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Hoopsters countywide are welcome to join the fun at the Winston Churchill High School basketball camp this summer.
The camp offers two sessions—June 22 -26 and June 29 through July 2—and boys and girls age 8 to 15 are welcome. Each day runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The cost of the first session is $250 per camper, the second session is $200, and students can attend both weeks for $350. Campers will learn proper shooting form, defensive maneuvers, rebounding, passing, and other essential skills. Each camper will receive an individual evaluation and camp T-shirt.
For more information, contact Coach Aubree Lawrence at aubree.lawrence@yahoo.com.
Northwest to host
education conference
Northwest High School will host the fifth annual Partners for Rigor Through Relevancy Conference on June 23.
Parents are invited to attend the conference, "Challenging 21st Century Learners—Connecting Classrooms," which will focus on challenging and engaging students and connecting classroom instruction to the global community. The conference will run from 8-4 p.m. at Northwest, 13501 Richter Farm Road, Germantown.
Scheduled speakers include economist Ronald Ferguson; Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy; Joshua Wyner, executive vice president of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation; Michael Martirano, superintendant of St. Mary's County Public Schools; 2009 Maryland Teacher of the Year William Thomas; and 2006 National Teacher of the Year Kim Oliver.
The event is sponsored by Montgomery County Public Schools, Montgomery College, Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education, the Universities at Shady Grove and the Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associates. Early bird registration is $20, including meals and materials, and ends April 17.
For more information, contact conference coordinator Laura Grace at 240-632-6937 or laura_r_grace@mcpsmd.org or visit www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/cte/conf.
Free nanoparticles lecture
at MC
A NIST scientist will give a free lecture at Montgomery College's Germantown campus on April 6 all about the little things in life.
Dr. R. David Holbrook, a research chemical engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will talk about the behavior of engineered nanoparticles, microscopic particles of metal, polymer or oxide, in an aquatic environment. The presentation is geared toward a non-scientific audience.
The event starts at 7:30 p.m. at the college's High Science and Technology Center, Globe Hall, 20200 Observation Drive.
For more information or to request accommodations for a physical disability, contact Susan Bontems at 240-567-7740.
Van Hollen announces annual Congressional Art Competition
The 28th annual Congressional Art Competition is now accepting submissions.
High school artists who live or attend school in the eighth congressional district are invited to submit work for the competition, which is sponsored by U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (D-Dist. 8) of Kensington.
The winning entry will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year and runner-up artwork will be displayed in Van Hollen's congressional offices.
A juried exhibition of approximately 80 pieces of the submitted artwork will be shown May 4-30 at The Mansion at Strathmore, located at 10701 Rockville Pike in North Bethesda.
To participate, students must complete and submit an entry form, which they can get online at www.vanhollen.house.gov or by calling 301-424-3501. Entry forms need to be signed by the student, a parent or guardian, and a faculty member and faxed to the Rockville district office by April 17.
Van Hollen will host a reception to showcase the exhibit, honor all participants and announce awards on May 4 at The Mansion at Strathmore.
For more information, call the Rockville district office at 301-424-3501 or Linda Pepper, Congressional Art Competition coordinator, at 301-657-8650 or e-mail her at pepper461@aol.com.
Chevy Chase elementary
takes home chess honors
North Chevy Chase Elementary School took third place in the Maryland Scholastic Chess Championship, held March 21 in Towson.
Team members included fifth-graders Paul Boston, Ethan Gudmundsson, Nicholas Hiebert-White, and Ezra Schwartz, fourth-graders Esteban Bernier-Acuna, Alexei Fisher, Christopher Houilan and Ian Hurst and third-grader Tatum Kirk.
The team competed in the kindergarten through fifth grade junior varsity division along with 20 other schools from across the state.
In addition to the team accolades, Hiebert-White and Boston took fifth and 17th place, respectively, out of the 150 individual players competing.
Walter Johnson takes forensics crown, again
The Walter Johnson High School forensics team took home the Montgomery County forensics league championship March 21, marking its ninth straight title.
The team edged out Silver Spring's James Hubert Blake High School, who was in first place for most of the season.
Forensics is a public speaking competition.
Four W.J. students also took home individual titles: Robin Irene Goldensohn (poetry), Amy Hemmati (extemporaneous speaking), Elizabeth Kang (informative speaking) and Matt Krug (drama).
Bethesda students take top prizes at science competition
Two Bethesda students took first place honors at the 2009 Montgomery County Science Fair, held on Saturday.
Rachael Lee, of Walt Whitman High School, took home first prize in the biology category, while Walter Johnson's Re-I Chin took the prize for chemistry.
Each student won $250 and an expense-paid trip to the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair in Reno, Nev., in May.
Lee's project won for her study identifying small molecules that reverse anti-cancer drug resistance, while Chin took home the prize for a study of drug pharmacokinetics.
The second runner-up was also a Bethesda student. Eric Ockenhouse, a student at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School won $100 and is the second-alternate for the May trip; he was honored for his study of genetic diversity in malarial parasites.
Walter Johnson breaks fundraising record for society
Walter Johnson High School recently collected $15,637 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's High School Challenge, more than any other Montgomery County school in the challenge's four-year history.
Walter Johnson has now won the challenge for the third straight year. The school has collected $46,250 over the past four years.
Eight schools from across the county collected money for the society, raising more than $34,000 collectively.
James Hubert Blake High School came in second place, with $12,425. The society is dedicated to funding blood cancer research, patient services and education. There are 68 chapters nationwide. Montgomery County is represented by the National Capital Area Chapter.
Whitman senior aces ACT
Michael Malachowski, a senior at Walt Whitman High School, scored a perfect score on his ACT college admissions test, given in December.
Malachowski, of Bethesda, was the only college-bound student in Maryland to receive a perfect score, according to officials at the ACT.
He received a perfect 36 out of 36; typically, only one-tenth of one percent of all test-takers earns the top score. The average score is 21.1 out of 36.
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