2016–2017 Educational Partnerships ANNUAL REPORT A Message from the What’s INSIDE INTERIM Performance...... 4–5 SUPERINTENDENT Collaboration...... 6–7 Engagement...... 8–9 Teamwork...... 10–11 Well-being...... 12–13 School Partners...... 14–17 ommunity support is among the greatest assets of the At-Large Partners...... 18–19 Howard County Public School System. Businesses, non-profit Corganizations and government agencies contribute countless Career and Technology Education...... 20–22 hours, immeasurable resources and invaluable expertise to help our Health and Wellness...... 22 students build essential 21st century skills and a mindset of success. Special Education...... 23

This annual report provides an overview of the many ways our Gifted and Talented...... 24 community partners collaborate closely with our school system to Student Services...... 25 support our strategic call to action, Learning and Leading with Equity: Staff Discount Program...... 25 The Fierce Urgency of Now. Partners work closely with schools, students and staff members to enhance education for all students Volunteer Opportunities...... 26–27 and provide additional support to those with greatest need. These activities give students unique and real world experiences that add immeasurable value to learning while helping to ensure equity of opportunity for every child in our system. In the process, our partners help to prepare each student for success in college and meaningful careers, while securing the future for our community as well as for our children. Howard I want to thank our partners for their generous support. Thank you for joining with us to prepare each Howard County student for lifelong County success. Public School System

Sincerely, The Educational Partnerships Annual Report reflects partnerships active between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.

If there are any errors or omissions, please accept our apologies and inform the Partnerships Office at 410‑313‑6655 or [email protected]. Michael J. Martirano, Ed.D.

The BOARD OF EDUCATION of Howard County 2016–2017

Cynthia Vaillancourt Bess Altwerger, Kirsten Coombs Christina Mavis Ellis Sandra H. French Griffin Diven Chairman Ed.D. Delmont-Small Student Member Vice Chairman Educational partnerships benefit the entire community by investing today to develop a better community tomorrow. HCPSS knows that there is no single answer or program that guarantees success for every child in school, but rather it takes a combination of strategies and efforts. Hundreds of community partners directly support our Call to Action for Learning and Leading with Equity in a variety of ways, by providing engaging activities and nurturing the well-being of HCPSS students and staff. The partnership activities highlighted in this report demonstrate how working together will ensure that Howard County continues to be a thriving community for many years to come. Performance

Top-ranking school system performance is directly linked to a high level of community involvement. Howard County residents understand that education is a valued community asset and participate in the school system at an extraordinarily high level. The community takes great pride in its top-tier school system, the number one library system in the nation, and an award- winning community college. More than 700 students representing each HCPSS high school participated in the HCPSS partners share time Columbia 50th Birthday Party activities by performing at Merriweather Post Pavilion in honor of James Rouse’s founding of Columbia 50 years ago. The HCPSS and resources to provide Fine Arts team directed student vocal and instrumental music, dance and other opportunities to students performances dedicated to Rouse’s legacy of community, collaboration, integration and diversity. The community event gave the students a unique opportunity to so they may reach their full perform on a professional stage with peers from across the county. potential.

The HCPSS Black Student Achievement Program collaborates with Howard Community College, Towson University, UMBC and parents to conduct a Saturday Math Academy. The academy accelerates academic achievement for all students and provides opportunities for parents to learn instructional mathematical strategies to support their children at home. Collegiate volunteers assist students in grades 4–12 with improving math skills, strengthening homework and study habits, playing chess, and encouraging academic achievement.

4 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report For 20 years, HCPSS has been partnering with the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter, to promote academic success, leadership, personal responsibility and community service. The Alpha Achievers honors program targets high school males of African-American and African heritage with a 3.0 or above grade point average by fostering a positive learning environment, promoting character growth, and encouraging students to become full citizens of the school and the community.

Members of Long Reach High School Alpha Achievers program volunteer to help prepare for the ARC of Howard County’s annual Chocolate Ball.

Fourth-grade students under the guidance of the University of Maryland Extension, Howard County Master Gardeners learn about the history of farming in Howard County and explore farming conservation practices, monitor stream quality, and discuss composting to preserve and protect the local environment. This cross-curricular, integrated field experience at the Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum also reinforces why using local food products in personal diets can reinforce healthy eating habits and reduce individual carbon footprints.

Special Olympics Howard County (SOHC) teams with HCPSS to guarantee that all students have access to the life-changing benefits of participating in sports training and competition. SOHC provides equipment, shirts, medals and volunteers so that the highly anticipated Cedar Lane School Annual Challenge Day is a big success. During the day, all Cedar Lane School students participate in activities and demonstrate the motor skills they have developed during the school year. Students are thrilled to compete and are rewarded with athlete medals from Howard County Police officers.

Students with disabilities also have an opportunity to participate in competitive sports through the HCPSS Allied Sports Program. With support from First Tee of Howard County, Columbia Association’s Fairway Hills Golf Club and Brunswick Zone Normandy, the popular program provides students with the challenges and rewards of competitive golf, bowling, soccer and softball.

HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 5 Collaboration

The vitality of a community depends largely on the quality of its local school system. More than 1,000 partners representing businesses, non-profits, government agencies, civic clubs, colleges and universities, faith-based groups, military commands, Interim Superintendent Michael J. Martirano (pictured center) meets with a business trade associations, and advisory council to learn about emerging business and workplace issues, and to share school system priorities and initiatives. Spearheaded by Leonardo McClarty, professional organizations President and CEO of the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, the advisory have been invaluable in council includes members from a cross section of local and regional businesses: • Applied Defense Solutions • Johns Hopkins University Applied making our schools and • Comcast Physics Laboratory • Costello Construction • Mobern Lighting community among the best • Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny • National Security Agency places anywhere to live, • Howard Bank • Prime Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. • Howard County Association of • Sharps at Waterford Farm work and learn. Education Realtors • Thomas & Libowitz, P.A. truly is a collaborative • Howard County Economic • U.S. Army Fort Meade Development Authority • W. R. Grace & Co. effort in Howard County. • Howard County General Hospital, • Wegmans A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine

HCPSS is fortunate to access the insight of representatives from business executives who serve on a variety of school system councils and committees, ranging from the School Health Council to the Academic Calendar Committee to curricular-specific committees. Recently the representatives shared their expertise regarding how classroom learning relates to the real world. The video clips (http://hcpssne.ws/2wNTwwq) will be used in classrooms as well as in training sessions for teachers and staff. How do you use math every day in your job? What skills are needed to succeed?

… integrity, Artificial intelligence …to analyze how a strong work ethic, is basically very, very much energy a building and the ability to be large math problems. uses, to calculating the renewable power needed a team player. –Ebere Onukwugha for a whole city. Associate Professor –Katie Nolan University of Maryland Research Engineer School of Pharmacy Cisco … for budgeting, –Jason Jannati how many tickets Co-Founder Professionalism. …to figure out we must sell to break greeNEWit People are so used how much fabric even on this concert. to texting that they I need to cut 100 –Renuka Jain forget the basics. garments. –Katherine Keefe Owner –Lee Anderson Executive Director Revive Physical Therapy Executive Director The Columbia Orchestra ManneqART 6 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report The Glenwood Lions Club sponsors Leo Clubs where students serve as positive agents of change at Bushy Park Elementary School, Folly Quarter and Glenwood middle schools, and Glenelg and Marriotts Ridge high schools. Students develop leadership skills and experience teamwork, cooperation and collaboration. In the spring, the Glenwood Middle School Leo Club collaborated with the local community and the Howard County Department of Public Works, Alpha Ridge Landfill to conduct a bike drive. The 2017 initiative resulted in the club donating 319 bicycles to Bikes for the World, for a total of 1,300 donated since 2008.

Students and their families enjoyed learning games, fun activities, and meeting more than 55 local providers of services for families and students at the inaugural HCPSS Special Education and Early Intervention Services Family Resource Fair. The Fair connected families with a wide assortment of organizations including Camp Attaway, Howard County Autism Society, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services and many more. Members from the Howard County Fire Department conducted fire truck tours and demonstrated the equipment firefighters use.

Hundreds of businesses contribute to education by welcoming thousands of students into their businesses via internships. These positions enable high school students to take their first steps toward rewarding careers in fields such as engineering, medicine or culinary arts with the support of a professional mentor. HCPSS Architectural Design Academy students study all aspects of design while using professional 3D modeling software. They create models of houses, furniture and other projects, and receive professional insight from members of an advisory board that includes representatives from Banta‑Campbell Architects, Barwick Interiors, OLBN Inc., Transforming Architecture and more.

HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 7 Engagement

The Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts at Wilde Lake High School (JRT) opened 20 years ago through a unique public-private partnership supported by county, state and private funding. With a seating capacity of 747, the professionally Partnerships foster positive equipped theater is a sought-after resource boasting approximately 150 events working relationships by each season. The theater is self-sustaining with a full calendar of school plays, poetry readings, community cultural festivals, orchestra performances, dance competitions, engaging community visiting artists and more. leaders with the school A Shared Use Committee with representatives from Howard County Government, system, and educators with Howard County Chamber of Commerce, Howard County Arts Council and the school system continue to oversee the theater’s operations, balancing the the greater community. educational and performance needs of HCPSS and the community.

These relationships Each year the Columbia Orchestra with the support of Music & Arts provides a provide a bridge for Young People’s Concert at the JRT so that children of all ages can enjoy a fun-filled introduction to the orchestra. greater understanding and increased opportunities for collective action in support of shared strategic education initiatives. HCPSS is fortunate that community engagement is among our greatest assets.

Atholton High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, National Honor Society and Educators Rising students threw the annual Sunrise Prom for residents of Sunrise of Columbia Assisted Living. This annual event is part of an ongoing partnership between Sunrise and Atholton that includes work placement opportunities, technology support, performances and weekly volunteering.

8 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report The Howard County Department of Education participated in the Howard County Arts Council ARTsites, a yearlong public art initiative featuring sculptures at up to 13 sites throughout Howard County. “Manolis,” a 14-foot-tall steel and aluminum kinetic sculpture by Baltimore artist Paul Daniel, enhanced HCPSS has enjoyed a longstanding partnership with the Howard the entrance of the Department of Education through County Conservancy, Robinson Nature Center, Howard County July 2017. The exhibit creates visual anchor points and Department of Recreation and Parks, Trout Unlimited, Trout in the increases community access to the arts. Classroom and others to educate students about the wonders of the natural world, preserving the land, and the importance of responsible stewardship of the environment. During the 2016–17 school year, the Conservancy alone worked with 11,537 students and provided professional training for nearly 375 teachers.

