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There are currently 25 high schools: |
High School Advanced Placement Scores 2015 |
These schools can be attended by any Baltimore County student through an application process. Students attend these schools as full-time students. |
In 1978, due to a dip in enrollment projections the elimination of six elementary schools and the repurposing of two middle schools was proposed by the board and eventually implemented by then superintendent Robert Y. Dubel despite significant public objection . At the January 11, 1978 board meeting: Dundalk, Gray Manor, Inverness, Lutherville, Parkville, and Towson elementary schools were proposed to be closed; Eastwood and Ruxton elementary schools proposed to be repurposed as special education facilities; and Towsontown Junior to be repurposed as Central Vocational-Technical Center. |
Overcrowding in some elementary schools due to population growth became an issue in 2007, particularly at four elementary schools in the Towson area — Hampton, Riderwood, Rodgers Forge, and Stoneleigh — which were said to have 451 more children than their 1,665-pupil capacity. In December 2007, a parents' advocacy group, Towson Families United, called for construction of a new elementary school to alleviate overcrowding, with the group threatening a demonstration near the courthouse office of Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith, Jr.. On May 6, 2008, the School Board announced that a new school would open in 2010 near the existing Ridge Ruxton School on Charles Street. |
Overcrowding continues to plague the BCPS school system. In 2018 it is particularly bad in the North East area of the school system. Where there is a deficit of over 1700 seats on the elementary level. Furthermore, Perry Hall Middle school is on track to be the largest school in the county with more than 400 students above maximum capacity. |
To create 21st century learning environments that allow for student-centered learning experiences within the school system's "Framework for Teaching and Learning", Baltimore County Public Schools has established Students and Teachers Accessing Tomorrow (S.T.A.T.). S.T.A.T. is aligned with the school system's "Theory of Action", part of which is to "ensure that every school has an equitable, effective digital learning environment". The work that supports S.T.A.T.’s goals includes the district's conversions of curriculum, instruction, assessment, organizational development, infrastructure, communications, policy, and budget. |
BCPS has a 1.76 billion budget as per 2016, with a total enrollment of 111,127 students. The majority of its students are white (42.1%) and a 38.8% black student enrollment. Asians and Latinos are a minority with 6.7% and 7.7% enrollment respectively. In 2014, Sean McComb of Patapsco High School was named National Teacher of the Year. Superintendent S. Dallas Dance was appointed to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans in August 2014. The school system was accepted into the prestigious 32-member League of Innovative Schools in February 2013. BCPS is the only school system in Maryland to be designated as ISO 9001 international certification for management. |
The school district is led by superintendent Darryl Williams and his respective cabinet, consisting of a chief of staff as well as academic, communications, administrative operations, and human resource officers. |
= = = Andy Jenkins = = = |
Andrew "Andy" Jenkins (born 11 March 1971 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school. |
Jenkins began his career playing in British Darts Organisation competitions and had some success in the open events. He took the Embassy British Gold Cup Singles in 1994, England Open in 2000, Swiss Open and Japan Open in 2001 and the Isle of Man Open in 2002. |
His record at the BDO World Darts Championship was disappointing. He made his debut at the Lakeside Country Club in 1995, and managed only one win in his seven consecutive appearances. His only victory came in 1996 against Belgian Bruno Raes, and suffered defeats to Andy Fordham (1996, 1998), Sean Palfrey (1995), Ronnie Baxter (1997), Graham Hunt (1999), Colin Monk (2000) and Kevin Painter (2001). |
Despite his poor record at Lakeside, Jenkins made it to the semi-finals of the revived News of the World Darts Championship in 1997, and the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters in 1999 and 2000. |
He decided to switch to the Professional Darts Corporation in 2002 where his first round jinx continued - he lost to number nine seed Denis Ovens at the 2002 PDC World Championship. He rose steadily up the world rankings after joining the PDC and was seeded 10th for the 2003 World Championship. Again he went out in the first round to Chris Mason. |
When the World Championship field expanded in 2004, the top players joined in at the third round stage - where Jenkins again lost his first match (to Bob Anderson). At the 2005 World Championship, Jenkins finally notched up a victory over Peter Evison, who had played dreadfully, averaging just 67.34 for the match. Jenkins went out to Painter in the last 16. A second round defeat came in the 2006 World Championship - Jenkins was seeded eight (his highest ever ranking) who defeat Patrick Bulen and but went down to Wayne Jones. |
