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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Pr. George's Reaches Top 20 for National Board Certified Teachers

Four teachers in Bowie, MD, are among 27 PGCPS teachers recently gaining national board certification.

  Prince George's County Public Schools announced that it ranks 3rd in Maryland and 20th in the nation for the number of teachers who have been certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Nearly 330 PGCPS teachers have earned board certification, 27 of them during the 2011-2012 school year, PGCPS said in an announcement Monday.  Four teachers in Bowie schools received certification in 2012. They are Tonya Lipford at Tulip Grove Elementary School, Todd Pozen at Whitehall Elementary School, LaJuanta Shack at Northview Elementary School, and Venita Simon at C. Elizabeth Rieg Regional School, according to PGCPS. “National Board Certification is the highest level of professional certification a teacher can receive,” …

Friday, October 19, 2012

Bowie Schools Participate in Countywide ‘Clean Up, Green Up’

Benjamin Tasker and Whitehall Elementary are expecting more than 50 volunteers at their events.

Come Sunday morning, five Bowie schools will look a little cleaner and a little greener, thanks to a collaboration between Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) and Keep Prince George’s County Green. Benjamin Tasker Middle School, Northview Elementary School, Pointer Ridge Elementary School, Samuel Ogle Middle School and Whitehall Elementary School are five of the 60 PGCPS participating in the countywide Clean Up, Green up initiative, according to a press release. A total of 200 sites including the schools will participate in the event by taking parting in activities like clean-ups, landscaping and tree, bulb and shrub plantings as part of a shared commitment to keep the Prince George’s County beautiful, states the release. …

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Jenni Pompi

1:31 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Hi, Steven. If you contact your neighborhood school, you can sign up. Click the link to the schools in the article for contact information. Clean ups are happening at various times 8 a.m. and noon at the locations.   more ›

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