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Several Richard Montgomery High School students are taking their economics lessons to heart and helping a worthy cause at the same time.

Naomi Rybeck, a junior from Rockville, and Kristy Choi, a sophomore from Boyds, are joining with the Make a Difference Club to sell gently-used formal dresses and gowns as part of a program they are calling "Dress Up to Bring Poverty Down."

Not only will the sale benefit teens looking for a new dress during these challenging economic times, Rybeck said, but all proceeds will benefit The Girl Effect, a program designed to empower women and help them avoid poverty.

The public is invited to donate dresses and gowns after school through Friday. The apparel will be sold at prices greatly reduced from dress shops and department stores through May 8.

For more information on the nonprofit, visit www.girleffect.com.

Pipe Band will present

41st Scottish Festival

The Rockville High School Pipe Band will present its 41st annual National Capital Area Scottish Festival on Saturday, showcasing a program of Scottish pipe bands, Scottish country and highland dancing, traditional Scottish and Irish folk songs, Celtic crafts and traditional Scottish food.

The event will be held 5-9 p.m. at Rockville High, 2100 Baltimore Road.

Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and free for children 8 and under.

The festival will open at 3:30 p.m. for the sale of Scottish foods and crafts.

The Rockville High School Pipe Band, originally formed in 1961 at Robert E. Peary High School in Aspen Hill, was the first and remains the only high school pipe band in the state, according to Pipe Band director Lisa Frazier.

The band remained at Peary High until the school closed in 1984. It then moved to Rockville.

Performers at the festival will include the City of Washington Pipe Band, the MacMillan Pipe Band, the MacMillan Birtles Memorial Pipe Band, the Rockville High School Pipe Band and Sligo Creek.

The Scottish Country Dance Society of Washington will perform Scottish country dancing and a combined group of dance instructors from the Baltimore and Washington area will present highland dancing.

For more information, visit www.rhspb.org.

Rockville synagogue to host churches

for diversity program

Congregation Tikvat Israel in Rockville will hold a Cultural Diversity Program for five neighboring churches to learn Jewish cultural expressions of music, art, crafts, dance and ethnic foods.

The program will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the synagogue, 2200 Baltimore Road.

The churches that are planning to attend include St. Jude's Catholic Church, Crusader Lutheran Church, Rockville United Church, Twinbrook Baptist Church and Francis Asbury United Methodist Church. Individuals affiliated with other area churches also are welcome to participate, organizers said.

There is no admission charge, but reservations would be appreciated by calling the synagogue at 301-762-7338 at least a day in advance.

Sister City Corporation

to hold movie night May 8

The Rockville Sister City Corporation will show the movie "Luther" about the life of Martin Luther at 7 p.m. May 8 at the Rockville Senior Center, 1150 Carnation Drive.

Primarily a theologian and a man of God, Luther challenged the grip that both the Catholic church and the regional princes held on 16th-century Germany, presenters said.

The movie will be shown free of charge and light refreshments will be served. Call Liz von Kaenel at 301-251-6303 or send an e-mail to eavonkaenel@comcast.net for more information.

The film night is part of the cultural awareness program of the Rockville Sister City Corporation, now in its 51st year of being matched with Pinneberg, Germany. For additional information, visit http://www.rocknet.org/Community/Sistercities/.   

In salute

Andy J. Chung has received a four-year Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) scholarship to attend Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. The mission of ROTC is to provide future officers with leadership qualities needed in the regular Army and the Reserve component. After graduation, the cadet will be required to serve in the military for eight years. Chung will receive a degree in history at Virginia Military Institute. He is the son of Woo Chol and Ye Jin Chung of Derwood and is a 2008 graduate of Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Derwood.

On campus

Rockville resident Heather Johanna Geiger was among 12 graduates to receive diplomas at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, this winter. She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in cinema. The 2005 graduate of Thomas S. Wootton High School was a consistent Dean's List student, recipient of the Heritage Scholarship, a member of the Phi Society, president and vice president of the Denison Jewish Fellowship and photographer for the student newspaper, The Denisonian.

Rockville native Rachel Singley, a sophomore at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., was named to the Dean's List for the fall semester.

Michael Brooks of Rockville earned Faculty Honors for fall semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Undergraduate students earning a 4.0 academic average for the semester are named to the list.

Two area students were named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at Northeastern University. They are Derwood residents Brian Kennedy, who is majoring in biology, and Andrew J. Simon, who is majoring in business administration. To achieve the Dean's List distinction, students must carry a full program of at least four courses, have a quality point average of 3.25 or greater out of a possible 4.0 and carry no single grade lower than a C during the course of their college career.

Edward James Atkinson, of Rockville was named to the Dean's List at Mercer University in Georgia for the fall semester. He is a junior in the Townsend School of Music.

Two Rockville residents were named to the Dean's List at Central Michigan University for the fall semester. They are Emily Jo Munro, a freshman, and Kaitlyn Elizabeth Munro, a sophomore. To earn Dean's List status, students must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0.

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