Happenings At Towson High School

Towson High School.

Not too far outside of the boundaries of Baltimore City is one of Baltimore County's high schools, TOWSON HIGH SCHOOL. Like the other public schools within the Baltimore County Public School system, Towson HS provides a safe and supportive setting for its students, while promoting tolerance and respect for the diversity so present throughout the region. Besides preparing students for the challenges ahead, whether in pursuing education beyond high school or starting a career after graduation, this County school provides the tools for lifelong learning, along with critical thinking and leadership skills.

Of course, most of us who live in this area are aware of the snowfall that hit us a few weeks ago. We may be more put out by snow than those northern areas of this country, but we all know how to reschedule our events. That actually happened at Towson HS, when snow days interfered with their National Art Honor Society Annual Art Auction and Induction Ceremony, which was originally scheduled for March 20. Enter the calendar change and this event was rescheduled to April 20, in the library and library hallway, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM.



For those interested, students' artwork is already on display in the library hallway and family members and visitors can inquire about specific artists or artwork. The auction, scheduled for April 20, is an opportunity for the public and family to support the students by making an art purchase. And when the students become more known for their artwork, you can say you purchased one of their first works here.

In addition, there were individual exhibitions of senior students' art work throughout the month of February. Students were divided into four groups and they curated and displayed their works for the one week they were assigned. Each group had their own opening, amid the student viewers, family, and friends.

The Senior Prom is coming up on May 26, a Friday, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, from 7 to 11 PM. Ticket sales start on April 18, costing $80 each. There will also be an After Prom party at the Towson University Student Union from 11:30 PM to 2:30 AM. This is a safe way to party after the prom, with friends and classmates. There are some wonderful perks to attending this school event, including the free raffle tickets for prizes that are provided for each attendee. It's not just one skimpy prize, either; there are over 100 prizes - such items as dorm decorations, flat-screen tvs, Under Armour gear, Ipads, special events tickets, plus two $500 cash prizes. There will be games, a photo booth, caricature artists, and casino games. And for those who want quiet spaces just to chill and talk, plus food. And it's all free.

National Honor Society students performed some community service with the Red Cross, to assist Disaster Relief teams, which were tasked with installing smoke detectors in local homes. Given the fact that several major fires have occurred since the start of 2017 throughout this area, there is a vital need for this work. The students did the work of packing supplies, along with the requisite paperwork; information about the importance of smoke detectors to home safety plans; and then zoned the homes to be visited. That involved plotting out which houses to visit in a particular area, based on data that was already collected. The students' work meant that Red Cross staff could focus on working with the individual families, and making sure the alarm installments get completed.

Towson High School students in the classroom. 

This has just been a small snapshot of some of the activities that have been happening at Towson High School. The biggest event, the culmination of senior year, has yet to occur, but it is scheduled and just around the bend. That's graduation day, coming up on June 3. Meanwhile, keep completing your successful year and contributing to the community around you.

Towson HS graduation 2015.

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Music To Create Understanding Amid Differences

Members of Heartbeat performing in the UK.

Can musicians come together from communities that are usually in conflict with each other? Can that happen even when the conflicts escalate towards violence, outbreaks of military attacks against each other? Whether it can actually be done and promote wider change may be difficult to answer, but even trying to bridge the divide may make some difference.

At the very least the Israeli and Palestinian youth musicians of HEARTBEAT are coming together to make music. But in the process, they raise their voices for social change, build respect and trust across that national divide, learn what it's like to continue a dialogue with each other, allowing the music and fellowship within a safe space, to empower them.



The musicians of Heartbeat maintain the 30 articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Anyone is welcome to join, as long as they commit to viewing and treating each other with respect, as equals. The emphasis is on nonviolence and the tools of nonviolence, along with a dedication to human rights and civic responsibility. In utilizing their musical creativity, members of the group can strive to imagine the world as they would like it to be.

In November, Heartbeat hosted a panel discussion, along with live music, Music & Peacebuilding at the Marvin Center on the George Washington University Campus in DC. Realizing the power of music, the discussion acknowledged that it could used to heal hatred and lead to positive change, or it could be a force fueling hatred, reinforcing division, and escaping from reality. However, despite its impact, mainstream discussion does not include music as means of international conflict resolution. But when music is sidelined, do we ignore the power of music and arts in the change process?

Announcing the panel discussion at George Washington University.

The discussion focused on the possibilities of music driving social change and transforming conflict, along with exploring the role of music in social change, both in the US and overseas. The music highlights the works of members of Heartbeat, along with other efforts that have been using music as a means of social change.

