DUNDALK HERITAGE FAIR

2009 Entertainment

 Shipway Stage 1                                                       

Friday July 3, 2009 

1:30 A Futuristic Beautiful (Pop Rock)                             

3:30 Trinidad & Tobago Steel Band       

6:30 Opening Ceremony                              

7:30 The Mahoney Brothers LONG LIVE THE BEATLES and JUKEBOX HEROES LIVE!
                                   

 Saturday July 4, 2009

12:30 Incognito (Variety)                                    

2:30 Pet Rock(Pop & Rock)                  

4:30 Invasion (British Rock)         

7:30 Ronnie Dove

 Sunday July 5, 2009

12:00 Glenn & The Gemtone (Oldies/Variety)                    

2:00 Fins (Beach Rock)                                            

4:00 Gene Vincentt & The Cadillac Cruisers(Classic Rock)

8:00 THE MONKEES Lead Singer MICKY DOLENZ   

                                                                                    

Garden

Sparkle and Dazzle (Karaoke) – Friday 1 to 4pm, Saturday 2  to 5pm, Sunday 1 to 4pm

 

Dundalk Bicycle Club                                                                        May 2009

Schedule of Events

Vol. 11,  #6  CORRECTED

 

            It is hard to imagine, but if you count by Newsletters, this is #6, the year is half over already. This month we have scheduled 2 relatively short rides, one local ride and one that could be a bit challenging for some, but still a very nice ride. All the rides scheduled for last month were successfully completed and we are hoping that the coming month goes as well. With no further comment, we have scheduled the following rides.

 

30 May 09       Quiet Waters                Depart School at  9:00

Contact:           Jack                 410-282-4072

            This is a relatively short ride with the option of adding a few extra miles if the group is interested. The park is extremely well maintained. The trail is paved and any street riding is in the park, very little traffic. There are some hills. but nothing most of you cannot handle. It is a scenic ride. We will eat out after the ride.

 

6 Jun 09           Tour of Dundalk           Depart School at  9:00 

Contact:           Mary                410-288-0493

            We will start riding right from the school. We will be street riding around the area, taking some areas of Dundalk that some of you may not be familiar with. Eat out as a group after the ride

 

13 Jun 09         Hanover Junction to York         Depart School at 8:00

Contact:           Norman            410-285-5029

            The most challenging of this months rides.  We will bike the Heritage Trail in Pa. This is a dirt and cinder trail, well packed and a fairly flat ride. We will have lunch in York before cycling back to Hanover Junction. This ride is about 22 Miles round trip.

 

17 Jun 09         Meeting Night               Meetings Start at 7:30

            Meetings do not take long. Bring a friend. Bring a ride suggestion. Let us know where you would like to go. Give us a date, we will make it happen.  We meet at Logan E.S. on Merritt Blvd.

 

20 Jun 09         Downs Park                 Depart School at 9:00

Contact:           Jack                 410-282-4072

            There is some street riding before we enter the park. The road shoulders are wide and once inside the park we ride on paved paths. Downs Park is located in AA Co. right on the Bay. It is a scenic run. This is one of our shorter rides. Distance on this trip is really decided by the group.

 

Please remember that if you are planning to ride, it is important that you let the contact person for that particular ride know that you plan to ride. In the event there are changes or problems, the contact person can keep you posted.

Once again from the Dundalk Eagle, we learn about some amazing new programs that will be available at Dundalk High School.

These jobs, security, air traffic, and others will provide our students with opportunities to get great paying jobs that offer long term careers.  My one hope for all of this is that Dundalk High School will be given a Magnet School designation.  Every other school in the community has the designation, from Patapsco (Arts), Sparrows Point (Environ. Science), Kenwood (Sports Medicine), Eastern (Engineering), and Chespeake (Communications).  I will be searching for the details from BCPS about the difference in funding streams from a regular "standard" high school compared to a magnet school.  I am sure that the magnet schools receive a greater amount of funding…but I am not 100% sure.  If you have details please send them in to the site and post them.

