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Panther of the Month Awards for September 2008


9th Grade - Brian Hart

10th Grade - Allison Heuber

11th Grade - Kevin Maszkiewicz

12th Grade - Malcolm Wyche

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Paint Branch High School
HONOR ROLL
4th Grading Period – June 2008

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Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
Abangma, Yaya O
Abdelwhab, Hind
Acheampong, Valerie S
* Adams, Sara
* Ahmad, Sobia
Ahmad, Tanzeel M
Akamune, Joycelyn I
* Akinnola, Ifeolu A
Allen, Madison K
Aluko, Mosopefoluwa E
Amanuel, Medhane T
Ambroise, Marthe A
Amenabar, Edwin A
Awojoodu, Olusola J
Aylay, Elenor
Barbagallo, Taylor G
Barela, Melinda R
* Belina, Detti H
Bishop, Cory A
* Bose, Sanchita
Brady, William C
* Brown, Tyler M
Buvawala, Vivien M
Calhoun, Briana N
Camara, Saffie S
Chakroborty, Soumik
Chen, Jeremy M
Chen, Jessica L
Cho, Eunice H
* Chung, Judith D
Connolly, Erin E
Conrad, Chelsey J
Dang, Christina N
Delgado, Xochilt N
Dement, Paige M
Dively, Angela M
Do, Magdalene Q
Dohvoma, Lydia P
* Dominah, Gifty A
Drameh, Aji M
Duah, Xavier
Edge, Kelsey A
Esquig, Teddy Jane D
Fitta, Meron A
Giron, Noemi B
Glatt, Samuel B
Goldberg, Barrett L
* Grady, Rebecca B
Granny, Olivia
Haje, Dylan A
Han, Edward S
* Hasan, Syed M
* Hauprich, Katrina L
* Heralal, Sangeeta
Herrfurth, Mattias G
Heuber, Allison
* Hollis, Rachel E
Hussein, Hamda A
Johnson, Melissa L
Johny, Angeline
Jones, Courtney E
* Joseph, Sebastian M
Joshi, Rohit
Kalsi, Amy
Keane, Jeffrey B
Khan, Sabrina
Lee, Tiana R
Lewis, Cherisse
* Lively, Brett H
Lopes, Niloricard A
Lubin, George-Ann
Madden, Anna F
Malca-Chavez, Gabriela A
Matsuda, Motonari
* McClain, Rebecca D
McGonnigal, Aaron
McMahon, Rachel E
Measday, Alexander H
Medina, Joshua M
Mensah, Joey E
Miller, Mariah A
Mohamed, Hayatt
Moses, Ryan K
Munanka, Corazon R
Myint, Sundi K
Newman, Shayna R
Ngako, Patrick E
* Ngenge, Kelly A
* Ngo, My T
Nguyen, Brenda
Nguyen, David M
* Nguyen, Jennifer T
Nguyen, Tony T
Nnamani, Amaka C
Nwanna, Chinomso T
Ortiz, Elelbin A
* Ortiz, Maria
* Parkhurst, Alyssa M
Pham, Cherry
Pham, Victoria H
Pinnock, Nykolaus A
Portillo, Cesia S
Puri, Divya C
Rahman, Ameera T
* Rehwoldt, Miles C
Rhoads, Grace E
Robinson, Emmanuel
Rollakanti, Suman S
Sabia, Stephen H
Saldanha, Thiago H
Savoy, Brandyce E
* Scanga, Emily C
Schmedding, Anna K
Schneider, William M
Serra, Katelyn N
Seto, Daren J
Shaukat, Henna J
Singh, Harleen K
Stewart, Victoria E
Sulieman, Saleh
* Tesfai, Ariam
Tesfaye, Bezait
Thanki, Neha S
Thomas, Jannel S
* Tizabi, Daniela R
* Tsao, Tracy
* Tse, Jillian
Udoh, Otobong I
Umanzor-Villat, Rubidia N
Valencia, Angeline T
* Werner, Samantha R
Willacy, Tiffany
Wilson, Tory
Wright, John L
Yee, Alexander K
* Yitagesu, Abigia W
Yun, Melody G
Yutuc, Katherine
* Zemen, Rahel
 
