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Outstanding Citizenship Awards from the Kiwanis
Club of Prince George's County
Phillip Hayes
Arielle Songong
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Grand Marshalls representing Laurel High School at
the Main Street Festival on May 9, 2008
Liz Guevara
April Williams
Lois Sarfo Mensa
Phillip Hayes
Tuba Akhtar
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Congratulations to the following students who
passed the written Cosmetology Exam
Chanelle Hill
Khristine Huger
Brittany Walker
Shamika Johnson
Jamia Rountree
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Muftau Shinaba - 9th Grade Student
Junior/Senior High School Science Connections for Health Careers Summer
Program
Howard University from July 8 to August 1, 2008 |
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Semi-Finalist in the Business Plan Competition Sponsored by the National
Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Nancy Barboza
Troy Mason |
The Juniors are the Winners of the
2008 LHS Olympics!
Laurel Olympics Overall MVP's: Deante
Love (Male) and Kendra Gustus (Female)
Ms. Laurel Contest Winners
First Place - Arielle Songong
Second Place - Shamika Johnson
Third Place - Marche Pearson
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Youth Art Month
Participants and Award Winners
Participants
Luis Rosa Escobar
Quynh-Nhu Ha
Caitlin Raynor
Karen Elias
Adrian Smith
Thomas Hamilton
Samrudhi Patel
Anthony Villaflores -
Computer Graphics - Honorable Mention
Sara Moon - Design - 3rd
Place
Theodore Acuna - Drawing
- 2nd Place
Karlos De Costa -
Computer Graphics - 1st Place
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Senior Anthony Villaflores
Prince George's County Scholar of the Week
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Wil Alston
Washington Post All-Met Boys' Basketball and 1st Team All County, the
Gazette News 1st Team - Boys' Basketball |
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Reggie Young
Washington Post 1st Team All County and the Gazette News 2nd Team -
Boys' Basketball |
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Martin Mitchell
Washington Post Honorable Mention All-Met Wrestling - 125 lb weight class |
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William Hoover is representing Laurel High School in
the Prince George's County Youth Orchestra |
Congratulations to Malcolm Richardson
Competed against 1,056 competitors in the World Championships for Sports
Stacking placing 2nd and 6th in two different events.
Maryland
State Champion for the second year in the Row, member of Team USA for Cup
Stacking.
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Laurel High student Carmen McGinnis won the inaugural "Laurel High Idol"
singing competition on March 13. McGinnis won first place, beating out
sophomore Michael Akinlosotu, who placed second, and finalists Bobby Adams,
Dominique Washington, Tod...
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Martin Mitchell - Regional Wrestling Champion 125
pounds!
21 Wins, One Loss
Congratulations, Martin
Congratulations to Martin Mitchell for making
Second Team All County in Wrestling
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Congratulations to Wesley Jackson
Wesley represented Laurel High School at a 4 day, 3 night leadership
training program sponsored by the Rotary Club of Laurel. The awards
conference, held at the YMCA Camp Letts in Edgewater, MD, highlights and
further develops leadership skills of students who have shown a potential
for rendering important service to their schools and communities. |
Congratulations to Swimmers Caitlin Raynor, Jared
Hester, William Hoover, Scott Tyree and Jordan Megaughey
for making the State Championship Swim Meet to held this Saturday,
February 23, 2008 at the University of Maryland.
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Read an article from the Gazette about Laurel's senior, Britany Darling:
"Darling received her Automotive Service Excellence certification in
December. The ASE is a requirement for many automotive shop mechanics. ..And
with a grade point average of 3.97 and numerous Advanced Placement courses
on her transcript, Darling plans to attend either Johns Hopkins University
or the University of Maryland, College Park. She plans to major in
mechanical engineering, but hopes to still find time to work on cars. "..click
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Congratulations to the following students who
participated in the Prince George's County Solo and Small Ensemble Festival
receiving scores of Superior (1) to Poor (5).
Students receiving a Superior Rating (1) |
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Solomon Bickerteth
Isarelle Layne
Daniel Dupuy
William Hoover |
Jenny Smith
Samantha Arnold
Liz Guevara
Karene Winfield
Darrell Evans |
Dina Ramirez
Gabrielle Williams
Scott Haines
Anton Reed
Tyrell Barksdale |
Joseph Tumaku
Benjamin Tubbs
Zachary Kapanoske
Xavier Sumter |
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Students Receiving an Excellent Rating (2) |
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Liz Smoot
Emily Yeagly
Samuel Graciani |
Madeline Miranda-Pesquera
Malika Hackley |
Brittany Ofori
Parisha Fowler
Dustin Gould |
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Congratulations to the following students from Mr. Hines' class who have
earned a Cisco Networking Certificate and 4 College Credits in Computer
Networking at selected colleges: |
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Fri-Atsoh Achimofor
Julise Carrington
Alejandra Colindres
Tia Gilmore |
Joetta Harris
Lindsey Hastings-Spaine
Briana Hayes |
Bryan Johnson
Ebony Kennedy
Elizabeth Oyeneyin
Stephanie Trimnell |
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Congratulations to the following seniors who have
passed the Automotive Service Excellence Test
Charles Poff - All 4 tests
Brittany Darling - 3 tests
Darnell Washington - 1 test |
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Congratulations to Liz Guevara - she made the
All-County 2nd Volleyball Team. |
October SAT
The following students scored well - great job!
Haines, Scott 1910
Herring, Taylor 1900
Mawhood, Erin 1800
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Congratulations to Mr. Giuliani's 1A class for
collecting 89 cans for the SGA canned food drive. They will enjoy a
pizza party!
