Important News

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

The Trailblazer LEAD (Leadership, Engagement, & Development) group sponsored a canned/non-perishable food drive to support the Howard County Food Bank. The created donation boxes that were placed in the Front Lobby of the Applications and Research Laboratory and at the employee entrance of the Central Office building. The collection lasted approximately 10 days and the response was remarkable! Pictured are…

The students of the Advanced HRMA class took a field trip to Sysco in Jessup, which is the largest distributor of food and supplies to restaurants around the United States. They received a tour of the facility, had a consultation with the Business Resource Manager and a culinary demonstration by the Executive Chef on site!

Do you need help obtaining health insurance? Here are a few Howard County resources to assist you. The Maryland Children’s Health Program (MCHP) gives full health benefits for children up to age 19 and their families. Call the Howard County Health Department at (410)313-5845 extension 111 to see if you are eligible. Healthy Howard’s Door to HealthCare program is dedicated…