Admission to the A. Mario Loiederman Magnet Middle School for Creative
and Performing Arts is based on a choice lottery process for students living inside the Middle School Magnet Consortium, and a lottery process for students living outside the consortium.
Students who attended the following elementary schools are considered in-consortium: Bel Pre,
Brookhaven,
Georgian Forest,
Harmony Hills,
Sargent Shriver,
Strathmore,
Viers Mill,
Weller Road,
and Wheaton Woods. These students choose their preferred consortium middle school - Argyle, Loiederman, or Parkland - in December of their 5th grade year. Many, but not all, in-consortium students receive their first choice school.
Fifth grade students who attend any other school in the county may apply to the lottery process to attend Loiederman. These students also submit choice forms in December of their fifth grade year, and a lottery process is used to select students who receive and invitation to attend. Choice forms
will be available from elementary schools, online, or from the
Division of Consortia Choice and Application Programs Services at
301-649-8081.
Choice forms will be mailed to in-consortium students. Forms for both in and out of consortium students are due in the Consortia office by November 14. They may be mailed to DCCAPS, 11721 Kemp Mill Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20902 or faxed to 301 649 8155. Click here to download an electronic version.
Tentative Choice Process Schedule for 2007-2008
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Oct. |
- Middle school magnet flyer mailed to homes of all MCPS Grade 5 students.
- Evening MSMC information meetings held at select high schools.
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Nov. |
- Open Houses held at Argyle, Loiederman, and Parkland Middle Schools.
- Choice forms mailed to homes of all Grade 5 students who reside within Consortium boundaries.
- Choice forms available from MCPS elementary schools, the Middle School Magnet Consortium website, and the DCCAPS office (301-649-8081) for students who reside outside the Consortium.
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Round One |
Dec.
Jan.
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- Choice forms due.
- Notices mailed to parents confirming receipt of Choice form and verifying choices indicated.
- School assignment letters mailed to homes of Round One participants.
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Round Two |
Mar.
Apr.
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- Choice forms due from new in-consortium grade 5 students and from interested out of consortium students who did not participate in Round One.
- Letters due to DCCAPS office from parents of students who did not receive their first choice school and are requesting that their original Choice form be resubmitted in Round Two.
- Choice forms due from interested Grade 5 students who did not participate in Round One.
- Change of Choice forms due to DCCAPS office from parents of current MSMC Grade 6 and 7 students requesting reassignment to a different MSMC school for next school year. Forms available from MSMC school counseling offices and the Web site, www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/msmagnet/.
- School assignment letters mailed to homes of Round Two participants.
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Appeals |
May |
- School assignment letters mailed to homes of current MSMC students who participated in Change of Choice.
- Letters of appeal due to DCCAPS office from parents of students choosing to appeal the school assignment decision.
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For more information about the Magnet Programs please visit the Middle School Magnet Consortium website or contact our Principal, Ms. Alison Serino, using the link at left or at 301-929-2282
