Sixth grade students at Neelsville Middle School in Germantown worked on a Sea Perch project with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division. They recently tested the underwater robots they made at the Carderock center.
Sea Perch is a kit that teaches underwater robotics through engineering, science and math and aims to show minority and female students career opportunities in those subjects. The program is part of the Office of Naval Research’s initiative, ‘‘Recruiting the Next Generation of Naval Architects.”
The students build a remotely-operated underwater vehicle from PVC pipe and other materials, according to a statement from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
To learn more about the Sea Perch program, visit www.seaperch.org
Students wingraphics design contest
The winners of a design contest sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection were announced last week. The contest, open to high school and college students, was ‘‘Global Warming: Make It Hotter.” It was designed to encourage residents to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The winning designs will be used in Ride On buses and for DEP informational materials.
The overall high school contest winner is Katherine Ha, Poolesville High School. Runners up are Jeffrey Gabler, Northwood High School and Daniel Nwagbara, James Hubert Blake High School. The overall Montgomery College winner is Melissa Selss. Montgomery College runners up are Wing Cheung and Kristen Varney.
Each first place winner received a $300 gift certificate to Amazon.com. The runners up received $100 gift certificates.
Check out the winning designs at www.montgomerycountymd.gov⁄DEP.
Congratulations
Barrett Brown, a senior at Saint James School in Maryland, was named to the honors list for trimester two. He is the son of Malcom E.D. Brown of Barnesville and Paula Grace of Frederick.
Students named toDemocratic committee
Edward Krasniewski and Lindsay Brewer, two area high school students, were recently selected as members of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee.
Krasniewski, of North Potomac, is a junior at Northwest High School and also the executive director of the school’s Young Democrats.
Brewer, a Bethesda resident, is a senior at Montgomery Blair High School and president of her school’s Young Democrats Club.
Student members attend all meetings, help mobilize student voters and organize high school Democratic club activities throughout the county.
Open House
The county school system’s Outdoor and Environmental Education Residential Program at Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center will host an open house Friday.
The open house is 4-6 p.m. at the center, 5110 Meadowside Lane, Rockville.
The outdoor and residential program is open to 6th graders. Parents of fifth graders are invited to the open house
Visitors will tour the center’s cabins and grounds and learn about the Skycroft and Summit Lake educational centers. Wear boots to visit the wetlands, observatory and planetarium.
The presentation will be in English and Spanish.
For more information and to RSVP, call the center at 301-924-3123, or visit www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org⁄curriculum⁄outdoored.
Send your School Notes by 10 a.m. Thursdays to Melissa A. Chadwick via e-mail at mchadwick@gazette.net, by fax to 301-670-7183 or by mail to 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. Photos will also be considered.