Each year, teams of students from every Howard County public high school collect, analyze and report on their findings from Howard County streams and watersheds. The program began in 2014 with HCPSS engages with partners locally and globally. the Howard County Conservancy and HCPSS, and is supported by a International partnerships with the China – Education grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Committee of Dong Cheng District and the South Korea (NOAA). This year, the students also worked with the Howard County – The Iksan District Office of Education allow educators to Office of Emergency Management and used land-use maps, weather share ideas, professional learning opportunities, and best data and NOAA interactive resources to evaluate whether the 2016 practices. Closer to home, local organizations including Ellicott City flood was preventable. the Chinese Language School of Columbia, Columbia Association International Exchange and Multicultural Programs, Howard County Chinese School, and Huaxing Language and Culture Center assist students with gaining international understanding and celebrating the diverse cultures of Howard County.

Twenty students from Iksan, South Korea attend English language classes, meet with Howard County peers and take local excursions during a three-week HCPSS summer program.

HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 9 Teamwork A growing number of HCPSS students face challenges that can have negative effects on learning. More than one in five Howard County students live in poverty and do not have the resources many in the county take for granted. Fortunately, a variety of HCPSS partners team with the school system to support these basic needs.

“I am grateful to our

community partners for Approximately 12,000 Howard County students qualify for the federally funded helping to provide the free and reduced meals provided by the school system. Community volunteers join with the Rotary Club of Columbia Town Center, The Lutheran Village at Miller's essentials needed by Grant, Costco Wholesale Columbia and others to provide food for students over a growing number of the weekend at elementary schools through the Blessings in a Backpack program. Howard County students HCPSS joined with the Howard County Office of the Local Children’s Board and Howard County’s Roving Radish to distribute "Weekend Warrior Snack Packs" and families,” said Interim at the school system’s summer lunch program at Stevens Forest Elementary School and Harper's Choice Middle School. Every Friday from June 30 through Superintendent Michael J. September 1, county youth take home Roving Radish backpacks filled with healthy Martirano. and nutritious food for the weekend.

Giant Food partners with Oakland Mills and Patuxent Valley middle schools by supporting initiatives and events that connect families in need with healthy food. Students and their families have enjoyed Thanksgiving meals and almost 600 boxes of organic, nonperishable food thanks to Giant’s generosity. Giant also offers nutritious food over extended school breaks to students who eat most of their meals at school.

A Giant Food employee hands oranges to a mother who attended the store- sponsored Farmer’s Market at Oakland Mills Middle School.

10 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report Teamwork

The Howard County Community Action Council works to reduce poverty and create self-sufficiency. The Council supports students’ education through three programs: Head Start, Food Bank and Prepare for Success. Since 1998, Head Start and HCPSS have actively engaged parents to support their young children’s learning and shared information and resources to ensure a successful transition into kindergarten.

The "Howard 7" Rotary Clubs, led by the Sunrise Rotary Club of Ellicott City, financially support the Head Start Summer Enrichment Program that enhances children's education by offering opportunities they would not have otherwise.

School system staff members work with many community organizations, including FIRN, HopeWorks, MakingChange, Success in Style and more, to secure the resources that each student needs for academic success. The Howard County MultiService Center serves as a conduit for these resources and assists school staff in obtaining clothing, school supplies, medical services and other life necessities for students and their families. The center also helps secure funds and medical resources for emergency medical, dental, vision and hearing, and prescription assistance.

The Howard County Community Action Council’s Food Bank works with school principals to create in-school food pantries, host temporary mobile pantries, and provide information to families about the Community Action Council’s energy assistance, early childhood education and housing assistance programs.

Students throughout Howard County are well equipped with necessary school supplies thanks to Prepare for Success. The program raises funds to purchase backpacks, collects donations of school supplies from locations around the county, and then provides backpacks filled with necessary school supplies to elementary, middle and high school students. The Howard County MultiService Center and HCPSS staff collaborate to offer HCPSS families a Getting Ahead program. The no-charge 45-hour workshop helps individuals in poverty build resources to create a more prosperous life for themselves and their families.

HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 11 Well-being

HCPSS is grateful to be part of a community that understands the Choose Civility is an ongoing communitywide initiative led by the Howard County Library System to enhance respect, empathy, consideration and tolerance in Howard connection between health County. The 2017 civility theme Kindness Creates Community was chosen to encourage and wellness and student people to recognize the little things people do that make our community stronger and inspire others. Each year the library and the Columbia Association Art Center invite achievement. Staff wellness students to submit original art illustrating the theme. is an integral part of a healthy school environment and promoting staff wellness fosters improved health status, increased morale, greater commitment to the health of students, and positive role modeling opportunities. Many partners work with HCPSS to promote physical activity Applications and Research Laboratory and healthy food choices, junior John Browder was the 2017 provide opportunities for grand prize winner with his “Reach Out Spread Kindness” poster. students to explore arts Members of the Howard County and culture, and build a Association of Student Councils helped welcoming and positive spread the message of kindness by placing the hashtag “#choose2Bkind” school environment. at the front of HCPSS schools.

The Bright Minds Foundation Strutting with the Staff dance competition brings teams of principals and teachers representing the County's high schools together for a fun evening of dance and camaraderie. The fundraiser supports the educational foundation’s initiatives of supplying computers for students, afterschool transportation, and teacher grants. The Homewood Center earned the grand prize and bragging rights at the 2017 contest.

12 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report Race Pace and the Bicycling Advocates of Howard County encourage student cycling by conducting helmet fit checks, providing bicycle maintenance, funding bicycle racks, and promoting bike safety tips for students and staff.

HCPSS students and families joined the national Walk and Bike to School Day in May to experience the fun and HCPSS benefits from numerous partners that provide benefits of walking and cycling. Representatives from information, tools, resources and services to help Howard County Health Department, Howard County school system staff develop and maintain a healthy Police Department and Howard County Office of lifestyle. These partners, including the Columbia Transportation administered a pre-event poster contest, Association, HC DrugFree, Howard County General supplied promotional materials including reflector lights Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and stickers for students, and cheered families as they Howard Community College, Revive Physical arrived at school. Therapy, Salvere Health & Fitness, and many more support teachers and staff by presenting fitness classes, participating in the school system’s annual Health and Wellness Expo, and/or offering discounts on their services through the HCPSS Staff Discount program.

HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 13 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 2016–2017 school year.

ATHOLTON ES BJ's Wholesale Club Howard Community College JUDY CENTER AT A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Eggspectation Howard County Library, Miller Branch CRADLEROCK ES Colonial Pipeline Company greeNEWit Sport Clips, Turf Valley Cradlerock Children's Center Giant Food, Freetown Road Howard County Food Bank, Turf Valley Resort East Columbia Preschool Grassroots Crisis Intervention Community Action Council Under Armour, Inc. Family and Children's Services of Center, Inc. Howard County Library, Central Branch Central Maryland greeNEWit HowGirlsCode CENTENNIAL LANE ES FIRN, Inc. Harris Teeter, Guilford Road Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City Brunswick Zone Normandy Head Start, Dasher Green Center Howard County Library, Okinawan Karate Dojo Howard County Library, Miller Branch Howard Community College East Columbia Branch Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Marathon Kids Howard County Department of Howard County Police Department Zeta Alpha Sigma Alumni Chapter, Inc. Sport Clips, Turf Valley Recreation and Parks Roma's Pizzeria Rotary Club of Columbia Turf Valley Resort Howard County Department of Sandy Spring Bank, Fulton Branch Town Center Social Services Towson University College of CLARKSVILLE ES Howard County Health Department Education BURLEIGH MANOR MS Howard County Library, Central Branch Howard County Library System Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Kendall Hardware Howard County Mental Health Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel McDonald's, Daybreak Circle Authority ATHOLTON HS Howard County Library, Miller Branch Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom Howard County Office of Children Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Sport Clips, Turf Valley Washington Suburban Sanitary and Families Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Tersiguel's French Country Commission (WSSC), Owen Brown Community Association Ballet Mobile, Inc. Restaurant Green School Program Ready At Five Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom Shattuck & Associates Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Turf Valley Resort CLARKSVILLE MS Grassroots Crisis Intervention Vocelli Pizza Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. DAYTON OAKS ES Center, Inc. Howard Community College, greeNEWit Head Start, Old Cedar Lane BUSHY PARK ES Department of Public Safety Howard County Library, Hickory Ridge Community Glenwood Lions Club Howard County Government, Glenwood Branch Association Howard Community College Department of Public Works Junior Achievement of Central Howard Community College Howard County Library, Howard County Library, Central Branch Maryland, Inc. Howard County Library, Central Branch Glenwood Branch Johns Hopkins University Applied National Security Agency Sunrise Assisted Living Junior Achievement of Central Physics Laboratory New Vision Martial Arts The Council of Elders of the Black Maryland, Inc. Message Systems Sandy Spring Bank, Clarksville Branch Community of Howard County Smoothie King, Columbia Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom DEEP RUN ES BELLOWS SPRING ES CEDAR LANE SCHOOL CLEMENS CROSSING ES Grassroots Crisis Intervention Eggspectation ATG Rehab Chick-fil-A,Johns Hopkins Road Center, Inc. Howard County Library, Athletes Serving Athletes Eggspectation greeNEWit Elkridge Branch The Baltimore-Washington Howard County Library, Junior Achievement of Central First National Bank Conference of The United Elkridge Branch Maryland, Inc. Grassroots Crisis Intervention Methodist Church Howard County Police Department Okinawan Karate Dojo Center, Inc. Beijing Dongcheng District HowGirlsCode Victory Martial Arts greeNEWit D&S Karate Studios Hickory Ridge Community Jersey Mike’s Subs, Columbia Encore Stables Association Victory Martial Arts BOLLMAN BRIDGE ES Fidos for Freedom, Inc. Howard Community College Continental Societies, Inc., First Site Vision Care Howard County Library, Central Branch DUCKETTS LANE ES Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Howard County Autism Society Junior Achievement of Central Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Girl Scouts of Central Maryland Maple Lawn Business Association Maryland, Inc. Iota Lambda Omega Chapter The Horizon Foundation Maple Lawn Homeowners Association Locust United Methodist Church Chick-fil-A,Arundel Mills Circle Howard Community College McDonald's, Maple Lawn MKD Kids Green Valley Marketplace Howard County Library, Savage Branch The Pearl Modern Spa and Boutique & STEM Education Center Patient First Howard County Library, Howard County MultiService Center Prepare for Success, Community Subway, Freetown Road Elkridge Branch Action Council of Howard County Loyola University Maryland, Towson University Okinawan Karate Dojo Special Olympics Howard County School of Education Studio Dans Marathon Kids CRADLEROCK ES DUNLOGGIN MS Town Center Community Association A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Chesapeake Bay Foundation BONNIE BRANCH MS Blessings in a Backpack Howard County Library, Miller Branch CENTENNIAL HS 4th Quarter Continental Societies, Inc., Kentmorr Marina AllCare of Maryland Green Valley Marketplace Columbia, Maryland Chapter The Oriole Advocates, Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Howard County Library, Outback Steakhouse, Long Gate Howard County Library, Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Elkridge Branch East Columbia Branch Oyster Recovery Partnership The Arc of Howard County Owen Brown Community Association Sport Clips, Turf Valley Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Smoothie King, Columbia University of Maryland Center for BRYANT WOODS ES Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Environmental Science A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Grassroots Crisis Intervention Uno Chicago Grill, Long Gate Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Center, Inc. Greater Chesapeake The Horizon Foundation

