Award Winning GCES Students

Mon, 01/23/2017 - 12:48pm

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.