Important News

Check out our Mackinvia.com digital library! We have been adding resources, that include Databases, eBooks, and Digital Audio titles to help support our students in becoming Career and College Ready in the 21st Century! Use your Active Directory (computer login) credentials to access our titles. Be sure to choose our Applications and Research Laboratory as your school, as our resources…

The Annual Howard County Brain Bee was held at Howard Community College on Saturday February 6, 2016. This competition assesses students knowledge on topics related to Neurobiology. High School students from all over the county are eligible to participate. The ARL was well represented by students in the Biotechnology Career Academy. This year's Biotechnology Career Academy student who participated included…

Full Day – PM Students get on the bus at their home school at 9:00, arrive at ARL at 9:20. Leave ARL at 1:50, arrive at the home school by 2:10.

SkillsUSA's mission is to help its members become world-class workers and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA enhances the lives and careers of students--and the quality of America 's skilled workforce--by fostering citizenship, employability and occupational skills through career-focused education and industry partnerships. http://arlskills.weebly.com/

Click, http://www.wbaltv.com/education/howard-county-baltimore-city-students-partner-up-for-business/37035808 to learn more about our Academy of Finance's relationship with Patterson High School in order to collaborate on the Christata Cares Project. Our "Economic Trailblazers" are paving the way for an amazing future in the business world and development of Baltimore.

Our Biotechnology Academy students have been working in lab and Natalie Acker has an update on what they have been doing. Watch the video to see what's been going on in Biotech: https://www.facebook.com/hcpssarl/videos/

Congrats to our CyberNetworking and Security Academy for competing in the CyberPatriot competition and making the front page of its publication. Check out the article and our teams picture at the following link - http://uscyberpatriot.org/media/cybersentinel

Great News! The Skills USA chapter at the ARL is fundraising with Fun Pasta Fundraising! We're raising money for the regional, state and national competitions our members will be involved in throughout the school year and our goal for each seller is to sell $100 worth of products! The pasta selection is affordable and selling is fun and simple. And…

Thank you to all of the home schools, students, and parents for encouraging students to explore the career academy options here at the Applications and Research Laboratory (ARL). All of our Howard County students were engaged and were able to gain insight into their particular fields of interest from our instructors and the students currently enrolled in the programs.

Beginning fall 2015, HCPSS will be using Synergy Conference Management to schedule parent–teacher conferences. Synergy Conference Management provides a simple user interface and easy navigation. Starting November 12, parents can log into HCPSS Connect to view and select from the time slots provided by the teacher for the conference. Parent Teacher Conferences are now scheduled online beginning November 12th. Please…