14 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report ELKRIDGE ES FOREST RIDGE ES Howard County Library, Savage HARPER'S CHOICE MS Cindy's Soft Serve A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Branch & STEM Education Center A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Edible Arrangements, Laurel Chick-fil-A,Johns Hopkins Road Howard County MultiService Center Harper's Choice Community Elkridge Furnace Inn Continental Societies, Inc., National Security Agency Association Green Valley Marketplace Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Howard Community College, Howard County Library, greeNEWit GUILFORD ES Admissions and Advising Office Elkridge Branch Howard County Library, Savage A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Howard County Department of Josephine B. Scheffenacker Branch & STEM Education Center Asbury United Methodist Church – Recreation and Parks Education Trust Howard County MultiService Center Jessup Howard County Economic Soccer Dome Le'Chic Academy Foundation Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Development Authority Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Mathnasium Howard County General Hospital, First Baptist Church of Guilford ELKRIDGE LANDING MS Mother Nature's A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard Community College, 4th Quarter Howard County Library, Central Branch FULTON ES Center for Service Learning Dunkin' Donuts, Washington Boulevard Howard County Library, Howard County Office on Aging Howard County Library, Central Branch Elkridge Furnace Inn East Columbia Branch and Independence, Elkridge Hurricanes Maple Lawn Business Association Marathon Kids Florence Bain Senior Center Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department Okinawan Karate Dojo Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Howard County Police Department,

Elkridge Youth Organization Tau Pi Chapter Harper's Choice Village Center Grassroots Crisis Intervention GLENELG HS McDonald's, Harpers Farm Road Center, Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, HAMMOND ES No Kid Hungry, Share Our Strength Green Valley Marketplace Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Safeway, Harpers Farm Road Howard County Library, Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, greeNEWit Salazar Catering Services/ Elkridge Branch Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Howard County Library, Savage Boardroom Café McDonald's, Washington Boulevard, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Branch & STEM Education Center Elkridge E.W. Beck's Subway, Guilford Road HOLLIFIELD STATION ES Eggspectation Outback Steakhouse, Long Gate Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom Applebee's, Baltimore National Pike Pizza Hut, Montgomery Road Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Glenwood Lions Club HAMMOND HS Staples, Inc. Baltimore National Pike Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Subway, Baltimore National Pike Grassroots Crisis Intervention greeNEWit Center, Inc. Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Subway, Washington Boulevard Howard County Library, Miller Branch UMBC Athletics Green Spring Health Services Inc. Chick-fil-A,Johns Hopkins Road Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Ledo Pizza, Baltimore National Pike The Horizon Foundation Qdoba Mexican Eats ELLICOTT MILLS MS Howard County Library, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Columbia Community Center of Towson University Grassroots Crisis Intervention Glenwood Branch Seventh-day Adventists Center, Inc. Identity Promotions, LLC Grassroots Crisis Intervention HOMEWOOD CENTER Howard County Library, Miller Branch NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Center, Inc. Howard County Conservancy Northrop Grumman Corporation The Council of Elders of the Black Howard County Library, Central Branch Community of Howard County Howard County Library, Savage Subway, Centre Park Drive Humanim, Inc. Turf Valley Resort Branch & STEM Education Center Subway, Guilford Road Islamic Leadership Institute of FOLLY QUARTER MS GLENWOOD MS America The Anthony Corrao Team of Long HAMMOND MS Living Wellness Chiropractic of Eggspectation and Foster Real Estate, Inc. A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Columbia Glenwood Lions Club Barnes & Noble Booksellers Chesapeake Bay Foundation Press Box Grassroots Crisis Intervention Eggspectation Chick-fil-A,Johns Hopkins Road PTA Council of Howard County Center, Inc. Eoyang Middle School, Korea Howard Community College, R:evolution Rhythm Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel Howard County Library, Center for Service Learning Glenwood Branch Robinson Nature Center, Glenwood Lions Club Howard County Library, Savage Howard County Department of Grassroots Crisis Intervention Branch & STEM Education Center GORMAN CROSSING ES Recreation and Parks Center, Inc. Robinson Nature Center, Ronald McDonald House Charities Chick-fil-A, Johns Hopkins Road Howard County Library, Howard County Department of of Baltimore Gailes' Violin Shop, Inc. Glenwood Branch Recreation and Parks Salazar Catering Services/ Boardroom Café St. Francis of Assisi Parish Subway, Centre Park Drive Success In Style YogaYou

HOWARD HS Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Fourth- and fifth-grade Centre Park Grill students fly drones that Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, they built during summer Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. camp. The drone camp is Eggspectation part of the HCPSS Black Genesis Arts Student Achievement Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. Program, a community Green Valley Marketplace partnership between the The Horizon Foundation school system, Heritage Howard County Library, Housing Partners Elkridge Branch Corporation and Forest Subway, Centre Park Drive Ridge Apartments. During the camp, students learn about drone components, basic flying skills, safety, The Council of Elders of the Black and commercial applications, while they explore potential future careers in technology, engineering and Community of Howard County the aviation industry. Tino's Italian Bistro & Wine Bar

HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 15 School Partners continued

ILCHESTER ES Howard County Education Federal MOUNT VIEW MS Chick-fil-A, Johns Hopkins Road Green Valley Marketplace Credit Union Head Start, Ellicott City Center Continental Societies, Inc., Junior Achievement of Central Howard County Library, Howard County Library, Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Maryland, Inc. Elkridge Branch Glenwood Branch Eggspectation Outback Steakhouse, Long Gate Hunan Legend Oyster Recovery Partnership Five Below, Inc. Victory Martial Arts Naval Surface Warfare Center, Sport Clips, Turf Valley Grassroots Crisis Intervention Carderock Division Turf Valley Resort Center, Inc. JEFFERS HILL ES The Council of Elders of the Black Howard County Economic A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Community of Howard County MT. HEBRON HS Development Authority Blessings in a Backpack UMBC Department of Mechanical Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Howard County Library, Savage Camp Attaway Engineering Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Branch & STEM Education Center Gailes' Violin Shop, Inc. Church of the Resurrection Howard County MultiService Center Howard County Library, LONGFELLOW ES Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, East Columbia Branch A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. NORTHFIELD ES PNC Bank, Elkridge Branch Columbia Association Grassroots Crisis Intervention A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Schoolhouse Theater Arts, Inc. Howard County Food Bank, Center, Inc. Awesome Martial Arts Training Smoothie King, Columbia Community Action Council The Horizon Foundation Center Towson University Howard County Library, Central Branch Howard Community College, Brunswick Zone Normandy McDonald's, Harpers Farm Road Division of Continuing Education and Chick-fil-A,Executive Park Drive LAKE ELKHORN MS Towson University Workforce Development First National Bank A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Howard County Conservancy The First Tee of Howard County Continental Societies, Inc., MANOR WOODS ES Howard County Library, Miller Branch FISH of Howard County, Inc. Columbia, Maryland Chapter A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Howard County Summer Theatre Grassroots Crisis Intervention Good Life Wellness greeNEWit Luna Day Spa Center, Inc. Howard Community College, Howard County Library, Miller Branch McDonald's of Howard County Healthy Little Cooks Center for Service Learning Junior Achievement of Central Salazar Catering Services/ Howard County General Hospital, Howard Community College, Maryland, Inc. Boardroom Café A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Financial Aid Services Sport Clips, Turf Valley Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Howard County Library, Miller Branch Howard County Library, Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Howard County Youth Program, Inc. East Columbia Branch Turf Valley Resort Under Armour, Inc. IO Workshop Mélong Ling Howard County MultiService Center Wilhide's Unique Flowers & Gifts Lutheran Village at Miller's Grant Smile Savers Dentistry MARRIOTTS RIDGE HS Y in Central Maryland, National Security Agency Smoothie King, Columbia Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Dancel Family Center Race Pace Bicycles Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter REV Drill The Anthony Corrao Team of Long MURRAY HILL MS Sport Clips, Turf Valley LAUREL WOODS ES and Foster Real Estate, Inc. The Anthony Corrao Team of Long Subway, Baltimore National Pike The Church of Jesus Christ of Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, and Foster Real Estate, Inc. Uno Chicago Grill, Long Gate Latter-Day Saints Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Grace Community Church Glenwood Lions Club The Horizon Foundation Howard County Library, Howard County Library, Savage Glenwood Branch Branch & STEM Education Center Sport Clips, Turf Valley Howard County MultiService Center The Council of Elders of the Black McDonald's, All Saints Road Community of Howard County UMBC Education Department Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom West Friendship Volunteer Fire LIME KILN MS Department Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. MAYFIELD WOODS MS Howard County Library, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Central Branch Greater Howard County Pearls Maple Lawn Business Association Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Salvere Health and Fitness Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Bella Mia Pizzeria and Restaurant LISBON ES Continental Societies, Inc., A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Howard County Library, Grassroots Crisis Intervention Glenwood Branch Center, Inc. Sandy Spring Bank, Lisbon Branch Howard County Library, Elkridge Branch Distinguished volunteer Vivian Bailey joined HCPSS Principals Troy LONG REACH HS Jason's Deli Todd and Jason McCoy at the 2016 Howard County Public School Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Columbia Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Johns Hopkins University Applied System Educational Partnerships Celebration. The annual event Celebration Church Physics Laboratory hosted by the Sheraton Town Center Hotel in Columbia brings Christopher's Barber Studio Junior Achievement of Central together 300 school administrators, local officials and community Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Maryland, Inc. partners in recognition of the business, nonprofit and government Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Nightmare Graphics, Inc. partners who donate human, financial and other resources to the Eggspectation Smoothie King, Columbia school system each year in a joint commitment to educational Head Start, Ellicott City Center excellence. The Horizon Foundation

