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Home > News and Events > Partnership Reception 2007

Partnership Celebration 2007

Wednesday, October 10 -- The Partnerships Office holds the 21st annual Howard County Public School System Partnership Celebration at the Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City. More than 300 Howard County business, organizational, government, and educational leaders attended the event. Turf Valley Resort sponsored the affair.

Greetings
Board of Education Vice-Chair Frank
Aquino and Superintendent Sydney
Cousin greet guests as they arrive.
Badges
Guests pick up their nametags.

   
Elder
Dr. Cousin listens to Steward Frazier
of the Council of Elders.
Board Member
Consultant Heidi Strominger speaks
with Board Member Ellen Flynn Giles.
   
Superintendent
Jean Evansmore, also a member of
the Council of Elders, catches the
superintendent's ear.
Group
Lazarus Foundation representatives
Dae Yi, Samir Chawkit and
Adam Kneprath with Partnerships
Office Director Mary Schiller.
   
Fox
County Councilman Greg Fox
with Brenda von Rautenkranz
of Fit for Life.
Business
Frank Fisher Jr. and Judson Burns
of Staples.
   
Group of three
Executive Director of Howard County
Economic Development Authority
Dick Story, Ms. Schiller and President
of Nicomedus Communications
Group Ron Nicodemus.
Board Members
Board Member Sandra French and
Board Chair Diane Mikulis talk.

   
Refreshments
Refreshments.
Mary Schiller
Ms. Schiller and partner Ron Bratt,
founder of Capitol Debate.
 
Mamie Perkins
HCPSS Chief of Staff Mamie
Perkins (right) makes guests laugh.
Talking Business
Gregg Newby of the National Security
Agency and Dr. Cousin talk business.
   
Two Women
Keri Hyde and Valerie Harvey,
both of the Howard County
Local Children's Board.
Kirk Thompson
Atholton High social studies teacher
Haroon Rashed and Director of
Human Resources Kirk Thompson.
   
Whitaker
Wilde Lake High School Principal
Restia Whitaker and Director of
Student, Family and Community
Services Diane Martin share a laugh.
Group of four
Running Brook Elementary Assistant
Principal Troy Todd, Executive
Director of Ready At Five Louise
Corwin, Early Childhood Education
Facilitator Lisa Davis and Swansifield
Elementary Principal Jonathon Davis.
   
Ice Cream three
Stevens Forest Elementary Principal
Ron Morriss with Hershey Ice
Cream's Stanley Crump and
Michael Thompson.
Full room
It was a packed house.
   
Fox and company
Mr. Fox (right) speaks with attendees.
Marci Leonard
Atholton High School Principal Marcy
Leonard, Laurel Woods Principal
Peggy Dumler and Marc Lee
of Howard Bank.
   
Attendees
Executive Director of Leadership
Howard County Stacie Irish and
Christa Spalding of Howard Bank.
Perkins speaks
Ms. Perkins welcomes the crowd.
   
Mikulis speaks
Ms. Mikulis thanks the partners.
Wise and Siddiqui
Assistant Superintendent for School
Administration Linda Wise and Board
Member Janet Siddiqui listen to
the remarks.
   
Cousin speaks
Dr. Cousin says that partners are
a big part of the school
system's success.
Schiller speaks
Ms. Schiller talks about the continued
development of partnerships.
   
Door prizes
Door prize winners picked by Katie
Buscher, owner of oZ. Chophouse.
Talking
HCPSS Bilingual Liaison Linda Won
talks with River Hll High Assistant
Principal Nick Novak.
   
Art
Art by HCPSS students
adorned the walls.
Group of three
Dr. Siddiqui, Cindi Miller of Howard
County General Hospital
and Ms. Schiller.
 
Sigaty
British American Auto Care President
Brian England and County Council
Member Mary Kay Sigaty.
Pair
New Spirit Community Church
representatives Ed Simpson
and Lisa Geisler.
   
Zimring
Gifted and Talented Instructional
Facilitator Penny Zimring (center)
speaks Mr. Bratt and Melvina Brown
of Helping Hands.
Gift
All attendees received a parting gift --
candy in a tin.
   
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