Eastern Tech Students Win Baltimore County Writing Contest

Students take first and third place in Doris E. Patz Creative Writing Competition

Baltimore, MD, April 2, 2008—Eastern Technical High School Juniors Natalie Sikorsky (Business Administration and Technology) and Kyle Holtschneider (Computer Assisted Drafting and Design) have taken the 1 st and 3 rd places respectively in the 2007-2008 Doris E. Patz Creative Writing Competition sponsored by the Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences. Both are students in Mr. Borgerding’s Honors English 11 class. The students were honored at a reception in the Baltimore County Council Chamber at the Old Court House in Towson at 4:00 p.m. on April 2. Presentations were made by the Honorable James T. Smith, Jr., Baltimore County Executive, members of his administrative staff, and members of the Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences. Students with winning entries received bonds, certificates of excellence, and citations from the County Executive. This year students were asked to respond in 500 words or less on one of two topics: “What is the most important topic in the FY08 Presidential Election?” Or “What are the benefits and downsides to being able to share information so quickly, as on My Space?”

Pictured, left to right: Kyle Holtschneider, Principal Tom Evans, Natalie Sikorsky

Eastern Tech Auto Students Qualify for State Competition

Four students will move to Ford-AAA State Finals at Catonsville

Baltimore, MD, April 3, 2008—A team of Eastern Technical High School Automotive students—Junior Cory Zamenski, Senior Stefan Perales, Senior Amir Boumad, and Senior Zach Bryant—recently qualified for the Maryland State Championship in the Ford-AAA Student Skills Contest. Students from sixty-two automotive programs across Maryland had to complete a demanding, competitive written test on solving automotive problems. Those students from the schools that achieve the highest scores will compete in the Maryland semi-finals at CCBC-Catonsville on April 19 th. The winner of that competition moves on to the National Finals in Dearborn, Michigan June 25-29, where they will compete with 49 other state winners for over seven million dollars in awards and scholarships. According to Mr. Eldridge Watts, Automotive instructor, “Eastern Tech is striving for its third straight Maryland Championship in the last four years. We have an excellent team of students in place for the competition this year.”

Pictured left to right: Mr. Watts, Cory Zamenski, Stefan Perales, Amir Boumad, Zach Bryant and Mr. Evans, Principal.

Lockheed Martin’s Future Leader Award

Eastern Tech Senior Charles Walker received Lockheed Martin’s Future Leader Award on March 14, 2008. In honor of Black History Month, an African American student from each of the local area schools was chosen based on academics and community involvement. Many of the leadership skills which Charles demonstrates in the classroom are also displayed in his numerous extracurricular activities. Aside from achieving high grades in his numerous Advance Placement (AP) and Honors classes and being a member of the National Honor Society and the president of the Spanish National Honor Society, Charles led the Eastern Tech Mavericks on the Football field and Wrestling mat. Charles was nominated by his AP US History teacher, Ms. Bongiovanni, who stated “he continually displayed leadership, loyalty, concern for others, and constant effort. He is truly a role model for the entire student body at Eastern Technical High School.”

Charles has been accepted at Drexel University, University of Maryland College Park, Georgetown and Penn

Pictured, left to right: Michelle McClearn, Lockheed Martin; Charles; Principal Thomas Evans.

Eastern Tech CADD Students Take First and Second at the ASHRAE Competition

Eastern Tech wins for the seventh time in the past eight years

Baltimore, MD, March 12, 2008 - For the past fourteen years, students from the Computer Aided Drafting and Design program at Eastern Tech have participated in the annual design challenge sponsored by the Baltimore chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers. This year’s competition required the students to demonstrate extensive knowledge of psychrometrics and the properties of air, develop a comprehensive ventilation system for a 100,000 square foot building, select equipment such as air handling units, cooling towers, fans and pumps from manufacturer’s catalogs, size piping and ductwork, estimate costs, and layout a system. For the seventh time in the past eight years and the eighth time overall, Eastern Tech took top honors winning both the first and second place prizes.