16 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report OAKLAND MILLS HS Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Howard County Library, Miller Branch VETERANS ES Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Salazar Catering Services/ Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Boardroom Café Greater Howard County Pearls Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Conexiones, Inc. The Columbia Bank, Gateway Plaza Bethel Baptist Church Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Coreworks Fitness Studio, Maple Lawn Turf Valley Resort Brunswick Zone Normandy Columbia Youth and Teen Center @ Greenebaum Enterprises Vocelli Pizza Howard County Library, Miller Branch The Barn Howard County Library, Savage Okinawan Karate Dojo Howard County Food Bank, Branch & STEM Education Center STEVENS FOREST ES The Columbia Bank, Long Gate Community Action Council Howard County MultiService Center A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Howard County Library, Johns Hopkins University Applied Bicycling Advocates of Howard Yingling-Ridgely Post 7472 East Columbia Branch Physics Laboratory County Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Smoothie King, Columbia Maple Lawn Business Association Howard Community College, United States, Centre Park Drive Subway, Maryland University of Integrative Center for Service Learning Yingling-Ridgely Post 7472 Sylvan Learning Center Health Howard County Library, Y in Central Maryland, The Council of Elders of the Black North Laurel Community Center East Columbia Branch Dancel Family Center Community of Howard County Jewish Federation of Howard RIVER HILL HS County WATERLOO ES OAKLAND MILLS MS Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Chick-fil-A,Executive Park Drive City on a Hill Community Church Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Zeta Alpha Sigma Alumni Chapter, Inc. The First Tee of Howard County Columbia Youth and Teen Center @ The Anthony Corrao Team of Long Giant Food – Distribution Operations The Barn and Foster Real Estate, Inc. SWANSFIELD ES greeNEWit Giant Food – Distribution Operations Chick-fil-A,Mall in Columbia A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Howard County Library, Miller Branch Howard County Library, Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Blessings in a Backpack Victory Martial Arts East Columbia Branch Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Grace Community Church Howard County MultiService Center Credit Union Foundation of Howard Community College, Oakland Mills Community WAVERLY ES Maryland and the District Center for Service Learning Association Howard County Library, Miller Branch of Columbia Howard County Library, Okinawan Karate Dojo Towson University Eggspectation Central Branch Smoothie King, Columbia We Promote Health Howard County Education Federal Patient First Credit Union Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom PATAPSCO MS WEST FRIENDSHIP ES Howard County Library, Central Branch University of Maryland College of Aristotle Circle Peer Tutors Howard County Library, McDonald's, Daybreak Circle Education Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Glenwood Branch Junior Achievement of Central The Horizon Foundation ROCKBURN ES Howard County General Hospital, TALBOTT SPRINGS ES Maryland, Inc. A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Blessings in a Backpack A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Luna Day Spa Chick-fil-A, Johns Hopkins Road Costco Wholesale, Columbia Sport Clips, Turf Valley Howard County Library, Miller Branch Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Junior Achievement of Central FIRN, Inc. Turf Valley Resort Green Valley Marketplace The Horizon Foundation West Friendship Volunteer Fire Maryland, Inc. Howard County Department of Northrop Grumman Electronic Howard County Library, Department Recreation and Parks East Columbia Branch Systems Howard County Department of UMBC Education Department Junior Achievement of Central WILDE LAKE HS Recreation and Parks, Rockburn Park Maryland, Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Vocelli Pizza Howard County Library, Oakland Mills Community Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Elkridge Branch Association The Anthony Corrao Team of Long PATUXENT VALLEY MS McDonald's, Snowden River Parkway Parents as Teachers and Foster Real Estate, Inc. Continental Societies, Inc., National Security Agency Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Bagel Bin, Wilde Lake PNC Bank, Elkridge Branch Giant Food – Distribution Operations THOMAS VIADUCT MS Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Tino's Italian Bistro & Wine Bar Howard County Library, Savage Chick-fil-A,Arundel Mills Circle Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Victory Martial Arts Branch & STEM Education Center Green Valley Marketplace Howard Community College Howard County MultiService Center Howard County Library, Howard Community College, RUNNING BROOK ES Mathnasium Elkridge Branch Center for Service Learning A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Josephine B. Scheffenacker Howard County Library, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., PHELPS LUCK ES Education Trust Central Branch Iota Lambda Omega Chapter A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. McDonald's, Harpers Farm Road The Arc of Howard County Crosswalk Lutheran Church THUNDER HILL ES Safeway, Harpers Farm Road Blessings in a Backpack Dunkin' Donuts, Centre Park Drive A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. St. John Baptist Church Columbia Youth and Teen Center @ Howard County Department of Abrakadoodle Vantage House The Barn Recreation and Parks greeNEWit Howard Community College Howard County Food Bank, Howard County Library, Howard County General Hospital, WILDE LAKE MS Community Action Council East Columbia Branch A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard County Library, MKD Kids BGE Howard County Library, Central Branch East Columbia Branch Roundhouse Krav Maga & Howard County Police Department Howard County Library, Ready At Five Martial Arts Central Branch Kittamaqundi Community Church Subway, Centre Park Drive Smoothie King, Columbia Northrop Grumman Electronic Magellan Health Services, Inc. Subway, Centre Park Drive Systems Rotary Club of Columbia Town POINTERS RUN ES Vitality Concierge Services Wilde Lake Community Association Howard County Government, Center Department of Public Works Smoothie King, Columbia TRIADELPHIA RIDGE ES WORTHINGTON ES Howard County Library, Central Branch Towson University Brunswick Zone Normandy Brunswick Zone Normandy New Vision Martial Arts Vantage House greeNEWit Chick-fil-A,Executive Park Drive Sandy Spring Bank, Clarksville Branch Volunteer, Vivian Bailey Howard Community College, Howard County Library, Miller Branch Center for Service Learning Okinawan Karate Dojo RESERVOIR HS ST. JOHN'S LANE ES Howard County Library, One Dish Cuisine Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Brunswick Zone Normandy Glenwood Branch The Columbia Bank, Gateway Plaza Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter Grassroots Crisis Intervention Chick-fil-A,Johns Hopkins Road Center, Inc. HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 17 At-Large Partners

At-Large partnerships are relationships that support the Howard County Public School System’s systemwide goals. Many at-large partners also have individual partnerships with schools of their choice. At-Large partners for the 2016–2017 school year were:

A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring, Inc. Elite Chiropractic & Sport HopeWorks Howard County Bureau of AAA Physical Therapy Elkridge Youth Organization The Horizon Foundation Environmental Services, African American Community Ellicott City Rotary Club Horizon Services Recycling Division Roundtable Fairway Hills Golf Club Howard Bank, Headquarters Howard County Center of African African Art Museum of Maryland Feet First Sports Howard Community College American Culture, Inc. AFRO FIRN, Inc. Howard Community College Howard County Chamber of Alliance Technology Group The First Tee of Howard County Educational Foundation Commerce Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, Howard Community College, Howard County Chinese School Iota Lambda Omega Chapter Caitlin Dunbar Nature Center Academic/Student Support and Howard County Concert Orchestra Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Girls on the Run of Central Maryland Career Services Howard County Conservancy Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter The Goddard School, Ellicott City Howard Community College, Howard County Council American Association for the Good Beginnings Child Care and Arts and Humanities Division Howard County Department of Advancement of Science Preschool Howard Community College, Community Resources and Services Career Links Program American Heart Association Grassroots Crisis Intervention Howard County Department of Howard Community College, Applied Defense Solutions, Inc. Center, Inc. County Administration Children's Learning Center Association of Community Services Howard County Department of of Howard County Fire and Rescue Services Baltimore Brass Co. Howard County Department of Baltimore Orioles Recreation and Parks Baltimore/Washington Corridor Howard County Department of Chamber of Commerce Recreation and Parks, Bay Bank Columbia Baseball League Bed Bath & Beyond Howard County Department of Belmont Manor & Historic Park, Social Services Howard County Recreation and Parks Howard County Economic Bethel Baptist Church Development Authority Bicycling Advocates of Howard Howard County Family Child Care County Association Bowie State University Howard County General Hospital, Bridgeway Community Church A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Bright Minds Foundation Howard County Government Brunswick Columbia Lanes Department of Planning & Zoning bts Software Solutions Howard County Health Department The Business Monthly Howard County Healthy Families, Candlelight Concert Society Howard County General Hospital Cattail Creek Country Club Howard County Historical Society Center for Civic Education Howard County Housing and Chapelgate Presbyterian Church This past March, HCPSS hosted History Day, an event that Community Development Chesapeake Bay Foundation included 206 projects presented by 304 students, representing Howard County Lacrosse Program Chesapeake Bay Trust Howard County Library System 20 middle and five high schools. The History Day program is a Children's National Medical Center Howard County Living Farm countywide collaboration among classroom teachers, libraries, China – Education Committee of Heritage Museum Dong Cheng District colleges, universities and local historical institutions such as the Howard County Local Children's Chinese Language School of Columbia Archives, Howard County Center of African American Board Columbia Culture, Howard County Historical Society, Maryland Council Howard County Mental Health Code.org® on Economic Education, Maryland Historical Society, UMBC Authority Columbia (MD) Alumnae Chapter, Center for History Education and many others. Howard County MultiService Center Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Howard County Nutrition and Columbia Archives Physical Activity Coalition Columbia Art Center Howard County Office of Child Care Grow and Learn, LLC Howard Community College, Columbia Association Howard County Office of Children Growth Adventures Division of Continuing Education and Columbia Association, Harvest Time International Outreach Workforce Development and Families Supreme Sports Club Center Howard Community College, Howard County Office of Children Columbia Festival of the Arts HC DrugFree Early Childhood Education and Families, Child Care Resource The Columbia Orchestra Center Head Start of Howard County, Howard Community College, Comcast Howard County Office of Consumer Community Action Council English and World Languages Division Community Action Council of Protection Head Start, Dasher Green Center Howard Community College, Howard County, MD, Inc. Howard County Office of Public Head Start, Ellicott City Center Science and Technology Division Conexiones, Inc. Information Head Start, Old Cedar Lane Howard Community College, Social Continental Societies, Inc., Howard County Office of the State's Healthy Howard, Inc. Sciences/Teacher Education Division Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter Howard County Arts Council/ Attorney Heritage Housing Partners Coppin State University Howard County Center for the Arts Howard County Office of Corporation Costco Wholesale, Columbia Howard County Association of Transportation Hobbit's Glen Golf Club Costello Construction Realtors Howard County Police Department HoCoAGAST Custom Media Options, LLC Howard County Board of Elections Howard County Striders HoCoPoLitSo (Howard County Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC Howard County Summer Theatre Poetry and Literature Society) Drama Learning Center

