinical Centers National University Fitness Together We Promote Health Loyola University Maryland, School North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Healthy Howard, Inc. Weight Watchers International, Inc. of Education Center Inside Out Performance
20 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report Student, Family and Community Services Dedicated community organizations, governmental agencies, and faith-based groups work with the Howard County Public School System’s Office of Student, Family, and Community Services to support student achievement. Services provided include tutoring, mentoring, career exploration, and social and cultural experiences. Organizations that partnered with the Office of Student, Family, and Community Services during 2012-13 included:
African American Coalition of Howard County Office of Children’s Howard County Services The HCPSS partners with the Howard County Economic AFRO Johns Hopkins University Applied Development Authority to provide students with an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Physics Laboratory understanding of the varied economic landscape of Howard Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Junior Achievement of Central A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Maryland, Inc. County. Students learn about the breadth of Howard County Black Student, Family, and Model Citizens Models, LLC industries that contribute to a dynamic, robust community Community Network Monarch Mills Community – from the small and emerging companies in the county’s Bright Minds Foundation Morgan State University NeoTech incubator to its vibrant agricultural sector. One Columbia Housing Corporation NAACP, Howard County Branch program gives Murray Hill Middle school students hands-on Community Homes with Edgewood National Network of Partnership experience at Maple Lawn Farms. Management Schools, Johns Hopkins University Conexiones, Inc. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Continental Societies, Inc., Tau Pi Chapter Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Howard Community College, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Silas Craft Collegians Program Student Services Columbia, Maryland Alumnae Chapter The Council of Elders of the Black Education and Career Community of Howard County The Office of Student Services coordinates prevention Empowerment Center The Joint Center for Earth Systems and intervention programs and services to support FIRN, Inc. Technology students, parents, and schools by addressing the cognitive, Howard Community College The Links, Incorporated, behavioral, social, and emotional health and safety needs Howard County Department of Columbia, Maryland Chapter of all students to maximize student achievement. The range Police University of Maryland, of programs offered includes School Counseling, Pupil Howard County Department of Extension, Howard County Personnel, Psychological Services, Health Services, Home Recreation and Parks University of Maryland, Howard County Housing Extension, Howard County Food Schooling, and Home and Hospital Teaching. The Office of Supplement Nutrition Education Student Services also coordinates the Connection Center, which links families with community agencies for needed support, and Prepare for Success, a community-wide campaign to provide school supplies for children in need. Partners for 2012-13 included:
Christ Church Link Howard County Office of Children’s Community Action Council of Services Howard County, MD, Inc. Howard County School Health Community Action Council of Council Howard County, Prepare for Success Integrative Counseling Community Foundation of Howard Judy Center at Cradlerock School County Leadership Howard County Counselors Helping (South) Asians/ Maryland Department of Human Indians, Inc. (CHAI) Resources Family and Children’s Services of Maryland Department of Juvenile Central Maryland Services Grassroots Crisis Intervention Mediation & Conflict Resolution Center, Inc. Center (MCRC) at Howard Head Start of Howard County, Community College Community Action Council MSA -The Child & Adolescent Center The Growing and Empowering Myself Successfully (GEMS) Howard County Department of NAMI Howard County program of the Columbia Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Police, Youth Division PTA Council of Howard County Theta Sorority encourages girls to excel academically, establish a Howard County Department of Salazar Catering Services/ Social Services Boardroom Café plan to reach career goals, and develop leadership skills through Howard County Health Department Volunteer Center Serving Howard community service. One of the Delta GEMS community service Howard County Mental Health County efforts included the Feed the Families Program at Wegmans. Authority Way Station, Inc. - Howard County HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 21 Career Research and Development Career Research and Development empowers students to create a vision for their future through quality academic coursework, progressive career development, and appropriate work opportunities. After a series of interest, aptitude, and personality assessments, students identify their assets and strengths and apply that knowledge as they investigate careers and college options. Career Research and Development partners for 2012-13 included:
