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Overlea High is the second school in Baltimore County to be recognized by the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation.
Here is key information on dates and everything else you need to know for the 2013-14 school year for Baltimore County Public Schools.
Former Parkville High School principal Charlene Dimino is headed to Towson High School. Who will take her place at Parkville?
Study: Nearly 9 of 10 programs earned three stars or less on a four-star scale.
Six teachers from Parkville area schools will retire at the end of the day today.
All after school and evening activities are also canceled.
Zahara Kazmi is one of only 303 students in the country to receive the award.
David Kratochvil will graduate as Parkville High School's valedictorian on Friday.
Curious about when Parkville, Overlea and Loch Raven High Schools have their commencements? Check out graduation dates and times on Patch.
Mike Maiste and Mary Ellen Pluember were recently recognized by the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce for Excellence in teaching.
Dr. Stacey Durkovic is out on medical leave for the remainder of the school year and will not return in September; in the meantime assistant principal Barbie Roemer will lead the school.
Play also begins in the state athletics association baseball tournament Friday.
Competition begins in the MPSSAA lacrosse tournaments Wednesday; Loch Raven and Overlea High schools are first round opponents in the boys' tourney.
The school will no longer offer the course of study during the 2013-2014 school year.
Students at the Carney-area middle school have been busy providing window coverings for a Towson shopping center and releasing a terrapin turtle they raised.
Both area schools were recently included in a list published by US News & World Report.
Residents are invited to drop off unwanted items and buy flowers to benefit exterior beautification projects at the school.
The group organizing the effort on Friday announced the expansion on its Facebook page.
Proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase technology for the school.
The owners of a Parkville business were honored for their store’s book drive and literacy program.
Arne Duncan will speak to interested parties at Loch Raven High School in April.
The credit union, which has a branch in Rosedale, will give 10 scholarships to graduating seniors.
Councilman David Marks also appeared at a Tuesday night meeting to show his support.
Eight Overlea students earned first or second place in the State Career Development Conference earlier this month.
Ryan Twentey, a photography and interactive media teacher, was honored by ASCD.
Several area students renewed scholarships awarded for academic achievement and humanitarian work.
The three local students were among 10 finalists selected around Baltimore County to participate in a statewide competition next month.
Students and their families did scientific experiments, learned about chemical reactions and even dug for real fossils at the event last week.
Students at the school took a pledge and created posters to celebrate the school system's first anti-bullying day Friday.
38 students from the Carney-area middle school entered the contest and one of them took second place.
After Thursday night's games, no local schools remain in the regional basketball tournaments.
The last local school in the girls basketball region tournament was knocked out with a loss Wednesday night.
First round play started Tuesday in the boys MPSSAA basketball championship tournament.
Play continues in the MPSSAA girls basketball state championship tournaments on Wednesday.
Of the three local high schools, one had a first-round bye, one advanced with a first-round win and one was knocked out of the region tournament.
The bookbags, hand-painted with designs from students' favorite children's books, were delivered to kindergarteners earlier this week.
Parkville, Overlea and Loch Raven High Schools will vie for region titles in the MPSSAA tournament, which begins next week.
The Carney area middle school celebrated the Ravens trip to the Super Bowl on Friday.