Park Hall News

Several school cafeterias are up and running this summer to serve lunches to certain groups of students.

The pending elimination of a federally funded program that provides an extra month of education for disadvantaged elementary students was met Tuesday with grim acceptance by the St.

Crowd control is no longer just a good idea at large gatherings - it has recently become the law in Maryland.

School support professionals of the year named Patricia DeCarlo, a paraeducator at Park Hall Elementary School, and Warren Trossbach of the school system's maintenance department were named as St.

Sheriff's deputy first class Angela DeLozier hands out stickers to participants in the after-school program at the Carver Recreation Center Tuesday following a presentation on the DARE drug abuse prevention program, which will be offered at the site this summer.

St. Mary's prosecutors have dropped felony endangerment charges filed last winter against a Charles County woman and five relatives in an investigation of damaged Freon lines at a house she co-owns with a former boyfriend.

In a first-of-its-kind fundraiser for the Southern Maryland Trails: Earth, Art, Imagination campaign, regional artist Christina Allen has created an original watercolor piece titled "Trossbach Farm Stand," and will donate the proceeds from the sale of the piece to support the trails.

Scott nominated for parent involvement award Maria Scott, a parent volunteer at Park Hall Elementary School, is one of 24 semifinalists for the 2009 Comcast Parent Involvement Matters Awards program, which recognizes parents for their exceptional support of public education.

George Winslow III, above, in his 50th year as a public school music teacher, teaches yet another class on Friday afternoon at Park Hall Elementary School.

The complete school readiness report, called ''Children Entering School Ready to Learn: School Readiness Information for School Year 2008-2009," is available at www.MdSchoolReadiness.org . St Mary's County Early Childhood Team will be hosting an Early Childhood Fair at Lexington Park Elementary School for students from that school as well as Green ...

The St. Mary's County school board advanced last week a laundry list of building improvement projects, including a new gym floor for Chopticon High School, a security vestibule at the front entrance of Park Hall Elementary School and moving forward with plans for a new elementary school on the newly acquired Hayden property in Leonardtown.