Pictured from left to right are the award winners. They include: George Hess, Brad Myers, Ian Jones, Alicia Garrison, Principal Tom Evans, Ahmed Gharib, Andrew Kraft and the teacher/mentor Peter Glaudemans

MATH AWARD WINNERS - Baltimore County Mathematics League

On March 8, sixteen of our students (Ward Taylor, Marius Chukwurah, Amanda Boehmlein, Lauren Woods, Steven Rees, Brandon Au, Todd Newman, Hager Ebrahim, Kenny Tejeda, Kit Kearney, Shrey Gupta, Don Rees, Jimmy Kirsch, Felix Watson, Ryan Schlothauer, and Alex Yabut) participated in the Baltimore County Mathematics League competition at Dulaney High School. The students competed in an individual round and a team round. Congratulations go to Felix Watson, Ryan Schlothauer, and Alex Yabut for their win in the team competition. Several of our students will be invited to tryout for the county-wide team. Special thanks to ET math teachers Dolores Bonincontri, Jeremy Carlino, and Katrina Compfor recruiting students for the competition and for helping the students prepare for the competition.

Pictured, left to right: Mr. Carlino, Alex Yabut, Ryan Schlothauer, Felix Watson, Principal Thomas Evans.

is proud to announce that 3 works from EASTERN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL have been recognized with Gold Key awards by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers through The National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Only 650 works were selected out of a total of 6,000 submissions in the Region…

The MMC student award winners are…Senior, Paul Kowalewski for his “Otherhood” hypothetical CD package design and Junior, Brenda Lucas for 2 Video Productions Her Child Abuse Public Service Announcement and the film “Diary of a Fatherless Child”, which also featured Brenda as the lead actress.

These awards are highly recognized by art/ design colleges and industry organizations. The works will now move onto the National Level where they will be judged against the other Regional winners, for a chance to be recognized at a ceremony in Carnegie Hall, have their work join a traveling national exhibition and participate in collaborative workshops with industry leaders in New York City.

Pictured, left to right: Mr. Schilpp, MMC Teacher; Brenda Lucas; Paul Kowalewski; Principal Tom Evans.

Eastern Tech Teacher Recieves International Technology Education Association Award

Baltimore, MD, February 27, 2008— On Friday February 22, 2008, Angela MacCubbin, Engineering Teacher at Eastern Technical High School in Baltimore County, was honored at the Foundation for Technology Education Maley Spirit of Excellence Breakfast with the Donald Maley Spirit of Excellence Outstanding Graduate Student Citation Award. This event was held in conjunction with the 70 th annual Internatioanl Technology Education Association (ITEA) Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.   Her mechanical engineering undergraduate studies were completed at University of Maryland Baltimore County where she received Cum Laude and Departmental Honors. She is a member of the Golden Key and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. A certified professional mechanical engineer formerly employed at Black and Decker, Angela has received a straight 4.0 GPA in her master’s degree program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  She has been a valued member of the school as a member of the ETHS improvement team and is an outstanding classroom teacher who has increased the number of female and minorities taking the engineering careers program at her school. Also, she has enhanced the program by adding worthwhile and rigorous lessons, activities, and competitions. She has been instrumental in establishing an engineering summer camp for girls at her school in hopes of encouraging them to enter the engineering field and has gained membership for ETHS as a MESA (Math, Engineering, Science, Achievement) school. She has also done extensive curriculum work for the engineering program in her county and the Technology course at her school.

Congratulations to the following students from Eastern Tech

for achieving straight A’s on their second quarter report card:

Grade 12 : Felix Grade 11 : Kristen, Chelsey Grade 10 : Megan, James, Erin

Grade 9 : Hager, Uru, Kit, Corey, Devon, Heera, Kevin

In addition, the following students achieved Straight A’s for the entire first semester:

Grade 12: Sharon, Steven Grade 11: Amanda, Samantha, Matthew, Lauren Grade 10: Paige Grade 9: Elizabeth, Phillip, Alexander

Congratulations on this impressive accomplishment!

MEDIA EVENT

County Executive Jim Smith to Lunch with Eastern Tech Athletes

As a tribute to our Varsity Football and Varsity Girls’ Soccer Teams, County Executive Jim Smith will be visiting Eastern Tech on January 29 to congratulate them on their accomplishments. Both teams are Regional and County Champs as well as State Finalists. The County Executive will be at the school from 11:00 to 12:00 noon. Representatives from both teams, their coaches and several parents will be joining him for lunch. The luncheon will be provided by the school’s culinary students and served in the in-house restaurant, The Eastern Inn.

Cassie Anderson, Eastern Tech, basketball - Baltimore Sun Article, February 2008

There's not much Eastern Tech guard Cassie Anderson cannot do on the basketball court. Averaging a double double (17 points and 12 rebounds) for the 12-4 Mavericks, the junior also averages four steals and two assists. She followed her older siblings - Ashley, 20, and Brian, 19 - into basketball, a sport her father, Bill Anderson, has coached at the youth level for years. Enrolled in the allied health program at Eastern Tech, she is considering a career in nursing or veterinary medicine. Two years ago, Anderson and her family escaped a fire that burned down their house. Although she doesn't like to talk about the details of the fire, which killed her dog, she said the family has recovered and is doing well.

