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Karl Kidd Receives Maryland’s Agriculture Education Award
Karl Kidd, a fifth-grade advanced academics teacher at Urbana at Sugarloaf Elementary, received the Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award from The Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. in early January. The award recognizes a classroom teacher who demonstrates excellence in…
Urbana Girls’ Track Uses Its Platform to Set an Example
For two hours every Saturday morning in January, members of the Urbana High School girls’ track and field team visited with residents at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mt. Airy, keeping them company and listening to their life stories. With…
Local Farmer Grows Hemp in Pilot Program
Local farmer Dawn Gordon acknowledged, “Hemp growing is not for the faint of heart.” She is at the end of processing her first hemp crop. Gordon grew her crop in 2019, the first growing season following the passage of House…
Assistant Coach Provides Wrestlers With Unique Opportunity
Urbana High School wrestling coach Justin Krop recognized the name immediately, when it popped up in his Facebook messages. West Virginia native Ryan Diehl had been one of the most heavily recruited student-athletes out of high school and, over the…
WKMS ‘Critical Convos’ Program Highlights Cyber Safety
As a part of the Windsor Knolls Middle School (WKMS) “Critical Convos” program, the PTSA hosted a “Kid & Teen Cell & Cyber Safety” presentation delivered by Joe Dugan, internet safety specialist with the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against…