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A+ Partners in Education


In September 2002, Howard County Library and the Howard County Public School System launched a groundbreaking county-wide initiative: A+ Partners in EducationSM. Our vision is to expand the educational opportunities and enhance the academic achievement of each student. Our mission is to ensure every Howard County Public School System student has and uses a Howard County Library card to borrow materials and access e-resources. Since its inception, numerous libraries and schools have requested information about how to replicate such a partnership. Howard County Library and the Howard County Public School System celebrate the remarkable accomplishments achieved during the A+ Partners in Education initiative, which expanded in 2007 to include Howard Community College. More about A+ Partners... 

STEM
A launching point in the STEM pipeline of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers to fill high-tech BRAC-related jobs, Howard County Library delivers an impressive line-up of STEM-related classes for pre-school, elementary school, and middle school students. The series, which teaches science, technology, engineering, and math concepts through children's literature and experiments, includes Fall into Science, Having a Ball with Chemistry, Make an Impact, Go Figure, Robotics Fair, and Everyday Engineering. Watch a video about the Library's STEM-related classes.

The Library's A+ Curriculum Enhancement guides, source (quarterly classes and events guide), and online calendar list the STEM classes, which Library instructors teach at the Library for the general public, and in school classrooms as part of A+ Partners in Education.

Howard County Library Spelling Bee
Sign up for the 2010 Howard County Library Spelling Bee. Details.

Battle of the Books
Sign up for the 2010 Battle of the Books. Details.

Word Up!
Congratulations to the winners of the 2009 Word Up! poetry competition. Details.

Summer Reading Club
Sign up today for the Library's summer reading clubs and earn prizes for reading. Details.