Anyway you look at it, this is huge and this is awesome.  Thank you citizens for doing what you had to do to get this!

DHS to offer homeland security, air traffic control courses

Thursday, 28 May 2009 11:18

Programs will be available only at Dundalk by Bill Gates     Dundalk High will not be getting any magnet programs. On the other hand, the school soon will be offering two programs that not only won’t be available at any other public school in Baltimore County but will be offered by few other schools in the entire country.     Dundalk received the go-ahead last month to begin planning the curriculum for courses in homeland security and air traffic ccontrol.     “The market for jobs in these two fields is just wide open,” Dundalk principal Tom Shouldice said. “They’re stressful, but well-paying. Our kids should be able to get these jobs.”     As yet, only one other high school in the country (in Florida) has an air traffic control program. Joppatowne High is the only other school in Maryland with a homeland security program.     The homeland security program will begin in the fall with a sophomore class called Foundations in Homeland Security.     “That class will give an overview of what homeland security is,” said Carol Leonard Reynolds, who will coordinate the homeland security and air traffic control programs.     Students will be able to select one of three pathways for their junior and senior years, Reynolds said: criminal justice, homeland security science and certification in global information systems, a computer-based program.

Hey all!

Sorry for being so tardy as of late.  Lot’s of things have been going on.  If you have read the Eagle, then you have a pretty good idea about what I am talking about.

Concerning this article and the Turner Station charrette, this is an absolutely incredible opportunity for the citizens of the 6th District and the residents of Turner Station.  This is the fun and easy part, where citizens get to dream big, discuss ideas, and share stories of what will come.  The next part, the hardest, and most important, is getting it done.  Turner Station is full of energetic, action-oriented citizens that are willing to do anything to support the community their families have lived in for generations. What happens in the next couple of years with this revitalization will have a ripple effect for generations.  Let’s all work together, and work as diligently and thoughtful as possible.  It is an engaging and exciting time.  Yet another huzzah for the region!

From the Dundalk Eagle……………

Neighborhood improvements to be discussed

by Joseph M. Giordano

It started back in July  2001 with the proposal for the Turner Station Community Conservation Plan. 
    Now, the residents of Turner’s will be able to participate in a charrette – a designers roundtable – with a five-day series of tours, discussions and finally a consensus of what the residents in the community want im-proved, according to Jeff Mayhew, division chief of community planning for the Baltimore County Office of Planning. 

    On Thursday at 8 a.m., members of Mayhew’s office, Turner’s residents and members of the Turner Station Conservation Team will tour the neighborhood to get a better idea of what needs to be improved. 
    “We would like to take a look at the empty lots in the community,” team vice president Gloria Nelson said. “Also, we would like to take a look at better lighting, wider sidewalks and a general streetscape for the area.” 

    Baltimore County Councilman John Olszewski Sr. (7th District), who sponsored the initial bill in 2001, plans to attend at least one day.

Kara Ewing, Isabella Logan and Taylor Schreiber (from left) are among the five-year-olds taking dance class at Watersedge Community Center, which is home to a variety of activities including basketball, indoor soccer and dance classes for all ages. (Baltimore Sun photo by Elizabeth Malby / April 28, 2009)

The new Watersedge Community Center in eastern Baltimore County means the youngest soccer hopefuls in the neighborhood can play the game indoors year-round.

The $2.4 million brick building, which the county’s Department of Recreation and Parks officially opened April 17, puts a long anticipated basketball program on a court in a school-sized gymnasium, and it gives the Watersedge Dancers a studio to call their own.

“Basically, we can bring the whole council under one roof and expand our programs,” saidTodd Smith, president of the Watersedge Recreation Council. “We are going to fill that building every night of the week.”

The 9,000-square-foot center at 7894 Dundalk Ave. is a spacious gym with walls painted soft gray and deep green to reflect the colors favored by the Marlins, the name imprinted on Watersedge team uniforms. Natural light streams in from windows that line the top of three walls, and portable bleachers will accommodate spectators.