18 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report Howard County Tourism & McDonald's, All Saints Road Promotion McDonald's, Baltimore National Pike Howard Soil Conservation District McDonald's, Benson Drive Huaxing Language and Culture McDonald's, Columbia Mall Center McDonald's, Cradlerock Way Humanim, Inc. McDonald's, Daybreak Circle Innovations in Education, LLC McDonald's, Dobbin Road International Reading Association, McDonald's, Guilford Road Howard County Reading Council McDonald's, Harpers Farm Road Jack and Jill of America, Inc., McDonald's, Lisbon Center Drive Columbia, Maryland Chapter McDonald's, Maple Lawn The James and Anne Robinson McDonald's, Montgomery Road Foundation McDonald's, North Ridge Road Jewish Museum of Maryland McDonald's, Pocomoke Avenue Johns Hopkins University Applied McDonald's, Snowden River Parkway Physics Laboratory McDonald's, Washington Boulevard, Johns Hopkins University, Elkridge Peabody Institute McDonald's, Washington Boulevard, Johns Hopkins University, Jessup Howard County community members took part in Voices for an School of Education MdBio Foundation and MdBioLab Inclusive CommUNITY, an evening of dialogue about establishing Johns Hopkins University, Secondary Mediation & Conflict Resolution and strengthening relationships among students, parents, school Center (MCRC) Education Graduate Program (SIMAT) officials and law enforcement. The event provided opportunities MedStar Union Memorial Johns Hopkins University, to understand what HCPSS, the Howard County Police Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Whiting School of Engineering Department and the Howard County Office of Human Rights Judy Center at Cradlerock Mid-Atlantic Turtle & Tortoise are currently doing, and allowed for input on building a more Elementary Society, Inc. inclusive community. Junior Achievement of Central MKD Kids Maryland, Inc. Mobern Lighting Kaplan University Morgan State University Kaur Foundation Motivation Education Ready At Five Sunrise Rotary Club of Ellicott City Korea – The Iksan District Office of Music & Arts Red Branch Theatre Company Take Charge Today Education NAACP, Howard County Branch Robinson Nature Center, TasteWise Kids Leadership Howard County National Center for Earth and Space Howard County Department of The Council of Elders of the Black League of Women Voters of Science Education Recreation and Parks Community of Howard County Howard County The National Great Blacks in Wax Rotary Club of Columbia The Mall in Columbia Legacy Leadership Environmental Museum Rotary Club of Columbia Town Thomas and Libowitz, PA Institute (HoLLIE) National Security Agency Center The Timbers at Troy Lifetouch National School Studios, National University Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent Towson University Baltimore Northrop Grumman Electronic Rotary Club of Elkridge Towson University, Towson UTeach The Links, Incorporated, Systems Salazar Catering Services/ Trader Joe's Columbia, Maryland Chapter Notre Dame of Maryland University Boardroom Café Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom Loyola University Maryland, Olney Theatre Center Sharp's at Waterford Farm U.S. Army Fort Meade School of Education Padder Health Services, LLC Sheraton Columbia Town Center UMBC Center for History Education M-F Athletic, Everything Track & Parents as Teachers Hotel UMBC Education Department Field PFLAG Columbia–Howard County Shimadzu Scientific Instruments UMBC Martha Ross Center for Oral MakingChange Pivot Physical Therapy Smithsonian American Art Museum History ManneqART Prime Manufacturing Technologies Stevenson University The United States Army Field Band Marathon Kids Pro Bono Counseling Project Strathmore The United States Navy Band Maryland Agricultural Education PTA Council of Howard County Sundays At Three University of Maryland College of Foundation Education Maryland Association for University of Maryland, Extension, Environmental and Outdoor Howard County Education, Green School Program University of Maryland, Extension, (MAEOE) Howard County Master Gardeners Maryland Council on Economic University of Maryland, Extension, Education Howard County Master Naturalists Maryland Department of Juvenile University of Phoenix Services Volunteer Center Serving Howard Maryland Educational Opportunity County Center Voya Financial Maryland Freestate ChalleNGe W. R. Grace & Co. Academy Walden University Maryland General Assembly Washington Adventist University Maryland Historical Society Watson's Tin Box of Ellicott City Maryland Humanities Council Wegmans Maryland Job Corps Admissions Western Howard County Youth Center Baseball/Softball League Maryland MESA Each year Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Lambda Gamma Zeta Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, Columbia Maryland Partnership for Children Chapter hosts a prom formal wear event for Howard County in Nature Whole Foods Market Columbia students who may have difficulty obtaining prom attire. Since Maryland Piano Service Willow Springs Golf Course 2014, the sorority has sponsored A Pretty and Polished Affair Maryland School for the Deaf Y in Central Maryland, Maryland Science Center to provide each girl in Howard County regardless of income a Dancel Family Center Maryland State Archives personal shopper to help with a dress and accessories, basic The Yungmann Group of Keller McDaniel College alterations, and hair and makeup tips. Williams Integrity McDonald's of Howard County HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 19 Career and Technology Education (CTE)

Career and Technology Education (CTE) offers a variety of programs either school-based or at the centralized Applications Research Lab (ARL) that prepare students to be successful in a career field of their choosing. CTE programs integrate the strengths of an academic education with the practical benefits of career and technology education. With the guidance of advisors and industry mentors, students have the unique opportunity to explore a career interest in-depth during high school. CTE partners for the 2016-17 school year included:

