A parade of puppets Friday at Melrose School will feature “Humphrey the Hamster” from the series by Betty G. Birney. It was created by second-grade students in Faith Ucci’s class. The parade will be broadcast on the school’s Facebook page starting at 9:15 a.m. PHOTO BY ANDREA VON HOHENLEITEN Depictions of children’s book characters, including
While details of Gov. Wes Moore’s service year option for high school graduates are still being worked out, there are many other existing service year programs.
The governor has made service one of his top priorities this term, signing an executive order creating the Maryland Department of Civic and Service Innovation on his first full day in office. Moore’s proposed plan for Maryland so far is a unique combination of the service year programs that have come before it.
Setting aside the fact that our founding fathers were largely OK with owning humans and barring women from voting, the United States was founded on some pretty reasonable if not radical ideals. Civic life in this country is predicated on the concept that we don’t have to agree on everything to live together