Five Media Specialists Up for State Award, and Other Good News

Five MCPS media specialists are nominees for the 2024 Maryland School Librarian of the Year award, which honors a school librarian for exemplary service and outstanding achievements in the field of school library media. Anita Creek Thomas from James Hubert Blake High School, Lisa Hack from Silver Spring International Middle School, Sheri Massey from Cabin John Middle School, Meredith Hickman from Seven Locks Elementary School and Melissa King, from Flower Hill Elementary School are five of the 44 nominees for the state recognition.

To be considered, nominees must be a current member of the Maryland Association of School Librarians (MASL), actively working as a school librarian and serving in the same position for three or more years.

The winner will be announced in May.

MLK Students Assemble Comfort Cases

During the Martin Luther King, Jr. Week of Service, students at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School assembled Comfort Cases for children in the foster care system. Comfort Cases is a local non-profit organization that provides backpacks full of care and comfort items to children in the foster care system so that they have items of their own when they go to a new home. The MLK Comfort Cases included items, such as travel-sized shampoo, deodorant and toothpaste. The students made about 100 personal care kits and 60 dental care kits. The items were donated by members and businesses in the MLK school community. Students also had other projects underway at the school, including making greeting cards for a county center that supports senior citizens, writing letters to the elderly and making bookmarks for literacy campaigns.

Crowd of Students Attend Junior Day, Visit College Reps

Dozens of students visited with representatives from more than a dozen colleges and universities during Junior Day at Wheaton High School earlier this month. The event was open to rising seniors who are underrepresented minority students. Breakout sessions included discussions on researching colleges, making the most of a college visit, finding financial aid and scholarships, and having a productive summer before senior year.

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