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Forest Knolls Staff Bring Math Games to the Neighborhood

Forest Knolls Staff Bring Math Games to the Neighborhood

Eight staff members and Principal Jennifer Taylor-Cox from Forest Knolls Elementary School took math games to two spots in the community—the Macdonald Knolls Early Childhood Center and the parking lot of the Forest Knolls Pool—for students and their families to help build fact fluency and worked on counting skills.

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Navy Promotional Day at Clarksburg High School

Clarksburg high school students got a chance to do a virtual reality mission to extract Navy Seals on a dangerous river. It was a part of a Navy Promotional Day (NPD. NPD is an awareness program designed to showcase and share opportunities for Navy careers.

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Walter Johnson Stem Club Featured on Fox 5 DC

Walter Johnson High School Stem Club founders Megan Walker and Arya Gupta joined FOX 5’s Steve Chenevey and Claire Anderson to share how the club is paying it forward!

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Celebrating the Largest School Bus Electrification Project in the U.S.

Celebrating the Largest School Bus Electrification Project in the U.S.

MCPS and Highland Electric Fleets (Highland), the leading provider of school bus fleet electrification-as-a-service in North America, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the country’s single largest deployment of electric school buses at Walter Johnson High School. Watch Video

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Marching Band Showcase Rocked the Field

Marching Band Showcase Rocked the Field

During the Oct. 22 event, nine high school and 10 middle school bands performed everything from disco and Latin music to Billy Joel music and ‘80s hits. Performing high schools were: Clarksburg, Seneca Valley, Watkins Mill, Paint Branch, Col. Zadok Magruder, Damascus, Albert Einstein, Montgomery Blair and Blake.

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MCPS Students Selected to National Ensembles for High Performing High School Musicians

Four MCPS students were selected for the prestigious All-National Honor Orchestra and All-National Honor Orchestra ensembles this year. Clarinet player Sara Bock of Thomas S. Wootton High School and French Horn player Shisui Torii of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (BCC) were selected to the band. Bassoon player Jackson Bernal and double bass player Anderson Bernal of Thomas S. Wootton were selected to the Orchestra. Four out the five students chosen in Maryland overall are from MCPS. The NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles (ANHE) represent the top performing high school musicians in the United States. So much more than a musical showcase, the ANHE program is a comprehensive and educational experience. The 2022 ensembles will meet at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland under the leadership of top conductors in the field of music education.