Abbadi, Soad H
Abraha, Rosa G
Adebayo, Rofiat A
Aghguiguian, Ani S
Akede, Elizabeth O
Akula, Sarah A
Aniyikaiye, Opeoluwa B
Arah, Olisa 
Ashu, Enaka B
Aslam, Sulaiman K
Azubuike, Chizoba 
Bagio, Jheinifer 
Balogun, Mayowa 
Banson, Ian M
* Barnes, Carol J
Battle, Courtney T
Bii, Iscar C
Blanchard, Katie N
Buabuchachart, Alan 
Burriss, Danielle M
Butler, Michelle A
Calderon, Luis A
* Canubas, Lorenz D
Carey, Cathleen L
Chaiyarat, Phimchanok 
Chane, Eden 
Chhabra, Arjun S
Christopher, Garland R
Chu, Melody P
Clem, Caitlin 
Cohen, Kathryn M
Collignon, Taylor 
Dawit, Nighisti 
Dematatis, Julia V
Denny, Abigail 
Djampouop, Sonia N
Duffy, Dakota N
Durai, Priyanka 
Dzierzanowski, Elizabeth A
Edelberg, Brandon W
* Edinborough, Kevin A
Espinoza, Valeria K
Etchu, Eleanor M
Farace, Andrea L
Fean, Samantha T
Ferguson, Michelle P
* Fernandes, Matthew 
Flores, Tiana V
* Ford, Megan E
Frimpong, Ama B
Ganesan, Sidharth 
Gomes, Yves G
* Grant-Broadus, Rachel J
Gulian, Mamikon A
Gyimah, Evans 
Hall, Kathleen N
Hamilton, Lauren 
Han, James T
Harrington, Thomas A
Heiss, Rachel E
* Ho, Patrick 
* Horstkamp, Katlyn R
Huynh, Alfred C
Itana, Hawi I
Jackson, Alexander M
* Jacob, Salena M
Jacobs, Brian H
Ji, Chu-Qiao S
Kapur, Arun 
Kapuscinski, Michelle 
Kashfipour, Safoura 
Katta, Ramesh K
Kettell, Chloe M
Kim, Kyungwan 
Kim, Michelle B
Kind, Amanda E
* Kunz, Michael C
Lay, Amanda T
Le, Monica 
Le, Richard A
* Lee, Yae Chan 
Leiva, Dania Y
Lowe, Nathaniel D
Lucan, Chloe E
Lukas, Amanda K
Maeng, Sonny 
Martinez-Bonil, Laura D 
McGrath, Casey J
* McGrew, Kathleen A
Missah, Ellen 
Mistry, Shruti 
Mueller, Alexander J
* Muppala, Reshma 
Ngo, Jessica M
Nguyen, David 
Njafuh, Cynthia N
Nnamani, Chidera 
Obeid, Priscilla R
Okonofua, Sandra 
Okunji, Chidiebere O
Oni, Oluwatimilehin 
Orwenyo, Terri N
Paris, Francess E
Park, James J
Patel, Darshan G
Patel, Parth 
Phifer, Larissa E
Porter, Joel E
* Rao, Sneha 
* Rethnaswamy, Perry J
Rirksopa, Benjamin 
Robles, Eric A
Saeed, Fathiyya 
Sartor, Eduardo 
Sayre, Christina L
* Schneider, Kathryn E
* Schultz, Emma A
Schultz, Todd A
Shah, Parth 
* Sharpe, Katherine M
* Sharpe, Natalie L
Shittabey, Abifoluwa 
Siebenberg, Allisson E
Silverman, Jordan 
Smythe, Seynique A
Soniregun, Mofoluwaso 
Strassberger, James A
Straub, Elaina D
Sumner, Eric B
Suri, Manpreet 
* Swaminathan, Anjna K
Syed, Amad H
* Sylla, Mariame 
Tadesse, Kirubel B
Tagoe, Ivan P
Tezera, Amen 
Tinne, Melvis N
Tobon, Karen E
Toledo, Amanda P
Tolentino, Hector R
Tolentino, Ricardo 
Toliver, Jordan A
* Tran, Alan T
* Tran, Megan T
Ukaegbu, Oyinyechi A
Ukegbu, Jennifer O
* Vandeyar, Javier 
