School Supplies

Community college appoints director of hospitality institute Anne Arundel Community College has appointed Martin Goldman as director of its new Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute, part of the college's Hotel and Restaurant Management program. Goldman will develop programs and strengthen others to meet statewide industry and labor market needs. Goldman was a former director of hospitality programs at Mercer County Community College in Trenton, N.J. School supplies sought for 400 needy students A week before the opening of most county schools, a charitable program that provides school supplies for needy children remains in need of donations.

Sitting at the desk that would be hers for the school year, Casey Burton peered inside the new, black backpack she found hanging on the back of her chair and smiled. "Look, you got a notebook this year," said her mother, Rebecca West. The 7-year-old's smile grew wider as West pointed out other materials: a new pencil box, fresh pencils, crayons and scissors. "And," the second-grader said, holding them up with a grin, "I got glue sticks." She and hundreds of others had poured into Dundalk's Sandy Plains Elementary on Friday afternoon for "Sneak a Peek at Your Seat," during which they met their teachers, explored their classrooms and glimpsed some of the classmates they would be rubbing elbows with Monday, when school starts in Baltimore County.

School-supplies drive seeking sponsors and contributors Prepare for Success, a community project to provide backpacks and school supplies to Howard County students from low-income families, seeks sponsors and donors. Needed are backpacks; eight-pack and 24-pack crayons; highlighters; zippered supply pouches; 12-inch rulers; pencil boxes; single-subject spiral notebooks; composition books' three-holed line papers; Five Star binders; erasable pens; No. 2 pencils; pink erasers; glue sticks; blunt scissors; red pens; picket folders; and subject dividers.

Animal hospital to celebrate 30th anniversary Columbia Animal Hospital will celebrate its 30th anniversary at 1 p.m. Sunday with a pet parade at Clark's Elioak Farm, 10500 Route 108, Ellicott City. The celebration, which includes pet-care information, photographs, demonstrations, pony rides and face painting, will start at noon. The Columbia Ravens Youth Football Team will assist, and the Howard County Cat Club, a rescue organization, will bring cats for adoption. The River Hill High School Music Boosters will sell picnic food.

To students at Whispering Pines Elementary School in Miami, the 500 students from Hammond Elementary School in North Laurel are heroes.In September, after learning that the Florida school was severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew, Hammond students sent 720 packages of school supplies to Whispering Pines.Thank-you letters from the students have been arriving steadily at Hammond for the past few weeks and have been given a place of honor on a bulletin board in the school lobby."Dear Sammy, I love you for giving us the things.

When it comes to school supplies, Jackie Mislyan has been having the hardest time this summer finding reinforcements. Those little white adhesive rings that fit neatly around the holes in loose-leaf paper have eluded her for weeks. But she knows the search is worth it because she's helping kids get ready for school. "I think most of us don't understand that there are a lot of kids that don't have the basics," said Mislyan, a donor with Anne Arundel County's Back to School Program. "It can really get expensive."

LOCAL schoolchildren had a glimpse of other cultures March 9 at two events with international flair. International Night gave parents and children at Worthington Elementary School a chance to experience food, games and crafts from other countries. And youths at Dunloggin Middle School learned about Kenya and collected school supplies for the African nation during Kenya Day. International Night, organized by Mindy Lovalvo of the PTA, started about 6:30 at the school. Food was in the cafeteria, games were in the gym, and arts and crafts were in the music room.

Shepherd's Staff, a Christian outreach center, is working to ensure that no Carroll County child starts school this month without pencils and paper.The Westminster center launched its second Kits for Kids campaign this week, hoping the community will help fill 500 bags with school supplies, including folders, notebook paper, scissors and glue, before school starts Aug. 25."When you get to school and you don't have things to work with and everyone else does, it is difficult to work," said Ann Gifford, a Westminster elementary teacher and a volunteer at Shepherd's Staff.