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One student was injured and another arrested in a stabbing that took place at Patterson High School this week, school officials said. In a statement, city school officials said there was an altercation between two 10th-grade students at the school Thursday that resulted in one student "being injured by a sharp weapon. " The injured student was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, and his condition was unknown Friday. The student suspected of the stabbing was arrested, officials said.

One student was injured and another arrested in a stabbing that took place at Patterson High School this week, school officials said. In a statement, city school officials said there was an altercation between two 10th-grade students at the school Thursday that resulted in one student "being injured by a sharp weapon. " The injured student was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, and his condition was unknown Friday. The student suspected of the stabbing was arrested, officials said.

A Baltimore high school student was listed in stable condition Monday afternoon after he was stabbed in his upper body during an in-school confrontation with another student, school officials said. The Heritage High School student was treated by a school nurse and taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital after the incident about 10:45 a.m., city school officials said in a statement released five hours after the stabbing. School officials did not release the grade levels of the students involved.

When the Ravens visited the White House on Wednesday, four Baltimore City athletes went along for the ride. The Ravens invited city high school football players Steven Thomas (Poly) and David Owens (City), as well as girls basketball players A'Lexus Harrison (Digital Harbor) and Zyaire Lockley (Western), to join them in Washington, D.C., because President Barack Obama announced during the trip that the Ravens will be donating new uniforms for Baltimore City girls varsity basketball and varsity football teams.

Thursday, Ellicott City High School's Class of 1934 held its 60th reunion. That's right, its 60th!Thirteen of the original class of 34 met at the Westview Lounge to recall their adolescent years. Of the 13, eight still live in the county, and four live in neighboring Maryland counties.A list of the classmates reads like a "Who's Who" of Howard County. The class included a Boone girl, a Stonesifer girl, a Ramsburg girl, a Clarke boy, a Zepp boy. A Talbot girl was niece of the founder of Ellicott City's long-lived Talbot Lumber Co. One of the classmates married a Pfeiffer, whose father founded Pfeiffer's Corners, near Watermont Shopping Center on Montgomery Road.

The call went out about 2 p.m. yesterday: Ryan Harrison, Jasmine Jones, Kim Smith, please come to the principal's office. "You're in trouble now," said Michael Frederick, assistant principal at Polytechnic Institute. Then the three students got the good news: All have been accepted by the Johns Hopkins University as part of its new Baltimore Scholars program, which waives tuition for city high school graduates. "Congratulations," Principal Barney J. Wilson said. "We're very proud." Hopkins also accepted a fourth Poly senior, Tam Nguyen, who was absent yesterday and received the news by phone.

THE QUESTION: Has the Howard County Fair always been in West Friendship? The first fair, in 1946, was held at Brendel's Manor Park, near the junction of U.S. 40 and Route 144 in western Ellicott City. The fair moved to Ellicott City High School the next year, then to Laurel Raceway for two years. It moved back to the park and then back to the school before the fair board purchased 23 acres in West Friendship in 1953. Another 54.8 acres was added to the fairgrounds in 1971.

THE RED brick building that houses Ellicott Mills Middle School will be demolished this month. For 60 years, the school on Montgomery Road has anchored the Ellicott City community.This year, the school celebrated its 60th anniversary -- and its final year.The farewell tribute was organized by Gifted and Talented Program resource teacher Donna Johnson, who is finishing her first year at the school.When she interviewed for the position last year, Principal David Lovewell specified that he wanted the new coordinator to organize a final celebration.

History is the common thread binding students and senior citizen volunteers at Ellicott Mills Middle School, as they sew a wall hanging as part of a six-week project, "Tales of Seniors From Ellicott City High School."The project -- which highlights the early days of the 57-year-old building on Montgomery Road -- comes to life every Tuesday as eighth-graders meet with graduates of what was formerly the Ellicott City High School, which opened in 1939.With two more meetings to go, the students plan to complete a hanging that will illustrate the stories told by eight senior citizens, all of whom attend the Ellicott City Senior Center at Emory United Methodist Church.

