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Friday, May 3, 2013

Oak Hill Receives Seven Seals Award

The award is given to schools that support men and women in the National Guard.

Oak Hill Elementary School has been recognized for its work with the National Guard. The Severna Park school has been honored with the Seven Seals Award. The recognition is for the school’s support of the men and women in the National Guard and Reserve and their children who attend county schools, according to an announcement. The award is sponsored by the Employer Support of The Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense organization established in 1972. Oak Hill has several students whose parents are members of the National Guard and Reserve. The school works to develop and maintain relationships between students, parents, teachers and other school staff. The relationships help increase student achievement and address issues often …

Monday, January 28, 2013

Oak Hill Elementary Home to Super Ravens Fan

The school’s custodian Mike Duvall wears purple everyday and leads the students in Ravens cheers.

If you were to walk by the cafeteria at Oak Hill Elementary on a Friday you would hear cheers and yells of excitement and witness a sea of purple. If you stayed for the dismissal you would hear a Ravens cheer performed by eager students along with a loyal and loveable custodian. Dubbed by parents, students and teachers as a die-hard Ravens fan, 11-year custodian Mike Duvall leads the charge of Ravens excitement at Oak Hill “I wear purple every day, 24/7. I even sleep in my Ravens jersey,” Duvall said. It’s apparent just from the atmosphere at Oak Hill that students and teachers feed off Duvall’s enthusiasm. Principal Deneen Houghton, who is also clad in Ravens attire including fuzzy purple boots, says Duvall is largely responsible for all …

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