He went into the 2007 World Championship as the number 12 seed. He finally managed a decent run to justify his consistent high ranking, putting out highly fancied Adrian Lewis in the last 16 on his way to the semi-final. Raymond van Barneveld was too strong for him and won 6-0. In the 2008 World Championship, Jenkins got through a tough first-round game against Czech qualifier Miloslav Navratil but was then beaten 4-0 by the Alan Tabern in the second round. |
Jenkins has had more success away from the World Championships. He reached the semi-finals of the World Grand Prix in 2002 and the semi-finals of the UK Open in 2004 - losing to John Part on both occasions. |
Jenkins received a suspension from the tour following misconduct at the PDC's German Open event. He returned to the circuit on 15 May, with another nine months suspended in case of future misdemeanours. His suspension however cost him a place in the 2008 World Matchplay as he didn't win enough money to qualify. |
He beat Phil Taylor at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts but went out in the last 16 to Simon Whitlock. |
Jenkins suffered a first round exit in the 2009 PDC World Championship, losing to Co Stompé. His inability to defend semi-final prize money from the 2007 Championship, meant that Jenkins dropped out of the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit. |
In November 2009, the Darts Regulation Authority gave Jenkins a 24-month ban (20 months suspended) for an assault on Terry Jenkins that took place at the Nuland Players Championship in the Netherlands in October. |
He lost in the first round of the 2010 World Championship to Peter Manley. He was due to participate in the 2010 Players Championship Finals, but due to his ban, his place in the draw was taken by Manley. After four months out, Jenkins returned the PDC circuit, but failed to qualify for any major events that year. His failure to qualify for the 2011 World Championship was his first absence from either World Championship since 1994. Jenkins qualified for the 2013 World Championship via the Pro Tour Order of Merit and lost to Justin Pipe 3–0 in sets in the first round, winning only two legs during the match. He lost 9–3 to Stephen Bunting in the third round of the UK Open. In November, Jenkins reached his first ranking final for five years at the 14th Players Championship of the year. Whilst the top 16 in the Order of Merit were competing in the Masters, Jenkins was winning six games before losing 6–3 to Ian White in the final. Jenkins came agonosingly close to reaching the 2014 World Championship as he finished just £200 behind the final qualifier on the ProTour Order of Merit. |
He therefore played in the qualifier and won four games to advance to the semi-finals where a fifth win would guarantee him at least a place in the preliminary round, but he was beaten 5–3 by Matt Clark. |
Jenkins could not qualify for the 2014 UK Open as he failed to progress past the last 128 in any of the six qualifiers. His best result of the year was in the reaching the last 16 of the 13th Players Championship where he lost 6–5 to Mervyn King. |
Jenkins' ranking of world number 69 at the beginning of 2015 meant he needed to enter Q School as he was outside the top 64 who remain on tour and he qualified for a two-year tour card on the second day by beating Chris Dobey 5–3. He was eliminated of the UK Open 9–6 by Josh Payne in the third round. Successive wins over Dave Chisnall and Ronnie Baxter saw Jenkins play in his only quarter-final this year at the 12th Players Championship where he lost 6–2 to Peter Wright. |
Jenkins had 6–5 and 9–5 wins over Wayne Jones and Richie Corner at the 2016 UK Open, before losing 9–2 to Vincent van der Voort in the fourth round. He had his best run of the year at the eighth Players Championship by knocking out Kevin Painter, Steve Brown, Michael Smith and Justin Pipe to play in the quarter-finals, where he was whitewashed 6–0 by Jamie Caven. Jenkins beat Steve West 6–3 and watched Alan Norris miss match darts to win 6–5 at the European Darts Trophy. He lost 6–3 to James Wade in the third round. As well as his quarter-final, a last 16 finish and a number of last 32 finishes saw Jenkins earn a place in the Players Championship Finals, where he lost 6–3 to Justin Pipe in the first round. |
Jenkins qualified for the 2019 UK Open on 9 February 2019 following success at the Riley's qualifier in South Benfleet. |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held |
= = = Markus Amm = = = |
Markus Amm (born 1969, Stuttgart, Germany) is an artist based in London. |
He has shown work internationally in exhibitions including "Finding Neverland" at Patricia Low Contemporary in Gstaad, "Alles in einer Nacht" at Tanya Bonakdar in New York City, "The Addiction" at Gagosian Gallery in Berlin and "New Party" at The Breeder Projects in Athens. |
= = = (52747) 1998 HM151 = = = |
, also written as (52747) 1998 HM151, is a cubewano. It has a perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) at 41.902 AU and an aphelion (farthest approach from the Sun) at 47.500 AU. It is 116 km in diameter. It was discovered on April 29, 1998, at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. |
1. https://www.webcitation.org/5Pkgpyk4n?url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/TNOs.html |
= = = Stan Earle = = = |
Stanley George James Earle (6 September 1897 – 26 September 1971) was an English footballer who played as an inside-right in the Football League for Arsenal, West Ham United and Clapton Orient. He was capped for England at amateur and full levels. |