Why did you start playing basketball?
My whole family's in basketball. My dad was my coach. I started real young and he's been my coach my whole life until high school. My dad still coaches me for [Amateur Athletic Union], though. I play for different teams and my dad coaches me.

Has your whole family always been into sports?
Everybody plays basketball. My mom's never played basketball, but she's like our cheerleader.

What's your earliest memory of basketball?
I've played up an age group ever since I was younger, because I always wanted to play with my sister or on my father's team. I remember the ball was so much bigger than me and I'd have to throw it from between my legs to get it up there.

Are you really competitive with your siblings?
Oh yeah. My sister, not really, but me and my brother would go at it all the time. I'd want to keep playing until I won. I wouldn't stop until I physically won or we had to go in because we couldn't see anymore.

What position do you usually play?
I'm usually a three [guard-small forward], but we've had a bunch of injuries lately, so I've played every [position] so far.

Your coach said you had to play point guard for a while. How was that transition?
Our point guard hurt her ankle, so that's when I stepped in. ... [Moving from] three to one, it's basically the same position, but one, you're looking more to push the ball, where three, you're looking to run down [the court].

What's your favorite position to play?
I like playing them all. I don't really have a favorite.

How do you think being from an athletic family has helped you as a high school athlete?
They push me. They want the best for me, so they push me to do better. If I had a bad game, someone would go outside with me after my game at my house and shoot around with me until I get it down or they work with me on dribbling or something. They're just there for me. How has the experience of the fire changed you?

It's definitely made me more aware of how valuable life is. Do you see things differently?
I definitely see things differently. People say I don't take things for granted, but after something traumatic happens, then you look back and think this could have happened or that could have happened. I do feel like we were lucky.

If you had one wish guaranteed to come true, what would you wish for?
My whole family to be happy. (Pauses.) I think they are.

- KATHERINE DUNN

Seniors Named Merit Scholarship Finalists

Students will be considered for 2008 National Scholarship Awards

Baltimore, MD, February 6, 2008—Eastern Tech Seniors Todd Newman (Information Technology) and Charles Walker (Multimedia Communications) have been named finalists in the 2007-2008 National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) competition for students with outstanding PSAT and SAT scores. Todd Newman has achieved finalist status in the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), while Charles Walker has reached finalist status in the National Achievement Scholarship Program (NASP) for minority students. Both students are now in the group from which NMSC will select recipients of scholarships. Final notifications will be mailed to the homes of students in March. In addition to both students receiving excellent PSAT and SAT scores, Eastern Tech supported the candidacy of each student by completing a certifying endorsement packet attesting to the personal qualities and academic achievements of both students. Names of Merit Scholar designees will be released to the media beginning in April 2008.

Yum! Cookbook Published!

Eastern Tech High and Culinary Arts seniors are recognized in the cookbook

Baltimore, MD, Thursday, December 20, 2007 – One year later, Yum! Cookbook is complete and published. Back in December 2006, Eastern Technical High School’s Culinary Arts juniors, now seniors, participated in the testing of recipes that were used in the cookbook . The Maryland Hospitality Education Foundation (MHEF) selected Eastern Tech’s Culinary Arts program as one the best ProStart Culinary Arts programs in the state of Maryland to participate in this endeavor. Eastern Tech had the facility and the students to complete the testing. One year later, Eastern Tech’s former Culinary Instructor, Bette Mullins, and the twenty-two seniors were recognized by Public Relations Agent, Jeffrey Spear, for Microplane® and Dara Bunjon of Dara Does It – Creative Solutions for the Food Industry and a board member of Maryland Hospitality Education Foundation (MHEF) for their efforts in the cookbook endeavor. On behalf of their hard work and weeks of testing recipes, each student and culinary instructor received a complimentary cookbook for their time and effort. The recognition took place at The Eastern Inn, Eastern Technical High School with Tom Evans, Principal, saying a few words on how proud he is in being a part of this program and school. Yum! is an excellent cookbook – hardbound with color photos of variety of the recipes. Additionally, there are some colored photos in the Appendix that display many of Eastern Tech’s students testing the recipes. This was an added bonus and surprise to all those involved. Ultimately, Yum! is a cookbook that is user-friendly for the every day person. The cookbook can be purchased in bookstores and online. The best place to get the cookbook is www.mhef.org. If you purchase the book from MHEF, half the proceeds will be given back to ProStart to provide scholarships to Culinary Arts students in the state of Maryland. For additional information on Microplane kitchen tools, consumers are welcome to visit the company’s Web site: www.microplane.com, or call toll-free 1-800-555-2767 or check out www.mhef.org to see more information about ProStart and the Culinary Arts programs in Maryland.

