Educational Partnerships Annual Report Reflects Partnerships Active Between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009

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Like every thriving community, Howard County depends upon the collaborative efforts of all of its members, each with a unique set of skills, talents, and experience. Each profession – from attorney to architect, scientist to social worker, realtor to retailer CONTENTS – fills an important role in meeting the diverse needs of our community. Preparing our children for productive Work - Life Preparation...... 4 lives and careers, where they may find fulfillment and success, requires the combined efforts and talents of every segment of Educational Partners by School...... 9 our society. At-Large Partners...... 15 Community partners are instrumental in preparing Howard County students to find places in the community and world of work where they Work Study – Transition Program Partners...... 16 can contribute most effectively. Partners “show the ropes” to students in a multitude of ways, from modeling positive decisions or coaching Student, Family and Community Services effective study habits, to demonstrating the finer points of advanced Partners...... 16 technologies. Each partner adds an invaluable dimension and depth to students’ education whose importance cannot be overstated. Career Research and Development and Passport to the Future Partners...... 17 The Howard County Public School System is indebted to its hundreds of educational partners, who join hands with teachers and staff in a common Gifted and Talented Program Partners...... 18 effort to prepare our students for responsible citizenship and productive careers. Through your ongoing support, we will continue to ensure that Employee Incentive Program Partners...... 19 Howard County education, like our community, ranks among the finest anywhere. Career and Technology Education Partners...... 20

Sincerely, Student Services Partners...... 21

Superintendent’s Advisory Council for Business / Education Partnerships (SACBEP)...... 22 Sydney L. Cousin

The Board of Education of Howard County 2008-09

Frank J. Ellen Lawrence H. Allen Sandra H. Patricia S. Janet N. Adejire Aquino Flynn Giles Cohen Dyer French Gordon Siddiqui, M.D. Bademosi Chairman Vice Chairman Member Member Member Member Member Student Member

The Educational Partnerships Annual Report reflects partnerships active between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. If there are any errors or omissions, please accept our apologies and inform the Partnerships Office at 410-313-6655 or [email protected].

Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report partnership organizations report immense satisfaction from working WORK – LIFE PREPARATION with students and nurturing the next generation in the early stages of their careers. In addition, students often ask unconventional questions At every stage of their education, students of the Howard County and bring a fresh perspective that can invigorate a workplace. Public School System (HCPSS) acquire the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed for success throughout life. Preparing students The following examples illustrate a few of the many varied partnership for gainful, satisfying careers is central to the HCPSS mission, activities taking place in Howard County schools that help prepare “to ensure excellence in teaching and learning so that each student students to lead productive and rewarding lives. will participate responsibly in a diverse and changing world.” Rapid changes in technology, global commerce, and social norms are expected to challenge today’s students throughout their lives. Students must prepare for a lifetime of learning and for eventual careers and pursuits which have not yet been identified.

Many experiences in school are designed to help students explore a wide range of interests, discover their unique abilities, and cultivate a love of learning. By nurturing students’ passion for subjects that capture their interest, educators help students identify and thrive in a chosen field, and continue to grow in or change careers as they adapt to evolving interests or circumstances.

At the elementary level, career preparation emphasizes skill building and awareness of the world of work. Classroom activities focus on building essential worklife skills such as decision making, cooperation, and conflict resolution. Children begin to identify personal strengths and interests, and learn to balance work and leisure. Running Brook Elementary students get tips on teamwork from the Howard County Police at a Bear Trax meeting. At the middle school level, students continue exploring personal interests and abilities, while developing important skills such as goal setting and self-motivation. Classroom activities, field trips, and Howard County Police and the HCPSS partner to provide a Bear Trax special programs introduce students to career options in greater outreach program for elementary school students. At Running Brook depth and offer interaction with professionals from many fields. Elementary School, police officers join club members once a month to enjoy active, fun, and educational activities. Each participant is matched For high school students, the emphasis shifts to more focused with a police officer mentor who meets with the student weekly for lunch preparation. Students practice skills such as effective interviewing or recess. Howard County Police offers Bear Trax to help children build and planning for the future, while learning to research targeted relationships with positive role models. Bear Trax members learn about career and educational opportunities. the dangers of drugs and alcohol, build self-confidence, and develop mentally and physically. The program teaches children that they have choices and gives them support in making the right ones. THE PARTNERS’ ROLE Community partners play an important role at every step of the career Scientists and other Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics preparation process. At the elementary and middle school levels, Laboratory (APL) staff join Laurel Woods Elementary students representatives from partnership organizations visit classrooms and at school twice each month for lunch and conversation. The new host field trips. They may work directly with students and teachers to “Lunch Time Friends” partnership program provides mentoring, augment classroom lessons with hands-on activities. These interactions encouragement and academic coaching to students who need extra help students discover the wonders of many subjects. In the upper support. Interacting with professional scientists, engineers, and grades, students have opportunities to work directly with industry mathematicians can excite and reinforce students’ natural interest experts. Through in-depth immersion in a subject of interest, these in these subjects. students gain real-world experience that is invaluable in charting a career path and preparing for success later in life. Laurel Woods students also enjoy a similar mentoring program with members of Grace Community Church. Participants from both While partnerships offer priceless experiences for students, they organizations are invited to take part in enrichment fairs, career days, are equally rewarding to the partners. Many professionals from and other school events.

Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Many local banks, including The Columbia Bank, Chevy Chase Bank, Howard Bank, Sandy Spring Bank, Bank of America, and Baltimore County Savings Bank, partner with schools to help students learn financial planning and math skills needed for daily life. These dedicated partners offer in-school banking and other activities to stimulate students’ interest in money management and enhance their financial literacy. Representatives from the newest HCPSS banking partner, M&T Bank, Clarksville Branch, visit Clarksville Middle School to advise seventh grade math classes on an annual stock market project.

Many other organizations encourage their staff to donate time and talents to enhance student achievement. Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (HTSI), W. R. Grace & Co., and the National Security Agency (NSA) are three dedicated HCPSS partners that give employees time away from their regular responsibilities to volunteer in schools and/or mentor students.

A partnership with Sofiac, Inc., a local custom software development Students take a well-earned break from an SAT prep course, sponsored by firm, provides Marriotts Ridge High School students and teachers Howard County General Hospital. with insights into the latest developments in information technology and computer science. Sofiac representatives collaborate with Howard County General Hospital supports an After School SAT technology teachers to develop class projects that are relevant to Prep Course focused on opening the door to colleges and scholarship current, real world applications. The company also makes presentations opportunities to many students who might otherwise not prepare or about a variety of information technology and business topics to register for the college entrance exam. HCGH sponsorship provides interested students and school staff. incentives for participants to attend every session – a proven way to boost scores – of the eight-week class series offered at many county high schools each spring. A member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the hospital has been a dedicated school system partner for more than twenty years, offering student internships in health care and supporting many other educational activities.

Applied Information Technologies, Inc. (AIT), a Columbia-based pioneer in database website technology, has provided internship opportunities for HCPSS students in the Career Academy, GT, and Work Study programs for more than ten years. While learning valuable technical skills, interns learn about working in a business environment and how to communicate effectively within a diverse group of people. In the process, the students find out what they like doing and what they are good at, which helps focus their choice of college major and career with greater confidence. This early professional experience has proven advantageous to many interns in their college and professional careers. For one former AIT intern, the experience helped lead to a high level position at Google just a few years after graduation.

