Clik here to view.
Advice to Single Gal Pal: Don’t Fear the Mess
I don’t spend much time, if any, reflecting on my life and how I wish it were different—partly, because I find it fairly satisfying — mainly, because I just don’t have the time. But a friend of mine,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garrison Forest School Head Gets A Retirement Gift Like None Other
Garrison Forest Headmaster G. Peter O’Neill, Jr. throws the first pitch at the Orioles vs. Redsox game on April 2, 2014. Photo courtesy of David Stuck. Soon after G....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Into the Arctic: Park School Program Takes Students on Research Adventure
Mother polar bear and her cub, captured on a Park School Arctic research trip. Photo courtesy of J. Gorman. Picture this: You’re a rising high school junior, school just let out for the summer, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meet Julian Baron, Weather Forecasting Wonder-Boy
Wondering if you’ll need to rent a tent at an outdoor event you’re having next weekend? Worried that your upcoming travel plans will be interrupted by storms? Just ask 14-year-old Pikesville resident...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LGBTQ Teens: Going Public in the Private Schools
Fitting in. It’s what most teenagers aspire to do. Sure, there are outliers who do things like dye their hair bright colors and pierce multiple body parts to draw attention to themselves. But very few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meet Baltimore’s Sean McComb, the 2014 National Teacher of the Year
As the school year winds down, it’s an apt time to reflect on those teachers who go above and beyond the call of duty. You know who they are. They’re the teachers who are willing to come in before...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Family Car as Modern-day Mobile Home
Summer. The ideal time for a road trip. Not that Americans need an excuse to spend copious hours of time in their motor vehicles. Those of us between the ages of 35 and 54 spend an average of 15,291...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tight-Knit Community of Rodgers Forge Makes Last-ditch Effort to Save the Trees
Drive down most streets in Rodgers Forge, a quaint row house community just north of the city line, and you have to take care not to sideswipe the cars parked bumper to bumper on either side of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Story of Betrayal
A devoted mom’s inexplicable behavior leaves her family and her friends wondering what went wrong, and how to react. “My mom saw your mom in the grocery store,” my daughter announced to a neighborhood...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dredging up the Past: My Summer Volunteer Gig from Hell
Ever since my kids were little, I’ve scrambled around this time of year to find summer camps that would, optimally, expand their horizons or, at the very least, keep them occupied and safe. But this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Books, Bucks & Business: Local Students Take On Textbooks Trade
Procrastinating parents: School starts in just a few weeks; have you bought your kids’ textbooks yet? There’s still time. And for parents of upper school students at one area independent school,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big Fish: Garrison Forest School Starts the School Year Under New Leadership...
This fall, for the first time in two decades, the Garrison Forest School community welcomes a change in leadership. Dr. Kim Roberts, a California native with an impressive and varied background in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Raising Teenagers: A Different Kind of Tough
Today we introduce a new column, “MillenniHell: Raising Teens in Today’s World“, a twice-monthly post on the challenges of parenting teenagers. If you have topics you would like addressed, please...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Adolescents Should Watch the Ray Rice Video
Photo courtesy of wordondastreet.com I usually resist watching videos released by the media that warn viewers of their graphic nature. I’d be a little more happily naïve today had I gone with my usual...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do Parents’ Worries Ever Wane?
Photo courtesy of Peterborough Photographers. On my wedding day, my father put an arm around my husband and said something like: “Good luck, son. She’s your responsibility now.” At the time, I thought...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Besotted by Baseball: Teen Super Fan Bucks Trend, Wins Orioles “Magic Moment”...
Gilman senior and contest winner Ben Auwaerter impersonating former Oriole Mike Devereaux. As sports lovers go, baseball fan Ben Auwaerter is somewhat of a throwback. While fast, hard-driving games...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Get An Insider’s Edge In College Admissions With College Match Plus
Kate Cleary is the mother of two sons who attended Gilman and Boys Latin and with them went through the vigorous college application process, gaining acceptance to and graduating from selective...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Bullying Goes On: From Hi-tech Tactics to Simple, Animal-like Behavior
Photo courtesy of howstuffworks.com Cyberbullying is the latest buzzword in the war against bullying. School-based lectures and wide-scale campaigns denouncing cyberbullying have beaten the message...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garrison Forest School Offers Stellar Support at the Race for the Cure
Members of the Garrison Forest School community stand in front of the “Tree of Hope”. The wind was whipping on Thursday morning as parent volunteers hung hundreds of yards of pink ribbon through the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Accomplished Educator Abandons Jet-setting Retirement to Lead BDS
This year, the city’s four-year-old Baltimore Design School hired Dr. Melissa Patrylo as its new principal. Located in the heart of Baltimore’s burgeoning arts and entertainment district, Station...
View Article