AP Scholars Breakfast

Those honored at the event included:

1.  Students designated as national Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board.

(Students featured with Senator Klausmeier and Principal Tom Evans)

2.  Students receiving 1300 or above on latest SAT test.

3.  Students receiving Straight A's on 2008 first quarter report card.

Eastern Tech's Marc Mesaros Coach of the Week October 31, 2007

Marc Mesaros, head coach of the Eastern Tech (Baltimore, Md.) varsity
football team, has been named Ravens High School Coach of the Week for the
eighth week of the 2007 season. Presented by Toyota, this is the 11th year
of the Ravens' award program.

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Date: 11/1/07

AP Scholar Winners at Eastern Technical High School

A total of 90 students at Eastern Technical High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit recognition of AP Scholar.

Students took AP Exams in May 2007 after completing challenging college-level courses at Eastern Tech. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

At Eastern Tech, seven students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

41 Eastern Tech students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

22 Eastern Tech students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

An additional 20 Eastern Tech students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of 3 or higher.

Of these award winners, 25 were Juniors when the tests were taken last May and will have further opportunity this year as Seniors to add to their award status.

A breakfast to honor current AP Scholars, along with all students receiving straight A’s on their first quarter report, will be held at the school on November 19, 2007, at 8:30 am.

COMMENDED STUDENTS IN THE 2008 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The principal, Thomas G. Evans, of Eastern Technical High School announced today that Nicole E., Ryan G., Julianne J., Steven R., Charles W., and Alexander Y. have been named Commended Students in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2008 competition for National Merit Scholarships, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.4 million students who entered the 2008 competition by taking the 2006 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

“The young people named Commended Students in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program are distinguished by their strong academic performance in this rigorous competition,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC. “Our nation’s pursuit of educational excellence can be furthered by publicly honoring these outstanding students and by acknowledging the important role schools play in fostering their development. We hope that this recognition will contribute to their educational opportunities and encourage all students to strive to realize their potential.”

Eastern Tech Faculty Recognized

PRESS RELEASE - Sept. 20, 2007 - On September 15 th, Jennifer Brager, Kimberly Burton- Regulski, and Katrina Comp were recognized at the third annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Teacher Appreciation Luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel, Inner Harbor.    They received a Certificate of Recognition from Science Spectrum Magazine.  Ms. Brager, Ms. Burton-Regulski, and Ms. Comp were recognized for representing America’s stellar educators whom continue to inspire their students on a daily basis by providing quality instruction in a supportive environment.  Their efforts have positively contributed to increasing student interest in pursuing a career beyond Eastern Tech in the professional field(s) of Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Technology.  Congratulations!

Eastern Tech Student, Todd N.

Named as Semifinalist in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program

With the national release of the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 53^rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program, Eastern Tech High School is proud to announce our very first recipient – Todd N.  Todd is an academically talented high school senior who now has an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship^® awards, worth $34 million, that will be offered next spring.  To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must advance to the Finalist level of the competition by fulfilling several requirements.  About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will be selected as Merit Scholarship winners, earning the Merit Scholar^® title.

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Eastern Tech Senior Named Maryland Distinguished Scholar

Governor O’Malley congratulates finalists and semi-finalists on September 8

Baltimore, MD, September 12, 2007—Eastern Tech Senior Samantha M. (Multimedia Communications major) was named a Maryland Distinguished Scholar Finalist by Governor Martin O’Malley on September 8, 2007.  Samantha M. will receive a $12,000 scholarship from Maryland when she attends any public or private two-year or four-year college.  Multimedia teacher Mr. Brian Schilpp nominated Samantha M. for this award because of her outstanding work ethic and natural creative abilities.  According to Mr. Schilpp, “Samantha M. is truly deserving of this award.  She has a unique artistic style that was superbly exemplified in the required portfolio of multimedia communications and design work.  Her portfolio included a short film, a website design, and numerous still photos.”  Maryland Finalists and Semi-Finalists were recognized at an afternoon ceremony at Loyola College on Saturday, September 8, which included a College Fair and Financial Aid Overview Session.  Samantha M. plans to continue working in the field of multimedia communications and is making plans to attend a college or university in Maryland that offers the best program.