Choose Success! The Middle School Magnet Consortium (MSMC) is made up of three schools -- Argyle, Loiederman, and Parkland middle schools -- each of which offers an innovative and challenging magnet curriculum. Argyle focuses on advanced information technology; Loiederman offers a creative and performing arts focus; and Parkland provides students the opportunity to explore math and science through aerospace technology and robotic engineering.
Admission is based upon a Choice process open to all Montgomery County students who are currently in Grade 5. See Choice Process for details. Interested parents are invited to attend one of six October/November information meetings to learn more about the three magnet schools.
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Notification Letters for Round 2 Process
Thank you to students who participated in the Round 2 Choice process! Notification letters will be mailed in mid-April. Round 2 Frequently Asked Questions
Appeal information is included in the notification letters of those who were not selected or did not get their first choice. MSMC appeal letters are due to the office of the Division of Consortia Choice and Application Program Services (DCCAPS) by Friday, May 2, 2008.
SPRING MEETINGS
All Grade 7 students and their parents who reside and/or attend middle school in the NEC or DCC are invited to an evening information meeting to learn about high school Consortia options and application programs for students and the Choice process, which will take place in the fall of Grade 8.
For information about the NEC, attend the meeting at Benjamin Banneker Middle School on Thursday, April 24, 2008, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
For information about the DCC, attend one of the following meetings, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.: Newport Mill MS on Thursday, May 1 or Parkland MS on Thursday, May 15. The same information will be presented at both meetings.
Parents of students living in the Middle School Magnet Consortium area who would like their child to attend a middle school outside of the Consortium should contact their child's current school counselor. Requests for out-of-area student transfers must follow the MCPS transfer policy. The MCPS official "transfer season" is from February 1 through April 1. Decisions on transfer requests are made after April 1. Therefore, all Consortium students should have submitted a Choice form.
Students who choose
Parkland will specialize
in rigorous mathematics and science focused on the
problem-solving requirements of aerospace and robotic
engineering.
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