Senior Kira Linville Recognized at the CTE Awards 2024
Posted on 05/03/2024
Baltimore County Public Schools held its 50th Annual Career and Technical Education
(CTE) Student Recognition Ceremony on May 1st at the Towson University Arena. The program was live-streamed and is available for online viewing.
During the ceremony, 163 seniors – one student from each
CTE program at each high school – were recognized as exemplary students.
Five students, one from each of the county’s geographical areas, were recognized with annual Anthony
G. Marchione Awards for Excellence in CTE. Recipients of the honor, which comes with a $1,000 prize for
each student, are selected based on career program success, community involvement, and employer or
teacher reference. The 2024 award winners are:
Central Area– Megan Taylor, Dulaney High School
A participant in Dulaney’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning program and the
Apprenticeship Maryland Program, Taylor apprenticed at Advanced Indoor Resources, LLC.
Taylor is president of her school’s Skills USA organization. Her goal is to earn a master’s license
in HVAC through the Associated Builders and Contractors registered apprenticeship program.
Southeast Area – Gurvansh Singh, Dundalk High School
Through Dundalk’s P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) program, Singh
has completed college courses in civil engineering and organized tours for and mentored new PTECH students. The aspiring engineering professor will intern this summer with Whiting-Turner,
KCI Technologies, or RK and K.
Southwest Area – Hamna Hareem, Lansdowne High School
Hareem rose to the level of battalion commander in Lansdowne High’s Army JROTC program.
She seeks to transfer the character and leadership skills gained through JROTC into a career in
business or management.
Northeast Area – Kira Linville, Eastern Technical High School
Kara participated in the Teacher Academy of Maryland program at Eastern Tech and interned
at Bear Creek Elementary School. The aspiring elementary school teacher also mentored
elementary school students and participated in the Educators Rising group.
Northwest Area – Tegan Hakim, Pikesville High School
Hakim studied Information Technology: Computer Science at Pikesville and is completing an
associate degree at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). His internship
supervisors at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab said he successfully completed
advanced professional tasks. In addition, Hakim cofounded a business and authored a chapter in
an educational technologies textbook.