Advisory Council Build-A-Bear Workshop Giant Food, Old Columbia Pike Howard County Economic Ascend One Corporation Burger King, Minstrel Way Good to Go Markets, Montgomery Development Authority British American Auto Care, Inc. Burger King, Washington Boulevard Road Howard County General Hospital, Carrollton Bank, Downtown Baltimore Carrabba’s Italian Grill Grandfathers Garden Center and A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine City Branch Carrollton Bank, Corporate Office Landscaping Howard County Government, Howard Community College, Carrollton Bank, Griggs University Office of Human Resources Division of Continuing Education and Downtown Baltimore City Branch Gymboree Howard County Library System Workforce Development Cartoon Cuts Happy Dog Care, Inc. Howard County Library, Central Branch Howard Community College, Celebration Church Harris Teeter, Guilford Road Howard County Library, Miller Branch Human Resources Office CGC Builders, LLC Harris Teeter, Resort Road Howard County Library, Savage Branch Howard County Chamber of Chicken Out Rotisserie Harris Teeter, Westside Boulevard Howard County Office of Workforce Commerce Chick-fil-A Head Start, Tubman Center Development Lincoln Technical Institute Children’s Manor Montessori Heartlands Senior Living Village Howell Funeral Home M&T Bank, Daybreak Circle Chuck E. Cheese, Fairlawn Avenue Heyser’s Cycles Human Capital Consultants, LLC Maryland Department of Labor, CimaTalent Management Inc. Hickory Ridge Animal Hospital Integrity Martial Arts Licensing and Regulation, Clarks Ace Hardware High’s Dairy Store J & K Hair Techniques Columbia Workforce Center Coldstone Creamery Home Depot, Baltimore National Pike Jersey Mike’s Subs Spectrum HR Solutions, LLC Columbia Association Howard Bank Operations Center Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Volunteer, Jane Schuchardt Columbia Association, Before and Howard Community College, John Scalley Agency - Nationwide Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. After School Care Division of Continuing Education Insurance Yolanda Voss Fashion Gallery Columbia Montessori School and Workforce Development Jolie Tête Salon and Spa Columbia Teen Center Howard Community College, Justice Partners Comcast Spotlight Advertising Human Resources Office Katz, Abosch, Windesheim, 2HB Software Designs, Inc. Cosi Howard County Chamber of Gershman & Freedman, P.A. A Tradition of Excellence Auto Creative Construction Commerce Keep It Clean Services, LLC Abercrombie & Fitch Creig Northrop & The Northrop Team Howard County Department of Fire Kelsey’s Restaurant AdNet Accountnet Inc. CVS Pharmacy, Guilford Road and Rescue Services Training Kendall Hardware Advantage Tours and Travel CVS Pharmacy, Maple Lawn Academy KFC, Long Gate Aéropostale, Inc. Cylex, Inc. Howard County Department of Kloby’s Smokehouse Aerotek D&D Concepts Recreation and Parks La Palapa Too Mexican Restaurant All Wrapped Up Data Computer Corporation of Howard County Department of La Petite Academy, Frederick Road AMC Theatres America Recreation and Parks, Elementary Laurel Roller Skating Center School Recreational Licensed Child Care Animal Welfare Society David J. Drywall Ledo Pizza, Baltimore National Pike Antwerpen Toyota Discount Brakes and Auto Repair Apple Ford Dolly’s Car Wash Arbitron Domino’s Pizza Arby’s Dorsey Hall Medical Center Armiger Management Corporation, Downtown Locker Room Orchard Club Apartments DRD Pool Management Arrowwood Shepherds, Inc. Einstein Bros. Bagels Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland Ellicott Mills Brewing Company As You Like It Salon and Spa Engine Parts Warehouse Inc. Ascend One Corporation Facci Restaurant Athelas Institute Fairway Hills Golf Club Atholton Adventist Academy Fashion Institute of Design & Atlanta Masonry, Inc. Merchandising AttivaSoft Fatburger Inc. Ayer Corporation First Finish Azul 17 Mexican Cuisine and Five Below, Inc. Tequila Lounge Five Guys, Inc. Bagel Bin, Baltimore National Pike Food Lion Berkshire Associates Inc. Footaction BJ’s Wholesale Club Fresh Pizzeria Bob Evans Restaurant Fruition Gift Boxes Bra-La-La Full Sail University Bridgeway Community Church GameStop British American Auto Care, Inc. Genesis Bridal and Formal Brook Grove Foundation Giant Food, Baltimore National Pike Y of Central Maryland, Dancel Family Center Brookfield Christian School of Giant Food, Center Park Drive The and Clarksville Giant Food, Cradlerock Way Veterans Elementary School kick off their partnership at the Brookfield Christian School of Giant Food, Daybreak Circle Sheraton Columbia Town Center Hotel to support health and Maple Lawn Giant Food, Laurel Bowie Road wellness initiatives for students and staff.
