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voted as the 2009 Teacher
of the Year for Hammond
High School by the Senior
class. (See below for more
photos and details.)
Hammond High teachers and
students are continuing to receive
recognition for outstanding
achievements in 2007-08!
Congratulations
to the Music Department for winning numerous awards during its trip to
New York City in April, 2009, including the Fiesta-Val
Grand Champion Trophy, won by the Symphonic Band and
Orchestra for having the highest combined instrumental group
scores. For a complete
list of awards received in New York, and for other recent Music student
accomplishments and awards, please see the Music Department webpage.
award is in recognition of Ms. Knox' commitment to the success of her students and her contribution to HaHS.
As recipient of the award, Ms. Knox was presented with
a check for $1000; Harris Teeter also presented Hammond High School with a $1000 check.
11 Cappie awards. Visit the theatre page for more details!
the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Last Month, their Greater Baltimore Chapter held an awards banquet honoring the region's top football scholar athletes.
Athletic Director, attended the recent awards ceremony with Samuel Plazak.
Samuel Plazak is a three sport athlete at Hammond where he also played
basketball and is a midfielder on the lacrosse team. As Hammond's starting quarterback for the last three seasons, Samuel set seven school passing records and is also ranked in Hammond's all time top 10 in scoring and defensive interceptions. Academically, Samuel ranks in the top 10% of the class of 2009 and is a member of the National Honor Society, the Italian Honor Society, Class Council, and is on the Principal's Advisory Board.
contest winners: Colleen George and Katie Guzman have won Honorable
Mention in Literature in the Fred Benjamin Peace Contest for their essays.
The Maryland Center for the Book will honor Rebecca Martin and Lavel Moorehead as finalists in the Letters About Literature, an essay contest which inspires young writers to write a letter to an author of a book that has changed their world view or themselves. Rebecca and Lavel will be honored at an Awards Ceremony at the City-Lit Festival on April 18.
TV Black History Month Oratory Contest. For 16 years,
WJZ, Channel 13 in Baltimore, has asked students to
choose a quote, write an original essay, and then perform
in front of an audience. At the Reginald Lewis Museum,
students from all over Maryland spoke about African-Americans who have made major contributions to society.
Nahshon spoke about President Barack Obama.
Competing against 20 semi-finalists, Nahshon took home
view WJZ's interview with Nahshon, click here.
voted as the 2009 Teacher of the Year for Hammond
High by the Senior class. Mr. Grabenstein is in his ninth
year at Hammond, where he teaches Social Studies. He
has taught for 18 years in Howard County Schools.
These are some of the reasons why students selected Mr.
Grabenstein for this honor:
learn something new in every class."
"He cares about his students, connects with them, and understands us like no
other."
"He promotes independent thought, creativity and openness. He is incredibly
knowledgeable and kind, and accepts others' ideas and thoughts."
"He is the funniest teacher at Hammond; he makes learning fun and interesting,
and is really relaxed and easy to talk to."
"Because he is chill!"
compete in the Charm City Challenge on
April 5 at Towson University. Leo will join
the County All-stars, who will play the City
All-stars at 3:00 pm on April 5th. (Only one
other Howard County player will be
playing in this game.)
Chris Baker will compete in the
playing for the National All-stars in the premiere game. Chris was also selected to
compete in the Charm City Challenge on April 5 at Towson University. He will be
joining the Baltimore All-star Team. The Baltimore All-star team will compete
against the U.S. All-stars at 5:00 PM. Chris is the only area county player ever to
be selected to the Baltimore All-star team. Most of the players selected for these
two teams are from prep schools and many of them have already committed to
high level Division I programs.
Congratulations Leo and Chris!
January 31, 2009 and the Howard County Instrumental Solo and Ensemble
Congratulations to Hammond senior Hannah Mollerick,
who received a Maryland All-State Award for her dance
technique and work ethic as observed during select master
classes at the Maryland Dance Showcase.
The Hammond Dance Company was selected and
performed in the Maryland State Dance Showcase at
Goucher College on January 9. Hammond was one of
master classes and performances.
Education teacher at Hammond, who received the
Teaching Tools Award presented by the Central
Maryland Chapter of the Armed Forces
Communications and Electronics Association. As
recipient, Mr. Cullings was honored at the AFCEA
luncheon on November 20, 2009 and received a $2500
check.
auditioned on tuba and was selected as first alternate to the Maryland All-State Band.
all Hammond HS participants in Poetry Alive held on Tuesday, November
11, 2008 at River Hill High School. Students performed poems in French,
Hammond had the second highest number of participants, in both the Writing and
Recitation contests. All Hammond students who participated received medals for
being School Level winners. Hammond had many Countywide winners as well, who received medals and 1st place trophies.
Poetry Recitation:
Esol Advanced: Zeeshan Malik, Italian 2: Angie Sutherland, Italian 3: Andrea
Aleman, Italian Advanced: Thyago Rizziolli, Spanish 4: Lavel Moorehead
Poetry Writing:
Esol Advanced: Zeeshan Malik, Italian 3: Elizabeth Cerwonka, Italian
Advanced: Thyago Rizziolli
For more on Poetry Alive, go to the World Languages page.
designing the T-shirt for the German-American Day
Field trip to McDaniel College on October 14, 2008. All
of the 900 + participants received a T-shirt to wear with
their design on it. Congratulations to Esther and Nell!!!
All-County Football.
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