Since this discussion/presentation, the members of Heartbeat have embarked on an exploration of issues and experiences surrounding forced migration, which will continue for eight months. The issue will be considered within music, lyrics, and discussion.

Musicians beginning eight month exploration of issues around forced migration.

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A Small School In Nairobi Offers Big Dreams

Some of the children at CCEC work with tablets.

Even in some of the poorest and most forbidding parts of the world, where children are found, there will be school. Most of the children in these parts of the world face serious deprivation every day. Yet, where there is a school and education available, there is hope. Such is the CHEERY CHILDREN EDUCATION CENTRE (CCEC), located in Kibera slum, part of Nairobi, Kenya.

Kibera is one of the largest slums in the world, home to approximately 1.5 million people. The children who live here are some of the most vulnerable anywhere; many are neglected or abandoned. Make no mistake, these children are at high risk for illiteracy, illness, lack of hope, sexual abuse, and continued generational extreme poverty.



It is this small school, CCEC, where there is hope in abundance. This school provides needed humanitarian assistance, helping the children meet their survival needs. They provide nurturing, a feeling of family, that vital education, life skills, and character education. But it's the hope that they can have better lives that is key.

School in Kenya is not a free option. Even when the government provides free tuition to all primary schools, the children still can't attend without paying school fees, buying uniforms, and bringing their own food. Even then, there might not be enough desks and supplies; many classrooms are overcrowded. So, without CCEC, there is no hope, no opportunity, no chance of moving out of the generational cycle of poverty.

CCEC has three programs for children. They reach down to the very beginning and provide baby care, caring for the babies of parents and guardians who cannot provide enough food and other essentials. In order to work, these same parents and guardians would otherwise abandon these very youngest. The nursery program provides care for older children just able to begin school. This program utilizes volunteer teachers and staff to provide the care. The primary program keeps children on grade level through eighth grade.

This school program needs continued contributions to keep the programs going. Frequently, various organizations learn about the school, and mount drives to get needed supplies and moneys to meet the children's needs. A one-person kindness generator is Gabby's Acts of Kindness, which launched a March donation drive.

A wonderful day - workbooks have arrived!

Gabby is a young girl, who lives in the United States and likes to share her acts of kindness with the rest of the world. She wrote about her contribution to CCEC, "In December, I learned about the Cheery School in Kenya. The story broke my heart. If the school didn't raise enough funds they would need to close. I couldn't imagine not being able to go to school. I love it, we learn so much, and we enjoy every moment of it. We all helped raise funds and they were able to rebuild. Since then we have skyped with them and sent videos from school. I was so touched that I emailed the Principal of the Cheery School, Jairus Makambi to ask him how I could help more...I will be collecting unsharpened pencils and blackboard chalk until April 1. Once all the donations have been received we will get it over to them in Kenya...Thank you for helping to spread kindness and make a difference in 2017.  Gabby"  I wish you the best in collecting for this deserving school.

Some of the supplies Gabby has been receiving for CCEC.

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Just A Slice Of The Good At Tyler Heights Elementary

It's Math Night at the school and students are having fun with the subject.

One of Maryland's green schools, TYLER HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is situated in Anne Arundel County. Part of the Anne Arundel County Public School System, this school serves students in pre-K to Grade 5.

Principal Julia Walsh shared the school's educational philosophy, "At THE Tyler Heights Elementary, we believe that Together is How we Excel. We value academic achievement, nurturing the whole child, and growing our potential to eliminate all achievement gaps. This year we will specifically focus on guided reading, math problem solving, and we will continue efforts through PBIS to nurture a positive school culture."



The work of the school is accomplished through a partnership, or Team Tyler's Most Valuable Players. These MVP's include staff, students, parents, and the community. That last partner, the community, is inherent in any public school, since that school provides for the educational needs of that community, within its mission to education a particular age group of students.

Tyler Heights students have been participating in Character Counts, in which students study a particular characteristic. Last month the term was "fairness". Fairness involves treating each other respectfully and equally. Children learned how to be peacemakers at home, school, and in the community.

Because fairness was also being studied during Black History Month, children also learned about noted African Americans who embraced the concepts of fairness and justice in their lives. Parents were also encouraged to add to their learning about prominent African-Americans.

February was also a participating type of month. The parents were encouraged to take photos of their students, who were engaged in reading. There was a back and forth exchange on social media of reading photos taken both in school and at home. You might say that Tyler Elementary students truly know the value of reading.

From March 2 to March 10, there was a district-wide art show being held at a local library. Art works from various schools were included in the exhibition. Of course, students at Tyler Elementary submitted their art works for the show, as well. It was all in celebration of Youth Art Month, which occurs each March.