PARTNERS Columbia Academy, Thunder Hill The Goddard School, Marriottsville Matthew R. Horowitz, C.P.A. A P Ventures Columbia Association Grandfather's Garden Center and Mays and Associates A&G Pharmaceutical, Inc. Columbia Association, Landscaping McDonald's, Harpers Farm Road Aida Bistro Columbia Athletic Club Green Valley Marketplace McDonald's, Lisbon Center Drive AllCare of Maryland The Columbia Center Hair Pros of Columbia McDonald's, Maple Lawn Allen & Shariff Corporation Community Action Council of Happy Sprouts Learning Center McDonald's, Snowden River Parkway AMC Theatres Howard County, MD, Inc. Harris Teeter, Westside Boulevard Meridian Anesthesia American Pest Crestview Lawn Services, LLC Head Start, Old Cedar Lane Millennium Marketing Solutions Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC Health South MISSION BBQ Aries Scientific Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Heartlands Senior Living Village Morningside Park Apartments Associated Builders and Contractors, Digestive Disease Associates P.A. Hillmuth Certified Automotive National CyberWatch Center at Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter Dolly's Car Wash Hilton Garden Inn PGCC BITHGROUP Technologies Domino's Pizza, Howard Community College Oaklawn Landscaping Bob Evans Restaurant, Baltimore National Pike Howard Community College, OLBN, Inc. Beaver Run Court Dunkin' Donuts, Nursing and Allied Health Orinoco Coffee & Tea, Ltd. Bob Evans Restaurant, Benson Drive Baltimore National Pike Howard Community College, Orthopaedic Associates of Central Dunkin' Donuts, Marriottsville Road Bon Fresco Science and Technology Division Maryland dw taylor associates, inc. Bright Minds Foundation Howard County Council Orthosport Physical Therapy East Coast Hockey and Skating Brighton Gardens of Columbia Howard County Dental Association Owen Brown Senior Center Plus Supply Brookfield Christian School of Howard County Department of Fire P & J Contracting ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC – Baltimore Clarksville and Rescue Services Papa John's, Marshalee Drive Ed-U-Care Learning Center Buffalo Wild Wings Howard County Department of Party City, Old Dobbin Lane Elkridge Family Dentistry Burger King, Washington Boulevard Recreation and Parks Patapsco Valley Lawn & Landscape Elkridge Furnace Inn Center of Marine Biotechnology Howard County Education Federal Patterson High School Elkridge Youth Organization CERN, Community Emergency Credit Union Pennoni Associates Expert Trading Limited Response Network, Inc. Howard County General Hospital, Physiotherapy Associates, Federal Communications A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Chick-fil-A,Executive Park Drive Laurel Park Drive Commission Chick-fil-A,Johns Hopkins Road Howard County Government, Pizza Hut, Old Annapolis Road Fisher, Collins, & Carter, Inc. Chick-fil-A,Mall in Columbia Fleet Maintenance Prime Manufacturing Five Guys, Inc. The Children's Place Howard County Historical Society Technologies, Inc. Food Lion, Lisbon Center Drive Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Howard County Library System Qdoba Mexican Eats Frisco Tap House Old Dobbin Lane Howard County Library, Rebuilding Together Howard County Gap Kids Glenwood Branch Chuck E. Cheese's Restaurant Association of Maryland Gary J. Arthur Community Center at Howard County Library, Savage Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence Education Foundation Glenwood Branch & STEM Education Center and Research Group Ruth Agwuna, M.D. Giant Food, Freetown Road Howard County Office of the State's Cold Stone Creamery Safeway, Baltimore National Pike Giant Food, Marshalee Drive Attorney The Collaborative Law Group Safeway, Harpers Farm Road The Goddard School, Ellicott City Howard County Office of Workforce Development Saini Orthodontics Howard County Office on Aging Saint Agnes Hospital and Independence, Salazar Catering Services/ Florence Bain Senior Center Boardroom Café Howard County Police Department, Samaritan's Purse Youth Division Science and Technology Corporation Howard County Youth Program, Inc. Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Humanim, Inc. Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Jim Coleman Honda Somerford Place Alzheimer's Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Assisted Living Columbia Center Sourcefire Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health Starbucks, Dobbin Road System Subway, Washington Boulevard Johns Hopkins University Applied Success In Style Physics Laboratory Sunrise Assisted Living Katkow Dentistry, LLC Sykesville Car Service Katz, Abosch, Windesheim, Symmetry First Architects, LLC Gershman & Freedman, P.A. T. J. Maxx High school students enrolled in the HCPSS Teacher Academy KCI Technologies Inc. Technology Assessment & Transfer, Inc. attend a college fair and breakout sessions at the Educators Kohl's Department Store The Columbia Bank, Gateway Plaza Rising conference. Howard Community College, Howard County Laurel Regional Hospital Longwood Senior Center The Turn House Department of Recreation and Parks, Howard County Library Therapeutic & Recreational Riding System, Maryland State Department of Education, Towson Lorien Health Systems Los Compadres Restaurant Center, Inc. University, and the University of Maryland partner with the Maryland Center for Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc. school system to create a pipeline of homegrown teachers to fill Entrepreneurship Transforming Architecture critical shortage areas. Maryland Educational Opportunity Tresses Unlimited Salon Center U.S. Army Recruiting 20 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report U.S. Department of Agriculture Career Research and Development U.S. Navy Recruiting Howard Community College, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity Human Resources Office UMBC Department of Mechanical Howard County Department of Engineering Recreation and Parks Universities Space Research Howard County Human Resources Association Society University of Maryland Medical Howard County Library System Center Howard County Office of Workforce University of Maryland School of Development Medicine Junior Achievement of Central University of Maryland School of Maryland, Inc. Medicine, Department of Medical MakingChange and Research Technology Maryland Department of Labor, University of Maryland School of Licensing and Regulation, Medicine, Department of Columbia Workforce Center Microbiology and Immunology Spectrum HR Solutions, LLC University of Maryland School of Woodstock Job Corps Center Medicine, Department of Neurology Yolanda Voss Fashion Gallery University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Child Development/Teacher Urban Bar-B-Que Company Academy Vantage House Howard Community College, Social VCA Lewis Animal Hospital Carol Fritts, former HCPSS Coordinator of Media and Educational Sciences/Teacher Education Division Vheda, Inc. Technology, shares memories with Valerie Gross, President and Howard County Department of Wegmans CEO Howard County Library System (HCLS). After nearly 17 years Recreation and Parks Weis Markets, Birmingham Way and many groundbreaking programs, Gross is retiring. During her Howard County Library System Weis Markets, Monroe Avenue Maryland State Department tenure HCLS and HCPSS launched A+ Partners in Education, an Weis Markets, Robert Oliver Place of Education, Division of Early Wells Fargo, Chatham Station award-winning initiative that provides Howard County students Childhood Development Wendy's, Clarksville Pike the best possible chances of overall academic success. Towson University College of Wendy's, Dobbin Road Education Wendy's, Washington Boulevard University of Maryland College of West Friendship Animal Hospital Academy of Health Professions Automotive Technology Education Whole Foods Market Columbia Howard Community College, BMW of Catonsville Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. Health Science Division Community College of Baltimore Computer Science Xerox Corporation Howard Community College, County UMBC College of Engineering and Nursing and Allied Health Hillmuth Certified Automotive Information Technology ADVISORY COUNCILS Howard County General Hospital, Howard County Government, Volunteer, Reg Hahne A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Fleet Maintenance Academy of Finance North Laurel 50+ Center Maryland State Department of Construction Management The Ahrens Team of Keller Williams Sunrise Rotary Club of Ellicott City Education Alternative Roofing, Inc. Integrity University of Maryland School of Neubauer's Auto Repair American Contracting & Bright Minds Foundation Pharmacy Snap-On Industrial Environmental Services, Inc. Ciena Corporation Town & Country Auto Repair Associated Builders and Contractors, Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc. Agriculture Science TPC Racing Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC Heritage Hill Farm Eric's Electric Service Pros Edward Jones Howard County Economic Biotechnology Fisher, Collins, & Carter, Inc. FAI Wealth Management Development Authority CSL Plasma Inc. Harkins Builders, Inc. Financial Benefit Services, LLC Howard County Farm Bureau DSM Nutritional Products Heery International, Inc. Financial Council, Inc. Maryland Agricultural Education Emergent Biosolutions Inc. Howard Community College, Handteq, LLC Foundation U.S. Department of Agriculture Science and Technology Division Howard Community College, Maryland State Department of UMBC Department of Biological Howard County Government, Business and Computer Systems Education, Division of Career Sciences Department of Public Works Division and College Readiness UMBC Department of Chemistry Oak Contracting, LLC Howard County Education Federal Thompson Ag Consulting and Biochemistry Volunteer, Arielle Wickstrom Credit Union University of Maryland, Extension, University of Maryland School Volunteer, Luke Redman Johns Hopkins University Applied Howard County of Medicine, Department of Williamsburg Homes, LLC Physics Laboratory Volunteer, Ellie Feaga Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Joseph Stephenson, LLC University of Maryland School of Cyber Security Networking Junior Achievement of Central Architectural Design Medicine, Department of Altamira Technologies Corporation Maryland, Inc. Arbaugh Architecture Studio Microbiology and Immunology Bright Minds Foundation MakingChange Banta-Campbell Architects, Inc. University of Maryland School of Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence Maryland Council on Economic Barwick Interiors Medicine, Department of Neurology and Research Group Education CW Architects, Inc. Data Networks Patuxent Financial Partners, LLC Dean Robert Camlin & Associates, Inc. Business Education Johns Hopkins University Applied Sandy Spring Bank, Fulton Branch dw taylor associates, inc. Bright Minds Foundation Physics Laboratory State Employees Credit Union of Morgan State University Howard Community College, National CyberWatch Center Maryland Inc. (SECU) OLBN, Inc. Pro-Built Construction, Inc. Business and Computer Systems NB-Global Consulting, LLC Volunteer, Bari Anderson Symmetry First Architects, LLC Division Sofiac Volunteer, Shana Bolton Transforming Architecture Howard County Education Federal Towson University Cisco Academy Voya Financial University of Maryland School Credit Union Support and Training, Center for

of Architecture, Planning & Junior Achievement of Central Professional Studies Preservation Maryland, Inc. Waldon Studio Architects & Planners, P.C. HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 21 Career and Technology Education continued

Early College Network Security Homeland Security and Maryland State Department of UMBC Department of Mechanical Alliance Technology Group Emergency Management Education Engineering Applied Defense Solutions, Inc. Central Maryland Homeland Restaurant Association of Maryland UMBC Education Department CyberCore Technologies Security Educational Alliance Education Foundation University of Maryland A. James Gula Tech Adventures D3 Security The Rumor Mill Clark School of Engineering, Howard Community College, Hild Enterprises, LLC Saval Foodservice Department of Aerospace Engineering Admissions and Advising Office Howard County Department of Sleep Inn & Suites, Laurel Volunteer, David O'Callaghan Howard Community College, Technology and Communications Springhill Suites, Columbia Business and Computer Systems Division Services Star Hotels Systems and Project Engineering Howard Community College, Howard County Office of Turf Valley Resort Axiom Engineering Design Student Services Office Emergency Management Volunteer, Ronald Meliker Howard Community College, Howard County Economic Howard County Police Department Science and Technology Division Development Authority Maryland State Department of Project Lead the Way Johns Hopkins University Applied IntelliGenesis Education American Institute of Aeronautics Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University Applied and Astronautics, Inc. The TIME Center, CCBC Physics Laboratory Hotel and Restaurant Management ASRC Federal Holdings Company Northrop Grumman Electronic Anne Arundel Community College, Bright Minds Foundation Visual Communications, Graphic Systems Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism Howard Astronomical League of Design and Animation Secure Innovations Institute (HCAT) Central Maryland Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Sofiac Best Western, BWI Johns Hopkins University Applied Howard Community College, VersaTech, Inc. Comfort Suites, Columbia Gateway Physics Laboratory Arts and Humanities Division Elkridge Furnace Inn JTech Corp Howard Community College, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Evergreen Advisors M3D, LLC Science and Technology Division Conditioning Hampton Inn, Columbia MIT Lincoln Laboratory Howard County Library System Armstrong Fluid Technology Hilton Garden Inn NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Illume Communications Arundel Cooling & Heating Co., Inc. Hilton, Columbia Northrop Grumman Electronic Millennium Marketing Solutions Associated Builders and Howard Community College, Systems Printing & Graphics Association, Contractors, Hospitality & Culinary Management SCS Engineers MidAtlantic Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter JPB Partners Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Davis & Davis Air Conditioning & La Quinta Inn & Suites, Heating, Inc. Columbia/Jessup Environmental Systems Associates Marriott Courtyard James A. Wheat & Sons Marriott Inn & Conference Center, Knott Mechanical UMUC Minnick's Inc. Maryland Hotel & Lodging Rommel Cranston Construction Association Smith Mechanical, Inc. Maryland Office of Tourism Development

Health and Wellness

HCPSS offers all employees the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive wellness program, Commit To Be Fit. The program is designed to reduce the demand for health care services through long-term behavior change. HCPSS Benefits staff and the Employee Wellness Council work with community partners and others to offer a systemwide wellness program that includes monthly health and financial educational sessions, online health assessments and wellness initiatives, and fitness classes. Partners for 2016–2017 included:

American Heart Association MetLife American Red Cross Morrison Chiropractic, P.A. AXA Advisors NAMI Howard County Freedom Chiropractic & Rehab Nationwide Retirement Solutions Green Haven Living Paladin Advisor Group Howard County Department of Fire PNC Bank, and Rescue Services Baltimore National Pike Branch Howard County Office on Aging Roundhouse Krav Maga & Martial Justin Guy, founder of 4th Quarter, shares how his non-profit and Independence Arts organization provides extracurricular leadership and character Howard County Youth Program, Inc. Stephen M. Molesky and Associates The Law Office of Brett M. Dieck, LLC Valic development programs for students at the annual HCPSS Maryland University of Integrative Voya Financial Employee Wellness Expo. Health Weight Watchers International, Inc.

