Automotive Technology students in Sollers’ garage.

In This Issue

Program Spotlight

Upcoming Events

Sollers Activities and

Recognitions =

Principal’s Message

All A’s and Perfect

Attendance for Quar-

ter 2

Spotlight on Automotive Technology The 2017-2018 school year has been an exciting time in the Auto Technolo-gy program. This year the focus is apply shop tasks to industry certifications. Students are able to learn a skill by doing theory work on systems and then applying thes theory to hands-on dismantling and repairing these systems. This leads to general and advanced diagnostics of systems. Level 1 students began by learning tool names, how to repair broken fasten-ers, basic internal combustion engine principles, oil change service, basic electrical service and diagnostic, brake systems repair and diagnostics. Level 2 students are learning advanced tire/wheel repair in addition to the repair and diagnostics of ignition systems, they learn fuel emissions, ex-haust, steering and suspension systems, as well as advanced engine diag-nostics in relation to engine performance. Students will also teardown and re-build an engine. All students this year will be taking their ASE (Automotive Service Excel-lence) exams in addition to five SP-2 exams. Students in both levels will cre-ate a career portfolio consisting of a cover letter, resume’, job references, and a compilation of all of their certifications. The portfolio will help assist the students when they are getting jobs their senior year.

1901 Delvale Avenue Dundalk , MD 21222 February 2018

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Sollers Point

Technical High School

Upcoming Events

School Closings President’s Day—Observed, Monday February 19th

Upcoming Magnet Infor-mation The BCPS Magnet Of-fice will be reviewing assessments and ap-plications for the in-coming 2018-2019 Sollers’ students. Letters will be sent sometime in March as to the results. Upcoming Changes to the BCPS Magnet website: Please be aware, the BCPS Magnet Web site URL is changing. While the existing Magnet Programs website (www.bcps.org/offices/omp) is still active, we don’t expect it to be for very long. The new Mag-net Programs Web site URL is: http://dci.bcps.org/department/innovative_learning/educational_options/magnet_programs.

Principal’s Message for February 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians: Baltimore County Public Schools is interested in your opinion about Sollers Point Tech. This survey is voluntary, responses are confidential, so feel free to be honest. Your responses will be grouped and reported with the responses of others in your identified stakeholder group (e.g., student, parent/guardian, community member, etc.). Your feedback will be taken seriously as we seek to identify opportunities for increasing satisfaction and performance within BCPS. Sollers Point Tech appreciates and values your feedback. The survey is located at http://www.bcps.org/teamBCPS/stakeholder/ and will take approximately 5 minutes or less to complete. Congratulations to our students who achieved all A’s and/or perfect attendance for the second marking period (see page 3). Thank you for your commitment to Sollers Point and each of your respective home schools. This is a tremendous accomplish-ment! A student listing is included in this edition of the February newsletter. January 22 to March 29 (3rd quarter) marks the longest stretch of uninter-rupted instruction in the school cal-endar. The only scheduled day off is February 19, 2018 – President’s Day. We also began the second se-mester with new classes and oppor-tunities for many of our CTE magnet classes. Congratulations to our 10th grade for earning the first credit in their CTE magnet program and we wish you continued success through the remainder of the year. (continued on the next page)

Congratulations to Mr. Choi. He has been selected as our 2018 BCPS and Dundalk Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year (TOY) candidate. Mr. Choi has worked at Sollers Point since 2013 as a Chemistry and Pro-ject Lead the Way (PLTW) Biomedical Science instructor. Mr. Choi will represent Sollers Point at the annual awards ceremonies in April and May. Thanks,

Michael Weglein Principal

PERFECT ATTENDANCE—Quarter 2

Aliza Aamrin, Muhammed Ahmed, Iyanuoluka Akinlade, Johnny Aldana, Aleksi Angel, Oluwapelumi Arebisola, Di-allo Barry, Noah Baumann, Derek Bennett, Edward Bertrand, Taylor Blankenship, Chance Cadle, Domi-nic Carey, Parker Carlsen, Brianna Christian, Regina Colmore, Nathan Cook, Stephen Costello, Zachary Crall, Trevor Darby, Matthew DeBellis, Matthew Deloach, Virginia Diehl, Kayla Dietrich, Damilola Dipe, Jillian Dunphy, Jordan Durant, Hannah Edwards, Joshua Eney, Jordan Fisher, Matthew Fogle, John Freeman, Jr., Jacob Fuller, Alexandria Gardner, Maria Gelido, Dasan Green Wilks, Justin Groth, Alyssa Grubb, Caylie Hafner, Matthew Hampton, Stephanie Hernandez-Torres, Philip Hoffman, Sieanna Hol-stein, Matthew Jachimski-Barber, Chase Jackson, Rebecca Jaquay, Leeah Johnson, Christian Julian, Mohamed Kaaouach, Imani Keene, William Kelly, Seth Kolb, Bennett Lane, Sydney Lane, Gregory Law-son, Jr. , Julian Leon, Katherine Madzarac, Lawrence Magill, Jada Malone, Leah Mayfield, Nathan McAl-ister, Nathaniel Meehan, Talib Muhammad, Kenneth Murray, Desiree Mwangi, Alyssa Myers, Imran Naseem, Emma Nukolczak, Chizaram Onoh, Matthew Paul, Damien Pugh, Courtney Rode, Angel Rodri-guez, Kristen Sanders, Gurdeep Sandhu, Matthew Saunders, Matthew Schwartz, Eric Sears, Brooke Sherman, Trevor Smith, Xavier Smith, Rhianna Stitt, Serena Stump, Jacob Swink, Harle Tawney, Ashley Taylor, Destiny Taylor, Abilene Torres-Romero, Fernando Velasquez, Ivy Vollman, Gregory Walker, Jr. , Brandon Williams, Kelly Winkler, Caroline Woodring, and Dennis Zelaya.

