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St. Mary's County Public Schools

Monday, February 11, 2013
by Don DeHanas, Associate Broker

St. Mary's County Public Schools serves approximately 17,449 students from pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade. One of the ways it accomplishes this tall task is through the support and specialized training of its compassionate teachers, principals and vice principals, and certified guidance counselors.

These skilled educators ply their trade in St. Mary's County's 17 elementary schools, four middle schools and three high schools. Some of the benefits of sending your child to any one of the following schools within the St. Mary's County Public Schools system include its recent successes trumpeted on its website, such as 2012's graduating class earning a total of $20.6 million in scholarships; 2011's graduating class surpassing state and national averages on the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT); and implementing Full-Day Kindergarten one year in advance of the state's mandated 2007 start date.

Here are the individual schools that collectively make up St. Mary's County Public Schools:

Elementary Schools

  • Benjamin Banneker
  • Chesapeake Public Charter
  • Dynard
  • Evergreen
  • George W. Carver
  • Green Holly
  • Greenview Knolls
  • Hollywood
  • Leonardtown
  • Lettie Marshall Dent
  • Lexington Park
  • Mechanicsville
  • Oakville
  • Park Hall
  • Piney Point
  • Ridge
  • Town Creek
  • White Marsh

Middle Schools

  • Chesapeake Public Charter
  • Esperanza
  • Leonardtown
  • Margaret Brent
  • Spring Ridge

High Schools

  • Career and Tech Center
  • Chopticon
  • Fairlead
  • Great Mills
  • Leonardtown
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Charles County Schools Add Online Financial Curriculum

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
by Don DeHanas, Associate Broker

Parents along with local, state and the federal government have been looking at what our children are being taught in public schools for quite some time. From the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to the current debate on charter schools and school vouchers, there is concern about ensuring that students are learning. However, many schools are stepping up to the challenge of teaching in a new way through the use of technology.

The students in Charles County Schools have access to some of this new technology due to a partnership between Charles County Public Schools and the Community Bank of the Tri-County. Jim DiMisa of the CBTC recognized the need for students to have a solid grounding in financial training due to the dangers of credit card debt, uncertainty in the economy and the need to save for retirement.

At no cost to the school, the CBTC works to help create a program of online financial training using the Financial Literacy Platform for High Schools or EverFi™ system. This program is an online tutorial where the students learn in an interactive, visual format. It uses examples taken from real life using a format modeled in part on the popular and recognizable SimCity games. By using this format, the program walks the student through the training in which their financial decisions directly impact their online avatar’s life. These direct impacts bring home the lesson in a way traditional lecture and books simply cannot match.

The students using the program reap the benefits using a format which the United States Air Force found beneficial in its own training. By fashioning the lesson in the form of a familiar game, students learn the program faster so they have more time for learning rather than spending time digesting how to operate the program itself. The familiarity increases retention of the lessons and students enjoy the lesson as well.

The EverFi system trains students on a number of important financial concepts:

  • Use and risk of Credit Cards
  • Budgeting and Managing Debt
  • Savings and Retirement Planning
  • Different Loan types and College financing
  • Home ownership versus renting
  • How the U.S. financial system works
  • Stock trading and how the Stock Exchange works

The overall reaction to the program has been very positive. Teachers enjoy being able to track their students’ progress through the program and they can provide one-on-one lessons as needed. Teachers also found students using the program were more knowledgeable and asked better questions in class. To everyone involved the program has been a win for the Charles County schools, the teachers, students and the community in general.

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