Education headline 

SPOT ON Behavior at Glade Elementary

Glade has a school-wide behavior system which is a process for creating a safer and more effective school. It is an approach to enhance the capacity of our school to educate all children by developing school-wide and classroom discipline systems. The process focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students. At our school everyone is working hard to display SPOT ON Behaviors. Our behaviors are SPOT ON when we: Show Respect for ourselves, others and property. Prepare to attend school every day with…

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Farm Family of the Year from Glade Valley

The Great Frederick Fair began with the selection of the Jim and Louise Stup Family as the 2014 Farm Family of the Year.  The Stup’s family farm, Teabow Farms, in Walkersville encompasses 980 acres of Glade Valley.  The farm is a dairy operation with over 2,250 cows.  Each cow annually provides an average of 25,359 pounds of milk. Teabow Farms began in 1965 with eighty cows on Glade Road.  In 2000, the farm began to grow tremendously.  The farm’s herd grew to its current size which requires three tankers to…

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Community headline 

Glade Valley 4-H’ers Having A GREAT Frederick Fair

4-H Members from Glade Valley area 4-H Clubs are off to a GREAT start at The Great Frederick Fair!  Winning awards and raising funds for 4-H seem to come naturally to these young leaders in the community. Friday evening, Ashley Fuss of the Walkersville 4-H Club was crowned the 50th Frederick County 4-H Queen.  Garret Buckmeier of Keymar was crowned 4-H King.  Chase Ferguson, a student at Walkersville High School and member of the Johnsville 4-H Club, was selected First-Runner-Up to the 4-H King.  As part of the celebration of…

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August Arrests

The following Glade Valley residents were arrested and processed through the Frederick County Adult Detention Center in the month of August. Nicholas Mori, DOB: 05/21/1996, Walkersville, charged by Frederick County Sheriff’s Office with possession of controlled dangerous substance — marijuana, possession of controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute — marijuana, possession of controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia; bail set at $2,500. Donal Jackson, DOB: 05/04/1979, Walkersville, charged by Frederick City Police Department with driving on revoked license and privilege; released on personal recognizance. James Crouch, DOB: 05/30/1991, Walkersville, charged by Maryland State…

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Education headline 

Vaccination Deadline for Students

Frederick County Public Schools want parents to be reminded that students without proof of required immunizations or proof of an appointment to get immunized before October 1, 2014 will not be admitted to classes beginning Tuesday, September 16, 2014.  Maryland requires certain immunizations for students in kindergarten and seventh grades. All seventh grade students must be vaccinated for diptheria, tetanus, pertusis, and meningitis.  The vaccinations require two different shots; Tdap provides immunization for tetanus, diptheria, and pertusis.  The meningoccal vaccine is a separate immunization. All kindergarten students must be immunized for…

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