22 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report Ledo Pizza, Daybreak Circle SAIC Ledo Pizza, Route 216 Salazar Catering Services/ LifeSpan Network Boardroom Café Lincoln Technical Institute Shadowland Adventures Career and Little Stars Learning Centre Sheraton Columbia Town Center Looney’s Pub Hotel Lorien Harmony Hall Assisted Living Side Pockets Bar & Grill Technology Education Lornwood Day Care & Gifted Center Soccer Association of Columbia The Office of Career and Technology Education (CTE) is M&T Bank, Daybreak Circle Sourcefire responsible for the development of courses and curriculum MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Spectrum HR Solutions, LLC in the areas of business education, career academies, career Services Spirit of Faith Christian Center research and development, computer science, family and Majesty Cleaning Service St. Alphonsus Preschool consumer science, and technology education. CTE programs MakingChange Star Learning Center integrate the strengths of an academic education with the Marshalls Starbucks Corporation practical benefits of career and technology education. With Maryland Department of Labor, State Employees Credit Union of Licensing and Regulation, Maryland Inc. (SECU) the guidance of advisors and industry mentors, students Columbia Workforce Center State Farm Insurance, have the unique opportunity to explore a career interest Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Sara Schultze Agency in-depth during high school. CTE partners for the 2012-13 Services, Howard County Strands II Hair Studio school year included: Maryland Twisters Cheerleading Subway, Ice Crystal Drive Mason & Friends Sunrise Assisted Living Massage Envy SunTrust Bank, Ellicott City Branch Partners Howard Community College McDonald’s of Howard County Surfing Turtles Academy Ford Howard County Department of Fire McDonald’s, Baltimore Avenue T. Rowe Price ACS Transportation Services and Rescue Services McDonald’s, Benson Drive T.G.I. Friday’s Active Day Adult Daycare Howard County General Hospital, McDonald’s, Cradlerock Way Taco Bell Corporation Advanced BioNutrition Corp. A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine McDonald’s, Harpers Farm Road Terri L. Hill, M.D., P.A. Aida Bistro Howard County Government, McDonald’s, Liberty Road The Arc of Howard County Allan Homes, Inc. Fleet Maintenance McDonald’s, Montgomery Road The Baltimore-Washington AllCare of Maryland Howard County Library System McDonald’s, Ridgeside Drive Conference of The United Allen & Shariff Corporation Howard County Office on Aging McLean, Koehler, Sparks and Methodist Church Alternate Auto & Radiator Service J. Vinton Schafer & Sons, Inc. Hammond The BWI Business Partnership, Inc. Apple Ford Jim Coleman Honda Mediterranean Kabob House The Gathering Place Applied Information Technologies, Joel Goodman, D.D.S. Merriweather Post Pavillion The Jim Rouse Theatre Inc. (AIT) John D. Miller Builders, Inc. Michaels The Mall in Columbia Aries Scientific Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Mobil 1 Lube Center The Melting Pot Associated General Contractors Center Morningside House of Ellicott City The Pottery Stop and Coffee Shop Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health NeighborCare Pharmacy The Salvation Army Baltimore Metro Chapter of System New York J & P Pizza The Wendy’s Company Associated Builders & Contractors Johns Hopkins University Applied Nightmare Graphics, Inc. THRIVE Center Baywood Design/Build Group, Inc. Physics Laboratory Objects Found Tina L Wojtal Interior Design BITHGROUP Technologies Katz, Abosch, Windesheim, Office of the Maryland Attorney Topdown Coaching and Leadership Blue River Construction Gershman & Freedman, P.A. General Development British American Auto Care, Inc. Kennedy Krieger Institute Offit Kurman, Attorneys at Law Toys”R”Us Capital Women’s Care Howard Line of Sight Engineering Oh, What a Cake! Tropic Nail & Tanning County Longwood Senior Center On the Border, LLC Tutti Frutti Center of Marine Biotechnology Maritime Applied Physics Ourisman Hyundai TW Telecom Central Maryland Rehabilitation Corporation PacSun Union Jack’s British Pub Center Martek Biosciences Corporation Panera Bread United States Army Recruiting Cherry Hill Construction, Inc. Maryland Orthodontic Specialists Papa John’s University of Maryland Medical Center Chesapeake Physical and Aquatic Matthew R. Horowitz, CPA Paradise Day Spa, Tanning & Nail, LLC UPS Customer Center Therapy Mays and Associates Party City, Corridor Marketplace US Marine Corps Recruiting Coldwell Banker Residential Meridian Anesthesia Party City, Old Dobbin Lane V.W. Brown Insurance Brokerage Mimar Architects Inc. Pasta Plus Restaurant & Market Vantage House CyberWatch Center, PGCC MTH Electric Trains Payless Shoesource Vocus Disorders Center of Maryland NeighborCare Pharmacy Pepperjacks Deli Volunteer, Jane Schuchardt dw taylor associates, inc. OLBN, Inc. Petco Wagner’s Meats, LLC Eastern Stair Builders Orthosport Physical