Important News

Howard County Policy 2010 specifies that Howard County students in grades 6-11 shall have the opportunity to elect the Student Member of the Howard County Board of Education (SMOB) to a one-year term. The responsibilities of this position are extensive. The student member must spend at least two evenings per month in attendance at BOE meetings. Considerable time prior to…

Students can receive a prompt for the Dale Carnegie Young Adult Leadership Program essay contest in the Front Lobby or Library. Please use the following link to submit the completed essay by February 15th, https://goo.gl/forms/dxcEQOJRbHQrzGYz1

It's not too late to join SkillsUSA! The organization is great to have on your resume and includes amazing competitions for your academy. Email skillsusaarlhoco@gmail.com for details or visit Mrs. Lebaron or Mrs. Donatich for more information.

Members of Trailblazers LEAD will participate in leadership development activities provided by the University of Maryland LEAD program. In addition, they will have guest speakers that will focus on developing elevator speeches, opportunities for community involvement, and leadership at Ground Zero, 9/11. Members will also create and promote activities that may include food drives, fundraisers, spirit weeks, and more. The…

DID YOU HEAR our school is now host to a first of it's kind Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality development lab? Read the article to learn more, http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/ellicott-city/ph-ho-cf-arl-virtual-instruction-20171130-story.html

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"