AIT also hosts the HCPSS student scholarship database on their company website, with student interns handling any needed database maintenance and upgrades.

Sixth graders plant grasses on the shoreline as part of a service learning project to support Chesapeake Bay ecology. Lime Kiln Middle School students are building a service learning website to capture photos and lessons learned with support from a partnership with Techlab Photo & Digital Imaging.

Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report A Proven (Role) Model for Success Partnerships with several fraternal and other service organizations provide academic and Through scholarships and grant incentives, the fraternity encourages the Alpha Achievers life skills coaching for high school students. Students and mentors get to know each to enroll in advanced placement classes, conduct advanced research projects, and attend other through tutoring sessions, service projects, and other activities. Often, the mentors college. Alpha Achievers was originally established at Oakland Mills High School in 1997; become role models for their protégés, inspiring them to reach the fraternity now sponsors groups at Wilde Lake, Reservoir, Long for higher goals. Reach, Howard, and Marriotts Ridge high schools, and plans to expand into additional schools. This year, the Columbia Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority established a Delta Scholars organization Volunteers from Chapelgate Presbyterian Church mentor at Oakland Mills High School to encourage girls to excel students in the HCPSS Teen Parenting and Outreach Program. In academically, establish a plan to reach career goals, and offer addition to academic tutoring, the mentors provide a breakfast opportunities for leadership through community service. Mentors once each month for students in the program, and offer several from the sorority meet regularly with each participating girl to annual workshops on skills such as household budgeting. support academic needs and career goals, plan service projects, Students and mentor confer during a Rhoer and enjoy club activities. Club meeting at Wilde Lake High School. The Younger students benefit from personal encouragement and club, an affiliate of theS igma Gamma Rho support provided by local chapters of the Continental Societies. A similar partnership between the local Eta Zeta Sigma Sorority, meets regularly with sisterhood The sorority’s Columbia Chapter partners with the Cradlerock Graduate Chapter of the national Sigma Gamma Rho representatives for academic and life skills School to sponsor activities in health, education, employment, Sorority and Wilde Lake High School cultivates leadership coaching and service activities. Chapters of recreation, and the arts. Society members also provide tutoring, skills and academic achievement for African American girls. The several local fraternal organizations partner special workshops, and other assistance for students who need sorority sponsors a Rhoer Club at the school, where members with Howard County high schools to serve as extra academic support. meet regularly with sisterhood representatives to collaborate on student mentors and role models. community service projects and school events. Continental Societies’ Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter offers similar support to students at Laurel Woods Elementary, Murray Hill A longstanding partnership with the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity - Kappa Phi Lambda Middle, and Patuxent Valley Middle Schools. The chapter also sponsors after-school debate Chapter sponsors the Alpha Achievers, an honors organization for high school males of programs at both middle schools. By promoting student achievement, these partnerships color who demonstrate academic achievement. The organization fosters academic success serve the missions of both the schools and the Society, which is dedicated to empowering and leadership qualities while promoting personal responsibility and community service. children to reach their optimal potential.

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Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report An Automotive Technology Academy student practices auto repair This spring 131 students participated skills. Career Academies offer hands-on training with the help of local in the Passport to the Future organizations, such as British American Auto Care, Inc., whose conference. The program, offered A student trains and cares for owner, Brian England, has provided a wealth of expertise and other in partnership with the HOWARD dolphins during an internship support for HCPSS career education. COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, at the National Aquarium IN certifies students as ready to work. BALTIMORE. FOCUSED IMMERSION THROUGH FIELD EXPERIENCE

Several HCPSS programs give high school students direct experience The collaborative interaction between the student and mentor can in the work world and in subject areas of their particular interest. be extremely rewarding for both. As a mentor from the University of Internships and job experiences enable students to interact with Maryland School of Medicine expressed, “I experienced great pride and learn from professionals in the field. These opportunities can in seeing our intern grow into a confident, active, and contributing help them develop a passion for and knowledge in selected subject member of our multidisciplinary team… The time and energy we put areas, while strengthening the workplace skills that are essential for into our intern was returned to us ten-fold.” continued success. Career Academies Gifted and Talented Intern/Mentor Program Career Academies, offered through the HCPSS Office of Career Many professionals working in organizations throughout the region and Technology Education (CTE), provide specialized coursework mentor students one-on-one through a Gifted and Talented (GT) and hands-on experience in a chosen subject area for high school program internship or advanced research project. Under the guidance students who plan to major in the field in college or continue in the of a mentor, the student develops an original research study or creative profession after graduation. By exploring the field in depth, students production in an area of their interest. With the goal of contributing gain confidence in their career choice while gaining practical skills and to the larger community, students apply knowledge and skills learned contacts that can prove invaluable to future success. in the classroom in a professional environment, either at the mentor site or by consulting with the expert on work done at school. An internship with a professional in the field is an integral element of the career immersion experience. During the internship, the student GT student projects are conducted in a wide array of subject areas, develops original research, a creative production, or a community- reflecting the range of interests and expertise among students and benefit project. Students also maintain a portfolio to document and local professionals. Examples of recent projects include designing, illustrate their accomplishments. producing, and marketing a specialized line of clothing; researching the psychology of juvenile offenders; creating a program to track and An Advisory Board for each CTE program area includes industry identify ballistic missile flight paths; and designing an architecturally representatives from local companies and post-secondary institutions. efficient school building. Advisory Boards review curriculum goals and requirements and provide input on technology and career trends.

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Specialized work readiness programs prepare high school age students receiving special education services for successful employment. Work Study, a structured, supervised work experience program, helps students with mild to moderate disabilities develop the skills, habits, and confidence needed to work independently. Work Study teachers in each high school help students identify work interests, set realistic career goals, and obtain a job in the community. The teacher works closely with both student and employer to ensure satisfactory performance on the job.

A student intern confers with his mentor, a scientist at the Johns For students needing more intensive support, Work Enclaves provide Hopkins UNIVERSITY Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). A valued a transition step between school and independent work. Small groups HCPSS partner for many years, APL provides expertise and resources of students perform basic, repetitive tasks under the close supervision to stimulate students’ interest and knowledge in physics, engineering, of special education personnel. Students learn the attitudes and math, technology, computer science and space science. skills needed to work independently, including following directions, completing jobs, and socially appropriate communication. Local organizations enlist the Enclave to perform job tasks such as horticulture, CRD / Passport to the Future envelope stuffing, collating, folding towels, vacuuming, dusting, bagging Career Research & Development (CRD) empowers students to groceries, stocking shelves, or constructing and filling boxes. discover career interests and explore options for work or higher education. The program is closely aligned with the business community to expose students to many work environments. In the classroom, students learn and practice skills needed on the job, identify interests and aptitudes, and investigate careers and higher education. They meet influential guest speakers, travel to area businesses, and network with professionals in diverse fields. Once prepared, each participant finds employment with a local organization, in a setting related to their career goals, while continuing to receive support and guidance from the CRD teacher. Students who successfully complete the CRD program graduate with three or more college credits.

