Students from Parkville, Perry Hall, Overlea, Essex to be honored online at 2020 McCormick Unsung Hero Awards

NOTTINGHAM, MD—The 80th annual McCormick Unsung Heroes Awards has been transformed into a virtual celebration which will be streamed live across the web on Monday, May 11th.  This year, student-athletes from Parkville, Perry Hall, Overlea, Essex and other portions of northeastern Baltimore County will be recognized. The annual event presented by McCormick & Company, which has been honoring unsung Baltimore […]

PHWMBA to award $1,000 scholarship, applications due by June 15

NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Perry Hall White Marsh Business Association has announced that they will be awarding a $1,000 scholarship to a local student. Any high school seniors living in the 21236, 21162, or 21128 zip code are eligible. A scholarship in the amount of $1,000 will be awarded from the PHWMBA Community Foundation. Applications are being except through June 15, 2020. […]

MPSSAA cancels all sporting events for remainder of 2019-2020 school year

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association on Tuesday announced the cancellation of all MPSSAA events for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. The MPSSAA says they made the decision after consulting with the Maryland State Board of Education and Dr. Karen Salmon, State Superintendent of Schools. This includes the remainder of the 2020 Boys and Girls Basketball […]

Kenwood High School student awarded Junior ROTC scholarship

ESSEX, MD—Josh Hunt, of Kenwood High School in Essex, is one of just 200 Air Force Junior ROTC cadets worldwide to earn a Chief of Staff Private Pilot Scholarship from Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC. More than 2,575 cadets worldwide applied for the scholarships. Valued at approximately $22,500, the scholarship will support Hunt in attending an accredited aviation university during […]

2019 scholarships for Maryland students set new record

BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland’s class of 2019 received more than $1.635 billion in college scholarship offers, surpassing the class of 2018’s record total by more than $100 million, according to the results of a new Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) survey. “Education is our administration’s top priority, and we would like to congratulate Maryland’s students for setting a new […]

Students at Eastern Tech, Perry Hall High named National Merit semifinalists

TOWSON, MD—Twenty Baltimore County Public Schools students from eight high schools have been named semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program coordinated by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The honored students are: Catonsville High School Jessica L. McDivitt Eleanor G. Queeney Ellen K. Schumacher Dulaney High School Mir Saif Hossain Victoria S. Jin Gautam Maybhate Sreesaisowmya Potluri Sarah […]

Nottingham resident among 2019 NextMile Scholarship recipients

TOWSON, MD Since 2014, MileOne Autogroup, the Mid-Atlantic’s largest automotive retail group, has supported employees and their families through its NextMile Scholarship program, which grants funding toward enrollment in a university, college and/or trade school. Now, six years later, MileOne has surpassed the $1 million and has provided scholarships to 240 students who want to pursue their educational goals and […]

Parkville High, Eastern Tech students receive scholarships from Comcast

TOWSON, MD – Six Baltimore County Public Schools seniors were awarded $2,500 Leaders and Achievers® Scholarships from the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. One of them, Shane Shakoor, a student at Loch Raven High School, was selected to receive an additional $7,500 Comcast Founders Scholarship. The other five BCPS students earning Leaders and Achievers® Scholarships are: Fopefoluwa Atanda, Milford Mill Academy Heather […]