Vidaurre, Grecia Y
Vodela, Meghana S
Weiser, Gary 
Wilkins, Patrick M
Winley, Deena R
Wolde, Mikias G
Wright, Brett L
Wright, Timothy R
Yaunan, Sanjiv S
Yee, Daniel C
Yeh, Christopher 
Yorklush, Charles E
Abbas, Mariya 
* Abel, Brent S
Abera, Tsebaot K 
Adewusi, Olutoba A
Adkins, Jared M
* Ahmad, Maria 
Ahmed, Asif U
Amadiobi, Eziaku 
Andoseh, Bemi J
Ayodele, Temidayo A
Bandon-Bibum, Chrysantus 
Bean, Kevin D
Bechtoldt, Alison M
Bediako, Yaw A
* Bernstein, Karen M
Biloa, Stacymurie D
Boateng-Botwe, Rhoda 
* Bouvier-Lyons, Maya A
Bradshaw, Lauren K
* Brimmer, Charles B
Burns, Cody 
Campbell, Valerie J
Cardenas, Daniel M
Carr, Amy M
Chang, Sarah 
Chi, Naomi M
Chopde, Rakesh N
* Chopra, Natasha 
Chowdhury, Saurav R
* Chung, Scott 
* Dalal, Sonia P
Dang, Anhquan 
Dayrit, Nique Jelen S
* Devkota, Mandisha 
Divakarla, Sneha M
Do, Andy 
Do, Uyen N
Dustin, Danielle 
Duval, Korine A
Eakin, Brian C
Edwards, James K
Eyow, Liban A
Fadeyi, Temi M
Faustin, Sabrina 
Friedman, Steven J
Goodie, Keondra E
Graham, Nigel A
Gregoire, Daniel L
Grinberg, Julia 
Gudenius, Brandon M
Herath, Thilini L
Herrera, Fernando D
Heuber, Stephanie 
Hoang, Minh T
Hodgson, Janelle S
Howard, Redmond J
Isaac, Kishore D
* Jacob, Christina M
Jenifer, Regina 
* Jewett, Xavier C
Jones, Ashanti 
Kals, Amy 
Kang, Ho Young 
Kelley, Shamus 
Khan, Shoaib M
* Kind, Patrick J
Kwon, Paul H
Laudwein, Evelyn B
Le, Dongha 
Lee, John 
Lively, Sarah L
Logan, Shawn M
Lopez, Walter O
Magnus, Julianna I
Malleck, Adam T
Maniwang, Stephanie V
Marapaka, Abhinay 
Marchica, Louise P 
* Mekonnen, Michael 
Menta, Karthikeya 
* Michnewich, Matthew J
Moores, Colleen 
Morgan, Matthew D
Nguyen, Amanda L
Nguyen, Vu 
Nibber, Avneet 
Nibber, Jesspaul S
Njosa, Nora A
Noyes, Michael D
Ocran, Cindy 
Okorafor, Tavie 
Okunji, Uzoamaka E
Outlaw, Olivia R
Pabari, Manshi G
Pae, David J
Paik, Danielle H
Palilingan, Sheryl 
Patel, Beenaben G
Perret, Sarah E
Pham, Michael V
Pradhan, Ujina 
Prakash, Saurabh 
* Rubio, Cindy 
Sabade, Natasha S
Sabir, Mohammed M
Samuel, Jamal A
Sanford, Ayana 
Sani, Abdullaziz 
Sen, Ashley 
Seto, Ashley 
Shah, Khushbu B
Shaikh, Mazin 
Sheth, Shraddha N
Shinholser, Logan E
Singh, Gurashish 
Siripanichgon, Panit 
Smith, David R
Snyder, Colleen G
Sonty, Adam C
Statham, Arielle C
Stone, Kayla C
* Swaminathan, Rajna K
Sylla, Fatoumata Y
Taylor, Tiffany M
Tcheimegni, Joel F
Tesfai, Naomi 
Tesfaye, Blain 
Tesfaye, Yeesalem 
Tran, Jessica A
Tran, Michael T
Truong, Nguyen T
* Tse, Bradley C
* Valdez-Lopez, Luis E
Vargas, Jesse J
* Walters, Andrew R
* Werner, Jessica N
Wistar, Cass C
Wray, Sarah L
* Wyche, Malcolm K

