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Construction Academy graduate Addison Bond a project manager for Williamsburg Homes in Howard County addressed the class through lecture and discussion on Tuesday November 11. Addison presented pictures of the seven, million dollar plus homes he is building here in Howard County. Addison spoke about the day to day activities of managing sub-contractors, clients, suppliers, and employees under his supervision…

On Wednesday, November 9, 2016 the Biotechnology II GT on-campus students took a field trip to Fort Smallwood State Park. The goal of this trip was to collect microbial samples for use in their Senior Project. The project involves a partnership with DMS Nutritional Products, LLC (formerly Martek) to discover natural sources of omega-3 fatty acids. The microbes collected will…

DID YOU KNOW? The National Technical Honor Society serves over 80,000 student members annually. In 2015, NTHS awarded over $200,000 in scholarships to career and technical education students. NTHS honors the achievements of top CTE students, provides scholarships to encourage the pursuit of higher education, and cultivates excellence in today’s highly competitive, skilled workforce. Our very own LEAD (Leadership, Engagement…

Dear ARL Parents & Students, Teaching Excellence and Student Rigor continue to thrive at the ARL. During the past few weeks, I visited several more of our Academies where students were highly engaged in some awesome learning experiences. This week the Homeland Security Academy students heard from Mr. Thomas McNeal, Deputy Director, Howard County Office of Emergency Management, about the…

Presidential elections are a time when emotions run high. We are a country of people with strong individual beliefs. This year even more than in previous elections, the events of the months leading up to Tuesday’s election have led to strong emotions from people across the political spectrum. Emotions are real and important. We all need to keep in mind…

Members of the Skills USA chapter spend an afternoon baking jumbo cookies for the Cookies for Competition Fundraiser.

HRMA 2 students show off their Garde Manger with a fall theme!!

Your teachers competed in a pumpkin carving contest on Halloween. Take a look and LIKE the Jack-O-Lantern you think is the best!

Congratulations to Daniel Li for being accepted into the ASPIRE program at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab! Daniel previously interned at the APL in the summer of 2016 and will continue his cyber internship until March of 2017.

Ryan Willis, a Senior at Centennial High School, is enrolled in his second year of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Career Academy at the Applications and Research Laboratory (ARL) taught by Mr. William Pratesi. At the ARL, the class learns about GIS (Geographic Information System), which is capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth's surface…