Tyler's teachers planning for the week ahead.

Like most other schools, Tyler Elementary has a science fair. Students have until March 27 to submit their projects. The next day, all of the projects will be on display and awards at each grade level will be announced the following morning. Winners then move on to the county science fair.

All in a few weeks, students and faculty at Tyler have been really busy. We wish them all continued good learning.

Ms. Wilson, with some of her students, is a finalist for Anne Arundel County Teacher of the Year.

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Preserving Wilderness At Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The beauty of the wilderness, with whitened animal horns on the ground.

Located in the northeast corner of Alaska lies a wildlife refuge that was first established in 1960. Under the administration of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE preserves some 19.64 acres of land and water. Within the refuge is a large wilderness area and two wild rivers areas.

To give you an idea of the size of this refuge, it comprises an area as large as the State of South Carolina. Another claim to fame is that this preserved area is the largest and most northern of the US wildlife refuges. Within its boundaries are tundra plains, the Brooks mountain range, and the spruce and birch forests of the Yukon River basin. Also within the refuge's boundaries are the Inupiat, and the Gwich'in peoples, found, respectively, in Kaktovik and Arctic Village.



Today, Second Chief Trimble Gilbert, of the Tanana Chiefs Conference received a painting by artist Lindsay Carron of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The painting includes a portrait of Second Chief Gilbert, intertwined with the waters and wildlife.

Ms. Carron described her experience at the conference, "Between listening to orations from Gwich'in environmentalists, deep moments of connection through portraiture with the elders, dancing in celebration to the midnight sun, painting with the kids, trekking on trails made by caribou, gazing over a valley that has supported migrations of animals and people for thousands of years, hearing the haunting call of the Arctic loon, and feeling the tumbling pressure of silence between the mountains, my life was altered by the Arctic Refuge."

Yet another sight in the Arctic Refuge, a snowy owl soaring over the coastal plain in search of prey, which can range from arctic ground squirrels to voles and lemmings. Wilbur Wright noted the grace evident in the flight of birds, "The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who...looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space...on the infinite highway of air."  Although he may never have viewed this refuge, it is one area remaining in this country that gives an impression of an "infinite highway of air."

Lindsay Carron's painting of  Second Chief Gilbert intertwined with the Arctic Refuge.

The Arctic Refuge is one of those areas where you might want to observe the rules of being in a wilderness area, to leave it the way it was before you entered. This huge tract of wilderness does indeed represent the reason why unspoiled areas were designated as preserves/national parks/refuges. This piece of wild lands heritage preserves an area with minimal human intervention, as much of an area where nature dominates without much human interference. These are areas that bring peace, quiet, contemplation of the beauty of nature, a place we want to preserve for future generations.

 A snowy owl soars over the tundra.

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Kids Just Want To Engage In Community Service

This group of girls started their own summer camp to promote community service.

Not often do we think of very young children being role models for adults. But in this case, it happened. Mac Winslow's son, 7-years-old in 2013, became worried about some of his classmates, who didn't get enough to eat. He saw them going home with backpacks of additional food, so they wouldn't be hungry over the weekend. So, William decided to make a contribution to the program through a week-long food drive that eventually provided 1400 pounds of food and $310 for the program.

The actions of his son inspired Mac so much that he developed an organization that would help young children get started on community service projects of their own, just like William did. In addition, he wanted his organization, START A SNOWBALL, to be able give children with community service ideas a seed grant to get them started.



Mac explained, "I have spent a career in sales and leadership roles, and love to see people think outside of the box and make a difference. We want to give other kids the opportunity to learn about the power they have inside of them to make a difference, and support them as they work towards changing the world in their own way."

Now, a few years later, Start a Snowball has given seed money to many different community service projects around the US, all started by children. Of course, the youngster who started it all, William Winslow, continues his active involvement in issues related to child hunger. When President Trump published his so-called skinny budget, he severely decreased the funding for child hunger programs. So, William took advantage of available tools online and has his own petition on Change.org, calling for restoration of funding.

Some of the projects that are being funded by Start a Snowball include Pack A Sack, by a girl in Land O Lakes, FL, that provides a sack of food to send home with children whose families are food insecure; Taylor Tinsley of Detroit started The Maria Joy Foundation to supply support and awareness for foster children and adoption; Hannah of Farmerville, LA, is providing a Bike Library at a local state park, where visitors can check out a bike to ride around the park; a 13-year-old from West Bend, WI, has the Family Blanket Project, which relies on community members to make blankets for kids displaced into shelters with their families; a high school student in Detroit started Paco's Card Project, in which he organized members of the Honor Society to make cards for child patients at a local hospital. But these are only a few of the projects that have received funds.

