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Sandy Spring Friends School will hold an open house and annual Winterfest Dec. 5.

Winterfest will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the open house will be held from 10 a.m. to noon.

For the open house, the school requests families to arrive no later than 11 a.m. in order to have sufficient time to tour the campus. No reservations are necessary.

Those unable to attend but still interested in visiting are asked to call the admissions office at 301-774-7455, ext. 115.

Winterfest, which is free and open to the public, will feature food, music, breakfast with Frosty the Snowman, art and jewelry for sale and more.

For more information, visit www.ssfs.org.

St. Peter's School

to hold open house

St. Peter's School in Olney will hold an open house from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 4.

The school, located at 2900 Sandy Spring Road in Olney, serves students in kindergarten through to eighth grade.

For more information, call 301-774-9112.

‘Thoroughly Modern Millie' swings into Sherwood High

Sherwood High School will present "Thoroughly Modern Millie," a musical comedy about a young woman from Kansas who comes to New York City in search of a wealthy husband, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Tickets are $12 for reserved seating and $10 for general admission and can be purchased online at www.sherwoodhs.org.

The play will be presented in the Ertzman Theatre, located on the school's campus at 300 Olney-Sandy Spring Road.

Loiederman to present

‘Singing Cinderella'

A. Mario Loiederman Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts will present "Singing Cinderella," a musical about a poor girl with a beautiful voice, at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday.

The play was adapted by Constance Y. Lee, the show's director and a teacher at the school, from the children's book, "The Gospel Cinderella" by Joyce Carol Thomas. Original music for the production was composed by Nicholas A. Lee with lyrics by Constance Y. Lee.

Tickets are $5 and will be available 30 minutes before each show. Students can buy tickets during lunch.

For more information, call 301-929-2282. Loiederman is located at 12701 Goodhill Road in Wheaton.

‘The Crucible' continues

at Richard Montgomery

Richard Montgomery High School's Black Maskers Drama Club will present Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," a dramatization of the Salem, Mass., witch trials of 1692, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Seating is limited to 200 people each performance and seats can be reserved by e-mailing richard

montgomerydrama@gmail.com. Include in the e-mail how many tickets should be reserved and specify how many adult and student tickets are needed.

Tickets will be available for pick up right before the performance and can be paid for with cash or check. Any unreserved tickets will be sold at the door.

Richard Montgomery is located at 250 Richard Montgomery Drive in Rockville.

Magruder spins ‘Charlotte's Web' for another weekend

Col. Zadok Magruder High School's Drama Department will present "Charlotte's Web," a play based on E.B. White's award-winning children's novel of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a spider named Charlotte, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Seats can be reserved by e-mailing magruderbusiness@yahoo.com. Tickets will also be available at the door.

For more information, call 301-840-4600. Magruder is located at 5939 Muncaster Mill Road in Derwood.

Reading volunteers needed

The Ruth Rales Comcast Kids Reading Network is seeking volunteers to tutor second grade students in reading at public elementary schools throughout Montgomery County.

Volunteers will work with the same student for one hour each week. Training and all materials are provided.

For more information or to sign up to volunteer, call 301-279-3890 or visit www.montgomeryschools

md.org/readingnetwork.

School-closing

procedures outlined

It's getting to be the time of year when winter weather may disrupt school operations, forcing schools to close, dismiss early or delay opening.

Announcements of school closings or delays are made as early as possible, generally in time for news broadcasts that begin at 5 a.m. If schools are closing early, the announcements are made by 11 a.m.

There are several ways to get the latest information on closings or delays.

-MCPS QuickNotes e-mail news service will send emergency information to subscribers. To sign up visit www.mcpsquicknotes.org.

-MCPS home page http://www.montgomeryschools

md.org/ will display emergency announcements in bold red letters at the top of the page.

-ASK MCPS Telephone Information Center at 301-309-6277 has English- and Spanish-speaking operators available from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

-MCPS information line, 301-279-3673, has recorded information 24 hours a day.

-MCPS Cable channel 34 and local radio and TV stations will broadcast the information

-MCPS will Twitter at http://twitter.com/mcps.

-Schoolsout will text message your cell phone with school emergency information There is a fee for the service, but emergency information is available by e-mail without a fee at http://www.schoolsout.com/.

Education Notebook is compiled by Staff Writer Melissa J. Brachfeld. Items appropriate for this column should be sent to mbrachfeld@gazette.net, by fax to 301-670-7183, or by mail to Education Notebook, The Olney Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. Deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday for consideration for the following week's paper. Items are used on a space-available basis.