Therapy Physicians Eye Care and Laser Center Wegmans ECS Mid Atlantic LLC Owen Brown Senior Center Plus Pink Beauty Supplies Weis Markets, All Saints Road Ed-U-Care Learning Center Pennoni Associates Pizza Boli’s Weis Markets, Birmingham Way Elkridge Furnace Inn Prime Manufacturing Pizza Hut, Clarksville Pike Weis Markets, Washington Boulevard Encore Homes, Inc. Technologies, Inc. Pudgie’s Pizza West Friendship Volunteer Fire Essential Family Chiropractic Reedy Electric Pump It Up of Elkridge Department Expert Trading Limited Restaurant Association of Maryland Raj Real Estate Consultant West Lanham Hills Fire Department Federal Communications Education Foundation Reflections Hair Design Western Howard County Youth Commission Sagentia, Inc. Regal Movie Theaters, Snowden Square Baseball/Softball League Fisher, Collins, & Carter, Inc. Saini Orthodontics RISE! Development Concepts Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. Hamel Builders, Inc. Saint Agnes Hospital Rite Aid Corporation Wilsons Leather Hancock & Albanese, Inc. Science & Technology Corp. River Hill Apothecary Y of Central Maryland, Health South Sheraton Columbia Town Center Roma’s Pizzeria Dancel Family Center Hillis-Carnes Engineering Hotel Rotary Club of Elkridge Yolanda Voss Fashion Gallery Associates, Inc. Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Royal Farms, Ten Oaks Road Zips Dry Cleaners Hillmuth Certified Automotive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Ruby Tuesday Hilltop Electric SJLL Enterprises, LLC Safeway, Baltimore National Pike Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club Sourcefire Safeway, Harpers Farm Road Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. Sykesville Car Service Safeway, Long Gate HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 23 Career and Technology Education continued
Symmetry First Architects, LLC dw taylor associates, inc. Johns Hopkins University Applied Sheraton Columbia Town Center Technology Assessment & Transfer, Morgan State University Physics Laboratory Hotel Inc. OLBN, Inc. NB-Global Consulting, LLC Sleep Inn & Suites, Laurel The Arc of Howard County Pro-Built Construction, Inc. SAIC Springhill Suites, Columbia The Columbia Bank, Gateway Plaza Symmetry First Architects, LLC Towson University, Cisco Academy Star Hotels The Troutman Co. Transforming Architecture Support and Training, Center for The Rumor Mill The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young University of Maryland School of Professional Studies Turf Valley Resort Adults Architecture, Planning & Preservation Volunteer, Ronald Meliker The Women’s Ob-Gyn Group/ Waldon Studio Architects & Health and Emergency Capital Women’s Care Planners, P.C. Technicians Advisory Council Project Lead the Way Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc. Howard Community College, Advisory Council Transforming Architecture Automotive Technology Health Science Division Johns Hopkins University Applied UMBC Department of Mechanical Advisory Council Howard County General Hospital, Physics Laboratory Engineering British American Auto Care, Inc. A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine MIT Lincoln Laboratory United States Department of Community College of Baltimore NeighborCare Pharmacy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Agriculture County Naval Surface Warfare Center, University of Maryland Medical Ed’s Columbia Automotive & Homeland Security Advisory Carderock Division Center Transmissions Council Northrop Grumman Electronic University of Maryland School of Hillmuth Certified Automotive Baltimore Metropolitan Council Systems Medicine Howard County Government, Base Realignment and Closure SCS Engineers University of Maryland School of Fleet Maintenance (BRAC) Task Force UMBC, Education Department Medicine, Department of Medical Lisbon Citgo Auto Center Central Maryland Homeland and Research Technology Maryland State Department of Security Educational Alliance Systems and Project University of Maryland School of Education Community College of Baltimore Medicine, Department of Neurology Engineering Advisory Council Neubauer’s Auto Repair County Watermont Pharmacy Johns Hopkins University Applied Snap-On Industrial Howard County Department of Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. Physics Laboratory Town & Country Auto Repair Police Win Kelly Chevrolet The TIME Center, CCBC Howard County Department of Xerox Corporation Biotechnology Advisory Technology and Communications Visual Communications and Services Academy of Finance Advisory Council Animation Advisory Council Howard Community College, Howard County Office of Council Howard Community College, Science and Technology Division Emergency Management Aaron Altscher Consulting Arts and Humanities Division National Science Foundation Maryland State Department of Ascend One Corporation Howard Community College, UMBC Department of Biological Education Science and Technology Division Capital One Bank, Clarksville Branch