Abangma, Manyi B
Akede, Theresa O
Allen, Jordan T
* Aloi, Angela M
Alvin, Antonea R
Ansari, Azam A
* Atallah, Katherine A
Austin, Lashawnda D
Baez, Jason M
Bah, Alhaji I
Baldus, Matthew J
Baptiste, Nathalie M
Baptiste, Nikita A
Barnes, Scott W
Bass, Glenn T
Berger, Leanne
Berhe, Robel
* Blanchard, Sarah L
Bowles-Mckinne, Alexis J
Brady, Bonnie K
Brand, Charles F
Brown, Michael J
Butts, Derrick
Carr, John V
Chlebowski, Alexandra J
* Chlumsky, Adrienne L
Clermont, Daphney
Dallas III, Lloyd N
Davis, Brittni A
Dedo, Abike D
Duttaroy, Arpan
Eapen, Shanu P
* Essick, Danielle L
Essick, Nicholas L
Essick, Zachary S
Etchu, Lydia M
Etwaroo, Katrina P
Fernandes, Patrick M
Frazer, Bernardine M
Fusco, Mena D
Giordano, Kimberly
Graves, Zachary
* Gugsa, Natnael T
Ha, Bichtram
* Hamilton, Andrew L
* Hauprich, Kelly A
Heng, Christina L
Hollis, Kate M
Horstkamp, Sarah L
Hubscher, Molly J
Hussain, Maryam Q
Hussain, Tehreem Q
* Huynh, Uyen K
Johnson, Graham R
Johnson, Jeshurun S
* Jolles, Gregory
* Jones, Allison
Jones, Nasreen B
Jones, Sheniqua
* Kang, Jeannie H
Kaye, Brian L
Kizito, Lynette
Koolhof, Sarah A
Kuhney, Julia
LaSota, Richard A
Lawhorn, Kelly E
Lay, Christine S
* Lutz, Michael T
* MacNamara, Kyle
Maddox, Jacob
Martein, Elizabeth A
Mayes, Sara A
* Miller, Steven M
Modha, Menal G
Mohapatra, Sidhartha
Morton-Warren, Latashia T
Moses, Nicholas
Naqvi, Sabah F
Ndeh, Azah
Ngassa Djapa, Sidoine
Ngomba, Brenda T
Niedermair, Christina Y
Nwanna, Chima
Okunji, Chinyere I
Opabajo, Irene A
Pandit, Raina
Park, Hyun M
Park, James H
Patel, Ami A
Perciavalle, Rocco
Petska, Samuel
Phall, Yaawa
Pham, Linh R
Pham, Stephanie H
Posthuma, Katelin M
Posthuma, Stephanie A
Preister, Chelsea E
Pung, Kurtis M
Qazi, Hira
Raghubir, Kevin A
* Reynolds, Sierra
Rivas, Victoria
Rodriguez, Nataly E
Rogers, Crystal
* Rosario, Rachel A
Rozario, Joan T
Rubio, Mauricio
Sabir, Sehar F
Saleh, Awrad S
* Schmedding, Nicholas A
* Segovia, Joana M
Singh, Sidak
* Smith, Evan F
Steele, Cristen R
Stewart, Amanda C
Stubblefield, Ronald E
* Sy-Sahande, Sanata R
Tabisz, Michelle
Teague, Jessica D
* Tidwell, Jordan P
Tizabi, Jonas J
* Tom-Wigfield, Noelle G
Trotta, John L
Tucker, Anthony A
Turner, David C
* Tylka, Joseph G
Ulsch, Charles T
Vandeyar, Christine A
Vaughn, Eric C
Wade, Danielle L
Wharton, Samantha J
Wiggan, Toni-Ann K
Xayamath, Johnny
Yambor, Shane A
Yoon, Grace
Zepp, Andrew P
Zhang, Xuemin