These two youngsters, William (left), and Braeden, both started projects to help relieve child hunger.

The amount of creativity that children are using to construct their community service projects is astounding. Even more so are the projects that have been created to operate over the long term. The commitment of these youngsters gives hope that this youthful generation in formation have their hands on the ways to create positive change.

Tyler's blanket project earned him his Eagle Scout badge.

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Diverse Youth Chorus

Some of the Chorus' youth ready to sing at the National Center For Civic and Human Rights.

Budding youth talent, young people from various backgrounds and socio-economic groups, with singing talent - all of that applies to ATLANTA'S INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CHORUS. This choral performing group provides a well-rounded opportunity for growth, guidance, compassion, and direction to those who make the auditioning cut. The professionals, who provide the leadership and instruction, are particularly sensitive to the voice changes that occur to boys as they go through the changes of puberty.

Another feature of Atlanta's International Youth Chorus is its repertoire. Most of their performance catalogue features songs that promote social justice, peace, teamwork, hope, and reconciliation, and can be performed in forty different languages. But it's not just singing and voice training, it's about friendship and teamwork among these young singers. Singers range in age from 6 to 18.


For high school students, the Chorus provides a leadership program. They are trained to be mentors and role models for the younger singers, Other opportunities available, based on interest, are accompanist, percussionist, section leader, and student conductor. These older students, then, can pursue their passions and ready themselves for the next phase of their music careers.

R. Daniel Mooney's writing supports the reasons to teach music, this poem, Why Music.
"I. Music is a Science.
II. Music is Mathematical.
III. Music is a Foreign Language.
IV. Music is History.
V. Music is Physical Education.
VI. Music Develops Insight and Demands Research.
VII. Music is all these things, but most of all,
Music is Art.

That is why we teach music:
Not because we expect you to major in music
Not because we expect you to play or sing all your life...

But so you will be human
So you recognize beauty
So you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world.

So you will have something to cling to
So you will have more love, more compassion.
more gentleness, more good -
in short, more Life."

A section of the Chorus performing at the spring concert.

And so we teach our young to sing, to use the voice as a musical instrument, to reach beyond themselves through music. An enriched life, beyond what they would have experienced elsewhere, is provided through Atlanta's International Youth Chorus.

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Barton Malow Highlighting Female Workers

Barton Malow construction crew working on a site at University of Maryland Baltimore.

One of the top construction companies in the entire US is BARTON MALOW. We, in the Baltimore area, are lucky to have one of the company's branch offices in the downtown area. The company's expertise includes the areas of healthcare, higher education, K to 12 education, federal, energy, and sports and special events types of facilities. If you see a construction project in one of these areas, Barton Malow may be on the job.

This month Barton Malow has been highlighting some of the women employed by the company and breaking ground for other women to follow in their footsteps. Alison Nykamp is a project manager, currently working on the Morgan State Behavioral & Social Science Center project. She's been working in the field for about 11 years and got her start with an internship with a construction manager.



Women in the construction field comprise only ten percent of the workers, although women make up more than 50 percent of the population. So, that creates a few challenges. Among them is working with older generation males, who aren't that used to working with women. And with Ms. Nykamp being a woman in charge, that makes it even more of a challenge. Part of it is in the mantra of many workers saying, "But we've always done it that way." It's hard to change how you're used to working, especially when it's a younger female worker, who is telling them how she wants the work done.

But Ms. Nykamp takes the challenge in stride. Older techniques may not be the most effective, and she's quick to point out that trying this "new" way might make work easier and more effective. However, one of the best ways of gaining trust and respect is to make sure that she continues to work and act professionally.

Alison does have a few tips for those considering a career in construction, similar to hers. She said, "1. Don't let being a female be a disadvantage, we are just as capable as all of the males in the industry. You don't get anywhere in your job by playing on the fact that you're a woman, either, but you shouldn't be ashamed of being a woman; you need to be comfortable being yourself. 2. It won't be easy, in fact working in the construction industry will always be challenging. 3. You have to earn respect, it is not automatic. The best way to earn respect is to just do your job to the best of your ability. 4. Don't be afraid to provide firm direction. 5. If you don't know the answer it is OK. The trades onsite are always more than willing to explain something to you. Remember, they will likely need your help down the road. 6. Have fun, it's a great industry to be part of."

You get that Alison just loves her job and loves talking about it. It isn't everywhere that you can find that sort of enthusiasm!

While they were working on Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences site, workers found Revolutionary War and Civil War relics.

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Enriching The Lives Of Young Girls

Some of the coaches and role models of Girls Leading Girls.

