2012-present. Online High School Newspaper and Blog
Staff continued using electronic newsletters and implementing policies to reduce paper use. The Lab 10 News went to online versions. The Lab 10 News is the student newspaper and blog. Lab 10 News Teacher: Nancy Feldman |
2013 to present. Online Resources in Library
Thanks to parent volunteer Kelly McDowell our library went online in 2013. The SIRS Discoverer database added a collection of nonfiction ebooks to the database. The titles cover content areas, including Animals, Arts & Humanities, Biographies, Environment, Health & Human Body, History & Government, Science, Sports, and Technology. Some of the titles include: Eyewitness books, Weekly Reader Early Learning Library, Blue Banner Biographies, Countries in Crises Series. There have been lots of new books added to the collection.
Parent volunteer/librarian: Kelly McDowell
Thanks to parent volunteer Kelly McDowell our library went online in 2013. The SIRS Discoverer database added a collection of nonfiction ebooks to the database. The titles cover content areas, including Animals, Arts & Humanities, Biographies, Environment, Health & Human Body, History & Government, Science, Sports, and Technology. Some of the titles include: Eyewitness books, Weekly Reader Early Learning Library, Blue Banner Biographies, Countries in Crises Series. There have been lots of new books added to the collection.
Parent volunteer/librarian: Kelly McDowell
2012 to present. All information is sent to parents and staff electronically.
All teachers have the option to enable students to read online and type their work rather than print out readings and worksheets.
Administrative Assistant: Christina Rickman
All teachers have the option to enable students to read online and type their work rather than print out readings and worksheets.
Administrative Assistant: Christina Rickman
2012 to present. Weekly e-newsletter
The Dragon News is a weekly school newsletter and is available online and features weekly outdoor education articles.
Dragon News Editor: Lauren Scally
The Dragon News is a weekly school newsletter and is available online and features weekly outdoor education articles.
Dragon News Editor: Lauren Scally
2012 to present. Digital Books
All high school classes (50 students) are now using new library of books, accessed digitally from a Cloud Storage service offered by Envision, our Kurzweil distributor. This saves the staff from scanning each page of literature curriculum to enter our shared file of volumes to use with Kurzweil text to speech software.
Teachers: All
Librarian: Kelly McDowell
All high school classes (50 students) are now using new library of books, accessed digitally from a Cloud Storage service offered by Envision, our Kurzweil distributor. This saves the staff from scanning each page of literature curriculum to enter our shared file of volumes to use with Kurzweil text to speech software.
Teachers: All
Librarian: Kelly McDowell
Add 2014 information here. Re-purposed Materials.
In sophomore world literature class, after studying ancient Greek drama, the students (12 students, 1 staff) crafted “marble” friezes from ceramic tiles, plaster, and paints donated by Habitat for Humanity in Landsdowne, Md., originally donated to Habitat by construction contractors (re-purpose).
Teacher: Nancy Feldman
In sophomore world literature class, after studying ancient Greek drama, the students (12 students, 1 staff) crafted “marble” friezes from ceramic tiles, plaster, and paints donated by Habitat for Humanity in Landsdowne, Md., originally donated to Habitat by construction contractors (re-purpose).
Teacher: Nancy Feldman
Recycled, Re-purposed and Natural materials are used in art projects.
Add 2014 information here!
Teachers: Zac Lawhon
Add 2014 information here!
Teachers: Zac Lawhon
Digital Outdoor Education Manual
Outdoor Education Department Manual was written for the Baltimore Lab School and published on Baltimore Lab School's public drive.
Outdoor Education Coordinator: Patti Child
Outdoor Education Department Manual was written for the Baltimore Lab School and published on Baltimore Lab School's public drive.
Outdoor Education Coordinator: Patti Child
Recycling in School.
Recycling is re-initiated through Baltimore City. The school began its recycling program through our Industrialist Club Teacher Abigail Breiseth and her students in 2005. In February of 2014, after discovering that our recycling was being thrown away in the regular trash pick up; our school contacted the Baltimore City Recycling Center to correct the situation.
Teachers:
Staff: Yuriy Gordichuk, Facilities, Wilnett Dawodu, Business Office.
Recycling is re-initiated through Baltimore City. The school began its recycling program through our Industrialist Club Teacher Abigail Breiseth and her students in 2005. In February of 2014, after discovering that our recycling was being thrown away in the regular trash pick up; our school contacted the Baltimore City Recycling Center to correct the situation.
Teachers:
Staff: Yuriy Gordichuk, Facilities, Wilnett Dawodu, Business Office.
Our current Staff Handbook states that teachers who carpool and take public transportation will be given an incentive.
"We encourage faculty and staff to carpool, take public transportation, bike or walk. We strive to be a bicycle friendly community." Bikes can be brought inside and stored in the Outdoor Education room during the school day.
Baltimore Lab School Staff Handbook.
Staff: All.
"We encourage faculty and staff to carpool, take public transportation, bike or walk. We strive to be a bicycle friendly community." Bikes can be brought inside and stored in the Outdoor Education room during the school day.
Baltimore Lab School Staff Handbook.
Staff: All.
Reduction of Paper Handouts
All high school teachers use document camera and Smart Boards to cut down on work sheets and hard copy text.
Staff: All.
All high school teachers use document camera and Smart Boards to cut down on work sheets and hard copy text.
Staff: All.
Future plans for Baltimore Lab School...
New windows and LED lights.
Board of Directors, Baltimore Lab School: James S. Aist, Esq., Elaine H. Christ,
Kent G. Croft, Peter C. Foote, Mariale M. Hardiman, Ed.D., John Magladery, Joseph McAvoy, Gordon M. Stetz, Gregory D. Stewart, Maureen E. Walsh, Marc Wyatt.
New windows and LED lights.
Board of Directors, Baltimore Lab School: James S. Aist, Esq., Elaine H. Christ,
Kent G. Croft, Peter C. Foote, Mariale M. Hardiman, Ed.D., John Magladery, Joseph McAvoy, Gordon M. Stetz, Gregory D. Stewart, Maureen E. Walsh, Marc Wyatt.