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Eli Madden , of Ellicott City, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Washington University, in St. Louis. Madden is a graduate of River Hill High School. Andreas Mitchell , of Ellicott City, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Washington University, in St. Louis. Mitchell is a graduate of Centennial High School.

Sports camps The River Hill Boosters are sponsoring Summer Sports Camps at River Hill High School, 12101Clarksville Pike in Clarksville. Camps are designed to help young athletes improve fundamental skills. Weekly camps begin June 24 and will be held from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. More than 20 camps are offered, including football, soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, basketball, cross country, track and field, cheerleading, weight training, wrestling and dance.

Rachael Herrera and Joseph Schwartz Anne and Corky Franklin, of Ellicott City, and Dr. Alfredo Herrera, of Catonsville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachael Elizabeth Herrera, to Joseph Gregory Schwartz, son of Gregory and Tina Schwartz. of Burlington, Ky. The bride-to-be, a 2002 graduate of River Hill High School in Howard County, graduated from the University of Maryland in 2006. She earned a master's degree in education from Loyola University Maryland and is a school counselor at Forest Ridge Elementary School, in Howard County.

A 17-year-old high school football player who died early Sunday when the pickup truck in which he was riding crashed on a rural Howard County road will be memorialized with an award and scholarship fund in his name at River Hill High School. In a statement released Monday, River Hill Principal William Ryan said donations to the school in memory of Steven Dankos can be made in lieu of flowers. Dankos, who was riding in the bed of a truck driven by the older brother of one of his best friends and teammates, died instantly when the pickup crashed and overturned, according to police.

A 17-year-old high school football player who died early Sunday when the pickup truck in which he was riding crashed on a rural Howard County road will be memorialized with an award and scholarship fund in his name at River Hill High School. In a statement released Monday, River Hill Principal William Ryan said donations to the school in memory of Steven Dankos can be made in lieu of flowers. Dankos, who was riding in the bed of a truck driven by the older brother of one of his best friends and teammates, died instantly when the pickup crashed and overturned, according to police.

Sports camps The River Hill Boosters are sponsoring Summer Sports Camps at River Hill High School, 12101Clarksville Pike in Clarksville. Camps are designed to help young athletes improve fundamental skills. Weekly camps begin June 24 and will be held from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. More than 20 camps are offered, including football, soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, basketball, cross country, track and field, cheerleading, weight training, wrestling and dance.

A former River Hill High School football player is facing drunken-driving and vehicular-manslaughter charges after a crash early Sunday that killed a current player for the defending state champions and injured the team's captain. The accident came just two days after a loss that knocked the team out of the playoffs. David Dixon Erdman II, 22, lost control of his truck on Folly Quarter Road near Buckskin Lake Drive, struck three stone ornamental pillars and overturned, police said.

Listings are accepted on a space-available basis. Events must be open to the public, and priority will be given to those in Howard County. Items typically appear two weeks prior to the date included in the listing if sent far enough in advance. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday prior to date of publication at the latest. To submit school calendar items, mail to School Calendar, Patuxent Publishing Co. Editorial, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21278; email hccalendar@patuxent.com ; fax 410-332-6336; or call 410-332-6497.

Thursday, May 9 School news The Board of Education holds a regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. in the board room at 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City. Both the afternoon session and an evening session, which convenes at 7:30 p.m., begins with a public forum, when members of the public may address the board on any topic other than those for which a formal public hearing process exists. Information: 410-313-6680. Bird club meeting During the monthly meeting of the Howard County Bird Club, U.S. Department of Agriculture biologist Jonathan Leden presents, "Protecting Birds and Airplanes Around Local Airports" at 8 p.m. at the Robinson Nature Center, 6692 Cedar Lane in Columbia.

When they graduated from River Hill High School in 2008, Jonathan Hill , Rajiv Stone and Daniel Thyberg had a grueling summer of physical training awaiting them as they prepared to attend the U.S. Naval Academy together. Four years later, the three friends, all Clarksville natives, are looking forward to graduation and impending commissions as officers. Hill, a history major, will board the USS Ramage, a destroyer based in Norfolk, Va., in June as the ship's auxiliary officer.

Rachael Herrera and Joseph Schwartz Anne and Corky Franklin, of Ellicott City, and Dr. Alfredo Herrera, of Catonsville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachael Elizabeth Herrera, to Joseph Gregory Schwartz, son of Gregory and Tina Schwartz. of Burlington, Ky. The bride-to-be, a 2002 graduate of River Hill High School in Howard County, graduated from the University of Maryland in 2006. She earned a master's degree in education from Loyola University Maryland and is a school counselor at Forest Ridge Elementary School, in Howard County.

Eli Madden , of Ellicott City, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Washington University, in St. Louis. Madden is a graduate of River Hill High School. Andreas Mitchell , of Ellicott City, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Washington University, in St. Louis. Mitchell is a graduate of Centennial High School.

Listings are accepted on a space-available basis. Events must be open to the public, and priority will be given to those in Howard County. Items typically appear two weeks prior to the date included in the listing if sent far enough in advance. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday prior to date of publication at the latest. To submit school calendar items, mail to School Calendar, Patuxent Publishing Co. Editorial, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21278; email hccalendar@patuxent.com ; fax 410-332-6336; or call 410-332-6497.

As Richard Li talks fondly about his love of hip-hop music and his desire to modify the sound system on his 2007 Nissan Xterra, you might peg him as a typical American high school student. But Li, who was just named one of 141 U.S. presidential scholars, is anything but typical. The Clarksville resident arrives at River Hill High School as early as 6:30 a.m. to tutor fellow students in math and science. And classmates in his organic chemistry class at the University of Maryland, College Park probably don't know that he's still in high school.

HYATTSVILLE - - Steven Dankos' life revolved around his family, his friends and, for the past three years, the River Hill High School football team. Those three groups made up the majority of the 1,500 mourners who packed St. Mark the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church on Thursday for a touching tribute to the 17-year-old senior who was killed early Sunday. Dankos died when the pickup truck driven by the elder brother of one of his best friends and teammates crashed and overturned on a rural Howard County road in what police have called an alcohol-related fatality.