The building also includes a studio, complete with a mirrored wall and a ballet barre. There is an office, restrooms and meeting space, so that when the recreation council gathers, members won’t have to jockey for available spots throughout the community.

The center sits on an 11-acre parcel that slopes down to a cove off Bear Creek. While wetlands spread across the remaining property, the site provides ample ground for a proposed walking trail and possibly a playground. The project meant razing a post World War II shopping center that neighbors said had outlived its appeal.

“The center makes a great positive out of a big negative,” Smith said. “We have the building and open space where there was once a blighted shopping center with absentee owners who had no care for the community.”

Outdoor sports have always been popular in this peninsula community. The opening of baseball season every May is celebrated with an annual parade down Dundalk Avenue to Fleming Park, where four baseball diamonds and a multi-purpose field stretch along Bear Creek.

The park has provided the community’s young athletes decades of opportunities to play ball in fair weather, and its brick beach house served as a headquarters for the council. But the aging structure did little more than provide shelter and storage. The neighborhood continually scrambled for space at area schools for any indoor sports or activity.

“This community never had its own facility,” said Rich Johnson, center manager. “It always had to borrow space in a school or be the guest of another rec council.”

Smith already has coaches lined up for basketball this fall. He is organizing a Mommy and Me program for the preschool set and is looking into opportunities for seniors. He expects to draw as many as 500 children into all manner of center activities, he said.

“Our rec council has a vast drawing area,” he said. “Our existing programs will keep growing and we won’t have any trouble filling new ones.”

For Mary Bolyard, who has seen her dance classes grow from 29 students in 2002 to 119 this year, the center means she can eliminate a waiting list, extend class hours and possibly double the number of students who want to learn jazz, tap and ballet.

“We have had phone calls galore since the center opened and we can handle it all in our new wonderful studio,” she said.

At the center, she may be able to schedule summer, Saturday and late evening classes, she said. “There has been a real revival of interest in dance, which is great exercise for these kids,” she said. “They like coming in and learning new steps.”

For Smith, a lifelong Watersedge resident, who has coached for many years, the center will provide area children many outlets for their energies.

“This really is for the kids,” he said. “They are what this is all about.”

It’s that time again! The 2009 Heritage Fair is scheduled for Friday July 3, Saturday July 4^th and Sunday July 5^th.  This year will be the 35^th year of the Heritage Fair and the 75^th year of the Dundalk 4^th of July parade.  We are expecting huge crowds this year with an estimated 70,000+ people at the parade on Saturday and over 50,000+ attendees at the fair throughout the weekend.  There are several changes this year that will enhance your experience along with the attendees. 

If you would like to hear about Vendor Information, please leave a message at 410-284-4022 or please email jordan.hadfield@gmail.com with your business/organization and what you would like to do at the fair.  This information will be forwarded on to the Heritage Fair Committee.

Thanks!

JH

Spring Yard Sale on Saturday, May 2nd from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm (or so)

 

Flagship House of Prayer (www.flagshiphouseofprayer.org)

299 Willow Spring Road, Dundalk, MD 21222

 

if you need directions, give me a call at 410-718-9027

 

Everything must go!  Furniture: Futon Bunk Bed, 3 small dressers, Star Wars Fooseball game table plus others; Clothes: boys and womens; Books and videos, various household and kitchen items

Let all your friends know about this yard sale.

Thanks,

Deanna Medlin

From the Baltimore Sun…

2 Baltimore County high schools to get new buildings

Board OKs construction for Dundalk, Sollers Point

By Arin Gencer | arin.gencer@baltsun.com

April 22, 2009

Baltimore County school officials will move forward with plans to build new facilities for Dundalk High and Sollers Point Technical High after a unanimous school board vote Tuesday night.

The new buildings would be constructed at the current Dundalk High site, officials said.

