NEWS and INFORMATION

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Independent Living Home to be held January 26, 2012

Thanks to the generous support of Baltimore County, the Middendorf Foundation Inc. and L.H. Cranston, Inc., MSB will celebrate the grand opening of a new student independent living home on January 26 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1:00 p.m. The rancher style house will be home to 6-8 older students who will learn activities of daily living while attending the school. 

Click here to read about the ground breaking for MSB's new Independent Living Home in the East County Times

Click here to read the December issue of "Eye on Maryland" newsletter

The Maryland State Department of Education and The Maryland School for the Blind

will be hosting the Maryland Regional Braille Challenge on Saturday, February 11, 2012

Students who read braille in grades Prekindergarten through Grade 12 can participate in the Maryland Regional Braille Challenge reading and writing contests.

Parents and siblings can participate in workshops while students are taking the tests. 

WHEN:     Saturday, February 11, 2012 (Snow date:  February 25, 2011)

TIME:        8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

WHERE:    The Maryland School for the Blind

                    3501 Taylor Avenue

                    Baltimore, MD  21236

 For more information or to register, contact:  Lisa Wright at 410-767-0812 or lwright@msde.state.md.us

Click here for family registration packet                               

Click here for volunteer registration packet

      
Archived MSB News:

February 2011  Maryland Regional Braille Challenge held at MSB

January 2011   Maryland School for the Blind Students Visit Chesapeake Therapeutic Riding

January 2011   Bill Introduced By Senator Mikulski Signed Into Law

Sept. 2, 2010    MSB Alum and Former Staffer Chris Baugh Earns Melvin Jones Fellow Award

August 2, 2010 MSB President Dr. Michael J. Bina receives Ambrose M. Shotwell Memorial Award

August 4, 2010  MSB Staff Member, Michael Plummer Fulbright-Hays Award One Year Review

June 24, 2010  Teen's Birthday Party Benefits MSB Student, Wayne Gopshes

June 7, 2010   Second Annual MSB Science Fair Winners    Photos

May 27, 2010    Taste of hardship offers a poignant lesson at Hiss

May 19, 2010  MSB Competes in EAAB Track Tournament in Boston

May 20, 2010  Are You a Do Bee? MSB Celebrates Miss Nancy's Day with the Claster Family

May 11, 2010  MSB Celebrates Field Day & Preakness (MSB News)   Photos

May 10, 2010  It's Preakness Week! (ABC2 News)

May 7, 2010   Review: School Musical, The Jungle Book (MSB News)    Photos 

May 7, 2010   MANSEF Curriculum and Library Media Specialists Meeting Photos  Presentation

MSB President, Dr. Bina on Good Morning Maryland (ABC2 News)

Watch MSB in Action at Warren Elementary for Disability Awareness Month! (ABC 2 News)