Hebron High

Mount Hebron High School's spring musical, Damn Yankees, will be performed at 7 p.m. March 29, 30 and 31 and April 1. Tickets, which cost $9, will be available in the school cafeteria from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. or can be reserved by calling 410-313-2880. The show is suitable for all ages. More than 140 students are involved in the production, which will be held in the school's recently renovated auditorium. Legal services help at senior center Attorney Charles Jerome Ware will be at Ellicott City Senior Center, 9401 Frederick Road, for the 60 Plus Wills and Legal Screening Program from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Counselors and psychologists will be on hand at Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City on Monday as students return for the first school day since two classmates were charged with killing well-known Howard County blogger Dennis Lane. The county school system will provide the support for students and staff who may be upset over the slaying Friday and the first-degree murder and conspiracy charges against Jason Anthony Bulmer, 19, and Morgan Lane Arnold, Lane's 14-year-old daughter.

Mount Hebron High School is holding a tailgate party to celebrate its 40th anniversary at 4 p.m. Sept. 16 on the baseball field. All those who have connections to Mount Hebron are invited to share 40 years of memories and accomplishments with alumni, teachers, administrators and students. Food, entertainment and games will be part of the festivities, to be followed by a football game at 7 p.m. 410-313-2880. Centennial High senior nets basketball award Brittany Kelley, a senior this fall at Centennial High School, earned over the summer the Outstanding Player award - as a small forward - at the Keystone State Invitational Basketball Camp in Reading, Pa. The camps, which are certified by the NCAA, are held at Albright College and Slippery Rock University.

While many teenagers were eagerly anticipating what gifts they will receive this holiday season, students at Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City were making sure that soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center don't go empty-handed. Mount Hebron High staged its fourth annual Operation Remembering Our Troops for soldiers recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda. During the drive, which was launched by office secretary Maura Dribben, the school collected such items as gift cards of $5 or $10 that soldiers can use at department stores and grocery stores, as well as phone cards.

One graduating senior is bound for the Juilliard School to study clarinet. Another got a four-year scholarship to Morgan State University. One learned to edit and compose stories on videotape, and another discovered he had strong artistic talents.They were among 290 seniors who graduated from Mount Hebron High School yesterday at an afternoon ceremony at Merriweather Post Pavilion.Guidance counselor Jane Scott described Mount Hebron's Class of 1994 as "very solid. They consistently earned high grades."

Two area schools are anticipating the arrival of their new principals next month.Elkridge Elementary School's Mary Jane Mitchell retired from the county school system June 30 to begin a new life. Shortly afterward she left the country for England and a Scandinavian cruise with her husband. Her school wishes her a wonderful retirement and welcomes the new principal, Diane Mumford.Dr. Mumford has spent over 19 years in the field of education in Laurel, Delaware and Howard County. She spent two years as assistant principal at Rockburn Elementary School in Elkridge.

The students at Mount Hebron High School were robbed at Christmastime, and it became a blessing for the homeless."It's the Christmas spirit. It's unbelievable. I just can't believe this week would have turned out like this," said Mount Hebron senior Jason Downs, whose charity drive for the homeless saw a dramatic turnaround this week.When a thief stole the $500 that students had raised, the community immediately responded -- with more than $5,000 in donations, so far. And Downs says the contributions are still coming.

THIS WEEKEND, Mount Hebron High School presents "The Music Man" -- a musical about a con artist whose plans to milk a small town of its money go awry.Playing the lead role of Harold Hill is sophomore Andrew Cruttenden.Senior Sarah Dauber plays Marian the librarian, James Thomas is Marcellus, Amanda Herold is Mrs. Paroo, Josh Hummel is the mayor and Marie Stanton is the mayor's wife.Seventh-grader Patrick Herold and sixth-grader Kevin Norman share the role of Winthrop Paroo.Shawn Doyle, Larry Sama, Mike Crutchfield and Mike Bounds are the barbershop quartet.

