On April 13, local residents and out-of-town visitors gathered for the fourth annual Spring Fest at Bar-T Mountainside in Urbana. The festival, which had an Earth Day theme, featured a craft fair, a farmers’ market, live music, food vendors, a zip line and a ropes course, and other activities. More 700 people attended the...
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As spring is finally in full bloom, there is much to celebrate. May is a time to celebrate mothers, and many children seem to enjoy showing their mom’s how loved and special they are. We interviewed local Urbana children about what they loved about their moms, asking them: What do you like best about...
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“I love my job,” says Stephen Raff, principal at Centerville Elementary School (CES). To the staff, students and parents at CES in Urbana, his passion shows. The community was equally enthusiastic, supportive and appreciative of Raff — so much so that they nominated him for the The Washington Post Educational Leadership Foundation’s annual Distinguished...
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Triz Pardo loves to help students at Urbana Middle School (UMS) by talking with them and taking time to listen to their problems. An Urbana mother of two children, Pardo volunteers every day at the middle school’s store, which sells a wide variety of school supplies and other items such as pens, books, erasers...
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Urbana resident Claire Grabowski is one of many parents in Frederick County who home educates their children. Grabowski said her and her husband, John, chose homeschooling for her five kids to help them through their formative years. The couple homeschooled each child for about three years, primarily during middle school. “We really felt those...
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Urbana High School’s (UHS) Mock Trial team has been the best in the county for the past nine years, this year advancing to the semifinals before losing to eventual state champion Annapolis High School on April 18. Last year, UHS advanced to circuit finals from a resounding win at the county level before being...
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UES Math Night Hundreds of students swarmed the halls to participate in the Urbana Elementary School Math Night on April 18. The students navigated grade-level activities as well as pirate themed fact fluency games. In addition fraction bowling and a computer lab were set up to expose parents and students to a variety of...
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A little basil plant and sprig of rosemary now share a mosaic pot on the edge of my deck — my attempt to bring springtime and fresh eating into our summer. Two pots of pansies sit next to my canary-yellow lantern, and a hanging basket is just beginning to burst into bloom, leaving a...
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As part of her studio art elective class at Friends Meeting School, Grace Hotung decided to illustrate two of her favorite things — her dogs. “I see their facial characteristics in my work,” Hotung said, explaining how much she enjoys using her dogs as subjects for her drawings. This spring, each student had to...
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From May 22 – 25, a team of four Urbana High School (UHS) students are slated to travel to Knoxville, Tenn., for the Global Finals for Destination ImagiNation (DI). DI is an international group that hosts a number of competitions each year to foster a problem-solving, teamwork environment for students. Each team, comprised of...
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