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

* Indicates student earned all grades of "A"

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 Nineteen Paint Branch Seniors Honored at
Top Scholars Recognition Dinner

Paint Branch High School will be celebrating academic excellence by honoring nineteen seniors who represent the top 5% of the graduating class of 2008.   The Top Scholars Dinner will be held at The Oak Room, Sandy Spring, Maryland on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 6:00 pm. The honored students are being recognized for their academic excellence over four years at Paint Branch and will be given plaques to commemorate their achievement. 

The students being honored are: 

Angela Aloi

Katherine Atallah

Nathalie Baptiste

Sarah Blanchard

Shanu Eapen

Christina Heng

Kyle MacNamara

Claudia Ngo

Chinyere Okunji

Linh Pham

Chelsea Preister

Rachel Rosario

Sehar Sabir

Nicholas Schmedding

Evan Smith

Sanata Sy-Sahande

Michelle Tabisz

Noelle Tom-Wigfield

Xuemin Zhang

Each student was asked to pick their most influential staff member at Paint Branch and those staff members will also be honored.  The staff members the students chose are: 

Dr.  Mary Ellen Antiochos

Ms. Dina Beatty

Ms. Christine Blakely

Ms. Lisa Blighton

Mr. Brian Eichenlaub

Ms. Faye Johnson

Mr. Richard Lee

Ms. Pamela Leffler

Mr. Stuart Miller

Mr. Colin Reinhard

Ms. Mary Simons

Mr. Jeff Sullivan

Mr. Bryan Walker

Mr. Brian Woodward

Mr. David Zalesk

 

Paint Branch Senior Wins
National Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship

          Burtonsville, MD – Sehar Sabir, a Paint Branch High School senior has been named the National Finalist of the Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship, co-sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and Herff Jones, Inc.  One hundred national PLA winners were chosen from among more than 4,500 applications to receive a $1000.00 college scholarship.  From the 100 winners, nine recipients were selected as Regional Winners and will receive an additional $500.00 scholarship.  Finally, one student was selected from the nine Regional Winners as the National Finalist and will receive an additional $7,000.00 scholarship, making the total scholarship award Ms. Sabir has won $8,500.00.

            Ms. Jeanette Dixon, Principal at Paint Branch High School announced the award.  “We are very proud of Sehar and of all her accomplishments here at Paint Branch,” stated Ms. Dixon.

            Participating high school principals from across the country could nominate one senior high student to compete in this year’s program.  Winners were selected on the basis of their leadership skills, participation in service organizations and clubs; achievements in the arts and sciences; employment experience; and academic record. They also were required to write an essay.

            “Students nominated for the PLA scholarship not only demonstrate academic excellence, but also extraordinary performance in leadership and service to their schools and communities – traits that are more important now than ever before,” said Rocco Marano, director of student activities, NASSP.  “I am always impressed by the outstanding achievements of students like Ms. Sabir, and NASSP is proud to recognize her.”

            In recognizing leadership in cocurricular activities as well as academic performance, the PLA scholarship recognized the importance of a well-rounded education.   Cocurricular activities are an essential part of the school curriculum.

While at Paint Branch High School, Ms. Sabir has been the President of the Student Government Association, the Vice President of the National Honor Society, and the Opinions Editor of the Mainstream, the Paint Branch school newspaper.  Ms. Sabir has also been a Senate Page in the 2008 session of the Maryland General Assembly, and participated in the Washington Post’s Ninth Annual High School Writing Seminar and Scholarship Program this spring.  Ms. Sabir was also selected to receive the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship and is a Finalist for a National Honor Society (NHS™) scholarship.  

This fall, Ms. Sabir plans to attend the University of Maryland, College Park, Honors Program and double major in journalism and government and politics.

 

58 Paint Branch Students

Win Awards at the Montgomery County Media Festival

Fifty-eight Paint Branch High School students won a number of awards at the annual Montgomery County Media Festival on April 17, 2008 held at the American Film Institute (AFI) in Silver Spring.  The students’ works were part of over 500 entries by 1400 students from 68 schools in Montgomery County.

Animation:

Jonathon Bartee, Nathaniel Butler, Lorenz Canubas, Douglas Coates, Darius Davis, Reyna Dunlap, Alexis Fearing, Phillip Gayle, Barrett Goldberg, Andre Gregory, Dylan Haje, Harifah Hendrickson, Xavier Jewett, Sebastian Joseph, Kyle Krespan, William Lee, Alex Measday, Nneka Payne, Jez Siarez, Jordan Stephens, Emma Williams, and Alex Yee – First Place – Stop Motion Entertaining (Paint Branch High School Summer Institute Animation 2007)

Tristan Alleyne, Stacy Biloa, Sarah Blanchard, Sarah Chang, Abike (Bebe) Dedo, Bich-tram Ha, Rachel Heiss, Jose-Lorenzo Jimenez, Corbin Jones, John Kashfi, Michael Kunz, Dongha Le, Marc Lowe, Michael Mekonnen, Matias Mesfin, Duyen Nguyen, Ruby Park, Sierra Reynolds, Marcela Rodriguez, Cathey Siu, Anjna Swaminathan, Alan Tran, and Grecia Vidaurre – Second Place – Stop Motion Procedural  (Hello, my name is . . .)

