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The students took part in the Model United Nations that was conducted at the school on May 23.

Leading up to the big day, students learned about the U.N. and a country that they chose to study.

They also discussed timely issues pertaining to the environment, the topic the Model U.N focused on.

‘‘You want them to care about the environment,” said Mary Darling, coordinator of the Model U.N. at the school. ‘‘These are issues that are important and that aren’t going to go away.”

The day of the Model U.N., the students discussed, debated and voted on issues.

‘‘It’s really fun to see the kids use what you’ve taught them all year long,” Darling, a science and math teacher in the school’s Gifted and Talented Center, said.

Wootton sends studentsto ‘Biology Olympiad’

Two Thomas S. Wootton High School students were selected for the USA Biology Olympiad.

Jonathan Liang and Andrew Shie are among 21 high school students that were selected from around the country to take part in the Center for Excellence in Education’s annual competition.

They were selected from nearly 9,000 students after a series of competitions and a 50-question exam.

They will attend labs and lectures on topics including microbiology, genetics, protein and DNA chemistry and plant and vertebrae anatomy⁄physiology.

They will also hear several speakers and dissect crayfish, starfish, worms, jellyfish and other specimens.

At the end of the course, which lasts for nearly two weeks in June at George Mason University, the students will take final exams and the top four scorers will represent the United States at the International Biology Olympiad in July.

Norwood studentshelp the homeless

Fourteen seventh- and eighth-graders from the Norwood School in Bethesda spent time in early April volunteering at a homeless shelter.

They sorted clothing donations, organized and shelved food donations and helped paint at the Community Center for Creative Non Violence in Washington D.C., which is the largest homeless center in the country.

The trip was an overnight event. Students and chaperones spent the night at a Quaker center on Capital Hill where they cooked a communal meal and spent time learning about the causes of and solutions to poverty along with the stereotypes of the homeless.

The students participated in the trip through Washington Quaker Workcamps, which are sponsored by the William Penn House, a Quaker center on Capital Hill.

Schools walk for water

Three Montgomery County schools, including the Oneness-Family School in Chevy Chase, participated in an event to raise money for the African country of Niger.

A Walk For Water was held on May 12 at Lake Frank in Rock Creek Park to raise money for the Azawak region of Niger, which is located in the desert where children must walk up to 35 miles roundtrip to retrieve drinking water.

Other participating schools included The Barrie School in Silver Spring, Evergreen School in Wheaton and Monocacy Valley Public Charter Montessori School in Frederick.

More than 110 people, including 60 children took part in the 3.25-mile walk that raised over $4,300 for Program Amman Imman, a Washington D.C. based program that is working in the Azawak region.

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