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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…

Students created a financial, leadership, and marketing book review podcast. Take a listen to the first episode recorded in November 2016! P.S. the music is also student produced. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2DBAx_7RbVsZVh2bkRSNVk3SzQ/view?usp=sharing

A humbling account of how our Academy of Finance prepares students to be life ready!

Arielle Wickstrom - Construction Academy has been awarded a Rouse scholarship and has been accepted into the ROUSE Honors Program at HCC.

Just a reminder that accessing digital resources of the ARL is quick and easy. Simply visit www.mackinvia.com and select our school. Use your active directory username and our easy to remember password that was provided by Mr. Burchett earlier in the year. Remember, you have to go to www.mackinvia.com to access our resources, using hcpss.me will connect you to your…

Baking cookies Wed & Thurs Dec 21 & 22 and then they will be donating the cookies to Grassroots. A representative from Grassroots will come to the ARL to pick up the cookies at 1pm on Thursday Dec 22nd.

9th and 10th grade students can visit the Applications and Research Laboratory on a number of upcoming dates in January. Permission form 1/10/17 Permission form 1/11/17 AM Permission form 1/11/17 PM Tuesday January 10th AM(snow make up date: January 18th) Biotechnology Animation PC Systems Aerospace Graphic Design Homeland Security Systems and Project Engineering Wednesday January 11th AM (snow make up…

On Wednesday, the Early College Program in Cybersecurity celebrated their first partnership signing with Secure Innovations. SI has been supporting the ECP with internships for students, hands-on classroom activities, and scholarships for 12th grade students enrolled in a full load of courses at HCC. ECP Advisory board members from Atlantic Data Forensics, IntelliGenesis*, Applied Defense Solutions, Howard County Economic Development…

For the second year in a row, the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) has been named the top school system in Maryland by Niche.com, a national education and community analysis firm. The 2017 Best School Districts in Maryland rankings give HCPSS an overall grade of A+ and rank Howard County public schools #1 for “Best School Districts in Maryland,”…

We had our first official chapter meeting and in it we discussed competitions and the website. We also addressed the future of the chapter. More information about our chapter is on the website. The link to the website is arlskills.weebly.com