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October 2, 2007
Morris Wolfe Rannels, the former Cecil County superintendent of schools who was later a state safety and school bus official, died in his sleep Sept. 25 at his home in Clearwater, Fla. The former Columbia resident was 92. Born in Rowenna, Pa., he earned a teaching degree from Millersville University in Lancaster County, Pa., and had a master's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. He taught math at Annapolis High School before serving in the Navy as a lieutenant during World War II aboard the minesweeper USS Constant in the South Pacific.
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March 4, 2007
Student wins $10,000 scholarship An Annapolis High School student is among 250 seniors across the nation to earn a $10,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Maroulla Plangetis is now in the running for the top prize: a $20,000 college scholarship. Maroulla, 17, was selected as a finalist from a field of more than 2,100 semifinalists based on her grades, school leadership and community activities. She will join other finalists in Atlanta next month for the chance to earn one of 50 four-year college scholarships.
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By Ruma Kumar | February 8, 2007
The fight to save Annapolis High School was hatched in a chat room. Over two weeks, the after-school movement grew in the din of Annapolis coffee shops and pizza parlors. What started with three students swelled to 20, then 50. In their first public act, more than 40 students launched a campaign yesterday to stop Superintendent Kevin Maxwell from forcing all 193 staff members to reapply for their jobs. Wearing neon green armbands and waving signs, they told the Anne Arundel County school board that Maxwell's Jan. 24 proposal would crush a demoralized school.
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By Jackie Powder | December 10, 1999
Five students and a teacher at Annapolis High School received hospital treatment, and another student was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, as complaints of fumes in the ventilation system prompted a temporary evacuation.Anne Arundel County EMS/ Fire/Rescue arrived at the school on Riva Road about 8 a.m. after school officials reported the odor of exhaust fumes in the building.Chief John M. Scholz, a fire department spokesman, said school officials believe the fumes had entered the air system from two charter buses parked nearby with engines idling.
NEWS
April 25, 1999
Criticism unfair on school health alertThere is no question that meningitis is every parent's worst nightmare. Bacterial meningitis is a disease that seems to strike children randomly with symptoms at first very similar to common colds and flu, but which can rapidly progress to critical illness or even death.Parents, teachers and students at Annapolis High School are particularly aware of this very grave illness, since we lost a student, Cara Petrini, to bacterial meningitis this month. This was a very tragic event for her family, friends and our school.
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By Melinda Rice | August 3, 1998
THE WOMEN'S CLUB of Annapolis recently became an octogenarian.Club members celebrated the organization's birthday with a party at Paul's on the South River. The club holds fund-raisers and donates the money to local charities.The new club officers, who will serve in the group's 81st year, are president, Phyllis Sym; first vice president, Rita Bain; second vice president, Leah Connors; corresponding secretary, Catherine Quade; recording secretary, AnnaMae Riegel; treasurer, Christie Donaldson; and assistant treasurer, Dorothy McGinniss.
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By Robert M. Pennington from the archives of the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society. | September 14, 1997
75 years agoThe U. S. Geological Survey has announced that the location of the geographical center of Maryland is three miles east of Collington, across the Patuxent in Anne Arundel County's second district. -- The Sun, Sept. 8, 1922.Anne Arundel County superintendent of education George Fox forecasts a banner year when schools open on the 13th. Annapolis High School is expecting an enrollment of 400. -- The Sun, Sept. 11, 1922.A second Ku Klux Klan initiation in Anne Arundel County was held last night at Mayo with 15 new members inducted.
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By Robert M. Pennington from the archives of the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society. | September 7, 1997
50 years agoDr. Howard A. Kinhart, principal of Annapolis High School, said today the housing shortage was handicapping the school in obtaining teachers in spite of higher salaries. -- The Sun, Aug. 9, 1947.With thousands of dwelling units under construction, Glen Burnie's population is expected to reach 13,000, or four times its present number. Leading the increase is the town of Harundale and the Glen Gardens project. -- The Sun, Aug. 13, 1947.Marriages in Anne Arundel County have been dissolved at the rate of one to every five new ones, County Clerk John H. Hopkins 3d disclosed today.
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By Lyn Backe | August 18, 1997
GROWTH AND CHANGE will take a lot of people by surprise next week as school reopens. Three months for a child can be like 40 years to me, and the first few days can bring surprises.June's best friend might be September's nemesis, and Miss A's appreciation of personal expression might not hold true in Mrs. B's classroom. It's a great challenge to try to help our children understand that the only constant is change, and their future lies in their ability to adapt to it and to participate in managing their own.Parental guidanceIf you've been thinking of changing your involvement in your child's life by getting more connected to school activities, DTC Annapolis High School (and all other area schools)
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By Carol L. Bowers | August 30, 1994
From a principal's point of view, the first day of school isn't the ideal time to enroll your child. But that's what many parents did yesterday in Anne Arundel County's public elementary schools.Jane Doyle, school spokeswoman, said a "rash of last-minute enrollments" was one of the few problems in an otherwise routine day."Really this was one of the quietest first days we've had in the eight or nine years I've been here," she said. "There was a problem with water at one school, but aside from that we've had very few problem calls."