Digital Art and Design:

Jose Lorenzo Jimenez – Second Place, Commercial Design

Cindy Rubio – Third Place, Digital Art – “painterly”

Titi Huynh – Third Place, Digital Photography

Live Action:

Andy Zepp, Jaimie Metellus, Sarah Koolhof, KC Lanigan, Julian Lantry, Jared Adkins, Jazz Narang  – First Place, Entertaining (Halloween Special)

Noelee Wishart – Third Place, Informational (AP Classes)

News Programs:

Sarah Koolhof, Andy Zepp, Jared Adkins, Sandra Williams, Jaimie Metellus Third Place, News Magazine (Scroogekins)

Photography:

Jason Baez Second Place, Photo Journalism – Monochrome (Home)

A bigger, better Paint Branch High could cost $100M
Early plans for new three-story school add educational amenities,
expand capacity to 2,400 students

by Danny Jacobs | Staff Writer
Gazette, January 23, 2007

Click here for Gazette Article

Plans for a new Paint Branch High School are still in the design stages, but a new building should be ready for the first day of classes in the fall of 2010, Montgomery County Public School officials told members of the school’s PTSA last week.

Under the proposed, preliminary plan, the new three-story building, which could cost nearly $100 million, would be constructed south of the existing building on land MCPS bought from Montgomery County Park and Planning in September. Students would remain in the current building while the new one is being constructed. When completed, the three-story building would be 25 percent larger than the current building and have a maximum capacity of 2,400 students, up from 1,600.

‘‘We hope it will be the jewel of Burtonsville,” Principal Jeanette Dixon said. ‘‘We’ll have everything we need to deliver our outstanding educational programs.”

The new building would have 93 classrooms, including 12 science labs, a 900-seat auditorium and a greenhouse. The entire campus, scheduled to be finished in 2011, would have a new football⁄soccer stadium, a track located around a practice field and 400-500 parking spaces. A third access road would be added near the southwest corner of the campus for buses, and fields available for use by the whole community would be placed near Old Columbia Pike.

However, the plan would leave Paint Branch without its current stadium for as many as three years, as it is converted into practice fields.

Jim Henderson, a project manager with Moseley Architects, the Harrisonburg, Va.,-based firm chosen by the county for the project, showed parents updated drawings of the building’s interior, exterior and surroundings Jan. 16. Moseley has previously helped design Parkland Middle School in Aspen Hill and A. Mario Loiederman Middle School in Wheaton. Henderson was accompanied by Dennis Ross, a senior facilities designer, and Deborah Szyfer, a senior planner, both with MCPS.

The two dozen parents in attendance had questions about some of the details of the plan, but overall were pleased. ‘‘I think it’s going to work,” said Tamara Stoner, whose daughter is a freshman at Paint Branch.

Carlos Hunter, whose son is also a freshman, agreed. ‘‘It’s more space for more students [and] I like the idea of community involvement,” he said.

The plan was chosen last year by a committee of Paint Branch staff, students and PTSA members and county and state education officials.

Community input was also taken into consideration. ‘‘This has been the most inclusive process for a project of its size,” Ross said.

In fact, concerns about student safety if renovations were done in the existing building or if construction were done adjacent to the existing building, the other two modernization options considered, made the committee’s choice clear. ‘‘That was fundamental in our decision to build a new building,” Henderson said. Originally built in 1967, Paint Branch High School added a wing on its northeast side in 1986.

Dixon, the committee’s chairwoman, said the new building would be on higher ground than the current one, meaning passersby will have to look up instead of down as they do at the existing building. ‘‘It will be beautiful and inspire those that learn there,” she said of the new building. ‘‘We wanted to be a marker in Burtonsville.”

‘‘It’s a much more positive presence at the top of the hill,” added Don Hauprich, the PTSA president.

One topic not discussed at the meeting was the cost of the new building. In a feasibility study presented to MCPS in September, Moseley estimated the total cost of the plan at $97 million, but Henderson said that was only an early projection.

The project was approved by the County Council in May 2006 as part of the 2007-2012 Capital Improvements Program, Szyfer said, but that it may be amended when the 2009-2014 Capital Improvements Program is approved later this year.

Budgeting and construction deadlines are out of Hauprich’s hands, but he is glad the vision of the Paint Branch community has been kept in mind for the new school. ‘‘Everyone is focused on what’s good for the community and the school, and that’s a blessing,” he said.

Site Plan


 

 

Massing Study
View of Front of Building from Old Columbia Pike

 

Massing Study
View of Rear of Building from South East Corner
Rt. 29 on Right and Old Columbia Pike on Left

 

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

 

Third Floor Plan

 

 

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