NEWS
By Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun | September 17, 2010
The Annapolis Middle School Dance Company hadn't completed its first year of existence when the big stage beckoned. Director Kendra Smith received a call last April from a national tour organization for school performers telling her that someone had anonymously nominated her troupe to perform at a college football bowl game. "You know you're calling Annapolis Middle School, right?" Smith asked, knowing that such honors are usually reserved for high school programs. But she was assured that the caller had indeed specified her group and its performance at the Anne Arundel County Public School Dance Festival in February.
NEWS
By Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun | September 10, 2010
The Annapolis Middle School Dance Company next year will become the state's first middle school to perform in a college football bowl game when it takes the field at halftime of the Orange Bowl in Miami on Jan. 3. The 12-member dance company will be among 1,000 student performers in the sporting event known for its halftime entertainment. The Orange Bowl game will be played at the 75,000-seat Sun Life Stadium, which is also the home of the Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins. "We are very proud and excited to represent our school and all of the dancers in our country," Annapolis Middle dance company director Kendra Smith said in a statement Friday.
BUSINESS
January 5, 2010
Kohl's Department Stores said Monday that it will open two new stores in March. One will be in Annapolis, at Somerville and Solomons Island roads, and the other in Middle River at Martin Boulevard and Middle River Road. The retailer will hold five-day job fairs from Jan. 10-15 to help fill a combined 280 jobs at the two stores. The Annapolis job fair will be held at the Double Tree hotel on Holiday Court, and the job fair in Middle River will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn on Campbell Boulevard.
NEWS
By Nicole Fuller | April 5, 2009
Eddie Scott, principal of Meade Middle School, has been appointed as the new principal at Annapolis Middle School. Annapolis Middle is currently under the state's restructuring program for failing to meet federal testing targets in five of the past six years, school officials have announced. Annapolis Middle's current principal, Carolyn Burton-Page, requested another assignment at the end of the school year. Scott has been principal at Meade Middle since 2006 and was previously an assistant principal at Marley Middle, before working in both Baltimore and Prince George's County schools.
NEWS
By Nicole Fuller and Nicole Fuller,nicole.fuller@baltsun.com | March 8, 2009
Annapolis Middle School, which has failed to meet federal reading mandates in five of the past six years, will undergo a state-monitored restructuring that will emphasize a rigorous academic program, replace some staff, require more professional development and offer year-round instruction to students, according to a plan approved by the school board last week. The Anne Arundel County Board of Education unanimously approved Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell's restructuring plan for Annapolis Middle School, which has consistently failed to meet what is referred to as "adequate yearly progress" in reading.
NEWS
By TRUDY RUBIN | November 20, 2007
Thirty years ago, on Nov. 19, 1977, I stood at Israel's Ben Gurion airport as Anwar el-Sadat's plane landed on the tarmac. The scene defied imagination, as the Egyptian leader embraced Israeli leaders. Hope was in the air. Suddenly, anything seemed possible. Mr. Sadat's bold move led to Israeli accords with Egypt and Jordan and the tantalizing hope of a deal with the Palestinians. But over the last seven years, the peace process has virtually collapsed. Now comes the Annapolis meeting - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's gamble that she can spark a new push for a Palestinian state living peacefully beside Israel.