Arthur Thomas Cropper Davis, a retired Ocean City banking official, died of pulmonary disease Oct. 16 at his Ocean City home. He was 79. Born in the Tarry-A-While guest house on Dorchester Street, Mr. Davis graduated from Ocean City High School and attended Mercersburg Academy before earning a bachelor's degree in business administration from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Va., in 1951. He began work as a teller at the Bank of Ocean City in 1953 and rose to become its president in 1973.

On Wednesday, the main topic of conversation at Northwestern High School will likely be the school's impending closing and what the move might mean to the current student body. But when school dismissed at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, many Northwestern students and parents hadn't heard a thing about the plan — even though it had been announced more than two hours earlier by Baltimore school officials. Most Northwestern students and parents appeared stunned to hear the news when told by The Baltimore Sun, and some hadn't known that such a move was a possibility.

A Baltimore high school student was listed in stable condition Monday afternoon after he was stabbed in his upper body during an in-school confrontation with another student, school officials said. The Heritage High School student was treated by a school nurse and taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital after the incident about 10:45 a.m., city school officials said in a statement released five hours after the stabbing. School officials did not release the grade levels of the students involved.

The assistant principal of a Northeast Baltimore high school was arrested Tuesday and charged with stealing eight Apple iPads that the school was going to use in its graduation ceremony, according to court records. Leonard Sheppard Hart, 38, was arrested at the Antioch Diploma Plus High School on Harford Road and released from central booking on his own recognizance, facing one count of theft under $10,000. A school system spokeswoman said he was placed on administrative leave.

An unlikely scene unfolds daily at City Neighbors High School in Baltimore: Students lounge in cheetah-print beanbag chairs reading books, stretch across stained-wood hutch-style desks as they work on assignments and wash dishes at a kitchen sink. The public charter school, which opened this year with an inaugural ninth-grade class of 90 students, has created a "home away from home" as part of its innovative learning environment. "The idea behind this is, 'How do we make it so that every kid who walks in those doors is known, loved and supported academically,' " said Bobbi Macdonald, the school's founder and self-described "relentless shopper" as she gave a tour of the building she feverishly decorated before doors opened to students this year.

Sidney Carton, a popular city high school math teacher who made sure his students understood the difference between the Pythagorean theorem, pi r squared, a hypotenuse and other math concepts before leaving his classroom, died Aug. 11 from kidney failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Pikesville resident was 92. Mr. Carton, the son of a retail clothing salesman and a homemaker, was born in Philadelphia, where he spent his early years. He moved in 1923 with his family to the city's Pimlico neighborhood.

Barney Wilson, the principal of Polytechnic Institute since 2004, has been reassigned to Reginald F. Lewis High School, Baltimore City schools CEO Andrés Alonso announced Tuesday. Alonso announced the appointment at the city school board meeting, saying that despite rumors circulating about the shuffle of the school's leadership in recent weeks, the reassignment of Wilson was because the school system needs to "put its best principals in our most challenging schools. " Matthew Woolston, who has served as a teacher, department head and assistant principal at Poly over the past 16 years, was named interim principal.

Alarmed by Baltimore's poor showing, a group of city high school principals was called together last year to find ways of increasing the number of students taking the advanced placement exams for college credit.The effort proved successful -- but only at one high school.According to a report on the 1990-1991 school year compiled by the Abell Foundation, the number of city high school students taking the advanced placement exams -- a measure of a school system's ability to produce top students -- almost doubled.

This is about one woman's difficult choice, but it's also about public commitment to kids, especially the poorer ones who live in Baltimore.The loss this month of a potentially terrific city teacher -- a woman we'll call Rose for the purposes of this column -- was guaranteed by years of political myopia, bureaucratic inertia and too many people tolerating disparities in the quality of education throughout the state. Blame goes to, among others, a two-term mayor now more interested in campaigning for governor than campaigning for city schools.

Dayvon Love and Deven Cooper don't object to being called argumentative. They thrive on it. The two members of Towson University's debate team happily accepted congratulations yesterday after winning a national championship -- the Cross Examination Debate Association's five-day tournament in Wichita, Kan. -- and making history by being the first African-Americans to do so. Cooper, who turned 22 yesterday, and Love, 20, emerged victorious Monday night...