22 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report Special Education

The Special Education Program provides instructional and related services on a countywide basis to address students’ unique learning needs, cultivate independence, and promote college and career readiness. The program provides a continuum of services and programs ranging from consultation, specialized instruction for students with Individualized Education Plans, community and family support, job coaching and high school transition programs. Partners for the 2016–2017 school year included:

Alcon Laboratories Grassroots Crisis Intervention American Fitness Express Center, Inc. American Pest Green Valley Marketplace The Arc of Howard County Happy Dog Care, Inc. Athletes Serving Athletes Happy Sprouts Learning Center Ballet Mobile, Inc. Head Start, Dasher Green Center The Baltimore-Washington Head Start, Ellicott City Center Conference of The United Head Start, Old Cedar Lane Methodist Church Hilltop Child Care Center Bed Bath & Beyond Historic Savage Mill Bet Yeladim Preschool and Houlihan's Kindergarten Howard Community College Bethany Centennial Animal Hospital Howard Community College, Bon Fresco Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Books With A Past Center Bridgeway Community Church Howard County Animal Control & Brighton Gardens of Columbia Adoption Center Brookfield Christian School of Howard County Autism Society Clarksville Howard County Conservancy Project SEARCH, a collaborative effort of Howard County Brunswick Columbia Lanes Howard County Education Brunswick Zone Normandy Association Government, Arc of Howard County, Maryland Division BUBBLES Howard County Food Bank, of Rehabilitation Services, Maryland State Department of BYC|YOGA26 Community Action Council Education and the school system, is a one-year Transition Program Central Maryland Rehabilitation Howard County General Hospital, designed for young adults with intellectual and developmental Center A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine disabilities who are in their final year of high school. The program The Cheesecake Factory Howard County Government, targets individuals whose main goal is employment, and who will Coastal Sunbelt Produce Fleet Maintenance benefit from full-time career exploration in a business setting. Colosseum Gym Howard County Government, Columbia Association Mailroom Columbia Association, Columbia Gym Howard County Library System Ledo Pizza, Daybreak Circle Quest Fitness Columbia Association, Howard County Library, Ledo Pizza, Oakland Mills Road Race Pace Bicycles Columbia Ice Rink Central Branch Life Time Fitness, Inc. Raytheon Solipsys Columbia Association, Howard County Library, Lighthouse Senior Living River Hill Garden Center Supreme Sports Club East Columbia Branch Linwood Center Boutique Roger Carter Community Center Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Howard County Library, Linwood Center, Inc. Safeway, Harpers Farm Road Columbia Montessori School Glenwood Branch Little Lighthouse Daycare Salazar Catering Services/ Columbia ReStore, Howard County Library, Miller Branch Looney's Pub Boardroom Café Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Howard County Library, Savage Lorien Harmony Hall Assisted Living Sims Recycling Solutions David's Natural Market Branch & STEM Education Center Lornwood Day Care & Gifted Center Smokin' Hot Bar & Grille Howard County MultiService Center Dogtopia Maple Lawn Homeowners Soccer Association of Columbia Howard County Office of Dolly's Car Wash Association Somerford Place Alzheimer's Community Sustainability Ed-U-Care Learning Center Marilyn J. Praisner Library Assisted Living Columbia Howard County Office on Aging Elkridge Athletic Club Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Southern States and Independence Elkridge Family Dentistry Services, Howard County Special Olympics Howard County Howard County Office on Aging Ellicott City Health & Rehabilitation Maryland State Department of St. John Baptist Church and Independence, Center Education St. Louis Parish Ellicott City Senior Center Exxon, Steven's Forest McDonald's, Guilford Road Subway, Minstrel Way Howard County Office on Aging The Face Place MKD Kids Sunrise Assisted Living and Independence, First Finish, Inc. Morningside House of Ellicott City Target Florence Bain Senior Center First Presbyterian Church of Howard Mosaic Christian Church Tasty Shirt Company Humanim, Inc. County Neighbor Ride, Inc. Techlab Photo & Digital Imaging JC Penney Five Below, Inc. Nightmare Graphics, Inc. The Turn House Jiffy Lube, Clarksville Square Drive Food Lion, Ice Crystal Drive North Laurel 50+ Center Therapeutic & Recreational Riding Johns Hopkins University Applied GameStop North Laurel Community Center Center, Inc. Physics Laboratory Gary J. Arthur Community Center On the Border, LLC Vantage House K-9 & Coffee at Tiki’s Playhouse at Glenwood On The Spot Mobile Detailing Wegmans Dog Park Giant Food Pharmacy, Origins Weis Markets, All Saints Road Kendall Hardware Cradlerock Way Patapsco Valley Veterinary Hospital Weis Markets, Birmingham Way Kid's Time Out Drop-In Child Care Gilchrist Hospice Care PETCO, Baltimore National Pike Weis Markets, Robert Oliver Place Kiddie Academy of Elkridge Glen Mar Early Learning Center PETCO, Old Columbia Pike Weis Markets, Washington Boulevard Kiddie Academy of Ellicott City Glenelg Country School PETCO, Old Dobbin Lane The White Oak Tavern Kinetics Dance Theatre Grace Community Church Pets on Wheels Winter Growth, Ruth Keeton House La Prima Catering Grace Episcopal Church Philly's Best Pizza & Subs Y in Central Maryland, Laurel Regional Hospital Grandfather's Garden Center and Prepare for Success, Community Dancel Family Center Ledo Pizza, Baltimore National Pike Landscaping Action Council of Howard County Zenyon, Inc. HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 23 Gifted and Talented Program

The Gifted and Talented Program provides accelerated and enriched learning opportunities for students showing exceptional ability or interest in advanced-level studies. Gifted and Talented resource teachers at the elementary and middle school level enhance the standard curriculum and provide specialized services to develop students’ unique talents and aptitudes. At the high school level, intern/mentor opportunities provide a formal, site-based, academic relationship between a high school student and a professional. In this structured relationship, mentors guide students in the pursuit of knowledge and scholarly research. Program partners for the 2016–2017 school year included:

Advanced Fluidics LLC Grace Community Church Johns Hopkins University School of Parmar Family & Cosmetic Dentistry Aesthetic Dentistry of Howard Greenbelt Rehab Medicine Pediatric Partners County, LLC The Greene Law Firm, LLC Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg Physicians Eye Care and Laser American Film Institute greeNEWit School of Public Health Center, Columbia Medical Center American Red Cross Hickory Ridge Animal Hospital Kenneth M. Klebanow, MD & Potomac Valley Orthopaedic Amos & Muffoletto, LLC Hope Counseling Center Associates P.A. Associates Amos Medical Services HopeWorks Kids Super Smile Primary Pediatrics Angel Dental Care Howard Community College Kit and Kaboodle Productions Private Digital Network Services Arabesque Dance Studio Howard Community College, Laurel Children's Clinic Racktop Systems ARIUMae Science and Technology Division The Law Offices of Ali Kalarestaghi, LLC ReStl Designers, Inc. ARM Group Inc. Howard County Council Leidos Revive Physical Therapy Arthritis Care Specialists of Howard County Economic Ridgeview Veterinary Practice Maryland Development Authority Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital Resort and Spa Rose Walk, LLC Ruth Agwuna, M.D. The MdBio Foundation Sharp's at Waterford Farm works with HCPSS curricular Sinai Hospital coordinators and teachers Sivieri Wellness Center to spark interest in life- Sport and Family Physical Therapy changing career opportunities St. Louis Parish in science, technology, State of Maryland, Howard County engineering and math (STEM). Office of the Public Defender Middle school and high Taylorsville Veterinary Clinic school students participate in Telefactor Robotics LLC authentic, STEM-based career Therapeutic & Recreational Riding experiences in the mobile Center, Inc. laboratory and observe Transforming Architecture Triadelphia Veterinary Clinic firsthand the types of careers U.S. Army Research Laboratory they could pursue in STEM- U.S. Department of Veterans related fields. Affairs, Rehabilitation Research & Development UAV Solutions, Inc. UMBC UMBC Athletics Uniformed Services University of the Athelas Institute, Inc. Howard County General Hospital, MakingChange Health Sciences Best Buddies Maryland A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Maryland SPCA University of Maryland Department Bethany Centennial Animal Hospital Howard County Historical Society Mastracci Law Offices of Intercollegiate Athletics Blue Wave Semiconductors, Inc. Howard County Office of Mays and Associates University of Maryland Medical Boliwalou, LLC Emergency Management Mediation & Conflict Resolution Center Business & Technology Law Group Howard County Office of the Center (MCRC) University of Maryland School of Cat & Dog Hospital of Columbia State's Attorney Mercy Medical Center Medicine, Department of Neurology The Catholic University of America Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Merriweather Post Pavilion University of Maryland School of Chesapeake Oncology Hematology Center, Heart and Vascular Institute Metropolitan Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Associates, P.A. Johns Hopkins Children's Center Consultants University of Maryland, Orthopaedics Columbia Association Johns Hopkins Hospital and Mt. Airy Animal Hospital and Sports Medicine Columbia Horse Center, Inc. Health System Mt. Airy Children's Dental Associates USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Countryside Veterinary Clinic Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health NASDAQ OMX Center CVS Pharmacy, Centennial Lane System, Child and Adolescent National Institutes of Health Varsity Sports Network Damon Foreman Music Academy Psychiatry National Institutes of Health, The Dance Dimension Johns Hopkins Hospital and National Cancer Institute Doug Kapustin Photography Health System, National Institutes of Health, Edwin Zaghi, DMD PC Department of Anesthesiology National Cancer Institute, Elkridge Animal Hospital Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health Center for Cancer Research The Ember Cast, Inc. System, Department of Gynecology National Institutes of Health, Enterprise Community and Obstetrics National Institute on Aging Investment, Inc. Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health National Institutes of Standards and Epoch Counseling Center System, Pharmacology and Technology FIRN, Inc. Molecular Sciences Northwest Hospital Fit For Life Training Johns Hopkins University Applied Pam Long Photography G3 Technologies, Inc. Physics Laboratory Parkinson's & Movement Disorders Garbis Dental Associates Center of Maryland LLC

