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By Arin Gencer | May 25, 2008
Fourth-grader Corey Brooks dipped the small white strip of test paper into the glass vial of cloudy water taken from the school parking lot. "Look at all the sediment in the bottom," said one of his lab partners, Brady Meixsell. A few minutes later, the fourth-grader and his peers at Sandymount Elementary School in Finksburg had determined the water's nitrogen and pH levels, and reasoned that its lack of clarity would mean a drop in the production of algae and zooplankton, minute animal life that floats in water.
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By Ruma Kumar | December 1, 2006
In the farthest corner of the playground at Sandymount Elementary School in Finksburg, the fifth-graders are in the midst of a soccer game. They're running and pushing, falling and getting up again. They hit the ball with everything they have available - heads, knees, shoulders, elbows. They don't keep score, but that's not the point. They have only 15 minutes, and they're trying to make the most of it. For some youngsters, it's a chance to practice for a community soccer league game that day. But for many, those 15 minutes are the only opportunity for physical activity during the school day. In a growing number of elementary schools, even those 15 minutes of playtime are threatened.
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July 16, 2006
On July 13, 2006 JESSIE M. MANN (nee Sellman) beloved wife of the late Harry H. Mann, dear sister of Elsie Nickey, and the late Norma Gentile, Anna Van Lill, John Sellman, Donald Sellman, Donald Sellman, Dewey Sellman and Olin W. Sellman. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus, on Sunday from 3-5 and 7-9 P.M. where a service will be held on Monday at the funeral hour of 11 A.M. Interment to follow at Sandymount Methodist Cemetery Churchyard.
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By GINA DAVIS | May 27, 2006
Grasping the flag's edges with the utmost care, the eight solemn boys and girls unfurled the tightly wound fabric from its triangular shape. The children, ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade, turned back one fold and then another - until all 13 folds had been undone. Standing before a crowd of hundreds of pupils, parents, school officials and staff members assembled in the auditorium at Sandymount Elementary in Finksburg, the children waited for their next cue. They had gathered yesterday to honor Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, 20, a former Sandymount pupil who died in Iraq in March while serving with the Marines.
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By GINA DAVIS | February 12, 2006
When Lorraine Fulton, Carroll County's newest assistant superintendent, ventured into Joy Nuzzo's second-grade class at Sandymount Elementary last week, she discovered the children would be spending the morning studying maps and communities. "That's what I'm studying now, too," a pleasantly surprised Fulton told them. "Because I just moved to Carroll County, I have to constantly look at maps because I don't want to get lost. And I want to be able to get home at the end of the day." Those maps will come in handy as Fulton crisscrosses the county in the days and weeks to come as she honors a personal commitment to visit each of the system's 42 elementary, middle and high schools.
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By KATIE MARTIN | January 29, 2006
Alex Twery said he reads nearly every day after school. He said he can get through about 50 pages a day - especially if it is a book with lots of action. "It's fun," he said. "You can just think about stuff, and it passes the time." Alex, 8, a third-grader at Sandymount Elementary School, thinks he will have no problem reading four books over the next two months as part of a reading incentive program. His reward will be a free ticket to a Frederick Keys baseball game, if he reaches his goal.
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By KATIE MARTIN | October 16, 2005
In a letter to elementary school pupils in Mississippi, Kristen Sew explained how sorry she was that Hurricane Katrina damaged their school. Kristen, 6, a second-grader at Sandymount Elementary School, told them to remember that while people can't be replaced, things can. She and other Sandymount pupils have been working to replace some of the things lost during the hurricane for the children who attend Oak Park Elementary, a school on the Gulf Coast....
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October 15, 2004
On October 13, 2004, WILLIAM "BILL" F, Brother of Charles A. and Clayton Mann. Also survived by many nieces, nephews and devoted friends. Services Sunday 3 P.M. at Sandymount United Methodist Church, Finksburg. Burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call Saturday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at MYERS-DURBORAW FUNERAL HOME, 91 Willis Street, Westminster and 1 hour prior to the time of Service at the church. Contributions to Sandymount U.M. Church Building Fund, 2101 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg, MD 21048.
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By Pat Brodowski | September 25, 2002
MY GOAL IS to make kids like math," said Bonnie Prentice, who teaches the subject. Spurred by her son's interest in math, she launched a math club at Sandymount Elementary two years ago. In the spring, two Sandymount pupils scored in the top 2 percent internationally in the Math Olympiad for Elementary and Middle Schools, a New York-based program that includes about 150,000 children from every state and 25 countries who compete monthly. This year, after her son started sixth grade, Prentice is adding a math club at Shiloh Middle.
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By Jennifer McMenamin | August 29, 2002
The drought that has drained residential wells, turned farm fields to dust and depleted streams and reservoirs has extended its reach into school classrooms as well. Two Carroll County elementary schools replaced drinking fountains with water coolers yesterday and served lunch on disposable trays to eliminate dish washing, after one school ran out of water twice this week and the other's well began kicking up mud and gravel. Carroll officials are so concerned about possible well failures at these and other schools that they're looking into using portable bathrooms at schools without water - and they're forming plans to run schools on split shifts in the event that some buildings must temporarily close for lack of water.