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Diploma Misspelled

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

County Diplomas Bear Spelling Error

The diplomas of at least two Prince George's County Public School high schools contained a misspelling of the word "program."

Hot on the heels of the Scripps National Spelling Bee comes an epic spelling gaffe out of Prince George’s County Public Schools.  The diplomas of PGCPS high school seniors, including Northwestern High School, contain a blatant spelling error, misspelling the word “program” as “progam,” omitting the second “r.” PGCPS Communications Director Briant Coleman confirmed today in that the misspelling appeared on all county high school diplomas, and was the result of a vendor error. He also said PGCPS became aware of the misspelling sometime last week, and that all students and parents have been notified of the error.  The vendor, National Quality Products, located in Fairfax, VA, will pay for the reprinting of the diplomas and mail them to the …

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