24 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report Chief of Police Gary Staff Discount Program Gardner joined representatives from HCPSS, Howard County The Staff Discount Program is an initiative whereby local businesses Police Department, support and recognize the commitment and dedication of HCPSS Howard County Health employees by providing discounts or other special offers for their Department and HC products and services. The program helps HCPSS attract and retain DrugFree to share the best educational staff possible. Businesses that participated in information with students 2016–17 included: and parents at Voices for a Drug-Free Community, A Plus Carpet and Flooring Jazzercise Columbia Fitness Center a community dialogue A&A Tree Experts, Inc. JK Moving & Storage addressing the challenges A&G Management Company Kaiser Park Apartments & and solutions for creating American Pest Townhomes a drug-free community. Antares Musicians Krav Maga Maryland, LLC The Anthony Corrao Team of Long Landscaping by Alfredo and Foster Real Estate, Inc. Lost Ark Distilling Co. Apple Inc. Massage Envy Spa, Columbia Aristotle Circle Peer Tutors Mathnasium AT&T Signature Program MondayMedical.com Student Services Beef Brothers Deli & Catering Mosquito Joe of Baltimore The Body Image Therapy Center Motionlife Chiropractic & The Boot Camp Girl Acupuncture The Office of Student Services coordinates prevention and Brian T. Donoughe, Ordained Minister Move and Change intervention programs and services to support students, parents, Brick Bodies and Lynne Brick's MUSA Tae Kwon Do and schools by addressing the cognitive, behavioral, social, and Health and Fitness Services My Gym Children’s Fitness Center emotional health and safety needs of all students to maximize Buric Heating and Air Noonan Construction achievement. Programs include School Counseling, Pupil Personnel Conditioning, Inc. O'Donnell Honda Services, Psychological Services, Health Services, Home Schooling, Camp Bow Wow Odenton Family Dentistry and Home and Hospital Teaching. The Office of Student Services Campanaro Boxing & Conditioning Olney Theatre Center also coordinates the Connection Center, which links families with Candlelight Concert Society Optucorp USA community agencies for needed support, and Prepare for Success, a Christopher's Barber Studio Physicians Weight Loss Centers communitywide campaign to provide school supplies for children in Clyde's of Columbia Red Branch Theatre Company need. Partners for 2016–2017 included: College Personalized Aid Services Revive Physical Therapy Columbia Association Roundhouse Krav Maga & Columbia Nutrition, LLC Martial Arts a2z, Inc. Howard County Office of Children Columbia Tree & Lawn Service Salazar Catering Services/ Alliance, Inc. and Families Coreworks Fitness Studio, Columbia Boardroom Café Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Howard County Office of Consumer Corporate Shopping Company Salon Marielle Iota Lambda Omega Chapter Protection CrossFit Cove Columbia Salvere Health and Fitness The Bob Lucido Team of Keller Howard County Police Department, Dell, Inc. Sandy Spring Bank, Columbia Branch Williams Integrity Youth Division Dorsey Ridge Apartment Homes Sapphire Salon Bridges to Housing Stability, Inc. Integrative Counseling Drama Learning Center Second Chance Saloon Bridgeway Community Church Johns Hopkins University, Dream Vacations Stowaway Travel Shell Car Care Center, Columbia Chase Brexton Health Care School of Nursing Employee Value Program Shell Car Care Center, Dorsey Hall Community Action Council of Judy Center at Cradlerock Enterprise Rent-A-Car Snap A Moment, LLC Howard County, MD, Inc. Elementary Equity Mortgage Lending Starfish Vacations Community Foundation of Howard Lazarus Foundation The Face Place State 7 Realty County Leadership Howard County Fairway Hills Golf Club StubZero.com Congruent Counseling Services Leckner Nissan of Ellicott City Farashe the Day Spa Subway, Baltimore National Pike Family and Children's Services of Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc. Feet First Sports Subway, Catonsville Central Maryland Mediation & Conflict Resolution First Financial Group Subway, Centre Park Drive First Evangelical Lutheran Church Center (MCRC) Fish Window Cleaning Subway, Marley Station Mall Grassroots Crisis Intervention MSA–The Child & Adolescent Center Freedom Group Fitness T-Bonz Grille & Pub Center, Inc. NAMI Howard County Giftblooms The SajiGroup HC DrugFree Neighbor Network Gold's Gym, Rockville Ticket Monster Head Start of Howard County, PFLAG Columbia–Howard County Great Sage TicketsatWork Community Action Council Prepare for Success, Community Green Positivity Tocar Spa Head Start, Dasher Green Center Action Council of Howard County Gymboree Play & Music Travel Light with Viridian Head Start, Old Cedar Lane Pro Bono Counseling Project Home Point Financial Corporation Verizon FIOS Connections Howard County Dental Association Rebuilding Together Howard County HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. Viking Benefits & Financial Solutions Howard County Dental Hygienists' Salazar Catering Services/ Hotelogical, Inc. Y in Central Maryland, Dancel Association Boardroom Café Integrated Financial Solutions, LLC Family Center Howard County Department of Success In Style Social Services Therapeutic Connections, LLC Howard County Health Department Way Station, Inc. – Howard County Howard County Mental Health Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Authority Lambda Gamma Zeta Chapter Howard County MultiService Center

HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 25 Volunteer Opportunities with HCPSS Single Day Commitment, 2017–2018

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR: WHEN: WHERE: HCPSS CONTACT: JUNIOR INTERVIEWERS January through March High schools High School Guidance HCPSS juniors develop a resume and participate in a 20–30 minute 3 hours; throughout county; Office interview to fulfill World of Work graduation requirements. Each high school scheduled per school schedule to be www.hcpss.org/schools/ guidance office coordinates community volunteers to conduct interviews. determined high-schools

PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE – INTERVIEWERS Friday, March 23 Howard Community Career and Technology Through the Passport to the Future partnership, HCPSS develops 8 a.m.–noon College – Education workforce-ready students who plan to pursue a career immediately after Rouse Company Stephanie Discepolo high school. One of the final requirements of the Passport program is to Foundation Building 410-313-7493 successfully complete an “employment-like” interview. Local professionals stephanie_discepolo@ are needed to help interview Passport students. hcpss.org

COUNTYWIDE HISTORY DAY – JUDGES Saturday, March 10 Reservoir HS Secondary Social The HCPSS History Day competition promotes the study of history while 8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Studies providing students a forum to compete for excellence in one of several Kelly Reichardt categories: documentary, performance, exhibit, web page and historical Snow date [email protected] paper. Judges review and evaluate student work based on criteria set by Saturday, March 24 the national History Day Commission. Assignments are sent to judges with instructions and other details prior to the event. MESA DAY – JUDGES Regional Competition Meeting House in Diane Martin Small teams of judges assess student competitions in bridge building, Thursday, April 19 Oakland Mills Community Outreach trebuchet, communications, and other events against a set of defined 8 a.m.–2 p.m. and Engagement parameters. The Maryland MESA (mathematics, engineering and science 410-313-5673 achievement) program prepares students for academic and professional [email protected] careers in mathematics, engineering, science and technology. SIMULATED CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS – COACHES and JUDGES May and June Elementary schools Elementary Social The simulated congressional hearing is the culminating activity of the throughout county Studies 5th grade curricular program, “We the People: The Citizen and the Kim Eggborn Constitution.” Students play the role of constitutional experts and 410-313-5678 demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the U.S. Constitution kimberly_eggborn@ and the Bill of Rights by presenting oral statements before a panel of hcpss.org judges. Coaches help students locate resources, synthesize information, develop a speech and prepare for follow-up questions. Judges listen to the students testify, ask follow-up questions and provide feedback.

Multiple Day Commitment

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR: HCPSS CONTACT: BRIDGES OVER HOWARD COUNTY Marty Cifrese, Program Manager Community learning centers at various schools (Title I, or schools with many low income families) provide 410-313-7185 students with academic enrichment opportunities and additional services to students and families. [email protected]

MARYLAND MESA (MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT) PROGRAM Diane Martin MESA clubs prepare students for academic and professional careers in mathematics, engineering, Community Outreach and Engagement science and technology. Special emphasis: to attract minority and female students who are traditionally 410-313-5673 underrepresented in MESA fields. [email protected]

ACADEMIC INTERVENTION PROGRAMS Academic Intervention Office Programs offered before, during and after school hours, and on Saturdays include direct instruction 410-313-6762 and homework assistance to accelerate student achievement in mathematics, reading and other core subject areas. Enrichment activities expand students’ experiences and perceptions.

BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM Patricia Branner-Pierce Provides academic assistance and/or social support for students in mathematics and/or reading, while Elementary BSAP Specialist, 410-313-6771 encouraging and motivating them toward higher levels of academic achievement. Adult volunteers [email protected] assist students with school assignments, tests, organization and study skills, graphing calculator applications, chess, and much more. Sheree Whitby, Secondary BSAP Specialist, 410-313-6804 [email protected]

26 HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report Volunteer Opportunities with HCPSS Advisory Committees

Community members are welcome to participate in a variety of HCPSS advisory committees. The committees, comprised of parents, community members, students and staff, work collaboratively to improve education in Howard County. The current advisory committees are listed below:

ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONTACTS Community Advisory Council to the BOE...... Email [email protected] Public Information...... 410-313-6682 Textbook Selection Committee...... Curriculum Coordinator Academic Calendar Committee...... 410-313-6600 Attendance Area Committee...... Renee Kamen...... 410-313-1554 Instructional Materials Criteria and Review Committee...... Nancy Czarnecki...... 410-313-6623 School Planning Committee...... Scott Washington...... 410-313-6807 School Naming Committee...... Frank Eastham...... 410-313-1274 Student Walking Route Committee...... David Ramsay...... 410-313-6726 School Health Council...... Kerrie Wagaman...... 410-313-6812 Policy Review Committees...... Policy Office...... 410-313-6870 Superintendent’s Cultural Proficiency and Equity Committee... Kevin Gilbert...... 410-313-1542 School Improvement Teams...... School Principal

SUBJECT AREA/PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEES Bridges Over Howard County...... Marty Cifrese...... 410-313-7185 Career Academy Clusters...... Sharon Kramer...... 410-313-6797 Elementary Curriculum ...... Caroline Walker...... 410-313-1538 English...... Nancy Czarnecki...... 410-313-6623 Gifted and Talented...... Debbie Blum...... 410-313-6800 Interscholastic Athletics...... John E. Davis...... 410-313-6630 Instructional Technology and Library Media...... Julie Alonso-Hughes...... 410-313-7141 Melissa Daggett...... 410-313-7043 Mathematics...... 410-313-6635 Fine Arts...... Gino Molfino...... 410-313-6634 Science...... Mary Weller...... 410-313-6616 Social Studies...... Christina Bos...... 410-313-7489 Kimberly Eggborn...... 410-313-5678 Special Education Citizens Advisory ...... Nancy FitzGerald...... 410-313-6656 Student Services Advisory...... Linda Wise...... 410-313-6776 Technology...... Justin Benedict...... 410-313-6844 World Languages...... 410-313-7485

HCPSS Educational Partnerships 2016–2017 Annual Report 27 Howard County Public School System

For more info on HCPSS Partnerships, go to: Partnerships Office 10910 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21042 410-313-6655 www.hcpss.org/about-us/partnerships/ [email protected]

The Howard County Public School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its programs and activities, and provides equal access to the Boy/Girl Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Manager of Equity Assurance, Howard County Public School System, 10910 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21042, 410-313-6654 (phone), 410‑313-1645 (fax). For further information on notice of non-discrimination, visit http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OCR/contactus.cfm for the address and phone number of the office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421-3481.