On March 8th and 9th, Wye River Upper School drama students put on a performance of the play, Is He Dead written by Mark Twain and adapted by David Ives. The play took place in the Cadby Theatre of the Chesapeake College Campus. Under the direction of WRUS English Teacher, Mr. Wootton, eighteen students prepared for the play over the…
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CECDS Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Gala & Auction in April
You many know that Christ Episcopal Church Day School was Kent Island’s original preschool, but did you know that is was founded 40 years ago? Forty years of success is definitely a cause for a celebration… So a celebration it shall be! Please join us on April 13as we celebrate 40 years at our annual Spring Gala!
The Gala will…
Washington College Names New Provost And Dean
Washington College has named Emily Chamlee-Wright as its new Provost and Dean. Chamlee-Wright currently serves as Associate Dean at Beloit College in Wisconsin, where she also teaches economics and directs the Miller Upton Programs on the Wealth and Well-being of Nations. Washington College president Mitchell B. Reiss says Chamlee-Wright stood out among a remarkably strong field of candidates because of…
GES Students and Volunteers Share Ideas About Character
By Ashley Winterstein
Volunteers from the Grasonville Senior Center have recently become an integral part of character education lessons in Queen Anne’s County. Last year, 5th grade students from Kennard Elementary School traveled to the Grasonville Senior Center as part of an intergenerational discussion about good character.
This month, six seniors traveled to Grasonville Elementary School to meet with Dawn…
Five Maryland Community Colleges Join National Entrepreneurship Forum
The National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation’s leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, has announced that five Maryland community colleges have joined its new Presidents for Entrepreneurship Forum. Through the program, presidents of community colleges throughout the country commit to increase the focus on entrepreneurship at their institutions and the impact these colleges have…
Easton Elementary Fourth Grade Poetry Presentation at the Academy Art Museum a Great Success
On Friday evening January 13 over 100 people, including students, parents and area fans of poetry attended a fourth grade poetry reading at the Academy Art Museum. The standing-room only event allowed students to showcase their writing talents before an appreciative audience.
The Museum’s ArtReach Coordinator, Constance Del Nero, worked with students beforehand when students took field trips to visit…
Wye River Upper School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll List
High Honors:
Will Peterson
Devin Horne
Ramsey Mahaffey
Sam Ingle
Brandon Allston
Honors:
Connor Bell
Anthony Borza
Sasha Callahan
Augie Callahan
Stacy Muser
Haleigh Willis
Sarah Hite
Alex Terrero
Jesse Kirchner
Lucas Khiel
Tommy Davis
Cooper Dixon
Tyler Candleana
JR Bauer
Wye River Upper School is a college preparatory high school for grades 9-12 that offers a supportive, yet challenging…
In Equality Trial, University System Says Historically Black Schools Protected
By LIZZY MCLELLAN
Capital News Service
BALTIMORE – In a six-week trial that ended Thursday over whether Maryland shortchanges its historically black universities, the state argued that it has given these schools fair funding as well as special consideration in recent years.
“The HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) have been funded fairly,” said Craig Thompson, attorney for the state,…
