Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Jackson Hall, 8, is a second-grader at Davidsonville Elementary.
Patch stopped by Davidsonville Elementary to talk with second-grader Jackson Hall about school, what he has learned and what he likes to do for fun. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite thing about school? Jackson Hall: Math—I just really like math. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is something you learned recently in school? Jackson: Drawing inferences—it’s when you go back in a book and figure out what the main ideas are. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What do you like to do for fun? Jackson: For fun I like to do math facts. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite book? Jackson: Cowardly Clyde. Clyde is a horse and one day he has to go fight this big monster. The rider falls off and he is really scared, …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Patch caught up with second-graders at Davidsonville Elementary.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Cole Keefer, 8, is a second-grader at Davidsonville Elementary.
Patch stopped by Davidsonville Elementary to talk with second-grader Cole Keefer about school, what he has learned and what he likes to do for fun. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite thing about school? Cole Keefer: Probably recess. I like to play soccer with my friends. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is something you learned recently in school? Cole: Dinosaurs. We learned about the different kinds. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What do you like to do for fun? Cole: I like to play video games. I like FIFA Soccer 2013. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite book? Cole: Miss Holly Is Too Jolly! because it is really funny and it makes a lot of people laugh. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What do you want …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Reagan Beall, 7, is a second-grader at Davidsonville Elementary.
Patch stopped by Davidsonville Elementary to talk with second-grader Reagan Beall, about school, what she has learned and what she likes to do for fun. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite thing about school? Reagan Beall: Math. Sometimes reading is harder for me so I like math. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is something you learned recently in school? Reagan: In science we just learned how dinosaurs have been extinct. We also learned about volcanoes and volcanoes could have caused it. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What do you like to do for fun? Reagan: I like to play with my big brother Declan. He’s 9. We like to play sports like lacrosse and soccer. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite book? Reagan…
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Edgewater Books will open on Central Avenue in August.
Here's a recap of some of the top news from Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch this week. To read more on any story, click on the link. 1. South River’s Jodie Hogan Named Teacher of the Year South River's Jodie Hogan was all smiles after she was named Teacher of the Year Monday night. But there was one person in the room beaming brighter than Hogan—her husband. 2. Edgewater Books Opening in August Edgewater Books, a children’s bookstore, will be opening on Central Avenue in August and the owner is looking for high school art students to paint a mural inside the store. 3. Southern Middle Students Plant 280 Trees in Galesville Park About 50 seventh-grade students from Southern Middle School planted approximately 280 trees on a half-acre in …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Emily Pavlitsa, 8, is a second-grader at Davidsonville Elementary.
Patch stopped by Davidsonville Elementary to talk with second-grader Emily Pavlitsa about school, what she has learned and what she likes to do for fun. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite thing about school? Emily Pavlitsa: I like meeting new friends because if it wasn’t for school I wouldn’t have met so many friends. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is something you learned recently in school? Emily: We learned about time, and right now we are learning about measurement. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What do you like to do for fun? Emily: I like drawing. I like drawing houses. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite book? Emily: I really like Weird School books. They are about kids who have really weird …
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Shane Toal, 8, is a second-grader at Davidsonville Elementary.
Patch stopped by Davidsonville Elementary to talk with second-grader Shane Toal about school, what he has learned and what he likes to do for fun. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is your favorite thing about school? Shane Toal: That it teaches you, because if I didn’t know my money I couldn’t buy my iTouch or anything. Counting money is my favorite thing. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What is something you learned recently in school? Shane: In science I learned different theories about how the dinosaurs got extinct. One theory is an asteroid, another one is climate and one is a volcano. Or an asteroid could have created all these storms that killed all the dinosaurs. Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch: What do you like to do for fun? Shane…
Monday, August 27, 2012
Patch caught up with the Wagners amid their back-to-school preparations early Monday morning.
Nearly 10,000 children throughout Edgewater, Davidsonville and south county headed off to classrooms for the first day of the 2012-13 school year Monday morning. For Robbie and Bella Wagner, two students headed to Davidsonville Elementary, the first day of school brings excitement, smiles and an eagerness to learn. Robbie, 6, and Bella, 9, are both headed to a new school this year due to Anne Arundel County Public Schools' (AACPS) redistricting, sending the brother-sister duo from Central Elementary to Davidsonville Elementary. At first, Bella said she was nervous about the switch, but because she knows everyone in her class, it doesn't bother her. Their mother, Christine Wagner, said she wasn't a huge fan of the redistricting at first, …
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Mark your calendar for these important dates for the South River and Southern school clusters.
Sharpen your pencils, scope out deals on calculators and brush the dust off your backpack—it is already time to start talking about going back to school. Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) announced the schedule for back-to-school nights at regional elementary, middle and high schools. More than 77,000 students are expected to enter AACPS classrooms this fall, and back-to-school night gives parents the opportunity to learn more about their child’s teachers, and the instruction their children will receiving, according to a press release from AACPS. “Helping our children achieve success is a team effort the required parents to be involved in the educational process,” said schools Superintendent Kevin Maxwell in the release. “Back-To…
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Central Middle, Davidsonville and Tracey's elementary schools each fell short in reading in at least one student group.
Nine of the 12 feeder schools from the South River and Southern clusters met their Annual Measureable Objectives (AMO) last year, according to an Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) release. Central Middle, Davidsonville and Tracey’s elementary schools each fell short of their AMOs in at least one reading category. Each school’s AMO performances are separated into two subjects, reading and math. They are then split into sub-categories, divided by student groups: seven racial and ethnic groups as well as students that receive free and reduced-price meals (FARMS), special education services and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) services. A school’s Maryland State Assessment (MSA) scores ultimately determine its “pass” or “fail” grade…
Rob Beall
12:59 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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