Lola Russell, LCSW-C, is a school social worker at Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Maryland. Her mission is to help sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students learn to manage their emotions and gain insight into their emotions and behavior, ultimately to achieve academic success. So, she gets...
2021 has been a year to remember! It’s one of those years that seemed to both pass incredibly quickly, and last forever. The Student Support Network team put our heads together to recall our activities and accomplishments month by month, and we invite you to reflect with us. Thank you for...
Please welcome our new Program Coordinator, Kelly Sage! Kelly is no stranger to the Network. She was a key player in our Network Essentials Delivery program during pandemic school closures and has been helping us out ever since. We are excited to bring Kelly on board to manage the daily...
Do you know any of those people who see a need and immediately take action? You know the ones…they’re always dropping off some clothes their kids have outgrown to a neighbor with younger children, they’re the first to sign up to bring a meal to a friend who is grieving, and they never say...
Graduate students are busy people, but Towson University grad student Chloe was not too busy to help out the Network! Chloe partnered with Towson University’s Health Services, the Center for Student Diversity, and the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Center to collect period...
We have welcomed a few new board members to help us as we grow and continue to carry out our mission to help Baltimore County students in need. Meet our new member-at-large, Shalini Morgan! Not only is Shalini a BCPS alum, she has also served the BCPS community for 30 years as a science...
When we sat down with Rob Santoni, Manager of the Weis Markets location in Fullerton Plaza, our first order of business was to seek the answer to a question that has been on Baltimore County residents’ minds since the grocery chain started expanding across our region in the past decade. How do you...
Welcome to the Network Board of Directors, Michael Patz! Michael, Principal at KLNB Commercial Real Estate, lent us his business expertise even before joining the board by creating this heat map of our Network schools and the concentrations of poverty in the County. Read more about Michael...
In any network, an array of parts or people are needed to accomplish the system’s purpose. This is certainly true at the Student Support Network, which wouldn’t function without a variety of volunteers, school principals and administrators, donors, staff members, teachers, and school counselors...
After COVID-19 forced students to learn from home for more than a year, they are now back to school in-person! However, as “normal” as life may seem again for some of us, many students are still living in a state of great and urgent need. We aim to meet the increased needs of students...
Please help us welcome to our Board of Directors, Michelle Corbett! Michelle comes to us from CareFirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield Baltimore and brings along skills in strategic planning and process/policy development to help the Network thrive! Read more about Michelle below: Currently reading? ...
Baltimore Highlands Elementary School Network Baltimore Highlands Elementary School 4200 Annapolis Rd Halethorpe, MD 21227 Lead Volunteers: Justin Knott and Lauren Wills Baltimore Highlands Elementary School joined the Student Support Network in October, 2021, as the Network’s 14th...