CRD students may also earn Passport to the Future certification An Enclave student stocks shelves for Petco. after mastering a variety of essential workplace skills including effective communication, technology applications, and interpersonal Employers in both programs enjoy several benefits: continuous support relations. The Passport endorses students who seek employment in from the teacher in training the employee and monitoring work; the region as “workforce ready.” Thus, an employer who hires a reliable attendance, because the school system transports students to Passport-certified student can be confident that the new employee their jobs; and the opportunity to identify well qualified candidates for has the skills and attitudes needed to succeed on the job. Passport permanent employment after graduation. to the Future is offered in partnership with the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, which shares a commitment with the Work Study and Enclave employers typically report a high degree Howard County Public School System to developing of a highly of satisfaction with the quality of work. “The Work Study program educated and successful workforce. has provided our foundation with very capable and highly motivated students,” according to Don Bard, who has hired several students for the Lazarus Foundation. Employers often share the gratification of helping students enter the productive workforce. As Patricia Laidig, Village Manager for the Town Center Community Organization, stated, “It is a joy having the Enclave students come here weekly to assist us with the variety of tasks. They arrive with broad smiles and ready-to- work attitudes.”

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Educational partnerships are collaborative initiatives designed Oakland Mills High School to achieve mutually agreed upon goals and objectives to strengthen and enhance the quality of education in Howard County. Businesses and organizations that worked one-to-one with a selected school Would Like To Recognize during the 2008-09 school year included: and Thank... Community Partners: Work Study Partners: Atholton Elementary Howard County Library, Glenwood Branch Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Awesome Tae Kwon Do Legg Mason, Bethesda Airmania • Athelas • Burger King Chick-fil-A, Dobbin Road McDonald’s, Lisbon Center Drive CONEXIONES Ellicott City Health and Rehabilitation Pizza Hut, Lisbon Center Drive Council of Elders of Howard County Howard County General Hospital Atholton High Super Fresh, East Ridgeville Boulevard LinquaLISTek Cradlerock School • Guilford Elementary Council of Elders of the Black Community Matt Fein and Longfellow Elementary of Howard County Cedar Lane School The Fein Properties Team HCPSS Board of Education Mailroom Head Start, Tubman Center Chesapeake Rehabilitation Equipment Oakland Mills Village Association Oakland Mills Middle School • HCPSS Print Shop Hickory Ridge Village Association Historic Oakland, Town Center British American Autocare Talbott Springs Elementary School Howard Community College Community Association Columbia (Maryland) Alumnae Chapter Howard County Public Library – Main Howard County General Hospital, Maple Lawn Business Association of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (CAC) Jilly’s • Kinetics Dance Theater • Weis A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Maple Lawn Homeowners Association Howard County Library, East Columbia oZ. Chophouse GT Program Partners: School Based Partners: branch PlayWiseKids Pikas Studios LAPA – Latino Parents Assoc. Lazarus Foundation DINFOS • Humanin OMHS PTSA Schoolhouse Theatre Arts, Inc. Centennial High Pediatric Denistry OMHS Boosters Sunrise Assisted Living Arc of Howard County St. John’s Baptist Church OMHS Band Boosters V.W. Brown Insurance Boy Scouts of America, Baltimore Area FIRN • St. Agnes Hospital OMHS Student Services Volunteers

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10 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 11 Guilford Elementary Hollifield Station Elementary Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland FIRN, Inc. Conexiones, Inc. Towson University First Baptist Church of Guilford Folly Quarter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Tau Pi Chapter Homewood Center MIDDLE SCHOOL KidzArt “Soaring to new heights” Hammond Elementary PTA Council of Howard County Extends a Warm and Sincere Thank You to Our Business Partners BJ’s Wholesale Club Woodstock Job Corps Center Barnes and Noble Booksellers Border’s Books & Music Chick-ﬁ l-A of Columbia Mall Maryland Association for Environmental Howard High CoHo Grill and Outdoor Education, Green School All Financial Services Howard County Library, Glenwood Branch Program (MAEOE) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom Capitol Debate Howard County General Hospital Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Council of Elders of the Black Community Western Howard County Soccer, Inc. (WSSC), Green School Program of Howard County Iksan Eoyang Middle School South Korea Dance Foundations Hammond High Howard County General Hospital, Arbitron A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard County General Hospital, The Horizon Foundation Forest Ridge Elementary A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Ilchester Elementary EXTENDS A WARM THANK YOU Hammond Middle DJ Doug TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS Chesapeake Bay Foundation On Trak Transportation, LLC Computer Country T-Bonz Grille & Pub Brickman Group National Security Agency Tip Top Limousine, LLC PNC Financial Services Group Chesapeake Physical RABA Technologies, LLC Jeffers Hill Elementary & Aquatic Therapy Soccer Dome Awesome Tae Kwon Do The Columbia Bank Gailes’ Violin Shop, Inc. NSA Walker Ventures/Steve Walker & Associates Schoolhouse Theater Arts, Inc. Savage Library Towson University 335870941000 Harper’s Choice Middle Alliance Engineering Laurel Woods Elementary Awesome Tae Kwon Do Continental Societies, Inc., Southeastern Bank of America, Harper’s Farm Road Howard/Laurel Chapter Columbia Association, Columbia Dollar Plus athletic Club FIRN, Inc. SURXGO\UHFRJQL]HVRXUSDUWQHUV Eggspectation Bistro-Café Grace Community Church Grace Community Church Howard Community College LQHGXFDWLRQ Harper’s Choice Village Center Howard County General Hospital, )LUVW%DSWLVW&KXUFKRI *XLOIRUG Howard Community College A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard County Department of Police Howard County Library, Savage Branch 2PHJD3VL3KL Howard County Department of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics recreation & Parks laboratory %LJ%URWKHUV%LJ6LVWHUVRI &HQWUDO Howard County General Hospital, McDonald’s, All Saints Road 0DU\ODQG A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center &RQH[LRQHV,QF Howard County Library University of Maryland, Home and 335800941000 Howard County Local Children’s Board Garden Information Center Howard County Office onA ging, Wilhide’s Unique Flowers & Gifts Florence Bain Senior Center Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lime Kiln Middle “Where People Are Important” laboratory American Cichlid Association Lazarus Foundation Aqualand Pets, Inc. Hammond High School... McDonald’s, Harper’s Farm Road Blacks of the Chesapeake Metcalf & Eddy Chesapeake Ecology Center ...thanks to our partners in education Officiency LLC Climb for Hope Foundation who are very IMPORTANT to us... Rotary Club of Clarksville Earth Treks Climbing Center Safeway, Harper’s Farm Road Howard County Department of Recreation Staples, Inc. & Parks Howard County General Hospital Tcom, L.P. Lazarus Foundation Arbitron Maple Lawn Business Association Maryland Sea Grant Council of Elders National Aquarium in Baltimore 335700941000

