It’s our third annual issue and our best yet. Flip through the pages, above, or read on to learn what’s inside.
Garrison Forest Senior Lila Bennett ’19 Helps Seal NYTS polo championship
Garrison Forest polo player Lila Bennett ‘19 helped lead her team to victory in the National Youth Tournament Series (NYTS) championship in Colorado over Labor Day Weekend, beating the opposing girls’ team 6.5 to 1 to seal the championship. Lila represented the East Coast and competed as one of eight talented up-and-coming young female polo players from across the country in the first invitational Girls All-Star Challenge which took place alongside the Cecil Cup Challenge. Lila was selected from a pool of NYTS All-Stars named for their exceptional horsemanship, sportsmanship and skill, both on and off the field.
Heat-induced school closures in Baltimore make for testy rhetoric at Board of Public Works
The governor skewering the superintendent of Baltimore City Public Schools over heat-induced school closures and dismissals; Maryland’s comptroller pointing fingers at General Assembly leaders over blocking him and others out on school spending decisions; the state’s treasurer accusing both of those guys of milking the spotlight during campaign season. All of this, ignited by Baltimore-area schools’ struggles with summertime heat, kicked off what may have otherwise been a routine afternoon of spending decisions for Gov. Larry Hogan’s Board of Public Works Wednesday.
Baltimore’s newest Catholic school to be named for pioneering black nun Mother Mary Lange
The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s next school will be named for a sainthood-bound nun who founded the country’s first Catholic place of learning for black children, right here in Baltimore.
Six dozen city schools dismiss early due to steamy weather and bad (or no) AC
It’s been a short-lived first day back for thousands of returning Baltimore public school students, with the city school administrators dismissing 72 schools early due to hot weather and their lack of serviceable air conditioning, or any at all.
On first day of school, Hogan issues executive order to create Office of Education Accountability
As students across the state returned to the classroom–and some in Baltimore City and Baltimore County had early closings or full days off due to a lack of air conditioning–Gov. Larry Hogan issued an executive order Tuesday creating an Office of Education Accountability to serve as “an independent watchdog unit” of the state’s school systems.
Free Back-to-School Haircuts in West Baltimore on September 1
In preparation for the start of the 2018-19 school year, the Baltimore Mobile Barber Lounge will provide complimentary haircuts to elementary and middle school boys on Saturday morning from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Art Directors Look at Portfolios, Not Diplomas
Art school is expensive but the education is priceless. So what does an artist who’s interested in a career in the professional arts do when he or she has the talent and drive, but not the money or time to invest in that education? For a long time the answer was pretty simple — take on a ton of student loan debt or get a “real” job and create your artwork in your spare time. But thanks to three local illustrators and former MICA professors, there’s another option for aspiring artists in the area — The Baltimore Academy of Illustration.
After review, City Schools overturns scoring error that left English for Speakers of Other Languages students out of selective high schools
Twenty-four eighth graders in Baltimore City’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program have been offered spots at selective high schools this coming year after a June internal review by City Schools of a scoring error, Baltimore Fishbowl has learned after filing a public information request with City Schools.
