Important News

Dr. Maddy Halbach has been named a finalist for Maryland State Teacher of the Year. She is the instructor for the Academy of Finance and we couldn't be more proud of this accomplishment and the impact she has made on students.

ARL won two medals yesterday at the Skills USA State competitions! We competed in four different areas.....Culinary Arts, Interactive Application and Video Game Development, Job Interview and Health Knowledge Bowl. Edwin Alfaro, won a silver medal in Culinary Arts and Clara Terschurr and Alexis Woodard won a gold medal in Interactive Application and Video Game Development. Although we did not…

Applications and Research Lab's two teams of four students went head-to-head with nearly 200 students throughout the state in the four-hour competition, which featured a separate competition for middle schools. See the full article, http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/ellicott-city/ph-ho-cf-finance-bowl-0406-20170405-story.html

The link below will provide you with the complete AP Exam schedule - http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/228876.html

Below is the link that Balfour sent for CTE students to order their CTE completer cord for Graduation. CTE cord colors are “Turquoise & White.” (Early College cord colors are “Burgundy & Gold") Cord cost is $8.50 and must be ordered on-line. Go to www.BalfourMD.com, then click on "Honor Cords", then click on "Howard County CTE Cords"

As part of the ARL Wellness Spring Triathlon of Community Service, staff and students came together to donate food and to cook a meal for 50 people (Tamale Pie, salad, brownies) donated Thursday March 30th to Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center.

Edwin Alfaro, Chapter President of Skills USA is continuing the effort of raising money for Grassroots of Howard County. Students are encouraged to participate by raising money for an amazing cause. There will be jars in every classroom on Friday of this week and there will be wristbands with our motto available to all students who donate. This donation challenge…

Sydnee Ruley, an Aerospace I student, was select for an internship at NASA this summer work with CubeSats this summer. CubeSats are miniaturized satellites used for space research. These satellites are really small only 10 cm×10 cm×11.35 cm. The cool thing about these small satellites are made from commercially available electronic parts. Sydnee is going to learn a lot this…

Congratulations to the following staff members for being recognized for their years of service with HCPSS!! 35 Years Karl Schindler 25 Years Alyson Donoghue 20 Years Mary Anderson Jen Walker Ron McNeil Wendell McMiller 15 Years Maddy Halbach

If you're interested in computer science, come to the third annual HoCo Hacks Hackathon! High school students from around the county will gain programming experience by spending the day coding a project that fits the theme presented at the event. The hackathon includes a presentation by guest speaker Dr. Singh, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. Students may…