Sciences Pangia Technologies, LLC Howard County Library System Capital One Bank, Dorsey’s Search United States Department of UMBC Department of Emergency Illume Communications Branch Agriculture Health Services Printing & Graphics Association, Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC University of Maryland School of United States Department of MidAtlantic (PGAMA) Franklin College, UK Medicine, Department of Neurology Homeland Security, GEICO, Corporate Headquarters Computer Emergency Readiness Team HCTA Federal Credit Union Child Development/Teacher Howard Bank, Centennial Place Branch Advisory Council Hospitality Advisory Council Howard Community College, Howard Community College, Social Anne Arundel Community College Business and Computer Sciences/Teacher Education Division Anne Arundel Community College, Systems Division Howard County Library Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism ING Financial Partners Howard County Office of Children’s Institute Johns Hopkins University Applied Services Belmont Conference Center Physics Laboratory Towson University Best Western, BWI Junior Achievement of Central Bistro Blanc Maryland, Inc. Construction Advisory Council Comfort Suites, Columbia Gateway MakingChange Associated Builders and Contractors, Elkridge Furnace Inn Maryland Council on Economic Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter Hampton Inn, Columbia Education Baywood Design/Build Group, Inc. Hilton Garden Inn MassMutual of Greater Washington Community College of Baltimore Hilton, Columbia Merrill Lynch County Howard Community College, Northwest Savings Bank, dw taylor associates, inc. Hospitality & Culinary Management Waverly Park Branch Eastern Stair Builders JPB Partners RetirementQuest Wealth J. Vinton Schafer & Sons, Inc. La Quinta Inn & Suites, Columbia/Jessup Management Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. Marriott Courtyard Sandy Spring Bank, Fulton Branch Marriott Inn & Conference Center, Cybersecurity Networking UMUC Maryland Hotel & Lodging Association Architectural Design Advisory Advisory Council Maryland Office of Tourism Council CyberWatch Development Arbaugh Architecture Studio Data Networks Maryland State Department of Banta-Campbell Architects Engineering Solutions, Inc. Education Barwick Interiors Howard Community College, Restaurant Association of Maryland CW Architects, Inc. Science and Technology Division Education Foundation Dean Robert Camlin & Invertix Corporation Associates, Inc. Saval Foodservice
24 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report Special Education The Special Education Work Study program provides students with structured, hands-on work experience (paid or unpaid) in a community-based setting that is directly related to students’ needs as reflected in their Individualized Education Plans. The program provides an opportunity for special education students to engage in activities that transition to areas of employment. Partners for the 2012-13 school year included:
American Pest Little Lighthouse Daycare Patapsco Valley Veterinary Hospital The Baltimore-Washington Animal Welfare Society Looney’s Pub Petco Conference of The United Bet Yeladim Preschool and Lorien Harmony Hall Assisted Living Pets on Wheels Methodist Church Kindergarten Maple Lawn Community Center Raytheon Solipsys The Face Place Bethany Centennial Animal Hospital Marilyn J. Praisner Library Salazar Catering Services/ The Kake Korner Bikram Yoga Columbia MarTar Swim School, LLC Boardroom Café The Salvation Army Brighton Gardens of Columbia Morningside House of Ellicott City Somerford Place Alzheimer’s Vantage House Brookfield Christian School Neighbor Ride, Inc. Assisted Living Columbia Wegmans Brunswick Columbia Lanes Nightmare Graphics, Inc. Southern States Weis Markets, All Saints Road Brunswick Zone Normandy North Laurel Community Center St. John Baptist Church Weis Markets, Birmingham Way Central Maryland Rehabilitation North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Sunrise Assisted Living Winter Growth, Ruth Keeton House Center Center Tasty Shirt Factory Y of Central Maryland, Coho Grill On the Border, LLC Techlab Photo & Digital Imaging Dancel Family Center Columbia Association, Origins Zenyon, Inc. Columbia Athletic Club David’s Natural Market Ed-U-Care Learning Center Elkridge Family Dentistry Ellicott City Health & Rehabilitation Gifted and Talented Program Center The Gifted and Talented Program provides accelerated and enriched learning opportunities Ellicott City Senior Center to students showing exceptional ability or interest in advanced-level studies. Gifted and Enjoy Flowers E-Structors, Inc. Talented resource teachers at the elementary and middle school level enhance the standard Exxon, Steven’s Forest curriculum and provide specialized services to develop students’ unique talents and aptitudes. First Presbyterian Church At the high school level, intern/mentor opportunities provide a formal, site-based, academic Food Lion, Waterloo Road