THE THIRD annual Howard County Dance Festival will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Mount Hebron High School.rTC Performance chairwoman Dina Ward and her committee of dance teachers arranged the festival, in which elementary, middle and high school students will perform dances or musical skits.Stevens Forest Elementary will present "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Old Chisholm Trail."The songs are from the musical "How The West Was Really Won" which will be performed March 13 and 14 at Oakland Mills High School.

When Jennifer Clements started as an assistant principal at Mount Hebron High School four years ago, she was new to the school, fresh out the classroom as a teacher at Oakland Mills High School. She had the unenviable task of starting her new position two months into the academic year. "I was transitioning midstream," Clements said about her October start. "I was very excited about my new position. I knew I had a lot of learning to do. "I learned the new job, new people, and I've been running since then.

An 18-year old Mt. Hebron High School student was indicted on sex offense charges Wednesday for allegedly sexually touching two female students in the school nurse's office in separate incidents June 14. A Howard County grand jury also indicted a 50-year-old handyman on charges that he tried to rape a female client, and a 34-year-old man accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the county detention center in a body cavity during a weekend stay....

Larry Walker, a pastor who was the winner of the inaugural Comcast Parent Involvement Award last year, has filed paperwork with the Howard County Board of Elections to run for one of four available school board seats in 2010. Walker, 51, who graduated from Wilde Lake High School in 1976 and is the parent of two Mount Hebron High School graduates, said he wants to take his longtime involvement in the school system to the next level. "I've been involved in public education for 20 years," Walker said.

School officials are deciding what punishment three Mount Hebron High School students will receive after they were arrested in a break-in at the school, painted racist symbols inside the building and stole $5,200 in property. The 15-year-old boys, who all attend the school, are charged as minors with second- and fourth-degree burglary, two counts of malicious destruction of property, 13 counts of theft, and defacing school property with hate messages in the break-in, which occurred Dec. 6. One of the teens was arrested Dec. 11. The other two were arrested Monday.

School officials are deciding what punishment three Mount Hebron High School students will receive after they were arrested in a break-in at the school, painted racist symbols inside the building and stole $5,200 in property. The 15-year-old boys, who all attend the school, are charged as minors with second- and fourth-degree burglary, two counts of malicious destruction of property, 13 counts of theft, and defacing school property with hate messages in the break-in, which occurred Dec. 6. One of the teens was arrested Dec. 11. The other two were arrested Monday.

Three Ellicott City teens have been charged with breaking into Mount Hebron High School, painting racist symbols inside the building and stealing $5,200 in property. Police are also investigating an unrelated vandalism incident in which racist symbols were painted on a middle school in Laurel. The 15-year-old males, who all attend the high school, are charged with second- and fourth-degree burglary, two counts of malicious destruction of property, 13 counts of theft, and defacing school property with hate messages.

Howard County police are investigating a break-in at an Ellicott City high school that resulted in painting of racist symbols inside the building and the theft of $5,200 in property. The incident took place inside a portable classroom at Mount Hebron High School, in the 9400 block of Old Frederick Road, about 4 a.m. Sunday, according to police, who said they did not have any suspects. In addition to taking computers and other equipment, the vandals spray-painted swastikas and "KKK" inside the classroom, according to police.

A sweep through Mount Hebron High School by Howard County police earlier this week resulted in three arrests on charges of marijuana possession and other violations.Sgt. Steven Keller, a police spokesman, said officers from the county's Street Drug Section went through the school building and parking lot Monday with two dogs trained to detect drugs.One student, a 17-year-old boy from Ellicott City, will be charged as a juvenile with possession of marijuana, tobacco products and fireworks which were found in his car, a police report said.

A Mount Hebron High School teacher has been acquitted of charges that he fondled a 15-year-old girl.A jury of eight women and four men reached its not-guilty verdict for Dennis Gotcher, 50, following about seven hours of deliberationon Wednesday. The trial in Howard County Circuit Court lasted three days.Mr. Gotcher, of the 5000 block of Beatrice Way, was charged with battery and two counts each of child abuse and fourth-degree sexual offense.Circuit Judge James B. Dudley dismissed an assault charge, and the Howard State's Attorney's Office dropped two counts each of child abuse and perverted sexual practice.