STARS to Jeremy

McCord for helping us

to infuse some spirit into

the hallways.

STARS to Kamiya

Davis for helping a

friend.

STARS to Ms.

Milligan, Mr. Belt, and

Ms. Valsing for all their

efforts with the National

Art Honors’ Celebration

of Light event.

Each week, individuals will be

recognized for their contributions

to the school. Staff members

are encouraged to submit acco-

lades that are worthy of the

General’s Star.

Our staff and students strive for

excellence on a daily basis. The

comments listed below represent

some of the recognition for our

staff and students.

STARS to Shuting

(Sarah) Cai for earn-

ing All Eastern status.

She had to be in the top

5% of all of the stu-

dents that auditioned!

STARS to Kayli

Balin, Vaughn Parts,

and Jessica Strassman

for winning an award

for committee excel-

lence at this year's

Princeton Model Con-

gress.

STARS to Jimmy

Esbrandt and John

Stevens for assisting

with a project for

AVID!

STARS to the THS

Jazz Ensemble. They

performed at the SECU

arena on the campus of

Towson University for

the inauguration of Bal-

timore County elected

officials and the County

Executive Kevin Ka-

manetz!

STARS to our Staff, Parents and Students

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STARS - Weekly

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Parents, and Stu-

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The News???

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Towson’s on Twitter!!!

Please follow us @THSGenerals69

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FALS DANCE

“Never get

tired of doing

little things

for others.

Sometimes

those little

things occupy

the biggest

parts of their

hearts.”

-Unknown

December is a great time of the year for the FALS/CALS program.

Each year the Towson FALS program sponsors one of the most antici-

pated events for our Special High school students, the county wide

Winter Ball for the FALS/CALS high school programs.

This year, the dance is being held on December 10th. This year’s theme

is “Warm Hugs and Snowflakes.” The dance is being held at the lodge

at Oregon Ridge in Hunt Valley. Stu-

dents from all over Baltimore County

come for a fun filled dance that helps

builds self esteem and social skills. Last

year, over 250 students partied the day

away with music provided by a profes-

sional DJ, Pizza from Season’s Pizza

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and games. This year we are expecting almost 300 students from BCPS high

schools and special schools.

We are excited to announce that the Best Buddies sponsors will be accompanying

the students to assist with the production and running of the dance. The Best Bud-

dies program is a national program that matches special needs students with non-

disabled peers. The Best Buddies program started at the end of last year and now

includes over 30 Towson High students.

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Have You Heard

the News????

Jazz Ensemble The following Jazz Ensemble students performed at the Inauguration of the County

Executive on Monday, December 1st at Towson University’s SECU Arena.

Zakir Bulmer Jakob Coburn

Henri Colombat Thomas Davlin

Ryan Foretich Michal Herman

Zachary Jablow Miranda Janello

Dana Kaftol John Mardari

Evan McLaughlin Jack Morgan

Vaughn Parts Luke Powers

Brian Seyler Christian Sorteberg

Matthew Vorsteg

Blood Drive The blood drive is coming back! This year, the annual Towson High School blood

drive will be held on February 25. The blood drive gives students the amazing oppor-

tunity to help someone who desperately needs aid. Every day, more than 41,000

blood donations are needed and someone is in need of blood every two seconds in the

United States. And donating just one pint of blood can save up to three lives! The

process of giving blood is completely safe and reliable. To learn more about how

blood donations work, visit http://

www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/donation-

process. In order to donate, you must be healthy

and at least seventeen-years-old. To get a full list of

requirements for eligibility, see http://

www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-

http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/donation-processhttp://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/donation-processhttp://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/donation-processhttp://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirementshttp://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements

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Student of the Month The THS Student Recognition Committee has started a Student of the Month campaign. Each

month, teachers will nominate deserving students based on a particular character trait. Septem-

ber’s character trait was responsibility. A council of teachers on the committee read the nomi-

nations and chose the winners! Winners will receive a THS t-shirt and a certificate.

1st Quarter Winner .......................................................Zachary Caplan

Congratulations to Zachary and thank you to all the teachers for nominating deserving students.

Zachary received nominations from Mrs. DiMino, Mr. Ridgely, Mr. Smith and Mrs. White.

Wow!!

December’s character trait is Respect For Others.

Have You Heard the News???? Continued

Senior News SENIOR NIGHT LIVE! This is a fun evening in February where our Seniors showcase their

talent! Share your talent today!

FUNDRAISING. Congratulations to our fundraising top seller: Akira Smith. Akira sold

over $800 in products for the senior class. Thank you to all of our other sellers as well;

lots of free prom tickets were earned.

