Did your mother say “Eat your ________, there are hungry kids in __________” at the dinner table growing up? It didn’t make sense to me as a child — after all, if I didn’t eat my grilled cheese in Maryland, a hungry little girl 8,000 miles away wasn’t going to get it! Today, with my role at...
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...
When I sent that fateful message out on NextDoor in early December of 2015, asking for volunteers to help five families in need at Loch Raven High School, I had absolutely no idea what would happen. When my mailbox exploded for the next few days and donations came pouring in, it was clear that...
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...
Over the past 15 years, the percentage of BCPS students in low-income families* has increased by 60%, from 33% in 2006-07 to 53% in 2020-21. (*Students in low-income families are defined as those that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, F/R). 📈All schools within the Network...
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...