Stan, the son of centre-half and goalkeeper Harry Earle, played for West Ham Schools as a youth. He featured for England Schoolboys in 1912, and captained Essex. He gained England Amateur caps against Ireland in 1922–23, and against Ireland and France in 1923–24. Earle featured for the FA XI against the Army in both seasons, and also represented the Isthmian League. He represented The Amateurs in the 1923 Charity Shield. |
Earle played in the Isthmian League with Vivian Gibbins at Clapton, and joined Arsenal as an amateur in March 1922. He made four League appearances for the north London club, scoring three goals, and had his registration cancelled in July 1924. |
Earle continued to play for Clapton and became club captain. He won the FA Amateur Cup with the club in 1924. |
Earle left the Dog to join the professional ranks at West Ham United in August 1924. After 18 appearances and 6 goals in his first season, his second saw 38 appearances and 9 goals, including his first appearance for the club in the FA Cup, a 5–0 thrashing at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur. He was an ever-present in 1926–27, playing in all 45 league and cup games – an achievement matched only by Jim Barrett, Jimmy Collins and Vic Watson. |
Earle made 37 appearances in 1928–29, including all of the games in that season's FA Cup run. He played his final game for West Ham on 23 April 1932, a 2-4 loss to Birmingham at Upton Park, and left having scored 58 goals in 273 First Division and FA Cup games during his eight years at the club. |
He made two appearances for the full England team, the first in a 3–1 victory against France on 17 May 1924 where he played alongside his Clapton colleague Gibbins. After being selected as a reserve for England's game against Ireland on 24 October 1925, he didn't see further action with the national team until 1927, age 30. The 2–0 defeat against Northern Ireland saw Hammers goalkeeper Ted Hufton taken to hospital after a broken arm sustained in the first half. |
Earle ended his career at Clapton Orient, and went on to coach Walthamstow Avenue and manage Leyton. |
He served in the Royal Field Artillery and the Royal Garrison Artillery as a bombardier. |
= = = Dadrewa = = = |
Dadrewa is a village situated in Churu district of Rajasthan, India. The village is situated on the Hissar-Bikaner Highway in between Sadulpur and Taranagar. The famous Gogaji Pir, was born at Dadrewa. |
The name Dadreva is derived from its ancient name Dadrirek Nagar (Devnagari: दद्रिरेक नगर). |
It was the ancient capital of Chauhan Rulers. The chauhans rule here many decades here. There are the ancient remains of Gogaji period. |
Dadrewa is known as the birthplace of Gogaji who became popular as a powerful king and a pir in various states of northern India. Gogaji was perhaps the most powerful Chauhan rajput who had ruled Dadrewa. His kingdom, Bagad Dedga, spanned from Satluj to Hansi in Haryana. Dadrewa was the capital city of 'Bagad Dedga'. A fair in Gogaji's memory is held in Dadrewa every year in month of Bhaadwa(August–September). |
= = = Julius Bomholt = = = |
Julius Bomholt (11 June 1896 – 2 January 1969) was a Danish politician representing the Social Democrats. |
He was a member of the Folketing 1929–1968 and served as speaker in 1945–1950 and again 1964–1968. He served as Minister of Education in 1950 and 1953–1957, Minister of Social Affairs 1957–1961, and Minister of Culture 1961–1964. |
He was awarded the Ingenio et Arti medal in 1966. |
= = = Custaloga = = = |
Custaloga, also known as Packanke, was a chief of the Delaware (Lenape) tribe in the mid-18th century. He was a member of the Wolf Clan through his mother. Captain Pipe was his nephew and succeeded him as chief. |
Little is known of the early life of Custaloga. He was born as Packanke into the Wolf Clan of his mother. The Delaware had a matrilineal kinship system, in which descent and hereditary leadership were passed through the mother's line. Children were born into the mother's clan and gained their social status there. |
"Custaloga," as he was documented by Indian agent George Croghan and other British colonists, settled in western Pennsylvania in the mid-18th century and built a sizeable village with his band at the confluence of French Creek and North Deer Creek in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. This town, known as "Custaloga's Town," became his principal seat. He also started another village known as "Cussewago," along French Creek, at the present site of Meadville in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. |
Custaloga's name first appeared in western Pennsylvania's history in "George Washington's Journal of 1753." When the 21-year-old Washington arrived at Fort Machault in the village of Venango (present Franklin, Pennsylvania), Custaloga was in charge of the wampum of his nation under Chief Shingas. |
Since Custaloga had aided Pontiac in his rebellion, the white settlers were wary of his actions. They asked Guyasuta of the Seneca to live among his people at Custaloga's Town to maintain a watchful eye on Chief Custaloga. The Seneca, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, were powerful. By this time the Confederacy seemed to believe they had a kind of overlordship over the Delaware. |
By late 1773 at a conference of Indian nations at Fort Pitt, the tribe was discussing the succession of the aging principal chief, Netawatwees, who died in 1776. George Croghan, sub-agent to Sir William Johnson, the Superintendent of Indian Relations, and Seneca representatives reported to Johnson about the debate. They wrote that Chief Custaloga was too old to replace Netwawatwees when that should become necessary. |