All donations were taken to the Elizabeth House of Laurel. Thanks to
all who contributed. |
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Congratulations to the following students
Patty Contic - All County Girls Soccer Team
Sebastien Narcisse - All County Boys Cross Country Team
Moyin Erinle - 1st Team Gazette Boys Soccer |
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Congratulations to the following students who will be
representing Laurel High School on Prince George's County All-Star Football
Team:
Alvin Clark
Victor Etongwe
Aldentwone Franklin
Brandon Harvey
Gabriel Vanjah
All Star Game - December 15, 2008 at Northwestern High School |
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Congratulations to sophomore Sebastien Narcisse - He
placed 3rd in the Regional Cross Country Championships. |
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Nicholas Ekisola attended the National Leader's
Conference. |
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LHS students and staff raised $601.00 for the homeless
in Laurel (LARS). The Mini-Walk was sponsored by the SGA and Mr. Tom
Miller. Thanks go out to the following walkers: |
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Nancy Barboza
Fernanda Castro
Alejandra Colindres
Karin DeOrnellas
Koroma Ebidu
Jessica Garshall
Tia Gilmore
Lindsey Hastings-Spaine |
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Ms. C. Holmes
Lillian Isabor
Wesley Jackson
Vann Johnson
Daniel Johnston
Mr. D. Jones
Ms. L. Leandre
Nikki Lee |
Marlina Mathi
Ms. M. McQuillan
Mr. T. Miller
Elizabeth Oyeneyin
Ms. C. Swartz
Ms. C. Wenchel
Mr. B. Wenk
Chloe Yarborough
Mr. C. Zimmerman |
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Morgan Taylor attended the Intergenerational Summit on
the State of Black America October 16, 2007. This event was sponsored
by the 2007 National Visionary Leadership Project,
founded by Camille Cosby and Renee Poussaint. Our young leaders of
tomorrow met with some of the nation's most influential African American
elders. |
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Pro-Stackers on Good Day Philadelphia!
Stacking has become such a mainstream sport that the
2006 world championships were broadcast to a national audience. Two local
world champs stopped by Good as they try to break the current sport
stacking record. Malcolm Richardson who goes to Laurel High School, and
Ashley, who goes to Willow Dale Elementary School in Warminster, Bucks
County gave it their best shot!
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Read about
the LHS JV Football Team Members |
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Oyindamola Ogungbemile, 11th grade, spent part
of her summer break in China this as an ambassador of People to People
Student Ambassadors.
She visited Hong Kong, Beijing and other 2 cities from June 29, to July 15,
2007. |
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Congratulations to the
following students who have qualified for the Potential Scholars Program (PSP).
These students performed in the top 75th percentile in at least two of the
three areas of the exam (reading, math, and writing). They have been
selected to apply for participation in the test preparation program which
will be conducted on four Saturdays and two Thursdays in September and
October. |
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Fri-Atsoh Achirimofor
Ashley Campbell
Kathleen Galindo
Randy Gravitt
Jared Hester |
Derrick Hilliard
Wesley Jackson
Dimitri Jordan
Mariama Kanu
Brian Miller |
Hector Morales-Perez
Imani Pearson
Kara Rutherford
Ben Tubbs
Dylan Williams
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LHS Staff |
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Congratulations Ms. Toppins
Investigative Counselor of the Month (April) |
Congratulations Coach Keith Coutreyer
Washington Post - Prince George's County Boys' Basketball Coach of the Year! |
Congratulations to Mrs. Everett and Mr.
Diewald!
They have been selected to participate in the 2008-2009 National Board
Certified Teacher Leadership Development (NBCT LD)Program.
They also received scholarships from Prince George's County Public Schools
(PGCPS) and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)in the amount
of $2,500 to pursue National Board Certification. |
Laurel High School has exited “School
Improvement” status by
meeting all state and federal academic requirements for a second year in a
row!
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A big thank you to Ms. Augustus and the SGA/Renaissance
Committee for putting together and hosting our Annual "Goodie Extravaganza."
As always the deserts/sweets were delicious and all staff that attended seem
to have a good time. |
Ms. White and Ms.
Pressley would like to extend our sincere thanks to ALL OF YOU for making
our Thanksgiving Luncheon a success. The students truly enjoyed
themselves and it gave us all a chance to celebrate our blessings with
others who may not be as fortunate. Thanks for all who stopped by to
visit and join the celebration.
Special thanks to:
Ms. Rossi, Ms. Everett,
Ms. Leandre, Ms. Oluka for cooking
Ms. Boyer for supplying all paper goods for the event
Ms. Strine-Adams for donating four cakes and a substantial monetary amount
Coach Jones for donating a turkey dinner for 10
Mr. Giuliani for sending a photographer to capture our event
Ms. Belton’s nursing students for helping us serve the food |
Laurel High School's Newspaper, The Shield, just received a plaque
for the "International Second Place Award" in an international journalism
competition sponsored by the Quill and Scroll Society.
The award was credited to the 2006 - 2007 newspaper staff:
Chief Editor - Justin Cousson (now majoring in journalism in college)
Managing Editor - Brian Lentz (now majoring in journalism in college)
The following are current LHS students who were a part of last year's
staff:
Melita Bell, Denisse Mallari, Nachelle Edwards, Reneta Oliver, Patty Contic,
Juanita Zimmerman, Ashley Hanavin, and Ashley Campbell
A special thanks to Mr. Robert Giuliani, Journalsism Advisor |
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Congratulations to Ms. Geissler for completing the Detroit Half-Marathon
on October 21, 2007. |
Congratulations to Mrs. Garg for being selected to participate in the
2007-2008 Aspiring Administrators Academy (AAA).
The AAA is a one-year program for selected individuals seeking their first
administrative or assistant principal assignment. |
Three PGCPS
High Schools recognized in 2006 Maryland school performance
program...
Click to read about Laurel High School |