relationship between a high school student and a professional. In this structured relationship, Good Life Wellness mentors guide students in the pursuit of knowledge and scholarly research. Program partners Grandfathers Garden Center and for the 2012-13 school year included: Landscaping Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. Accelerate Your Game Ellicott City Eye Care Johns Hopkins University School of Green Valley Marketplace Advanced Technology & Research, Enterprise Foundation Medicine Happy Dog Care, Inc. Inc. Feldman’s Pharmacies Johns Hopkins University, Chemical Head Start, Dasher Green Center AFS International FIRN, Inc. Propulsion Information Agency Head Start, Ellicott City Center American Film Institute Fit For Life Training Katkow Dentistry, LLC Head Start, Tubman Center Aquatic Rehabilitation Center Ft. Meade Flying Club Kennedy Krieger Institute Hilltop Child Care Center Athelas Institute, Inc. Grace Community Church Kernan Orthopaedics and Historic Savage Mill Axis Sport Performance Training Habitat for Humanity of Howard Rehabilitation Howard County Conservancy B. Funk Dance Company County Lady Di Interiors Howard County Food Bank, Ballet with Cindee Velle Harbor Hospital Law Office of Cecilia B. Paizs P.A. Community Action Council Baltimore Jewish Times Head Start of Howard County, Law Office of Michael Silverman Howard County General Hospital, Baltimore Orioles Community Action Council Legg Mason A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore Sun Media Group Hickory Ridge Animal Hospital Lloyd, Kane, Wieder, & Willis, PA Howard County Library, Central Branch Banta-Campbell Architects HoCoPoLitSo (Howard County Poetry Maryland Department of Business Howard County Library, Baywood Design/Build Group, Inc. and Literature Society) and Economic Development East Columbia Branch Bear Creek Dental Hospitality Healthcare LLC Maryland State Board of Education Howard County Library, Brasher Design Howard Community College Maryland Transit Authority Glenwood Branch Brookville Animal Hospital Howard County Circuit Court, MBC Precision Imaging Howard County Library, Miller Branch Howard County Library, Savage Branch Bryant Woods Montessori 5th Judicial Circuit McCollum & Associates, LLC Howard County Office on Aging Capitol Debate Howard County Council McFarland and Associates, Inc. Howard County Office on Aging, Cat & Dog Hospital of Columbia Howard County General Hospital, MGA Pension Consultants Florence Bain Senior Center CENTERSTAGE A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Michael S. Lasser, M.D., P.A. Howard County Tourism & Promotion Central Maryland Oncology Center Howard County Health Department Montgomery County General Hyatt & Company Columbia Animal Hospital Howard County Office of the State’s Hospital JC Penney Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Attorney Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital Jiffy Lube, Clarksville Square Drive Comcast Cablevision of Howard Howard County Office on Aging, Mt. Airy Gazette Jilly’s Bar & Grill County Florence Bain Senior Center NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Johns Hopkins University Applied Comfort Suites Image Perfect National Institutes of Health Physics Laboratory Coover & Barr LLC Integrated Recruiting Consultants Norris Acura West Kendall Hardware Days End Farm Horse Rescue Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health North Western Mutual Kid’s Time Out Drop-In Child Care Dermatology & Advanced Skin Care System Nurturing Nest Montessori Kinetics Dance Theatre Dunloggin Veterinary Hospital Johns Hopkins University Orthosport Physical Therapy Laurel Regional Hospital Earth Treks Climbing Center Johns Hopkins University Applied Pain and Spine Specialists of Lighthouse Senior Living E-City Corporation Physics Laboratory Maryland Linwood Center Boutique HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 25 Employee Incentive Program The Employee Incentive Program is a benefit provided by local businesses to recognize the commitment and dedication of all HCPSS employees by providing discounts or other special offers for their products or services. This program helps the Howard County Public Schools’ Human Resources office attract and retain the best educational staff available. Businesses that participated in 2012-13 included:
39 Minute Workout Curves, Howard County J. Jill Soloman System’s Technologies A Plus Carpet and Flooring Cutie Patooties JAMAR Personalized Services Sprint A&G Management Company, Inc. Daedalus Books Warehouse Outlet Jilly’s Bar & Grill Sprint - Employee Value Program Ace Relocation Systems, Inc. Dakota Salon Jim Coleman Honda Stonehaven Apartments Alarm Services of Maryland Dell JK Moving & Storage Subway, Catonsville All Time Toys, Inc. Domino Fitness Jump!Zone Columbia Subway, Centre Park Drive Alliance Capital Management, LLC Dorsey Ridge Apartment Homes KG Title, Inc. Subway, Marley Station Mall American Pest EarQ Family Hearing Aid Discount Krav Maga Maryland, LLC Synergy Women’s Fitness Antares Musicians Plan Landscaping by Alfredo T-Bonz Grille & Pub Apple Inc. Edible Arrangements, Columbia Let’s Dance Fitness Studio Team Irving Fitness AT&T Mobility Edible Arrangements, Ellicott City Level Zin The Body Image Therapy Center Azul 17 Mexican Cuisine and Edible Arrangements, Laurel Liberty Mutual Group The Boot Camp Girl Tequila Lounge Electra Entertainment Liberty Tax Service The Hair Loft Baltimore Orioles Equity Mortgage Lending Lightning Property Services, LLC The Horace Mann Companies BB&T Erie Insurance Group Linda’s Bakery The Law Office of Brett M. Dieck, LLC Body Shapers, LTD Fairway Hills Golf Club Little Hands Cookie Co. The Pampered Chef BodyWise Physical Therapy and Feet First Sports Longaberger (Independent Consultant) The Scholar Athlete Academy Wellness First Financial Group Longevity Medical Spa The Tomato Palace Boulder for Men Fit to You, LLC LV Creative Designs The Vertical Connection Carpet One Brick Bodies and Lynne Brick’s Fitness Together M&T Bank, Daybreak Circle Thumbs Up Party Planning, Inc. Health and Fitness Facilities Gift Tree Marriottsville Acupuncture Tocar Spa Cafe De Paris Great Oak Lending Maryland University of Integrative Total Image Services Camp Bow Wow Great Sage Health Twist & Turn Tavern Christopher’s Barber Studio Greenberries Company Maximum Fitness Two Eagles Lodge Club Pooche greeNEWit Medifast Union Jack’s British Pub Clyde’s of Columbia Greystone Grill Mercer Carpet One Floor and Home United Dominion Realty Trust - Columbia Association Ground Control Microsoft via Bell Techlogix Ellicott Grove Apartments Columbia Jazzercise Fitness Center GSF Mortgage Group Mosquito Joe of Howard County Uno Chicago Grill, Columbia Mall Countryside Cabinetry LLC Harper’s Farm BP Move and Change Verizon - Employee Value Program CQI Associates, LLC - MD Hartford Computer Group, Inc. MUSA Tae Kwon Do Vince’s Tasty Creations Residential Energy Co-op Inside Out Performance, LLC My Gym Children’s Fitness Center Wachovia Bank, Catonsville Branch Crafton Dental Suite Integrated Financial Solutions, LLC National Fidelity Mortgage Weichert Realtors - New Colony CruiseOne Island Club Apartments Nationwide Insurance Company Weight Watchers International, Inc. New York Life Insurance Company Wellington Interiors Noonan Construction Wessel’s Florist and Weddings One For All Dance Academy Zapata’s Restaurant & Bar Peer2Peer Tutors Physicians Weight Loss Centers Gifted and Talented Plancorr Wealth Management Presidential Bank, Columbia Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. Program continued from page 25 Pump It Up of Elkridge Quest Fitness R.E. Shilow Realty Investors, Inc. Pam Long Photography Teen Life Portraits Reda’s Mobile Detailing Paradise Animal Hospital Terri L. Hill, M.D., P.A. Reisman Video Productions Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders The Business Monthly RetirementQuest Wealth Center of Maryland LLC The Horizon Foundation Management Parnes, May, and Associates, MD The Redhead Companies Retro-Spect, LLC Home Inspections Paul Duncan & The Duncan Group The Silver Heron Rocky Mountain High Financial Peabody Conservatory The Walters Art Museum Service Pimlico Race Track UMBC, Education Department Royal Air Flight Training Inc. Pixel Workshop, Inc. United States Congress Salazar Catering Services/ Potomac Valley Orthopedic United States Department of Boardroom Café Associates Agriculture Salon Marielle Saint Agnes Hospital United Therapeutics Corporation Salon Tusey Sheppard Pratt Hospital University of Maryland College of Salvere Health and Fitness Sinai Hospital Education Sandy Spring Bank, Fulton Branch Smile Savers Dentistry University of Maryland Medical Save On Real Estate.Net Special Olympics of Maryland Center Second Chance Saloon Stevenson University University of Maryland, Baltimore Shell Car Care Center, Columbia Stewart/McCready Architects, PA USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Shell Car Care Center, Dorsey Hall Symmetry First Architects, LLC Center Sherwood Crossing Apartments Target W. R. Grace & Co. Skin Therapy Center, LLC Ted Annenberg, L.Ac. P.C. Waredaca
26 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report Volunteer Opportunities with the HCPSS Single Day Commitment, 2013-2014 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: WHEN: WHERE: HCPSS CONTACT: JUNIOR INTERVIEWERS January through High schools High School Guidance Office Every HCPSS junior develops a resume and participates in a 20-30 March throughout county; www.hcpss.org/schools/ minute interview to fulfill World of Work graduation requirements. 3 hours; schedule to be schools_high.shtml Throughout the year, Guidance Counselors and English Teachers scheduled per school determined assist students with career preparation skills, including resume writing, professional dress and manners, as well as interviewing strategies. Each high school guidance office coordinates many community volunteers to conduct the interviews.