School officials determined the projected cost of building new schools was close to what has been estimated for renovations and replacements in the old facilities, said Michael Sines, executive director of physical facilities.

“It just makes a whole lot of sense,” Sines said.

The district next plans to select an architectural engineering firm for the project, Sines said. Staff members are expected to return to the board this summer with estimated fees. They hope to have a schematic design in September, he said.

Both schools will remain in operation until the new structures are completed, officials said, after which the old ones will be demolished. The county plans to build “a very extensive community center” on the Sollers Point site, Deputy Superintendent J. Robert Haines told members.

Board members hailed the plan as a necessity for the community and “an ideal project” in the current economic climate.

On Tuesday night, they also approved West Towson Elementary as the name for a new school – as well as two contracts for that facility, which is expected to open in August 2010. The contracts involve site testing and improvements. Another for concrete work was pulled from the agenda to ensure that it met purchasing requirements, officials said.

The panel voted in favor of transferring the current principal of Fort Garrison Elementary to West Towson.

Dundalk Bicycle Club                                                                        

19 April 09

Schedule of Events

Vol.  11,  #5

 Last month was not a good month for rides, the weather was not cooperative at all. I’m hoping that most of our April Showers are behind us, May will come in with better weather for riding. We are coming into prime time, not to cold and not to hot, just right. Some of the rides canceled from last month have been rescheduled for this month. I think we have scheduled some interesting rides.

 

 

25 April 09         B & A Trail to BWI Airport Observation Area         Depart School  9:00

            Contact:           Norman            410-285-5029

New approach to a ride we have all done at one time or another. We will start at the Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie. Take the B & A Trail to a connector trail to the BWI Trail to the observation area on Dorsey Road and back. This is a paved trail, but there will be some street riding involved. Plan on eating out as a group after the ride.

 

 

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd of   May 09            Spring Weekender                    No local rides planned.             There is a small group of club members taking a Spring Weekender trip to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for a weekend of Bicycle riding. At the moment we have a group of thirteen people. At this point I don’t anticipate any additional people but if there is anyone else seriously interested in this trip, you can call me for details.                                                                     Norman, at 410-285-5029

 

 

9 May 09         Great Fall  (C & O Canal)            Depart School  8:00

            Contact:           Norman            410-285-5029

Join us for a ride on the C & O Canal at Great Falls.  From there we will cycle West. There is no specific destination in mind, we will cycle out as far as the group wishes to and then return. At some point, either before the ride or after we will take a walk out on the nature trail for a closer look at the Great Falls and other points of interest. This is a dirt trail, well packed and very easy riding.. As usual, lunch out as group after the ride. You might want a camera for this ride.

 

 

 

16 May 09       New Freedom, PA.,  South on the NCR Trail   Depart School 8:30

            Contact:           Jack                 410-282-4072

From New Freedom, we will cycle South across the line into Maryland going south on the NCR Trail. This is a well packed dirt trail. It has been a while since we have ridden this section of trail. We will have Lunch back at the New Freedom Train Station after the ride.

 

 

20 May 09                          Meeting Night                                        Starts 7:30 PM

Logan E.S. on Merritt Blvd

            Come on out, meetings do not last long. Bring your ideas. If you have a specific date and ride in mind, let us know.

 

 

23 May 09                   Ft McHenry and surrounding area                     Depart School  9:00

            Contact:           Norman            410-285-5029

This is total street riding.  We will start our ride at Ft McHenry. Exactly where we are headed, at this point is unknown. On a previous ride we got as far as Fells Point, Canton, South Baltimore, even a portion of the Gwynns Falls Trail, Federal Hill. Plan on lunch out after the ride.

 

 

            Any and all comments are appreciated. If you would like to put anything into the Newsletter, or should need any additional information,  give Jack (410-282-4072) or Norman (410-285-5029) a call. Looking forward to seeing all of you out on the trail sometime.

 

 

Norman

410-285-5029

nem43@aol.com

nem0109@yahoo.com

 

From the East County Times….

