PSAT and SAT prep classes> Beginning in September SAT and PSAT prep classes will be held at Centennial High School taught by Marion McCain. There will be two sessions of 10 classes each. Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays. 4-6 p.m. or 6-8 p.m. Dates: Sept. 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25 and Oct. 2 and 7. Cost is $395. Applications are available at Centennial High, 4300 Centennial Lane. County-wide, Howard County Public School System students will take the PSAT Oct. 15. Sophomores will take the practice PSAT. For more information, 410-461-9057.

Board of Ed.

Changes for assistant superintendent> Robert Glascock, Howard County Public School Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Technology, has been chosen to head up a new initiative being launched by the Maryland State Department of Education-- Breakthrough Center. The initiative, developed in partnership with the Education Alliance at Brown University, will provide a broad array of targeted State and local supports targeting low-performing schools. Maryland has found more schools are not achieving Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) criteria because of the performance of relatively smaller portions of populations-- frequently students with disabilities or limited English proficiency. After a 32-year career with the Howard County Public School System. Glascock was hired by the Howard County Public School System as a classroom teacher in 1976. In 1985, he became the Gifted and Talented teacher at Glenwood Middle and was later promoted to supervisor of Gifted and Talented Program for the school system. In 2000, Mr. Glascock assumed the role of Director of K-12 Curricular Programs. He was promoted to Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in 2002. His leadership role was later expanded to include Instructional and Business Technology in 2005.

Marriotts Ridge

Kudos> Congratulations to Marriotts Ridge High School sophomores Kelly Scruggs and Laura Chilcoat. Their artwork is featured in the 2008 Howard County Human Rights Commission's Fair Housing Calendar.

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