Math, Science, and Computer Science Magnet Program

Application information and application packets for the 2007-08 school year will be available through elementary schools during the fall of 2006 or by contacting Scott DeGasperis, Magnet Coordinator, at (301) 562-5220.  

Additionally, you can download application materials from the MCPS Department of Accelerated and Enriched Instruction.  See the Application Information Page on their web site

Mission Statement

The Math/Science/Computer Magnet Program at Takoma Park Middle School has a challenging mission: to provide highly able, middle level Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students an interdisciplinary educational program that goes beyond the very fine gifted and talented programs already offered in MCPS. The program addresses the academic challenges as well as the social and emotional needs of middle school students, thus providing an atmosphere that enables students to see the connections within and across the subjects and fosters both the application and appreciation of these disciplines.

Background and Philosophy

The Takoma Park Magnet Program was created to:

• attract students and to stabilize the under-enrolled local school population of the predominant minority Takoma Park Middle School by offering educational opportunities for academically gifted and motivated middle school students in science, mathematics and computer science;
• provide highly able students the opportunity to work together in an environment conducive to mutual understanding, respect, and appreciation of racial and cultural differences;
• provide students in their middle learning years a program that promotes a balance of intellectual growth, social and emotional development, and civic responsibility;
• establish Takoma Park Middle School as a model science, mathematics and computer science school where students are nurtured and challenged to develop their academic potential.

Students

Takoma Park's Magnet Program is designed for creative students who want to be challenged academically and who are ready to be actively involved in their own learning with a group of their intellectual peers. Students selected for the program have high interest and involvement in math, science, and computers, high math, reading, and reasoning scores on entrance exams, and evidence of intellectual curiosity, analytical thinking, and imagination.