Robotics teams succeed in local competitions
Adam Kuester, News Editor
February 2, 2012
Robotics team 4506 placed second overall at a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics tournament in Annapolis on Jan. 14. On Jan. 21, team 4621 also placed second at Harford County’s qualifying tournament. Both teams will be participating in the state championship on Feb. 25 at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics... Read more »
Chinese students begin their first semester abroad
Grace Kim, Online Chief
January 25, 2012
The first official day of classes has come and gone for the four Chinese transfer students, Xiaozhou “William” Du, Luyuan “Iris” Jin, Jinyu “Maggie” Huang, and Yi Yang. On Jan. 24, the four participated in their normally scheduled classes and began their study abroad experience. According... Read more »
Administration blocks Twitter due to inappropriate tweets
Grace Kim, Online Chief
January 11, 2012
The Patriot will continue to investigate this issue, check back for updates as this story continues to develop. To view faculty and student reactions, see the video here. The administration has blocked Twitter due to explicit circumstances on Monday, Jan 9. According to Principal Madelyn Ball, some... Read more »
Sophomore supports troops
Maggie Cassidy, Print Chief
December 15, 2011
Sophomore Grace Leung is spending two weeks every month supporting our troops within advisories. Leung along with junior Bryan Swanson decided to have a Support Our Troops Drive for the last week of November through the first week of December. Advisories were instructed by an announcement in the Daily... Read more »
Harkins’ class wins second in Qdoba contest
Martha Schick, Managing Editor
December 7, 2011
The smell of both victory and Qdoba drifted into the hallway from religion teacher Rachel Harkin’s classroom on Wednesday, Nov. 30. One of Harkins’ classes entered a competition set up by Qdoba to win a pair of Ravens tickets. The class entered a picture of themselves making a human ‘Q’... Read more »
[UPDATED] Senior class officers cancel Senior Variety Show
Grace Kim, Online Chief
December 6, 2011
[Updated 12/15] The old-time tradition of the Senior Variety Show since 1974 has been cancelled this year. Senior class President Maria Edwards and Senior Member-at-Large Maggie Cassidy have decided to close the curtains on the show for the class of 2012. Joint discussions between senior class moderators... Read more »
“White Christmas” to be featured on ABC 2 News
Brianna Glase, Managing Editor
December 1, 2011
The theater department is dreaming of a white Christmas, but a little bit differently from the ones they used to know. For the first time ever, the cast of the winter musical “White Christmas” will be featured on ABC 2 News, both the morning show and the nightly news. “It was just by a fluke... Read more »
ESL program to be expanded
Maggie Cassidy, Print Chief
November 30, 2011
Plans are in the works to alter the foreign language department in the second semester of the 2011-2012 school year by expanding the English as a Second Language (ESL) program. According to Principal Madelyn Ball, the school may need to hire a full-time ESL teacher for the next semester in order to instruct... Read more »
Academic Team competes in Bel Air Invitational
Grace Kim, Online Chief
November 22, 2011
Who was the Time Magazine “Man of the Year” in 2007? With the clock ticking down, the minds of the Academic Team raced with a million possibilities. This single question would determine which team would break the overtime tie. However, the team’s thoughts were interrupted by the buzz of Dulaney... Read more »
Speech and Debate team sweeps competition at Patterson Mill
Grace Kim, Online Chief
November 17, 2011
The Speech and Debate team came, spoke, and conquered. On Wednesday Nov. 9, the Speech and Debate team competed at a tournament at Patterson Mill High School against all the public schools in Harford County. The team walked away from the competition with 12 ribbons total. “This was the biggest turnout... Read more »