10 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 11 Lime Kiln Middle continued..... Murray Hill Middle Continental Societies, Inc., Southeastern oZ. Chophouse Howard/Laurel Chapter Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Five Below, Inc. Center at Johns Hopkins Howard County Library, Savage Branch Techlab Photo & Digital Imaging Limo, Limo North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center Lisbon Elementary Silver Diner Eggspectation Bistro-Café Wishes to thank our educational partners: Howard County Library, Glenwood Branch Northfield Elementary McDonald’s, Lisbon Center Drive Baltimore County Savings Bank Gales Violin Shop • Towson University Pizza Hut, Corporate Office Howard County General Hospital, Schoolhouse Theatre Arts, Inc. Pizza Hut, Lisbon Center Drive A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Sandy Spring Bank Salazar Catering Services New Vision Martial Arts • BB&T Bank 335770941000 Long Reach High Oakland Mills High Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Beijin #22 Middle School, China British American Auto Care, Inc. Laurel Woods Elementary School Council of Elders of the Black Community Capitol Debate Appreciates our Supportive Partners in Education of Howard County Conexiones, Inc. Ellicott City Fitness and Karate GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH HOWARD COUNTY Council of Elders of the Black Community GENERAL HOSPITAL Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI) of Howard County MCDONALD’S, Hunan Legend Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Columbia, ALL SAINTS ROAD MULTISERVICE CENTER Rotary Club of Ellicott City Sunrise maryland Alumnae Chapter SAVAGE LIBRARY FIRN, INC. Smart Innovative Solutions (SIS), LLC LinguaLISTek Matt Fein & The Fein Properties Team HOWARD DOLLAR PLUS STORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Longfellow Elementary Supreme Cuts UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Sandy Spring Bank APPLIED PHYSICS LAB GARDEN INFORMATION CENTER Towson University Oakland Mills Middle Thank you for your support! Conexiones, Inc. Manor Woods Elementary 320600941000 FIRN, Inc. The Pink Cabbage Giant Food, Centre Park Drive Howard County Library, East Columbia Branch Lisbon Elementary School Marriotts Ridge High Kaiser Permanente Council of Elders of the Black Community Oakland Mills Community Association Students, Staff, PTA of Howard County Howard County General Hospital, Patapsco Middle and Community A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Barnes & Noble Booksellers extend a warm thank you to our business partners McAllister and Company Insurance, LLC Destination Organized Sofiac Heartlands Senior Living Village Eggspectations Howard County General Hospital, Glenwood Branch Library MayfieldW oods Middle A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard County Department of Recreation McDonalds of Woodbine & Parks Patuxent Valley Middle Pizza Hut of Woodbine Howard County Library, Elkridge Branch Continental Societies, Inc., Southeastern Sandy Spring National Bank Howard/Laurel Chapter 335740941000 Mount View Middle Grace Community Church Johns Hopkins Children’s Center North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Tau Pi Chapter Salazar Catering Services Mt. Hebron High The Floral Gallery LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Capitol Debate Howard Community College, Division of Phelps Luck Elementary The Students & Staff wish to recognize Continuing Education and Workforce Chick-fil-A, Executive Park Drive and thank our Educational Partners development FIRN, Inc. Howard County Conservancy Great Harvest Bread Co. Howard County General Hospital, Helping Hands Enrichment Leadership � Towson University A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Foundation Howard County Summer Theatre Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks � Sandy Spring National Bank McDonald’s of Howard County Howard County Library Rotary Club of Ellicott City Sunrise Our Shepherd Lutheran Church of Maryland at Clarksville Salazar Catering Services Ready At Five 335720941000 Sandy Spring Bank

12 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 13 Pointers Run Elementary The Horizon Foundation/Search Institute Chevy Chase Bank Three Brothers Italian Restaurant Ellicott City Fitness and Karate W. R. Grace & Co. Giant Food, Daybreak Circle 3KHOSV/XFN Rockburn Elementary Reservoir High Howard County Department of Recreation (OHPHQWDU\ Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity & Parks would like to express Applied Defense Solutions, Inc. Howard County Library, Elkridge Branch BB&T, Maple Lawn National Security Agency “Sincere Thanks” Bra-La-La PNC Financial Services Group to our partners in education: Calico Corners Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, Inc. Running Brook Elementary 7KH+RZDUG&RXQW\/LEUDU\+HOSLQJ+DQGV*UHDW+DUYHVW Conexiones, Inc. Awesome Tae Kwon Do +RZDUG&RXQW\5HFUHDWLRQDQG3DUNV&KLF¿O$ Corridor Mortgage Group Howard County Department of Police 6DQG\6SULQJ%DQNDQG2XU6KHSSDUG/XWKHUDQ&KXUFK for their dedication to our students and staff! Daily Grind Howard County General Hospital, 335790941000 Gloto Corporation A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Greenebaum & Rose Associates Howard County Library, Central Branch Howard County General Hospital, Magellan Health Services, Inc. A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Volunteer, Vivian Bailey Reservoir High School i.m.Wine MaggieMoo’s St. Johns Lane Elementary Proudly recognizes our educational Maple Lawn Business Association Brunswick Zone - Normandy partners for the 2009-2010 school year North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center Howard County Library, Miller Branch Offit Kurman,A ttorneys at Law Jump!Zone Columbia Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts oZ. Chophouse Salazar Catering Services PNC Financial Services Group The Columbia Bank Maple Lawn Business Association RANAZul Vocelli Pizza Toby’s Dinner Theatre Raytheon Solipsys Techlab Photo & Digital Imaging Stevens Forest Elementary CONEXIONES The Pearl Modern Spa and Boutique All Financial Services Howard County General Hospital

Toby’s Dinner Theatre Ellicott City Fitness and Karate 335780941000 Zenyon, Inc. FIRN, Inc. Good Life Wellness River Hill High Howard County Department of Recreation Ascend One Corporation & Parks ST. JOHN’S LANE Bagel Bin, River Hill Bank of America, Ten Oaks Road Swansfield Elementary ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Capital Women’s Care Howard County Awesome Tae Kwon Do Applauds Its Educational Partners! Capitol Debate Gailes’ Violin Shop, Inc. Council of Elders of the Black Community Grace Community Church Columbia Bank of Howard County Helping Hands Enrichment Leadership Creig Northrop & The Northrop Team Foundation Vocelli Pizza Everett Jewelers McDonald’s, Harper’s Farm Road Brunswick Zone Normandy GEICO Heart of Maryland Chorus, Patuxent Talbott Springs Elementary Jump Zone Valley Chapter Oakland Mills Village Board Salazar’s Hostetler Church LLC Parents as Teachers 335710941000 Howard County General Hospital, A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Thunder Hill Elementary Howard County Library Edible Arrangements, Catonsville Ledo Pizza Howard County Health Department Waterloo Elementary School Linden-Linthicum United Methodist Church Howard County Library, East Columbia McDonald’s, Daybreak Circle branch Staff and Students Thank Our National Financial Legacy Group Mimi’s Café, Columbia Outstanding Business Partners: Plaxen & Adler Mom’s Organic Market Princeton Sports The Columbia Bank • Joe and Judy Brown of River Hill Garden Center Unique Creations Rapid Sign Center River Hill Sports Grille • Howard Bank Subway, Daybreak Circle Triadelphia Ridge Elementary Svec Conway Printing Howard County Library, Glenwood Branch • Eggspectations Terry Westerlund & Associates Western Howard County Soccer, Inc. • Chic-Fil-A of Dobbin and Executive Park The Cleaning Authority The Gathering Place For their Generosity and Support. 333620941000

