Eastern Tech Community Newsletter
Fall 2019
Hello Maverick Family,
Once again, the first quarter has moved by quickly. It seems like just a few weeks again we opened the doors and welcomed students to the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. We are now well into the second quarter with the Thanksgiving holiday fast approaching. As part of our attempt to continue to communicate with our families, our quarterly newsletter is now available electronically through the website instead of the printed copies we have sent home in the past. I hope you find the information within, helpful.
Additionally, I would like to extend my thoughts of gratitude. As many of you have heard me say, I could not be more thankful to be apart of the Eastern Tech family. This is a very unique school in which the students, teachers, staff, and parents value the very idea of learning which is evident through the amazing work that happens within the classroom walls. As many of you are aware, Eastern Tech continues to be recognized for all of the hard work put forth by our teachers and students with its ranking in Newsweek’s top 500 stem schools. Eastern Tech ranked 240, 5th in the state of Maryland. Thank you for your continued support and for trusting in our processes and philosophy. Have a wonderful holiday break!
Respectfully,
C. Michelle Anderson, Principal
Maverick Athletics
How did our Fall sports teams fare in this year's competitions?
- Badminton
- 3rd place in BCPS Individual Tournament David Shannon
- Volleyball
- JV Division 2 Champions
- Cheerleading
- JV 2nd place in BCPS Championship
- Varsity 2nd place in BCPS Championship, Region Championship, and 7th in States
- Cross Country
- Boys’ – Bryant Adams 3rd place at Region Meet
- Both teams qualified for States (boys’ and girls’)
- Field Hockey
- 2nd place in Division 2
- Football
- Playoff Qualifier (7th in region)
- Golf
- Kuri Cho Novice Girls’ Golf Champion
- Boys’ Soccer
- Region Champs
- Girls’ Soccer
- Region Champs
Mavericks in the News!
Eastern Tech students attend author book tour
Mavericks meet Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and hear her impactful story
Baltimore, MD, November 15, 2019—On Tuesday evening, November 5, Aiden Hottle and Derek Vidal, President and Vice President of Eastern Tech’s chapter of the National English Honor Society, along with their advisor, Erin Annis, attended an Author Book Tour hosted at Abingdon Library in Harford County. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City, and an activist raising awareness regarding the US Government’s negligence during the Flint, Michigan water supply crisis, spoke firsthand about her experiences and provided insight about the impact of the events that transpired as a result. Members of the audience also shared anecdotal experience sympathizing with those affected by the issues in Flint. At the conclusion of the book talk, Aiden Hottle offered, “The ability to hear that there is real, an unnoticed crisis in our daily lives was eye-opening. [Dr. Hanna-Attisha’s] passionate story of triumph inspires me to make a change in the world and to strive to help others.”
The novel has been chosen for Eastern Tech’s Community Reading Night on April 1st from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Students, teachers, parents, and community members are encouraged to read the novel and come out to participate in various activities planned for the evening. Complimentary copies of the book are available for pick up at the school.
Please email eannis@bcps.org, jbrager@bcps.org or edorsey2@bcps.org for details about obtaining a copy.
Eastern Tech students are also welcome to attend a Skype call with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha during MAVTime on Tuesday, March 31st for further inquiry and to gain firsthand insight regarding the issues in Flint, as well as to develop a deeper understanding of exercising personal initiative as a catalyst for social justice.
Eastern Tech Senior selected for national scholarship
Eastern Tech student conducts research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Regarding her research opportunity at Johns Hopkins, Htwe, an aspiring Physician-Scientist, says, “a lot of the [material] taught there was very similar to what I’ve learned in Allied Health at Eastern Tech.” Htwe recognizes the correlation between her internship experience and her work with Eastern Tech’s Allied Health Program expressing gratitude for her teachers, saying, “Everything [Ms. Magladry and Mr. Whittaker] say is actually the real deal.” She says her work in this medical internship program has greatly influenced her decision to pursue a medical career and inspired her to live up to the esteem of the multiple doctors she shadowed during her time at Johns Hopkins.