CAP AND GOWNS. If you missed the cap and gown order date, you can still order

online: Visit www.nrpatlantic.com. Your order must be placed by January to receive the

early bird price of $9.90. After January, the price goes back to the regular price of $30.

GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS. You can still order graduation announcements online

as well. Visit www.balfour.com.

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Art Department The National Art Honor’s Society and the Art Department would like to extend a

big “thank you” to artist, Amanda Burnham, who has

been working with our students to create a community

inspired drawing installation in the art hallway. Burn-

ham, a design professor at Towson

University has been working with

area schools to create collaborative

works using simple drawing tech-

niques that are transformed through

a larger than life scale and three di-

mensional use of space. Responding

to the prompt, “what are the compo-

nents that make your community?” students created a

variety of drawings ranging from important local land-

marks to the textures and topography in our

everyday surroundings. We also included vis-

ual response to the Waverly and Baltimore

community based on a NAHS sponsored field

trip to the32nd street farmer’s market. If you

have a chance, be sure to check

out our students’ work on the

third floor!

Have You Heard the News????

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Continued Have You Heard the News???? Music News Senior musician Sarah Cai sings soprano and has been selected to perform with the ALL EAST-

ERN CHORUS! She’s one of the very finest sopranos from the entire EASTERN seaboard of the

United States. Wow!

Senior musician Mari Wetherington sings alto and has been selected to perform with the NA-

TIONAL HONORS CHORUS! She’s one of the very finest alto voices in the UNITED STATES!

Whoa!

MARYLAND JUNIOR ALL STATE

BAND, ORCHESTRA, AND CHORUS WINNERS

FROM THS

Andrew Schuck -------------- French Horn

Rey Sasaki ---------------------------- Violin

Mason Miller-Breetz ---------------- Tenor

Alex Chrvala --------------------------- Bass

Julia Batavick -------------------------- Alto

Congratulations to our talented 9th grade musicians!

Winter Concert Dates:

Thursday, December 11 at 7 pm ................................................ String Orchestras, Full Orchestra

Tuesday, December 16 at 7 pm ............ Wind Ensembles, Percussion Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble

Thursday, December 18 at 7pm ................................................................................ Choral groups

Please celebrate the season and attend!

On December 1st the THS Jazz Ensemble performed at the SECU arena on the campus of Tow-

son University for the inauguration of Baltimore County elected officials and the County Execu-

tive Kevin Kamanetz! They performed brilliantly and represented our schools like true Generals!

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Have You Heard the News???? Continued

NAHS Celebration of Light

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Have You Heard the News???? Continued

NAHS Celebration of Light (Continued)

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Instructions for Installing Microsoft Office 365 1) Open Internet Explorer or another Web browser.

2) Enter www.bcps.org/Office365 in the address bar. 3) At the Sign in screen, login with your full BCPS username “abcdef@bcps.org” and your internal pass-

word.

4) On the Installation page, make sure the Language is set to “English (United States)” and then click in-

stall. NOTE: By default Office 365 installs the 32-bit version-Do Not Change. BCPS does not recommend

installing the 64-bit installation due to compatibility issues.

5) At the bottom of the screen, select Run.

6) Follow the prompts and accept the license agreement.

7) When you see “You’re good to go,” select “All Done!”.

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Instructions for Installing Microsoft Office 365 1) Open Internet Explorer or another Web browser.

2) Enter www.bcps.org/Office365 in the address bar. 3) At the Sign in screen, login with your full BCPS

username “abcdef@bcps.org” and your internal pass-

word.

4) On the Installation page, make sure the Language is set to “English

(United States)” and then click install. NOTE: By default Office 365 installs

the 32-bit version-Do Not Change. BCPS does not recommend installing the

64-bit installation due to compatibility issues.

5) At the bottom of the screen, select Run.

6) Follow the prompts and accept the license agreement.

7) When you see “You’re good to go,” select “All Done!”.

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If you have any issues installing the software, or would like instructions for install-

ing Office 365 on Apple or mobile devices, please click the “Troubleshoot Installa-

tion” link on the main installation page.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

December 9 Financial Aid Planning Night - 6:30 pm, Auditorium

11 Winter Concert - Strings - 7:00 pm, Auditorium

(Strings Orchestra, Full Orchestra)

12 Interim Report Distributed

16 Winter Concert - Ensembles - 7:00 pm, Auditorium

(Wind Ensembles, Percussion Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble)

18 Winter Concert - Choral Groups - 7:00 pm, Auditorium

24-31 Winter Holiday - No School for Students and Staff

January 1-2 New Year’s Holiday - No School for Students and Staff

5 School Resumes

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Towson High School

69 Cedar Ave

Towson, MD 21286

PHONE: 410-887-3608

FAX: 410-583-1375

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