Smith to Commemorate 350th Anniversary Year with Education Theme

Smith Invites County university/college presidents and superintendents to Chesapeake High

Essex, Md. (October 13, 2009) - At an event being held on Thursday, October 15, Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith will commemorate the County's 350th anniversary year at Chesapeake High School in Essex. The school's virtual lab presents the perfect location to celebrate this month's anniversary theme - The Past, Present, and Future of Education in Baltimore County.

Attending the commemoration are all County university and college presidents as well as all living superintendents of the Baltimore County Public Schools. They are:

• President Robert Caret
  Towson University
           
• President Freeman Hrabowski
  UMBC
           
• President Sandra Kurtinitis
  CCBC
           
• President Kevin Manning
  Stevenson University
          
• President Sanford Ungar
  Goucher College
          
• Dr. Robert Y. Dubel
  BCPS Superintendent
        
• Dr. Stuart Berger
  BCPS Superintendent
       
• Dr. Joe A. Hairston
  BCPS Superintendent
          
• Dr. Anthony G. Marchione
  BCPS Superintendent
  

Beginning at 10 a.m., Principal Maria Lowry will welcome guests and the official Baltimore County Town Crier Fred Taylor will "kick-off" the occasion. Smith will present executive citations to the County presidents and superintendents, and each recipient will speak to the past, present, and future of their institution.

Chesapeake's virtual laboratory is the first virtual learning classroom in Baltimore County. Educators blend 21st-century skill sets with old-fashioned research in a project-based environment with 3-D visualization. This school year, students will use the lab in geometry and environmental science courses; school officials say they will eventually expand to other subjects. The anniversary event is open to the public. Chesapeake High is located at 1801 Turkey Point Road, Essex, MD 21221.