Girls and soccer. Soccer has been becoming more popular among girls and young adult women with the success of the US women's soccer team. Brianna Russell, a soccer player and now soccer coach, has taken her love of the game and combined it with her passion to empower girls into the organization, GIRLS LEADING GIRLS, based in San Francisco.

The programming within Girls Leading Girls is based on seeing girls as different, in the way they have been encouraged, in the way they learn, and in how they communicate. The group also makes sure that there are many female role models, since girls learn best from girls and want to have contact with others who have gone through what they have gone through. And throughout the program, girls are valued for being girls. They receive respect, their opinions are valued, and they engage in effective leadership.



The three main areas addresses in the program are learning soccer, leadership, and community service. In soccer, the girls learn the game and to value their competitiveness; leadership has opportunities for girls as junior coaches and provides mentoring; while in community service, compassion and life skills are learned.

Ms. Russell explained her involvement, "Women's empowerment is one piece to the greater picture of making a positive impact in the world that will change our disparities. My hope is that more women will become athletes, will stay in the game, will build confidence and self-esteem, will have better relationships with their peers, and will eventually see themselves as coaches and mentors for other girls. Regardless of race, class, or religion, we want every girl to have the chance to succeed on and off the soccer field."

One of the young girls who has benefited from this organization is Sofia, who is in 4th grade. She had never participated in organized sports when she attended the winter soccer clinic last year. But she quickly became an enthusiast. She took advantage of the offer at the end of ten weeks to sign up for summer soccer camp for free and she was the first to return her application.

Then, on the first day of soccer camp, she showed up 20 minutes early with brand new cleats and shin guards. And she really enjoyed the one week of camp activities with 46 other campers from around the area. Over that week, she became used to wearing the shin guards and didn't have to take them off every half hour.

Clarissa, another one of the girls who has benefited from Girls Leading Girls.

A wonderful addition to her camp experience was the many friends she made, some from her school and some from throughout the city. In fact, she was so enthusiastic about her camp experience that she was going to go back and try out for her school's soccer team. Her experience was just one of those at the camp and clinics run by Girls Leading Girls. She was transformed from an ordinary student to being able to see herself as an athlete and team player. That made her experience well worth it!

Sofia (center), enjoying Girls Leading Girls.

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Sustainability And Environmental Sensitivity Through A Virtual Community

Dr. Guy Tanner

A force for good, diverse individuals coming together for a purpose, a quest to improve the quality and diversity of life - that's all in the mission of GREEN TAU, a virtual community/organization. Environmental sustainability helps to increase the diversity of life and helps to prolong Earth's biosphere. In order to preserve that biosphere, people must care enough to stop or reduce the human contribution of environmental toxins and carbon-based materials that reduce the potential for life of other creatures and organisms. We must accept that we are stewards of this planet and utilize its resources in a sustainable way, that does not reduce the life chances of plants and other animals.



Recently Dr. Guy Tanner, who is chairman of Green Tau and also head architect at Thyme Gardens of England, framed this message, "At the Thyme Gardens of England, our wildlife company, we install rain-fed ponds & use drought-tolerant native plants. Global warming means unpredictable weather, and Nature suffers first." Certainly, human beings are the ones with capable thinking processes that can develop solutions to the changing climate, such as cultivating drought-tolerant plants. But there are limits, such as helping various species of animals re-adapt to the climatic changes in places where animal species usually live. Whether those species move to other locations or incorporate genetic changes into their make-up is not a decision that can be made by humans.

Take a look at this. At the exact same time that political leaders in the US are out to increase this country's carbon consumption through mining more coal, reducing air pollution standards, allow dumping of chemicals into nature's waters, the people of China are declaring their unhappiness with the polluted conditions under which they live. Chinese cities have become posters of what happens when carbon-based pollution is allowed to persist unchecked. It's a very hazy vista which prevails in many areas, along with unbreathable air, something we used to see before the Environmental Protection Agency regulated the amount of pollution emissions.

It comes down to the personal at green Tau.

Unlike in the US, Chinese leaders are now listening, to the point that reducing smog has assumed a prominent place at the annual National People's Congress. But in order for this type of discussion to occur, people must see the reality of the effect of carbon-based pollutants on the world around them. They must consider themselves to have an effect, to become stewards of this planet, protecting the natural environment. That comes from thinking of your role in how this world works and in doing something, anything, that helps to sustain the natural world. If more and more people do what they can, in their little corner of the world, maybe combining all of these actions can take our planet forward and prevent the biosphere from destruction.

Air pollution can get this bad when emissions aren't regulated.

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