Quince Orchard High plans homeless walk

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007

Quince Orchard High plans homeless walk

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Quince Orchard High School will walk with pride on Friday during a Help-the-Homeless Walk-a-Thon that will be part of the school’s Homecoming Parade from 3:45-4:15 p.m.

The walk-a-thon will raise money for the Dwelling Place and Gaithersburg Help, two organizations that help the homeless and needy. It costs $15 for youth and $25 for adults to walk and get a walk T-shirt.

The more, the merrier, too: the class with the most participants will receive $100 from the school’s Student Government Association. Registration forms are on the school’s Web site, www.qohs.org and can be returned the day of the walk. Those under 18 need a parent signature.

The walk will start at the school’s front and main parking lots. Walkers will precede class floats in the parade, which has a Classic Cartoons theme, and floats designed around the Smurfs, Looney Tunes, the Flintstones and Scooby Doo.

Congratulations

Fifty-seven students at Watkins Mill High School were named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams.

David Anderson and Timothy Briner qualified for the National AP Scholar Award.

Thirteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award. These students are Jamie Aaron, David Anderson, Anne Baldridge, Timothy Briner, Robert Brooks, Thomas Dakermanji, Katherine Drury, Benjamin Goldstein-Smith, Paula Hand, Kaylan Mettus, Onyeka Okoroji, Alexander Sampson, and Arleen Thukral.

Nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award. These students are Robyn Bingham, Christina Finotti, Melanie Holland, Catherine Johns, Brad Klein, Megan Laveck, David Leyva, Gregory Mack, and Molly Sugar.

Thirty-five students qualified for the AP Scholar Award. The AP Scholars are Margaret Brown, Catherine Castellano, Lillian Chang, Srikant Charya, Shauna Colli, Brandon Cottom, Samuel Debra, Margo Demeter, Andrew Floyd, Matthew Gianfrancesco, Henri Gjoni, Danarae Graham, Kenneth Horton, Brittany King, Sarah Klein, Andrew Le, Cherice Ledbetter, Diana Lloyd,

Steven Long, Lindsay Lustig, Kurt Moss, Mai Nguyen, Keith Nicholson, Stephanie Pellack, Kevin Peterson, Naomi Poe, Holly Pothier, Pauline Roa, Huan Tran, Christian Valle, Minh-Hien Vo, Leo Wack, Jaime Watkins, Adam White, and Samual Winegar.

Of this year’s award recipients at Watkins Mill High School, 22 are seniors.

Send your School Notes by 10 a.m. Thursday to Melissa Chadwick via e-mail at mchadwick@gazette.net, by fax to 301-670-7183 or by mail to 1200 Quince Orchard Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878. Photos will also be considered.