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The Outdoor Learning Center at John Archer continues to grow. The Center sits directly beside the
new handicap accessible playground and is designed to give students an opportunity to experience
activities in horticulture. The Center’s new garden shed is connected to wheelchair accessible
planning beds by smooth concrete paths. The shed’s whimsical design looks to be right off the set
of a hobbit movie adding visual interest to the Center. All of the structures in the Outdoor Learning
Center are designed and built by the students at the neighboring Harford Technical High School.
The students from the masonry and construction classes at Harford Tech work side by side with
the carpentry and grounds crews from the Harford County Public Schools Facilities Department.

The play groups at the Judy Center at Magnolia
Elementary School are up and running! There
are four classes of eight children under the
age of 4 coming twice a week. They focus
on literacy experiences, peer socialization,
and parent engagement. The Judy Center
provides services to young children and their
families to promote school readiness, from
birth to age 5, through collaboration with
community-based agencies, organizations,
and businesses.

North Harford High School Agriculture students prepared educational stations around the North
Harford campus for visiting second grade students. This event gave the high school students
a chance to gain experience in public education and the elementary students exposure to what
livestock is and where their food comes from.

The sixth grade students of boys 2 MEN served
as greeters and guides for the Harford County
Youth and Family Resource Festival held at
the APGFCU Arena on the campus of Harford
Community College. The students welcomed
guests as they arrived at the event to take part in the festival. boys 2 MENS is a multicultural
mentoring program for males in grade 5 -8, focusing on academic excellence along with an
after school athletic component which assists males in their educational success. The program
consists of male mentors inspiring male mentees. This program operates during the school day,
bridging gaps which may occur within the student, teacher, parent and administration realm.

Students at Glen Avenue Elementary School
in Salisbury, MD were very appreciative of the
Andrea Sauer, art educator at Fallston High 70 basketballs, 30 playground balls and 100
School, and her Advanced Placement Art students jump ropes that North Bend Elementary School
and Advanced Painting students participated students donated by giving up their “prizes”
in The Memory Project. The Memory Project is a for Jump Rope for Heart! Despite not receiving
charitable nonprofit organization that invites art prizes for their participation and fundraising
teachers and their students to create and donate efforts, North Bend’s students still manage to
portraits to youth around the world who have faced give the same amount every year! Giving is an
substantial challenges, such as neglect, abuse, intrinsic reward at North Bend!
loss of parents, violence, and extreme poverty.
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