By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com This July, roughly 23 local public school educators are set to participate in the Maryland Chamber Foundation’s Teacher Externship Program. The four-week program, running […]
Category: High School
Teens Make History With 3rd Consecutive Win at Harvard Debate Competition
Nationwide via Blacknews.com — For the third year in a row, a team of African American students known as The Atlanta Great Debaters, defended and won the championship title for […]
Wallace Announces Independent Campaign for Mayor
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com The process of counting the votes to determine who the Democratic nominee to be the next Mayor of Baltimore officially begins with the […]
DCIAA Review: Gonzaga Beats Wilson For DC State Title
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The D.C. State Athletic Association Class AA boys’ basketball championship game gave Wilson High School a chance to erase the memory of […]
Poly Teams Win City Titles
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO After its boys and girls basketball teams were once again victorious in the city championships, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute continues to reign as a […]
High School Basketball: This Season at a Glimpse
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO The 2019-20 basketball season proved that Baltimore City is home to one of the richest sports cultures in the region, and the highly […]
Oblate Sisters of Providence
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO The Oblate Sisters of Providence are celebrating 190 years of service this year and are still going strong. I first met them […]
Riverdale Baptist Wins Another Baseball Championship
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com For as much success as the Riverdale Baptist high school baseball program has enjoyed over the past 40 years, this year’s championship […]
Graves Blends Teams At Riverdale Baptist
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com In an alternate universe, Riverdale Baptist first-year baseball coach Aaron “Hercules” Graves has made a name for himself mixing beats as a national satellite radio […]
37 D.M.V. High School Students Receive $2,500 UNCF Scholarship
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) continued to celebrate its 75th anniversary this week by giving away 37 scholarships, worth $2,500 each, to D.M.V. […]
Baltimore Students March Against Gun Violence
Hundreds of students from area high schools walked out of their classrooms today and took to the streets of East Baltimore to protest gun violence. Students from schools including Paul […]
St. Johns, Georgetown Visitation Take Home Washington D.C. High School Titles
With just under than five minutes left in the D.C. State Athletic Association (DCSAA) boys’ basketball championship game, and St. John’s trailing Gonzaga by two points, Jeffrey Dowtin Jr. knew […]