The open house dates and times for Our Lady of Grace School, 18310 Middletown Road, in Parkton, were inadvertently left out of our 2008 private school listing. Our Lady of Grace School, which serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade, will hold open houses on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m., and Tuesday, Nov. 18, [...]
Archive for October, 2008
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008Please Touch Museum is well worth the drive
Thursday, October 30th, 2008The next time your family starts itching for a day trip, point the car north on Interstate 95 and make a bee line for Philadelphia and the recently reopened Please Touch Museum. The 32-year-old museum recently reopened after an $88 million restoration of Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park — the last major building remaining from [...]
Free book program starts with a Milkshake
Thursday, October 30th, 2008What goes great with a good book to read? How about Milkshake — the band, not the drink, silly. And it’s an even sweeter deal when the book and the concert are both free. This fall The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore has been registering families for the PJ Library, a program that provides [...]
The end of segregation on display at museum
Thursday, October 30th, 2008If you want to give your kids a better understanding of the injustices of segregation and what was needed to overcome it, there’s a new exhibit opening at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum that will do just that. “Courage: The Vision to End Segregation, the Guts to Fight For It” is currently on exhibit at [...]
Get Up & Go Howard County
Thursday, October 30th, 2008The following listings contain events taking place in Howard County, Md. For more listings, including other events in the county and around the greater Baltimore area, click the link at the bottom of this page. STORY TIMES Note: Story times are free and require registration one week in advance unless noted. > B&O Railroad Museum [...]
Get Up & Go
Thursday, October 30th, 2008STORY TIMES Note: Story times are free and require registration one week in advance unless noted. > National Aquarium in Baltimore Pier 3, 501 Pratt St. Wednesdays 9:30-11:30 a.m. Ages 2-5. Included with regular admission. Adults, $21.95; Seniors, $20.95; Ages 3-11, $14.95; Ages 3 and under, free. 410-476-3833 or www.aqua.org > B&O Railroad Museum 901 [...]
Helpful tips to keep from bumbling along
Thursday, October 30th, 2008There are two articles in this issue that offer tips to parents. One helps you find a pediatrician, the other, a preschool. My method for both has been less than scientific. I think I fall into the category of bumbling parent. Luckily though, I’ve gotten it right in both regards, though it’s taken a couple [...]
What’s Up Doc?
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Q My kids spent the whole day with kids we later learned had lice. I decided to treat them before I even saw one lice. Does this work to prevent the lice, or should I have waited to be sure they had them? Since lice do not cause any infections or health hazards, I usually [...]
The Perfect Pediatrician
Thursday, October 30th, 2008It wasn’t until well after she had found a family pediatrician that Patsy Anderson of Catonsville fully grasped what an important decision it was. “My son was diagnosed with lung disease at age 4,” she said of her now teenaged son. “I didn’t know at the time how important it would be to choose someone [...]