BLACK SAGA COMPETITION Saturday, February 8 Veterans ES Secondary Social Studies The Black Saga Competition is an exciting, fun-filled forum for students Mark Stout (Grades 6-8) to learn about the experience of African Americans in the snow date 410-313-6622 United States. School teams of up to three students each compete by Saturday, February 22 [email protected] studying the answers to more than 800 questions about the African American experience. HCPSS seeks volunteers to assist us in running the countywide competition.
Countywide STEM EXPO - JUDGES To be determined/ Long Reach HS Secondary Science The HCPSS STEM Expo promotes student engagement and learning in Spring 2014 Mary Drew science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through the display 410-313-6615 and presentation of student projects. Students from the county’s middle [email protected] and high schools participate. The HCPSS needs qualified community volunteers to review and evaluate student work.
MESA DAY - JUDGES Regional Competition Johns Hopkins Harold L. Williams Small teams of judges assess student competitions in bridge building, Friday, April 4 Applied Physics Lab MESA Program Manager trebuchet, communications, and other events against a set of defined 410-313-5691 parameters. The Maryland MESA (mathematics, engineering and science [email protected] achievement) program prepares students for academic and professional careers in mathematics, engineering, science and technology.
Countywide HISTORY DAY - JUDGES Saturday, March 15 Reservoir HS Secondary Social Studies The HCPSS annual History Day competition promotes the study of 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Kelly Reichardt history while providing students a forum to compete for excellence in 410-313-6622 one of several categories: documentary, performance, exhibit, web snow date [email protected] page, and historical paper. Business and community members judge the Saturday, March 29 competition by reviewing and evaluating student work based on criteria set by the national History Day Commission. Judging assignments will be mailed to participants with instructions and other details approximately one week prior to the competition.
PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE - INTERVIEWERS Friday, March 14 Howard Community Career Research and Through the Passport to the Future partnership, the Howard County College Development Chamber of Commerce and the HCPSS share the commitment and Stephanie Discepolo responsibility for developing workforce-ready students who plan 410-313-7493 to pursue a career immediately after high school. Students earning stephanie_discepolo@hcpss. Passport to the Future certification have mastered the skills necessary org to be successful in work and career related experiences. One of the final requirements of the Passport program is successfully completing an “employment-like” interview. In addition to the Chamber volunteers, the HCPSS seeks local professionals to interview Passport students.
SIMULATED CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS - COACHES and JUDGES Coaching Elementary schools Elementary Social Studies The simulated congressional hearing is the culminating activity of a March and April throughout county; Kim Eggborn HCPSS 5th grade curricular program - “We the People: The Citizen 1-2 hours during schedule to be 410-313-5678 and the Constitution.” Students play the role of constitutional experts school day; determined [email protected] and demonstrate their new-found knowledge and understanding of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights by presenting prepared Judging oral statements before a panel of judges. May and June 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Coaches help students locate resources, synthesize information, develop a speech and prepare for follow-up questions. Judges are community leaders who listen to the students testify, ask follow-up questions and provide valuable feedback.
HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2012-2013 Annual Report 27 Powerful Partnerships Amazing Opportunities For more info on HCPSS Partnerships, go to: Partnerships Office 10910 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21042 410-313-6655 www.hcpss.org/aboutus/partnership [email protected]
Thed Howar County Public School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, age, gender, marital status, or sexual orientation in matters affecting employment or in providing access to programs. For more information, contact the Equity Assurance Office of the Howard County Public School System at 10910 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21042 or call 410-313-6654.