High School

Given a choice, Kevin Sargeant says he could do without all of the independence and opportunities that adulthood promises. But adulthood, it seems, is coming for him nonetheless.

There's just something about the solar system that fascinates me. It started when I was about five years old. I couldn't get enough of books and computer programs about planets, moons, and stars. I was even interested in model rockets because, in life-size form, they created a path to the great Milky Way.

Across the country, young adults preparing to enter the workforce are feeling the sting of a tight job market. Competition for employment is stiff for the brightest, most talented youth, much less young adults with learning, emotional and neurological problems.

The playroom of Kennedy Krieger Institute's Achievements program doesn't look like a typical child's playroom. There are no blocks, books, dolls or trucks lining the shelves or scattered about the floor. In fact, the room seems practically devoid of toys, those things that inspire the imaginations of children but it's not.

Adolescence isn't easy it's a tough road filled with all sorts of risky possibilities, from school failure and conflict with parents to more dangerous threats like involvement in drugs and gangs.

For years, people who suffered spinal cord injuries were told that the first six months of their recovery would paint an accurate picture of how they would live the rest of their lives. If a patient recovered any movement, it would probably be in those first few months and, nearly all experts believed, improvement after two years was impossible.

BALTIMORE, MD - Kennedy Krieger School, a nationally recognized facility serving the needs of students with complex multiple learning and behavior disorders, celebrates the accomplishments of one administrator and three students. Renard Adams, a school administrator, has been awarded a $2,000 Diversity Scholarship from the National Association of Private Special Education Centers aimed at assisting young administrators. Mr. Adams, an Owings Mills resident, taught in the middle school prior to becoming an administrator and is currently working at Furman L.

BALTIMORE, MD - Kennedy Krieger High School/Career and Technology Center will be transformed into a mini racing complex on June 12 as students participate in a "Grand Prix Fun Day" from 8 a.m.- 11 a.m. Approximately 100 students, ranging in age from 14 to 21,will rotate through a series of educational "stations," all focused on racing.

BALTIMORE, MD - From 11 am to noon, Tuesday, Nov. 20, the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) will join the children of Kennedy Krieger School, at 1750 E. Fairmount Avenue in East Baltimore, for a check presentation ceremony and Thanksgiving dinner. The RMHC recently contributed $11,460 to Kennedy Krieger for a non-pharmacological pain management clinic for children with chronic illness. The school has invited RMHC for a special program that will include the singing of "God Bless America" and the presentation of McDonald's giant check.