The Golden Ticket to Summertime Fun Recent Arts Barn week-long summer camps—“Drawing Portraits, Places and Things,” “Exploring Color and Abstract Art” and “Magical Musical Theatre”—concluded July 11 with a performance, art exhibit and reception. It is fitting that the Magical…
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Consideration for Changing Bell Times Continues At a June 17 Montgomery County Board of Education meeting, the board received an update and held a discussion on Superintendent Starr’s recommendation that MCPS not move forward with proposed changes to school starting…
Longtime Diamond Elementary Principal Carol Lange Retires
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On Thursday, June 12, the faculty, staff and families of Diamond Elementary feted Principal Carol Lange with a fabulous retirement party that celebrated her lengthy career, which featured 16 years as principal of the school. Lange announced her retirement in…
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LPMS Colorguard Forming The Lakelands Park PTSA is starting a middle school colorguard for the 2014 school year. Rising sixth, seventh and eigth graders at Lakelands Park Middle School (LPMS) are invited to attend a summer skills clinic, and no…
Graduating Seniors Soar Into Adulthood
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High school graduation, and all of its accompanying events, finds seniors on the precipice of their adult lives. With one flip of a tassel, graduates step into the unknown, whether this is heading to college, a job or the military.…
Bike to School Day Is Every Day for LPMS Students
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By Jennifer Allen National Bike to School Day is a day each year for schools to celebrate bicycling and this active way to start and end the day. Studies have shown that kids who use active transportation like bicycling and…
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Reyes Awarded CHARACTER COUNTS! Scholarship Renzo Reyes of Quince Orchard High School was one of four students to receive a total of $7,300 in scholarship funds through the W. Edward Bohrer, Jr. Memorial CHARACTER COUNTS! Scholarship program. In addition to…
Three QO Alums Sign NFL Free Agent Contracts
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Three former Quince Orchard football standouts signed free agent professional football contracts last weekend, giving them a chance—perhaps a longshot, but still a chance—to play someday in the National Football League. Zach Kerr, a 6-foot-1-inch, 326-pound defensive lineman from the…
NW Victorious in State Playoff Against QO
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After an up and down season marked by inconsistency on defense and spotty pitching, the QO Cougars found themselves in a highly unusual position on Friday, May 9. Consistently challenging for the state title, the Cougars’ season instead ended at…
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Northwest Responds to Threats In less than a week, Northwest High School responded to two threats. On April 29 at 9:32 a.m., an anonymous call to the school made bomb and shooting threats; a similar call had been placed to…