Thursday, November 15, 2012
Hundreds of students raced in chilly weather Thursday afternoon.
An elite group of middle school students reached celebrity status Thursday afternoon. Clad in gym clothes, still struggling to catch their breath from a final sprint, winners of Perry Hall Middle School's annual mile-long Turkey Trot were heroes of their class. Among hundreds of participants, the fastest 10 boys and girls from each grade level won a T-shirt and the first-place winners in each group won a Thanksgiving turkey. All participating students were entered into raffles for pies and other prizes after the race. "I'll be eating good for Thanksgiving, I'll tell you that," said Donte Cloude Jr., who won first among sixth grade boys. "My dad's always hard on me when I run. I won it for him." Donte, like the other winners, attributed…
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Two Perry Hall schools received the 2011-2012 School of the Year Awards from the Maryland Center for Character Education at Stevenson University.
Among 39 schools across Maryland, Perry Hall Elementary and Perry Hall Middle were recently honored for helping students become better people, not just better scholars. The 2011-2012 School of the Year Awards from the Maryland Center for Character Education at Stevenson University recognized schools for "implementing outstanding character education initiatives yielding positive results in student behavior, school climate, and academic performance," Baltimore County Public Schools announced. The center encourages schools to include moral and ethical behavior in their curriculums—which has become part of everyday practices at the elementary and middle school. "If you don't live it and talk it and believe it, you're not going to change …
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Cynthia Drye, former president of the Perry Hall Middle PTSA, pleaded guilty to theft on Thursday morning.
A Perry Hall woman pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing money from the Perry Hall Middle School PTSA, according to the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office. Follow Perry Hall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Cynthia Drye, who served as president of the PTSA between 2010 and 2011, was found guilty of theft scheme between $1,000 and $10,000, which is a felony. She was sentenced to three years in prison, which were suspended, and two years of supervised probation. She was also sentenced to 200 hours of community service, according to Assistant State's Attorney Allan Webster. Drye, 45, who was charged in September, had already made full restitution of the estimated $6,800 stolen from the PTSA before her court appearance on the morning of …
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Members of the Christian group at Perry Hall Middle sang to seniors at Genesis HealthCare.
Perry Hall Campus Life, a Christian youth group at Perry Hall Middle, sang carols to seniors at the Genesis HealthCare facility in Rosedale on Tuesday, according to parent Sherrie Palmateer. Palmateer submitted the above photos and following statement to Patch. Perry Hall Campus Life youth group, that meets on Tuesdays after school at Perry Hall Middle, spread Christmas cheer to the residents at the Genesis HealthCare Facility [Tuesday]. It was so great to see the smiles on the residents' faces. One lady waved her arms as if she were conducting our singing. Jay Davies, our group leader, played the guitar as the youth sang beautiful Christmas songs. Claudia Harris, another one of our leaders, made special treat bags for our youth group to …
Debbie
4:26 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
I think it's great that some Baltimore County Public Schools include teaching good character building skills along with the rest of their curriculum and as a result are winning awards for implementing such skills. These great character building skills include teaching respect, honesty, open mindedness, bravery in stepping forward to do what's right, patience, sympathy, empathy, etc. I believe … more ›