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Youth Leadership Program for Juniors and Seniors

August 26, 2014 Michael Kuster

Youth Leadership is a leadership program that targets juniors and seniors from all of our county High Schools and St. John’s and will be facilitated by members of the Rotary Club of Carroll Creek. The program will be an intense experience accommodating up to around 30 students who are interested in exploring the dynamics and day-to-day challenges of contemporary leaders in our community. A faculty drawn from the public, corporate and non-profit community will conduct the sessions. The sessions will include: discussions of leadership principles, skills and behaviors, group experiences…

Seniors Feel Empowered but also Eager to Graduate

August 26, 2014August 28, 2014 Tori CaulfieldHigh School, Seniors, Walkersville

by Tori Caulfield
With the 2015/2016 school year coming to a start, a few of the students from the new senior class share their thoughts and feelings about being seniors, otherwise known as the “kings and queens of WHS”.
“I’m mostly excited about senior privileges, you have a lot more freedom,” said Mallory Donaghue. Donaghue is ready […]

First Day of School – Elementary, Middle and High Schools

August 25, 2014August 28, 2014 Chanel Mosselementary, first day, High School, Middle School, school, Walkersville High School

by Chanel Moss
The first day of school for students always changes, from kindergarten to high-school. As a child on starting kindergarten you wake up early screaming “first day of school” like Nemo.
You get ready before mom and dad have the chance to help you. Think about it, it’s hard to find a single elementary school […]

Carpet Wall Replaced by Splash of White

August 25, 2014August 31, 2014 Elizabeth KnightWalkersville High School

by Elizabeth Knight Walkersville High School has undergone many changes this summer to help improve our school. One of the big changes was the removal of the more than outdated carpet plastered on the main wall in the underclassmen cafeteria/commons area. Most students could not wait to see this carpet go since the moment they […]

Community Education

School Buses to Sport Route Numbers

August 24, 2014August 22, 2014 Michael KusterBack to School, bus, school

As Frederick County public school employees prepare to welcome more than 40,000 students Monday, August 25, FCPS buses are sporting a special new feature. This year instead of learning a bus number, students will travel by route, a letter-number combination displayed in windows on each side of the bus. The route designation will remain the same even when a substitute bus is scheduled to serve that route. Most routes begin with the first letter of the high school in the student’s feeder pattern, or service area. For example, a student…