All A’s and Perfect

A Celebration of All A’s – Congratulations goes to...

Freshmen - Marian Ambrosino, Nora Auma, Jacob Dempsey, Nicholas Dernoga, Scarlett Dowling, Quincy Fevry, Adria Fialkowski, Dakota, Finiff, Gur-kamal Kaur, Sandra Keyes, Jaa Ebony McDonald, Jordan Schultz and Caroline Woodring

Sophomores - Oluwapelumi Arebisola, Autumn Blackwell, Destiny Chamberlain, Madison Harris, Alexandra Hege, Susan-nah Kontyko, Melina Lawton and Ariana Procopiou.

Juniors - Aliza Aamrin, Kylie Arnold, Taylor Blankenship, Alan-na Carter, Alyssa Dasalla, Lena Deaver-Diaz, Guido Guar-naccia, Leeah Johnson, Matthew Paul, Angelina Pisani, Aman-da Proctor, and Emalee Travagline.

Seniors - Brooke Dodge, Sydney Lewis, Kylie Ober, Princess Hadassah Sims, Savannah Thomas, Ronald Viands and Kenneth Wright.

Southeast Area Education Advisory Council Meeting

Please join us on

Monday, February 26, 2018 in the

Oliver Beach ES Library.

Everyone is welcome.

Topic:

Restorative Practices & Safety

Presented by:

Patricia Mustipher, Coordinator, School Social Work and

Responsive Student Programming

Michael Gorecki, Norwood Behavior Interventionist

Kelly Rudd Safran, Manager, School Safety

Please arrive early.

Presentation begins promptly at 7 pm.

Parents, students, guardians as well as community members are welcome to attend.

If you are interested in learning more about our topic or have any questions regarding Baltimore County Public

Schools, please plan on attending.

After the presentation, the Advisory Council meets and we welcome input from our local stakeholders.

If you are interested in joining the Southeast Advisory Council, we are looking for additional members. Please attend

the meeting or contact Jackie Brewster jbrews1@earthlink.net for more information.

Next month’s meeting is

Monday, March 26, 2018 at 7 pm in the

Patapsco HS & Center for the Arts Library

Construction Update

Sollers Point Staff: - If you have students that have flu/cold like symptoms please send them to the health suite.

Staying Healthy During Cold and Flu Season

***WASH YOUR HANDS***

Alert: During the week ending January 13, 2018 (MMWR Week 2), influenza-like illness (ILI) intensity was HIGH and there was WIDESPREAD geographic activity of influenza in Maryland.

The Flu Is Contagious - Most healthy adults may be able to infect other people beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick. Symptoms start 1 to 4 days after the virus enters the body. That means that you may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick. Some people can be infected with the flu virus but have no symptoms. During this time, those persons may still spread the virus to others. (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/spread.htm)

How can you tell the difference between a common cold versus the seasonal flu?

http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/cdc/flu/cold-flu-comparison.pdf

The flu is spread by droplets and can spread from people up to 3-6 feet away – i.e. flu cough, sneeze or talking. You might be able to get the flu by touching a surface or object that has the flu virus on it and then touching your own mouth or nose.

How to avoid:

Avoid people that are sick or have the flu.

Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.

WITH A COLD

Symptoms are usually less severe than flu symptoms

Symptoms develop gradually over a few days.

You rarely have a fever.

You feel sick mostly in your head and nose.

Body aches, headaches and pain are usually mild if you have them.

You may or may not feel tired and weak

There is no vaccine to protect you.

Colds generally do not result in serious health problems, such as pneumonia, bacterial infec-tions, or hospitalizations.

WITH THE FLU:

Symptoms are usually more severe than cold symptoms

Symptoms come on quickly and severely.

You almost always have a fever

Your entire body feels sick

Body aches, headaches and pain are com-mon and can be severe.

Tiredness and weakness are common.

You can get vaccine to protect yourself!

The flu can result in serious health problems, such as pneumonia, bacterial infections, or hospitalizations