12 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 13 Veterans Elementary Howard County Library Howard County Library, Miller Branch McDonald’s, Harper’s Farm Road Howard County Republican Women Safeway, Harper’s Farm Road Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Eta Zeta Waterloo Elementary Sigma Chapter Chick-fil-A, Dobbin Road St. John’s Baptist Church Eggspectation Bistro-Café Vantage House Howard Bank Victory Martial Arts Wilde Lake Middle All Financial Services Waverly Elementary Blacks of the Chesapeake *OHQHOJ+LJK6FKRRO Towson University Earth Treks Climbing Center Wilhide’s Unique Flowers & Gifts Howard County Library, Central Branch 7KDQNVWR Maryland Sea Grant West Friendship Elementary National Aquarium in Baltimore %HFN·V5HVWDXUDQW ,GHQWLW\3URPRWLRQV//& Howard County Library, Glenwood Branch %HVW%X\ /LVERQ0DFKLQH7RRO,QF Serafino’s Italian Restaurant Worthington Elementary &RXQFLORI (OGHUV 0DU\ODQG%XVLQHVV5RXQGWDEOH Chick-fil-A, Executive Park Drive (\UH%XV7RXUDQG7UDYHO 0DU\ODQG6SRUWVFDUH Wilde Lake High Eggspectation Bistro-Café -DPHV*'DYLV&RQVWUXFWLRQ 5HKDE Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Ellicott City Fitness and Karate &RUS 1$6$*RGGDUG Bagel Bin, Wilde Lake Glenelg Country School *OHQZRRG/LRQV 6SDFH)OLJKW&HQWHU Boy Scouts of America, Baltimore Area Howard County General Hospital, :5*UDFH 1DWLRQDO6HFXULW\$JHQF\ Council A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine )RXQGDWLRQ,QF 1RUWKURS*UXPPDQ Capitol Debate Howard County Library, Miller Branch Council of Elders of the Black Community J.M. Gaske, Inc. +DUNLQV%XLOGHUV,QF 'U3DXO6KRIIHLWW of Howard County The Columbia Bank +RZDUG&RXQW\ 7RE\·V'LQQHU7KHDWHU Daniels Photography Studio The United States Army Field Band *HQHUDO+RVSLWDO Howard Community College $QGDOORXU3DUWQHUVLQ(GXFDWLRQ

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14 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 15 At-Large At-Large partnerships support either system-wide initiatives or multiple schools. Many At-Large partners also have individual partnerships with schools of their choice. At-Large partners for the 2008-09 school year were:

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Girl Scouts of Central Maryland Huaxing Language and Culture Center Rotary Club of Columbia Town Center American Heart Association Grace Community Church International Reading Association, Howard Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent Arc of Howard County Harbor Hospital County Council Rotary Club of Elkridge Ascend One Corporation HC DrugFree Jewish Museum of Maryland Rotary Club of Ellicott City Association of Community Services Head Start of Howard County Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Rotary Club of Ellicott City Sunrise of Howard County Helping Hands Enrichment Leadership laboratory Rotary International, Howard County Awesome Tae Kwon Do Foundation Johns Hopkins University, Elementary and Safeway Stores Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber Hinkle Albert Enterprises Inc. Secondary Education Graduate Program Salazar Catering Services/Boardroom Café of Commerce Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club (FlexMAT) Sandy Spring Bank Barnes & Noble Booksellers Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI) Johns Hopkins University, Elementary Sheraton Columbia Hotel Boy Scouts of America, Baltimore Area Howard Bank education Graduate Program (SIMAT) Shimadzu ScientificI nstruments Council Howard Community College Johns Hopkins University, Secondary Smithsonian American Art Museum Bright Minds Foundation Howard Community College Children’s education Graduate Program (SIMAT) Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Brunswick Columbia Lanes learning Center Judy Center at Cradlerock School Staples, Inc. Capitol Debate Howard Community College, Music Korea - The Iksan District Office of Terri L. Hill, M.D., P.A. Cattail Creek Country Club department education The Business Monthly Center for Civic Education Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Korea - The Iksan Regional Office of The Columbia Bank Champps Restaurant Club education, North Province of Jeolla The First Tee of Howard County Chapelgate Presbyterian Church Howard County Arts Council/Howard Lazarus Foundation The Horizon Foundation Chesapeake Bay Trust County Center for the Arts Leadership Howard County The Iron Bridge Wine Company Chesapeake Physical and Aquatic Therapy Howard County Board of Elections League of Women Voters of Howard County The Kings Contrivance Chick-fil-A Howard County Chamber of Commerce Liberia -The Monrovia Consolidated The Ryland Group China - Education Bureau of Tianjin Howard County Chinese School School System The Timbers at Troy He Xi District Howard County Conservancy Lifetouch The Tomato Palace China - Education Committee of Beijing Howard County Council Loyola College in Maryland The United States Army Field Band Chao Yang District Howard County Department of Citizen Magnum Limo Towson University Chinese Language School of Columbia Services Maryland Council on Economic Education Turf Valley Resort Clyde’s of Columbia Howard County Department of Fire Maryland General Assembly UMBC Center for History Education Columbia Association & Rescue Maryland Historical Society UMBC Martha Ross Center for Oral History Columbia Association, Columbia Archives Howard County Department of Police Maryland Humanities Council University of Maryland, Baltimore County Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts/ Howard County Department of Recreation Maryland Piano Service University of Maryland, College Park toby’s Dinner Theatre & Parks McDaniel College University of Maryland, Cooperative Columbia Foundation Howard County Department of Recreation McDonald’s of Howard County extension, Howard County Columbia Housing Corporation and Parks, Office of Environmental Music & Arts Center University of Maryland, Cooperative Community Action Council of Howard education NAACP, Howard County Branch extension, Howard County Master County, MD, Inc. Howard County Economic Development National Archives and Records Gardeners Conexiones, Inc. authority administration Voices for Change, Howard County Council of Elders of the Black Community Howard County General Hospital, National Security Agency Department of Recreation & Parks of Howard County A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Nicodemus Communications Group Volunteer Center Serving Howard County Counselors Helping (South) Asians/Indians, Howard County Government North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center W. R. Grace & Co. inc. (CHAI) Howard County Health Department Northrop Grumman Corporation Washington Mystics Courtesy on the Road Howard County Historical Society Olney Theatre Center Waverly Woods Golf Club Digi-Block, Inc. Howard County Library Patuxent Publishing Company Western Howard County Soccer, Inc. Eggspectation Bistro-Café Howard County Local Children’s Board PNC Financial Services Group Western Howard County Youth Baseball Fairway Hills Golf Club Howard County Office of Children’s Services PTA Council of Howard County Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP Feet First Sports Howard County Office of the State’s Ready At Five Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. FIRN, Inc. attorney Road Runner Sports Retail Inc. Willow Springs Golf Course Frederick Keys Howard County Office onA ging Rotary Club of Clarksville Woodstock Job Corps Center Giant Food Stores Howard County Summer Theatre Rotary Club of Columbia Y of Central Maryland, Howard County

14 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 15 Work Study - Transition Program Student, Work Study provides students with structured, hands-on work experience (paid or unpaid) in a Family, and community-based setting that is directly related to students’ needs as reflected in their Individualized Education Plans. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for special education students to engage Community in activities that transition to areas of employment. Partners for the 2008-09 school year included: Services