Eastern Tech It's Academic Team
On Saturday, November 16th, the ET It's Academic team competed at the Bel Air HS Academic Tournament. We sent two teams of four and competed against 24 other teams. Team B consisting of Dominic Graham, Anders Peterson, Sam Hammaker, and Raven Manangan finished 9th with three tremendous wins, just out of the top-8 final round. Team A with Rhys Wexler, Simone Sharma, Sacha Llanto, and Devan Scotto-Goon finished in the top 12 with two impressive wins. It was a great day and a big improvement over last year's showing.
Health and Physical Education
Once again Eastern Tech has been a leader in BCPS. Exam test scores for the required Fitness Foundations and Fitness Mastery final exam were the tops in the school system last spring. Utilizing personal devices, small group discovery, teacher presentation and blending physical activities with learning various aspects of fitness knowledge; our students are well on their way to repeating the accomplishment of once again leading the school system. Presently, classes are engaged in badminton and volleyball tournaments leading into the Holiday season.
Our students in weight training classes are benefitting from utilizing videos of their individual lifting technique to evaluate and then improve personal performances. The students are also benefitting from being one of the few places in the State of Maryland to utilize Vertimax Training to advance their individual athletic performance.
Health classes are experiencing an enhancement of their learning from a variety of guest speakers. The most recent speakers are: Officer Kim Hall (SRO), Laura Clary (GBMC S.A.F.E.), Jenny Strauss (social worker). These speakers along with the other aspects of the curriculum being provided allow our students to obtain knowledge and experiences that are way beyond what they will receive in either classes at CCBC Essex, or the “APEX Courses” that are available to them. Examples of these added experiences are: hands-only CPR; A.E.D. training; separate lessons on the dangers of ‘vaping’; these along with current health topics allow our students to benefit way beyond the basic health class provided in these other settings.
From the Science Department
2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table. This October the folks at Grand Valley State College organized an event to create the world's largest periodic table. They reached out to groups all across the country to contribute the blocks that represent all 118 elements.
The Eastern Tech Chapter of the Science National Honor Society accepted the challenge, and spent the last few days of school in June working on our element, Technetium (atomic number 43). What better element to represent Eastern Tech!! We went with a school color theme of black, orange, and white. They added the Maverick logo in the upper right corner. Technetium is the only known natural element with no known isotopes, and has an atomic mass of 98.
Our element shipped out to western Michigan in the last weeks of June to join the 117 others that were on display in October. The Guinness Book of World Records was contacted, and we are hopeful that a new world record was achieved! What a great addition to the history of Eastern Tech as we prepare to celebrate our 50th anniversary! Go Mavericks!
Eastern Tech Science National Honor Society
Students working on the element square
From the Social Studies Office
Parents have the greatest influence on a child’s education, with teachers and peers taking second and third. The social studies staff would like to thank our wonderful parents who support learning beyond the classroom. It is not always easy to engage teenagers in conversations about what they learned in school. However, linking classroom instruction with real life lessons is essential to understanding social studies topics. Academic conversations and opportunities that move beyond the classroom are essential to the development of students, as it is estimated that only 10% of all knowledge is learned in school. The other 90% is the result of opportunities created by parents and peers. The Baltimore/Washington area has some of the best museums in the country and visiting them is an excellent way to spend a beautiful summer day with family. We ask that you encourage your students to become involved with opportunities that move learning beyond the classroom. Below is a list of opportunities which are sponsored by social studies teachers. Thank you for making learning a priority at Eastern and in your home.
- Grade 9 – Model Congress, Baltimore County Bar Association Law Day
- Grade 10 – Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
- Grades 11 & 12 – National Social Studies Honor Society
- Grade 12 – General Assembly Page Program
- All grade levels – Model United Nations, Mock Trial, Cultural Coalescence (Diversity Club), Student Government Association, Law and Public Policy Committee
On November 1, Eastern Tech sent the grade 9 Law and Public Policy students to the CCBC Dundalk Campus to participate in the Civics and Law Academy sponsored by the Baltimore County Bar Association. Speakers included Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger, Circuit Court Judge Judith Ensor, and a variety of attorneys who practice in Baltimore County.