Dundalk High School has a higher than acceptable dropout rate, a lower than acceptable graduation rate and a principal on a mission to change it all. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, Dundalk High School was placed in School Improvement needed for the next year. While Dundalk High has met expectations in many areas that are annually assessed, they did not meet the Assessed Yearly Progress (AYP) for the graduation rate over the past two years. Add to that two subgroups who did not meet AYP, and the Alternative Governance Plan was made. Tom Shouldice was appointed principal in the summer of 2008 and is working to change the climate at the school. Shouldice says of his experience, I have been a principal for six years, five of those at Dundalk Middle. Prior to that, I was an assistant principal at Deer Park Middle Magnet School in the Northwest region of Baltimore County for a number of years. I think that the superintendent felt that this would be a good move for me as I know many of the families in our community and have had some success in the middle school. An estimated 20 – 25 percent of the staff at the school will be changed for next school year, a task Shouldice says he is getting support from the Baltimore County Board of Education to accomplish. Personnel has been very supportive in helping us to identify very strong teacher candidates, he said. Shouldice finds this a paramount piece to achieving his goal. Student performance is all about how the adults perform as teachers and role models, he noted. Staff development, training, summer tutoring programs and a marketing plan to get the community invested into the success of the school are all planned as part of the Alternative Governance Plan outlined at a recent Board of Education Meeting. In conjunction with the staff, parents, community partners and students, Shouldice will implement a two-year plan to change the climate at the school to one of whatever it takes for success. Part of the marketing plan for the school is to change the school culture and community perception. Shouldice plans to really market to all of our stakeholders the excellent programs at the school and the strong progress the school continues to make. To that point he wants people to know, Reading scores have increased 14 percent in the last four years and math scores have moved from 25 percent to 70 percent in the same time. Biology is at a healthy 66 percent and Government is at 77 percent. Shouldice wants to capitalize on the many successes at Dundalk to turn around the perception that Dundalk is not surpassing standards. But to the dropout rate a high 32 percent for last years graduating class, Shouldice notes, Most of the drop outs were in the 9th and 10th grade when the seniors were in those grades – somewhat surprising. After exit interviews with alumni, students and parents, Shouldice found, The students who drop out feel disengaged with the school. They feel that they are falling through the cracks and that school has no relevance to their lives. Many just disappear, as their family structure is not there to support them. Many are influenced by peers who drop out. There was no real program at the school to address the students at risk. Many of these students did not add value to the school in the eye of teachers so they were not noticed as they disappeared. It is both a school and a community problem. Some students drop out to go to low level jobs just to help the family survive. But Shouldice is not deterred as he devises a new positive student management program. We will use some form of incentive to reward students who are making positive contributions or who are changing their behaviors. We will adopt a version of the Positive Behavior Intervention & Support system that has been effective in other schools. It will be tailored to DHSs needs. Shouldice has $9,000 budgeted for these student incentives and says some of these funds will also be used to bring parents into the positive reward system like honor roll breakfasts, etc. The bottom line in Shouldices world is his vision for the school: Dundalk High School as a strong comprehensive high school with excellent teachers, able students and a bright future. He asks that all stakeholders – students, parents, community members – in the community strongly support the school either by word of mouth or by getting involved with the education of their children or their neighbor’s children. The benefit, according to Shouldice, It is what will make our community strong and will change the nature of our community. We can bring back the pride in our community but it will take everyone to get on the same page and very actively support the school as they did in the past. Regina Satterfield, Baltimore County Public Schools Assistant Superintendent for the Southeast Area agrees and said, The overreaching goal of the plan is to make DHS a dynamic school that meets the needs of our students and the greater community. So dont fret, students, parents, alumni and community leaders, Tom Shouldice is up to the task. He assures everyone, I want DHS to be the place that the other schools and teachers come to see how a truly excellent group of teachers are making it work. It will not happen overnight, but it is going to happen.