In January 1774, during a conference of the Six Indian Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy at Johnson Hall near present-day Albany, New York, Croghan announced that Custaloga was to be succeeded as chief by his nephew Captain Pipe, a noted war leader. |
On November 29, 1778, Colonel James Smith led an expedition from Fort Pitt to Custaloga's Town, but found it evacuated. After this date little is recorded about Custaloga. Some sources think he removed to Ohio, then perhaps returned to Kuskuskies' Indian Town, on the Shenango River (near New Castle, Pennsylvania). He may have died as early as 1775. |
= = = Harry Earle = = = |
Henry Thomas Earle (23 November 1868 – 1951), known as Harry Earle, was an English footballer who played as a centre-half and goalkeeper for Millwall Athletic, Clapton and Notts County from the 1890s to the early part of the 20th century. |
Earle was born in East Grinstead, and was employed at Godwin Road School in Forest Gate. Although he wasn't qualified as a teacher, he was eventually co-opted as such, due to his 33 years of service. |
His appearance for Clapton once sparked an article in the local newspaper after he had requested permission to leave work early to attend a game. Previous requests had been declined, but this time, his request was granted following a vote. In the article, members of the West Ham School Board described football, and cricket, as being a waste of time. This denunciation of sport was supported by the local priest, Father Ring, who said that it was only a little less of a scandal than the drinking business. |
Further controversy was to come when he was declared to be a professional by the Football Association. He had accepted a set of furniture from Clapton as a wedding gift and the FA had deemed this to be a form of payment. Both Earle and the club unsuccessfully appealed. As a result, Earle signed as a professional with Notts County, where he played in the Football League for one season. He continued to be the trainer of West Ham Schools throughout his playing career and beyond his retirement, leaving the role in 1912. |
When he returned to the Old Spotted Dog Ground with his new club in 1905 for a friendly match, he encountered opposite number J. Wilding, who had once been the West Ham Schools goalkeeper under his charge. Wilding would go on to play for Clapton in two FA Amateur Cup finals. |
Married to Emma Elizabeth Earle, he was the father of six children, one of whom, Stan Earle also played for Clapton, and for England as an Amateur and Full International and later, as a professional player, with West Ham United between 1924 and 1932. |
Harry Earle died in 1951. His obituary, in the "Stratford Express", was adamant that he had never once accepted a pay packet despite the imposition of his professional status. |
= = = Soricomorpha = = = |
Soricomorpha (from Greek "shrew-form") is a formerly used taxon within the class of mammals. In the past it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora. However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders were split off from it, including Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews), and Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures), with the four remaining extant and recent families of Soricomorpha shown here then being treated as a separate order. Insectivora was left empty and disbanded. |
Subsequently, Soricomorpha itself was shown to be paraphyletic, because Soricidae shared a more recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with other soricomorphs. The combination of Soricomorpha and Erinaceidae, referred to as order Eulipotyphla, has been shown to be monophyletic. |
Living members of the group range in size from the Etruscan shrew, at about 3.5 cm and 2 grams, to the Cuban solenodon, at about 32 cm and 1 kg. |
= = = William Wright (orientalist) = = = |
Prof William Wright LLD (17 January 1830 – 22 May 1889) was a famous English Orientalist, and Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge. Many of his works on Syriac literature are still in print and of considerable scholarly value, especially the catalogues of the holdings of the British Library and Cambridge University Library. "A Grammar of The Arabic Language", often simply known as "Wright's Grammar", continues to be a popular book with students of Arabic. Wright is also remembered for the "Short history of Syriac literature". |
Wright was educated at St Andrew's University, Halle and Leiden. He was Professor of Arabic at University College London from 1855 to 1856, and Professor of Arabic at Trinity College, Dublin from 1856 to 1861. From 1861 to 1869 he was an Assistant in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum, and from 1869 to 1870 Assistant Keeper at the museum. In 1870 he was appointed Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University, and he held the chair there until his death in 1889. |
On death he was returned to St Andrews for burial. His grave lies against the eastern wall of St Andrew's Cathedral churchyard, backing onto the Eastern Cemetery. |
His early publications of Syriac material appeared in the "Journal of Sacred Literature" in the 1860s. These included the publication of the Syriac text of "An ancient Syrian martyrology" in the October 1865 issue. |