Author: Sam Seliger

Dr. Genee Varlack in File Photo (2011 or 2012) at Guilford Elementary School during an outdoor student music festival. Photo by Ricardo Whitaker
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Varlack Served Forest Ridge and Guilford, Now Retires

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern After more than 30 years as an educator, Dr. Genée  Varlack, principal at Forest Ridge Elementary School, retired last month. Varlack began in Howard County as a teacher at […]

Students and Parents Rally to Keep Music Funding
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Students and Parents Rally to Keep Music Funding

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern The Howard County Board of Education voted Thursday, June 6th, to approve an $894 million budget for the 2020 fiscal year. Included in that plan is full funding for […]

Hammond High School Jazz Band (Photo by Sam Seliger)
Youth

Hammond Honors New Choir Director at Concert

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern After the Hammond High Chamber Choir finished their set of five songs at the Spring Concert on May 7th, a group of seniors stepped down from the risers. These […]

Back (L-R): Heidi Weiss-Beedie (HC Health Department), Noah Connor, Robert Johnson (My Brothers' Keeper), Zhion Perkins (NAACP YC 2nd VP), Dr. Maxine Kellman-Allen (NAACP YC co-advisor), Isaac Allen (NAACP YC VP)
front (L-R): Nadia Camp, Seana Camp (NAACP YC Secretary), Helen Nuttall (NAACP Youth Council co-advisor) Photo by Sam Seliger
Youth

Teens Shoot “Basketballs Instead of Guns”

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern At the NAACP Youth Council second annual Hoopin’ for Teen Health 3-on-3 Co-Ed Charity Basketball Tournament  on Saturday, May 4th, teens and adults alike faced off in basketball games […]

Reservoir High Student Elected to Board of Ed
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Reservoir High Student Elected to Board of Ed

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern On April 24, Howard County students elected Allison Alston of Reservoir High School to be the next Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB). Alston follows in a […]

Photo Courtesy of Hammond High School
Youth

Cast Shines in Hammond’s Cinderella

by Sam Seliger Guilford Gazette Intern In the middle of the second and final act of Cinderella, the Fairy Godmother (played by Isabell Berry) sings “There’s Music In You,” and Prince Topher (Carlos O’Ryan) recognizes […]