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Northwood High School presents "An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf," a play by Michael Hollinger about a 1960s Paris café highlighting the works of Ernest Hemmingway. The show, in association with the school's Musical Theatre Academy, will be held 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Northwood auditorium, 919 University Blvd. West. General admission is $10 or $5 for students with a student ID.
School hosts
‘The Brain Show'
Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School will host Family Fun Night at 7 p.m. today at the school, 11800 Monticello Ave., Silver Spring. The event will feature "The Brain Show," a free interactive trivia game sponsored by the school PTSA with teams of families competing. Students will play the game during the day and return that evening with families and friends for more challenge and fun. The event also will include free pizza samples and a bake sale. For more information, call 301-649-8100.
Have breakfast with Santa
Calvary Lutheran Church and School invite the public to a Pancake Breakfast with Santa from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Dec 6 at the school 9545 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. Tickets are $4 for children age 12 and younger, $6 for age 12 and older. For more information, contact Katherine at 301 942 6042 or ebanks@celcs.org. Santa will arrive 9 a.m. on a fire truck from Montgomery County Fire Station 19.
International peace night celebration at W.T. Page
W.T. Page Elementary will hold an international night celebration, called "World Peace at Page," 6:30 p.m. Friday. The free event is open to the community and annually attended by hundreds. It will mark the 50th anniversary of the global peace symbol with a student/parent show, food from around the world, international games and artifacts and a global goods craft bazaar to get holiday shopping off to a good start. Craft vendors should e-mail PTA event coordinator Gretchen Cook-Anderson at cookander@gmail.com.
Catholic school
hosts citrus drive
The Home and School Association at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School has launched a citrus drive with proceeds benefitting the school landscaping and ground maintenance on the school's Silver Spring campus.
The grapefruit, oranges and tangerines make great holiday gifts for friends and family during the winter months. The price ranges from $15 to $26 for 10 to 40 pounds of fruit.
For more information, call Louis Saint-Felix at 301-237-0411 after 7 p.m., or send an e-mail to citrusdrive@st-michaelschool
.org. Orders can also be placed online at www.st-michael
school.org/citruspage.htm.
E-mail orders may also be placed through Nov. 28 to citrus
drive@st-michaelschool.org.
The citrus drive will run through Dec 2. All order forms with money must be turned in by Dec. 3 at the school, 824 Wayne Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910 or the church rectory located at 824 Pershing Drive in Silver Spring.
Einstein High holds reunions for '80s classes
Albert Einstein High School in Kensington is holding an '80s party reunion for all Einstein High classes that graduated in the 1980s, from 8 p.m. to midnight Nov. 29 at Knights of Columbus, 9797 Rosensteel Ave., Silver Spring. Tickets are $40. Dress casually and enjoy an open bar, appetizers and dancing to '80s music. For more information, e-mail Rob Seubert at robert_w_seubert@mcpsmd.org or Maeve O'Neill at maeve.oneill
@ketchum.com. Money for tickets must be sent in by Saturday. Send checks payable to Rob Seubert, P.O. Box 875, Silver Spring, MD 20918.
Coaches to start
girls' basketball team
Coaches Will and Lydia Kenlaw are forming a second-grade and fifth-grade girls' basketball team in East County to play in the Montgomery County Recreation Department's winter league. Fifth-grade registrations are currently due with practice starting in December and second-grade registrations are due Friday with practice starting in January. Beginners are welcome. All games are on Saturdays. For more information and registration forms, e-mail Coach Will Kenlaw at wkenlaw@aol.com or call him at 240-350-4624.
A call for crafters, vendors
Northwood High School invites crafters and vendors to participate in its winter festival holiday boutique 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6 in the school cafeteria, 919 University Blvd. West in Silver Spring. To rent table space, e-mail Deborah Ford at dah_daf@
yahoo.com. Deadline is Saturday.
School of technology
holds open house
Thomas Edison High School of Technology will hold its annual open house 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 4 at the school, 12501 Dalewood Drive, Silver Spring. The event gives students and parents a chance to visit Edison and see firsthand the 19 career programs available to high school students throughout the county public school system.
Edison students are able to jumpstart a career of their choice; earn college credits; earn industry certifications; and acquire marketable skills while experiencing success through hands-on learning.
The event will be held Dec. 10 if the event is cancelled because of weather. Call 301-929-6920.
Students bring classic
to Blair for fall production
Looking for Mr. Darcy? Look no further than Montgomery Blair High School's production of "Pride and Prejudice," 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The play is directed by Kelly O'Connor, now in her 10th year at Blair. All shows are in the school auditorium.
Tickets are $4 for students and seniors and $7 for adults. Blair is located at 51 University Blvd. East in Silver Spring. Parking is free in either the University Boulevard or Colesville Road parking lots. For more information e-mail David Ottalini at david.
ottalini@verizon.net.
Blair High holds
fundraiser at bookstore
The Montgomery Blair High School PTSA in Silver Spring will hold its second-annual fundraiser Sunday at the Barnes and Nobel Booksellers, 4801 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda. Store hours run 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Tell the cashier you're supporting Blair and the school will get a percentage of the sales. Blair student groups will provide entertainment all day starting at 10 a.m. and there will be displays of books that can be purchased as gifts and to support the Blair Media Center. All proceeds go to the Blair after-prom program.
For more information, e-mail Dave Ottalini at david.ottalini@
verizon.net.
Please send School News items to Fred Lewis at flewis@gazette.net. They can be faxed to 240-473-7501 or mailed to Fred Lewis, The Gazette, 13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD 20707.