7 Delta, Inc. Giant Food, Dorsey Hall Drive MaggieMoo’s, Daybreak Circle Dedicated community AIRmania Fun Zone Giant Food, Fairlawn Street Marshalls organizations, governmental Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland Giant Food, Washington Boulevard Maryland Department of Labor, agencies, and faith-based groups Athelas Work Program Head Start, Ellicott City licensing and Regulation, work with the Howard County Bet Yeladim Preschool and Kindergarten Head Start, Tubman Center Howard County One Stop Center Bra-la-la Howard County General Hospital, (Columbia) Public School System’s Office of Bright Stars Learning Academy A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Michael’s Pub Student, Family, and Community Brunswick Zone - Normandy Howard County Health Department Morningside House of Ellicott City Services to support student Burger King, Minstrel Way Howard County Library, Central Branch Nightmare Graphics, Inc. achievement. Services provided Cinnabon Howard County Library, East Columbia Nika’s Hair Studio include tutoring, mentoring, Columbia Association, Columbia Athletic branch Nora’s Café & Bakery career exploration, and social Club Howard County Office onA ging, Owen Brown Senior Center Plus Columbia Association, Supreme Sports Florence Bain Senior Center Petco and cultural experiences. Club Jiffy Lube, Clarksville Square Drive Raytheon Solipsys Organizations that partnered Columbia Montessori School Jilly’s Bar & Grill Safeway, Baltimore National Pike with the Office of Student, Coventry School For Dogs Johns Hopkins University, Financial Aid Small Miracles Cat Rescue Family, and Community Services Daily Grind office Super Fresh, North Ridge Road during the 2008-09 included: Ellicott City Health & Rehabilitation Center Kinetics Dance Theater Tasty Shirt Factory Ellicott City Senior Center Ledo Pizza, Route 216 Techlab Photo & Digital Imaging Food Lion, Robert Oliver Place Leisure World Golf Course The Young School, Kendall Ridge Food Lion, Waterloo Road Little Lighthouse Daycare Walmart, North Ridge Road African American Coalition of Howard Fresh Cuts/Coastal Produce Looney’s Pub Weis Market, All Saints Road County Giant Food, Daybreak Circle Lornwood Day Care & Gifted Center Zenyon, Inc. Alianza para la Comunidad Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. A-OK Mentoring Black Student, Family, and Community network Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts/ toby’s Dinner Theatre Columbia Housing Corporation Conexiones, Inc. Council of Elders of the Black Community of Howard County Education and Career Empowerment Center Guilford Gardens, Howard County Department of Housing and Community development Howard County Department of Police Model Citizens Models, LLC NAACP, Howard County Branch National Network of Partnership Schools, Johns Hopkins University Stevens Forest Apartments, Howard County department of Housing and Community development

Middle school students learn valuable life skills in the classroom. Partnerships augment career education by exposing students to many different fields through internships and other experiences.

16 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 17 Career Research & Development and Passport to the Future

Career Research & Development empowers students to create a vision for their future through quality academic coursework, progressive career development, and appropriate work opportunities. After a series of interest, aptitude, and personality assessments, students identify their assets and strengths and apply that knowledge as they investigate careers and college options. Passport to the Future is a joint initiative between the Howard County Chamber of Commerce and the Howard County Public School System. A Passport business employs students who have earned a Passport certificate by demonstrating a mastery of workplace skills. Career Research & Development and Passport to the Future partners for 2008-09 included:

Advisory Council Burger King, Center Park Drive KFC Ascend One Corporation Burger King, Columbia Kohl’s Department Store British American Auto Care, Inc. Capital Women’s Care Howard County Lady Foot Locker Carrollton Bank Cattail Creek Country Club Laurel Pancakes Eleve Group, Inc. Champion Landscape LLC Ledo Pizza, Route 216 Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI) Champs Sports MaggieMoo’s Howard Community College Cinnabon McDonald’s, Liberty Road Howard County Chamber of Commerce Columbia Association Merriweather Post Pavillion Howard County General Hospital, Columbia Association, Before and Morningside House of Ellicott City A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine after School Care New York J & P Pizza Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Columbia Psychiatric Office Nightmare Graphics, Inc. laboratory Columbia Teen Center Offit Kurman,A ttorneys at Law Lazarus Foundation Crazy 8 Orthosport Physical Therapy Lincoln Technical Institute Domino’s Pizza Panera Bread M&T Bank, Clarksville Branch Edwin Zaghi, DMD PC Petco Maryland Department of Labor, Einstein Bros.® Bagels Physicians Eye Care and Laser Center licensing and Regulation, Ellicott City Motor Sports Pinnacle Energy Columbia Workforce Center Ellicott Mills Brewing Company Pizza Hut PNC Financial Services Group Exxon Potbelly Sandwich Works Spectrum HR Solutions Famous Dave’s Pump It Up of Elkridge State Farm Insurance Fastenal Company Raj Real Estate Consultant Volunteer, Jane Schuchardt Fatburger Inc. Raytheon Solipsys Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. Finish Line, Inc. Red Sky Steak & Fish House Woodstock Job Corps Center Five Below, Inc. Royal Farms, Ten Oaks Road Yolanda Voss Studio, International Food Lion Safeway, Baltimore National Pike Fresh Start Safeway, Harper’s Farm Road Partners Giant Food, Center Park Drive Safeway, Long Gate 7 Delta, Inc. Giant Food, Cradlerock Way Sears, Roebuck and Co. A+Plus Management Giant Food, Daybreak Circle Subway, Guilford Road Abercrombie & Fitch Harris Teeter Target ACL Computers and Software, Inc. Head Start, Tubman Center TCBY AE Outfitters Retail Company Hollister Co. The Canopy AMC Theatres Home Depot The Tomato Palace American Eagle Outfitters Howard County Chamber of Commerce Two Sisters Cleaning Service Apex Plumbing Howard County Department of UPS Customer Center Arby’s recreation & Parks Vocelli Pizza Arthritis Care Specialists of Maryland Howard County General Hospital, Weis Market, Birmingham Way BeautyFirst A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Winter Growth, Ruth Keeton House BJ’s Wholesale Club Howard County Library Woodstock Job Corps Center Bloom Jiffy Lube Worthington Elementary School Pam Klahr, President/CEO, Howard Bright Stars Learning Academy Kendall Hardware XP Laser Sport County Chamber of Commerce, congratulates students on their successful completion of the Passport to the Future program.

The Gifted and Talented Program provides accelerated and enriched learning opportunities to 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 2008-09 school year included:

Accelerate Your Game Dunloggin Veterinary Hospital Kennedy Krieger Institute Sheppard Pratt Hospital Advanced Technology & Research, Inc. Earth Treks Climbing Center Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Sinai Hospital American Film Institute E-City Corporation Lady Di Interiors Special Olympics of Maryland Aquatic Rehabilitation Center Ellicott City Eye Care Law Office of Michael Silverman Spurlock Equine Associates Arbitron Enterprise Foundation Legg Mason St. Agnes Hospital Axis Sport Performance Training Feldman’s Pharmacies Lloyd, Kane, Wieder, & Willis, PA Stevenson University B. Funk Dance Company Ft. Meade Flying Club Martek Biosciences Corporation Stewart/McCready Architects, PA Baltimore Jewish Times Grace Community Church Maryland State Board of Education Symmetry First Architects, LLC Baltimore Orioles Habitat for Humanity of Howard County Maryland Transit Authority Tai Sophia Institute Banta-Campbell Architects Harbor Hospital MBC Precision Imaging Target Barnes & Noble Booksellers Head Start of Howard County McFarland and Associates, Inc. Ted Annenberg, L.Ac. P.C. Baywood Design/Build Group, Inc. Heart to Heart, LLC MGA Pension Consultants The Baltimore Sun Bear Creek Dental Hospitality Healthcare LLC Montgomery County General Hospital The Business Monthly Brookville Animal Hospital Howard Community College Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital The Horizon Foundation Capitol Debate Howard County Circuit Court, Mt. Airy Gazette The Redhead Companies Cat & Dog Hospital of Columbia 5th Judicial Circuit NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Silver Heron CENTERSTAGE Howard County Council National Institutes of Health The Walters Art Museum Central Maryland Oncology Center Howard County General Hospital, Norris Acura West United States Congress Chesapeake Physical and Aquatic Therapy A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine North Western Mutual United States Department of Agriculture Columbia Animal Hospital Howard County Health Department Orthosport Physical Therapy United Therapeutics Corporation Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts/ Howard County Office of the State’s Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders University of Maryland Medical Center toby’s Dinner Theatre attorney Center of Maryland LLC University of Maryland, Baltimore Comcast Cablevision of Howard County Howard County Office onA ging, Parnes, May, and Associates, MD University of Maryland, Baltimore County Comfort Suites Florence Bain Senior Center Patuxent Publishing Company University of Maryland, College Park Coover & Barr LLC Image Perfect Paul Duncan & The Duncan Group Victor Rossi Crafton Dental Suite Integrated Recruiting Consultants (IRC) Peabody Conservatory W. R. Grace & Co. D.R. Brasher Architects Inc. Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System Pimlico Race Track Walker Ventures/Steve Walker & Associates Days End Farm Horse Rescue Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Pixel Workshop, Inc. Waredaca Farm Dermatology & Advanced Skin Care laboratory Potomac Valley Orthopaedic Associates Zip Publishing, Inc. Dr. Fred Lewis Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Sears Pediatrics

More than 100 Howard County families of middle school students received home computers for the first time thanks to the efforts of the Bright Minds Foundation, an independent non-profit foundation formed to address equity, promote educational innovation and support skills that serve Howard County public school students throughout their lives. To learn more visit www.brightmindsfoundation.org.

18 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 19 Dale Jackson and Linda Behsudi of the Howard County Office of Children’s Services enjoy interesting company and conversation at the annual Howard County Public would like to extend our warmest thanks and Schools Partnerships appreciation to our Business Partners Celebration. Wilhide’s Flowers, Eastern Savings Bank 335860941000

Employee Incentive Program Need homework help? Free, live, ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING offered to Through the Employee Incentive Program, Howard County businesses students in grades K - 12 in math, science, contribute free or discounted products and services to teachers and English, and social studies. Available seven days staff. This program helps the Howard County Public Schools Human a week from 2:00 pm - 12:00 am.

Resources office attract and retain the best educational staff available. Spanish speaking tutors available in math and Businesses that participated in 2008-09 included: science Sunday - Thursday from 2:00 - 10:00pm.

Log on to HCLIBRARY.ORG to get started! Abby’s Creations Life Time Fitness Ace Relocation Systems, Inc. Looks Salon & Spa AN A+ PARTNERS IN EDUCATIONSM RESOURCE FROM HOWARD COUNTY LIBRARY Acupuncture at Wellness Evolution LV Creative Designs ADT Security Services M Point Mortgage Services American Fitness M&T Bank, Clarksville Branch APL Federal Credit Union Mary Kay Cosmetics Apple Insurance Services, Inc. MetLife Home Loans Arbonne International Mortgage Network Solutions Bank of America On The Spot Mobile Detailing Body Wise Physical Therapy and Precision Funding Group acupuncture Presidential Bank C&F Mortgage, a Subsidiary of Citizens Quest Fitness & Farmers Bank Reliable Lawn Care Camp Bow Wow River Front Apartments Club Pooche Royal Air Flight Training Inc. Clyde’s of Columbia Salazar Catering Services/Boardroom Café Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Sandy Spring Bank Columbia Memorial Park Scene Clean, LLC Columbia Tree & Lawn Service Second Chance Saloon CruiseOne Security Pros, Inc. Curves, Howard County Sonoma’s Bar & Grille Dollhouse Hair Salon Synergy Women’s Fitness Fairway Hills Golf Club Talk’n Heads Hair Studio Feet First Sports T-Bonz Grille and Pub NO ONE DOES COMMUNITY Fuller & Wright Home and Design Terrapin Adventures George Washington Estates The Tomato Palace NEWS LIKE WE DO Goldscape, LLC The Verona @ Oakland Mills Howard Bank Total Image Howard Crossing Apartment Homes Two Eagles Lodge Advertising: 410-332-6051 Integrated Financial Solutions Uniquely Salomon Dance Studio Circulation: 410-332-6120 Jazzercise Fitness Center Vector Security, Inc. Editorial: 410-730-3990 Jilly’s Bar & Grill Weichert Realtors - New Colony A Baltimore Sun Media Classiﬁ eds: 410-884-4600 Krav Maga Maryland Wellington Interiors Group Publication www.explorehoward.com Landscaping by Alfredo Wellness Evolution Studio Liberty Mutual Group

The Office of Career and Technology Education (CTE) is responsible for the development of courses and curriculum in the areas of Business Education, Career Academies, Career Research & Development, Computer Science, Family and Consumer Science, and Technology Education. 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 2008-09 school year included:

