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Argyle Magnet Middle School for Information Technology

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Argyle Magnet Middle School for Information Technology offers students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 a rigorous academic program focused on the development and application of information technology. All Grade 6 and 7 students take a year-long comprehensive technology course and earn national technology certifications. All Grade 8 students will enroll in a minimum of one technology elective. In addition, students may opt to take an additional elective courses specializing in hardware, Web development, programming, or digital media. Grade 8 technology electives will include opportunities for high-school-level coursework. Limited seats are available to those who live outside of the MSMC consortium.

bullet pointPart of the Middle School Magnet Consortium
  • Challenging courses in accelerated mathematics?
  • Computers, video games, digital cameras, animation, programming, Web site design?
  • Learning new information and solving problems using technology tools such as computers and digital cameras?
  • Creating computer digital art?

What schools offer this program?

School The Program at this School Admission Region Transportation

Argyle MS

Contact school for more information: 301-460-2400

Admission to the Argyle Magnet School for Information Technology is based on a lottery process. Students who live within the Argyle, Loiederman, and Parkland Consortium area participate in the Choice process through information shared at their local elementary school in Grade 5. For students outside of the consortium area, Choice forms are available at the elementary schools, on the Middle School Magnet Consortium web site or from the Division of Consortia Choice and Application Program Services, 301-649-8081.

MCPS provides transportation from the local Consortium area and from central stops in the Rockville, Walter Johnson and Bethesda-Chevy Chase high school clusters for students in the Argyle MS, Loiederman MS, and Parkland MS magnet programs.

Choice forms and information
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation

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