Pikesville Has Award-Winning Week, Patch Debuts Library Column — Jan. 9-15

Awards abounded last week for students at Pikesville Middle and High schools, and one teacher at Woodholme Elementary School in Pikesville.

Also last week, Pikesville Police/ Precinct 4 announced they need help finding a suspect in an attempted murder; and Pikesville Patch debuts a column dedicated to the Pikesville Branch Library.

Through her column, longtime Pikesville resident Ruth Goldstein reveals her passion for the community, and for one of its most popular gathering places.

And The Day School at Baltimore Hebrew announced it will show a documentary film Feb. 1 that helps parents find ways for their children to de-stress from the pressures of education.

For details and links to these stories, read on:

Teacher honored

On Wednesday, Jan. 12, the foundation that hands out the national award known as "The Oscars of Teaching," visited our own Woodholme Elementary School to bestow the title of "Milken Educator" on McKinley Broome, 27, a fourth-grade teacher.

Several VIPs from the state Department of Education, Baltimore County Schools, and the Milken Family Foundation of Santa Monica, Calif., attended the ceremony that was a surprise for Broome.

McKinley gets $25,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles to meet other Milken educators. Read Pikesville Patch's article "McKinley Broome Wins National Milken Foundation Award." 

And, the Milken Family Foundation of Santa Monica, Calif., has also posted a video of the Woodholme ceremony on its website. Click here to watch the video.

Content of Character Awards

Pikesville Middle School student Austin Groom III, a resident of Owings Mills, was one of four recipients of the county's Content of Character Award on Friday, Jan. 14.

Read the article: "Baltimore County Residents Honored at Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Ceremony."

Cheerleading Win

Students on the Pikesville High School junior varsity cheerleading team took first place Friday, Jan. 14 at the Hereford Winter Cheerleading Invitational.

New Patch Contributor Scott Serio presents about 20 photographs from the competition, including photos of the PHS varsity team, Hereford, Oakland Mills, Marriott's Ridge, Eastern Tech and the Frederick Cadets teams.

To read the article and scroll through the slideshow, click here: "Pikesville Junior Varsity Cheerleading Scores a Win at Hereford Invitational."

Library, column open

Even on county schools' snow days, the library is open, explains "Good Librations" columnist Ruth Goldstein.

Goldstein, a writer and community advocate, is a lifelong Pikesville resident.

In addition to her undergraduate training in creative writing and journalism, Ruth is also a registered nurse with more than 25 years of professional experience. She is working on her master's degree in nonfiction writing from Johns Hopkins University.

Goldstein also enjoys vegetarian cooking for her family and friends and is writing a cookbook based on her original recipes and experiences.

Attempted murder suspect

On Tuesday, Jan. 11, Patch's Police Blotter published a report about a man who was shot while getting off a bus Jan. 7.

By the end of the week, the Baltimore County Police ask the public for help finding the suspect.

To find out where this happened, other details, and how you can help, visit the stories: Police Blotter — Jan. 11, 2011; and "Police Seek Attempted Murder Suspect."

Kids stressed, depressed?

Here's a documentary film that Gerri Chizeck, head of school for The Day School at Baltimore Hebrew, says every parent of school-age children should see: "Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture."

The school will show the film at 7 p.m. Feb. 1. For tickets, visit http://rtnbaltimorehebrew.eventbrite.com.