The Council of Elders of the Black Community of Howard County (TCOE) in collaboration with the 

 Howard County Public School System sponsors an annual Celebration of Academic Achievement

 to acknowledge and honor students of African and African-American heritage across the county.

   This year's Celebration of Academic Achievement will honor students who are currently in grades 4 - 9 and have

 achieved one or more of the following levels of academic success during the 2015-2016 school year:

• Received a grade of "A" or "B" for Mathematics in each of the four marking periods
• Received a grade of "A" or "B" for Language Arts in each of the four marking periods
• Scored Advanced on the Maryland School Assessment (MSA) for Science (5th Grade) 

Austin Adaranijo Fetina Andemariam Layla Animashaun Oluwamisimi Arowosegbe Amy Awosika Olufemi Ayogbenjo Moses Bailey Naomi Belay Olivia Bradley Jaylen Burley Morgan Butler Kendi Caldwell Bryana Christian Francis Clottey Kendall Cochran Josephine Coward Myles Eley Justin Eusebe Tristan Evans Enioluwa Fatukasi

 

Moriah Fotang Naomi Fotang Elijah Haggins Kennedy Hines David Irabor Charles Jackson Sheldon Kates-Offord Tefari Lake Andrew Lancaster Kyla Mahasa Najia Mason Kai McKenzie Joshua Meadows Josiah Moore Brandon Mulira Elelan Mulleta Muhammad Oloso Timilehin Olusany Kayla Parkins Lily Pendleton

 

 

Imani Smith Jayden Streelman-Jones Oluwateniola Taiwo Aedan Taku Alana Taylor Kimora Turner Jasmine Ukonu Tiyana Waldron Alyana Whitfield Noel Wright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following students were selected for the Howard County GT Band:

 

Joey Ahn – Clarinet

Evan Yi – Trombone

Gigi Mason – Tuba

Luke Strovel – Tuba

Logan Rhoades - Trombone

Thank you to all the students who submitted entries in the Howard County Young Authors' Contest. The winners are as follows:

First Place in the Poetry Category for Grade 3 - Janica Palabrica
First Place in the Poetry Category for Grade 4 - Kavya Shah
First Place in the Poetry Category for Grade 5 - Sarozini Shrestha
First Place in the Short Story Category for Grade 2 - Teresa Roberts
First Place in the Short Story Category for Grade 3 - Nicole Pereira
First Place in the Short Story Category for Grade 4 -  Charush Minna
First Place in the Short Story Category for Grade 5 - Tiyana Waldron

Congratulations!!

FROM THE ART ROOM

Congratulations to these three art students:

Lola Cortes
Sebastian Hurt
Elijah Haggins

Their art work was chosen to be on display at the Columbia Art Center for the Post Cards To Home: Wish you were here Art Show.  This show has works from all over the county from Elementary School to High School.  The show runs until January 30th and is open to everyone to see.