Partners Jim Coleman Honda Academy of Finance Advisory Council Siemens - US Filter Active Day Adult Daycare Joel Goodman, D.D.S. Aaron Altscher Consulting Snap-on Industrial Advanced BioNutrition Corp. John D. Miller Builders, Inc. Ascend One Corporation Aida Bistro Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System Citigroup-SmithBarney Biotechnology Advisory Council Allan Homes, Inc. Johns Hopkins, Children’s Center College of Notre Dame United States Department of Agriculture Allcare MD Kennedy Krieger Institute Foundation for Human Development, Inc. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Allen & Shariff Corporation Lazarus Foundation Howard Bank department of Neurology Apple Ford Longwood Senior Center Howard Community College Applied Information Technologies, Inc. (AIT) Maritime Applied Physics Corporation Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Child Development/Teacher Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Martek Biosciences Corporation laboratory Advisory Council Hopkins University Maryland Automobile Dealers Association Larry Lewis Financial Consultant Howard Community College Arc of Howard County Maryland Hospitality Education Foundation Livingston Financial Group Howard County Library Associated General Contractors Maryland Orthodontic Specialists M&T Bank, Columbia Branch Howard County Office of Children’s Services Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Mays and Associates Maryland Council on Economic Education Towson University Baltimore Metro Chapter of Associated Meridian Anesthesia Maryland Insurance Administration builders & Contractors MTH Electric Trains Morgan Stanley Construction Academy Advisory Baywood Design/Build Group, Inc. Nantucket Center National Academy Foundation Council BITHGROUP Technologies NeighborCare Pharmacy National Institutes of Health Allen & Shariff Corporation Blue River Construction Orthosport Physical Therapy PNC Bank Baywood Design/Build Group, Inc. British American Auto Care, Inc. Owen Brown Senior Center Plus PROCAS, LLC D.R. Brasher Architects Inc. Capital Women’s Care Howard County Patuxent Publishing Company Sandy Spring Bank dw taylor associates, inc. Center of Marine Biotechnology Reedy Electric Star Hotels Eastern Stair Builders Central Maryland Rehabilitation Center Saini Orthodontics The Columbia Bank Encore Homes, Inc. Cherry Hill Construction, Inc. Science & Technology Corp. Wagener-Lee, LLC Wealth Advisors Hancock & Albanese, Inc. Chesapeake Physical and Aquatic Therapy Sheraton Columbia Hotel Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club Community College of Baltimore County Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Academy of Information Technology J. Vinton Schafer & Sons, Inc. Disorders Center of Maryland Center at Johns Hopkins Advisory Council John S. Wilson Lumber dw taylor associates, inc. Sourcefire Applied Information Technologies, Inc. (AIT) Ken Griffin Plumbing & Heating Eastern Stair Builders St. Agnes Hospital Cisco Systems, Inc., Cisco Networking Reedy Electric ECS Mid Atlantic LLC Technology Assessment & Transfer Inc. academy Program The Troutman Co. Ed-U-Care Learning Center The Columbia Bank Data Networks Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. Elkridge Furnace Inn The Troutman Co. Howard Community College Encore Homes, Inc. The Ulman Cancer Fund Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Energy Power & Transportation Essential Family Chiropractic The Women’s Ob-Gyn Group/ laboratory Advisory Council Expert Trading Limited Capital Women’s Care Lazarus Foundation Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Federal Communications Commission United States Department of Agriculture National Academy Foundation Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Hamel Builders, Inc. University of Maryland, Department Seismic laboratory Health South of Medical & Research Technology University of Maryland, Department The TIME Center, CCBC Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates, Inc. University of Maryland Medical Center of Computer Science Hillmuth CertifiedA utomotive University of Maryland, School of Medicine Health & Emergency Technicians Hilltop Electric University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Automotive Technology Advisory Advisory Council Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club department of Neurology Council Essential Family Chiropractic Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI) Warehouse Concepts British American Auto Care, Inc. Howard Community College Howard Community College Watermont Pharmacy Community College of Baltimore County Howard County General Hospital, Howard County Department of Fire Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc. Ed’s Columbia Automotive & Transmissions A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine & Rescue Win Kelly Chevrolet Hillmuth CertifiedA utomotive Howard County Office onA ging, Howard County General Hospital, Howard County Office of Central Services Florence Bain Senior Center A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Lisbon Citgo Auto Center NeighborCare Pharmacy Howard County Office onA ging Maryland Automobile Dealers Association J. Vinton Schafer & Sons, Inc. Sears Auto Center

20 Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report Howard County Public School System – Educational Partnerships: 2008-09 Annual Report 21 Hospitality Advisory Council Anne Arundel Community College Student Services Belmont Conference Center Bistro Blanc The Office of Student Services coordinates prevention and intervention Choice Hotels Elkridge Furnace Inn programs and services to support students, parents, and schools by Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism addressing the cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional health and institute safety needs of all students to maximize student achievement. The Howard Community College, Hospitality range of programs offered includes School Counseling, Pupil Personnel, & Culinary Management Psychological Services, Health Services, Home Schooling, and Home Howard County Health Department & Hospital Teaching. The Office of Student Services also coordinates Maryland Hospitality Education Foundation Maryland Hotel & Lodging Association the Connection Center, which links families with community agencies Maryland Office ofT ourism Development for needed support, and Prepare for Success, a community-wide Maryland State Department of Education campaign to provide school supplies for children in need. Sheraton Columbia Hotel Take Two Unlimited Applied Information Technologies, Inc. (AIT) Howard County Health Department Project Lead the Way Advisory Council Association of Community Services of Howard County Mental Health Authority Allen & Shariff Corporation Howard County Howard County Office of Children’s Services American Institute of Aeronautics and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland Howard County School Health Council astronautics, Inc. Christ Church Link Integrative Counseling ARCADIS Community Action Council of Howard Maryland Department of Juvenile Services Facility Dynamics Engineering County, MD, Inc. MSA-The Child & Adolescent Center Falcao Investment Group Counselors Helping (South) Asians/ National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates, Inc. indians, Inc. (CHAI) Prepare for Success, Community Action Howard Community College Family and Children’s Services of Council of Howard County Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Central Maryland PTA Council of Howard County laboratory Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. STTAR Center, Inc. Leach Wallace Associates, Inc. Howard County Department of Police, Volunteer Center Serving Howard County Maryland MESA youth Division Way Station, Inc. - Howard County Maryland State Department of Education Howard County Department of Social Maryland State Highway Administration Services NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Schoen Engineering Society of American Military Engineers, dC Post University of Maryland, College of Engineering

Visual Communications & Animation Advisory Council Canton Group Classic Photography & Imaging Corridor Printing Frank Strategic Marketing Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI) Howard Community College Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue Howard County Office onA ging Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics laboratory Illume Communications Mays and Associates New Village Media Printing & Graphics Association, MidAtlantic (PGAMA) Super Book Deals The Athletic Group Marriotts Ridge High School principal Pat Saunderson and his two The Columbia Bank “assistant chefs” celebrate at the Iron Chef competition, an annual The Knowledge Network, Howard County highlight of the Howard County Fair. The trio faced teams from Public School System Cable TV Atholton, Hammond, and Mt. Hebron High Schools in a grilling contest United States Department of Agriculture incorporating locally grown produce. student

The Superintendent’s Advisory Council for Business/Education Partnerships (SACBEP) is a forum for dialogue between the Superintendent and key members of the Howard County business and service community. The following members of the community share current and emerging business and workplace issues with the Superintendent and a cross section of HCPSS staff:

Sydney L. Cousin Cathy Bell Jay Blackman David Bower Shirley Collier Connie Dancel Connie Finney Superintendent, Owner, Executive Vice President & CEO, CEO, Optemax Vice President, Public Relations Howard County Public School System McDonald’s President & COO, Data Computer Ascend One Liaison, Johns Howard County Corporation Corporation Hopkins Applied General Hospital, of America Physics Laboratory A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine

Michael Galeone Steve Girard Brian Hubbard Paul Klink Susan Cole Schnorf Executive Vice Community Impact Principal, Software Rosenbaum Senior Vice President, The Ministry, Grace Booz Allen Engineering Director, Howard President, Columbia Bank Community Church Hamilton Manager, County Department Manekin LLC Honeywell of Citizen Services Technology Solutions Inc.

Maurice Paul Skalny Richard Story Anne Towne Coleen West Wayne Wilhelm Simpkins Attorney, Davis, CEO, Howard Executive Director, Director, Howard President, Vice President, Agnor, Rapaport County Economic Association of County Arts Wilhelm Public Affairs, & Skalny, LLC Development Community Services Council/Howard Commercial The Ryland Group Authority County Center for Builders, Inc. the Arts

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Atholton High School salutes its Centennial Partners in Education High School would like to extend a warm thank you to – Boy Scouts of America Baltimore Area Council – Capital Debate Head Start – Harriet Tubman Lazarus Foundation – Council of Elders of the Black Community Hickory Ridge Schoolhouse Village Association eater Arts, Inc. of Howard County

Howard County Sunrise Assisted Living Community College for their commitment to Howard County General Hospital Verizon Educational Partnership

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THANKTHANK YOU,YOU, BUSINESSBUSINESS && COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY PARTNERS!PARTNERS!

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