From the Math Department
The Mathematics Department is closely monitoring 9th grade data in order to support students and to reinforce the foundational skills that are necessary for success in higher level mathematics. The Mathematics Honor Society offers individual tutoring to support students needing extra assistance. Students should see Ms. Burton-Regulski or Mr. McGrath to arrange for a tutor.
The Mathematics Department also continues to support our school-wide SAT goals with in-class practice and data analysis. Our AP teachers are providing students with rigorous instruction in order to ensure their success on AP exams. To further support all students, our teachers also provide coach classes and tutoring during Mav Time.
The Mathematics Department also provides students with various extracurricular activities. The Mathematics Honor Society hosts several math competitions. The Maverick Coding Club gives our students the opportunity to learn programming through a student-led workshops. The Girls in STEM Club is hosting an evening event for elementary and middle school girls in order to encourage them to pursue STEM. In March, the club will host a Women in STEM Night that includes a panel discussion with women working in various STEM fields.
From the Counseling Office
The School Counselors at Eastern Tech have been quite busy this year visiting classes throughout the school, 9th-12th grade, delivering content from the school counseling curriculum, preparing students for the PSAT, securing orders for AP Exams, hosting College Application Boot-camps, College Information and Financial Aid evening events and FAFSA completion days, hosting recommendation writing workshops for faculty and staff, and assisting students with the college application/post-secondary process and helping students complete and process ALL of their college/post-secondary paperwork and applications.
The ET School Counselors want to celebrate the accomplishments of all of our amazing students. When students/families receive those college acceptances and scholarship offers, we encourage students to bring those letters to the counseling office or email a copy of acceptance/scholarship letters to their counselors. We will begin to share those college, apprenticeships, military plans and employment offers with the ET community, posting good news in the hallway near the counseling office.
Over the upcoming weeks, Counselors will return to all classes to disseminate important registration information, including providing each student in grades 9-11 a copy of their high school transcript. Counselors will assist students with course registration for the 2020-2021 school year during these class lessons. Important registration information will be distributed during those lessons for parents to review.
School Counselors remind ALL students that one graduation component involves Service Learning. ALL students are encouraged to complete the 75 hours of service as soon as possible. Service opportunities are available every year through all of the activities conducted at ET as well as service opportunities available throughout the community. PLEASE complete your service hours prior to your senior year!!!
National Honor Society News:
National Honor Society members began the school year preparing to mentor ET’s newest members, our 9th graders, the class of 2023. During orientation day, when 9th graders arrived at school, NHS members welcomed their new mentees with cheers and excitement, assisting our 9th graders with navigating the building and understanding the ET Way.
NHS members will continue to reach out to their mentees several times throughout the year. 9th graders are encouraged to utilize the support offered by their upper-class mentor.
NHS members sponsored part of the Kindness Matters Campaign in October, spreading Kindness throughout the ET community, sharing positivity clips, sharing important morning announcements and encouraging ALL students to share Kindness every day.
NHS is supporting the ET 50th Anniversary Activities by sponsoring the GIVING TREE at ET. ALL NHS members are expected to participate and should bring their 5 items for donation to support those in need in the community to Ms. Murphy before December 13th.
NHS Membership requires evidence of the 4 pillars of NHS—Leadership, Scholarship, Service, and Character. Membership into the National Honor Society is by invitation to any sophomore, junior or senior who has an unweighted, cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 or better. Invitations will be sent to all qualifying students following the first semester. Students who are interested in becoming NHS members, and who receive an invitation should complete the required application, secure two teacher recommendations (forms will be included in the invitation packet), write a brief, 140-word statement and submit all materials by the designated deadline. Induction for new NHS members will take place at the end of February.
Read about National Honor Society, National Adviser of the Year, Rynearson Award 2019 by following this link:
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