Albert Einstein High presents Renaissance Evening

Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005

Albert Einstein High School presents the 10th annual Renaissance Evening, featuring a choral concert, mini-musical and gourmet meal at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the school’s Little Theatre, 11135 Newport Mill Road, Kensington.

The show will be presented much like it was in its first incarnation in 1996. The Einstein Chamber Singers perform the first half of the program. For the second half, a group of Einstein S.T.A.G.E. performers will present ‘‘The Reluctant Dragon,” a mini-musical. All the performers will be decked out in Renaissance costumes created by S.T.A.G.E. costumer Karen Mikkelsen.

For more information, e-mail theatre director Peter Smeallie ateinsteinstage@comcast.net.

Students recognized for talent

The following students were recognized for their talents by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts:

Bethesda

*Bridget Armstrong — Honorable Mention Award in Theater — Walter Johnson High School

*Rachel Engler — Merit Award in Visual Arts — Walt Whitman High School

*Aydin Hamami — Merit Award in Visual Arts — Walt Whitman High School

*Peter Kiernan — Merit Award in Visual Arts — Landon School

*Ian McEuen — Honorable Mention Award in Voice — Tenor — Walt Whitman High School

*Elana Rodman — Honorable Mention Award in Poetry — Walt Whitman High School

*Lydia Tyburski — Merit Award in Visual Arts — Walt Whitman High School

Chevy Chase

*Elizabeth Hankla — Honorable Mention Award in Voice — Soprano — National Cathedral School.

Project: Quality Timea success

Rock Creek Forest Elementary School had the highest percentage of students participate in Project: Quality Time, a program that encouraged parents to bring their children to the National Gallery of Art and participate in self-guided activities there.

With nearly 35 percent of the students participating, the school wins a family craft night donated by Crayola.

A total of 1,228 Montgomery County Public Schools students participated.

The program was held on one day in November and one day earlier this month.

Einstein honor societyholds crafts fair for kids

Albert Einstein High School’s National Honor Society will hold its annual Holiday Kid’s Craft Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at the school, 11135 Newport Mill Road, Kensington.

Children are invited to come to the fair and make free crafts for the holiday season for parents, family and friends. Refreshments will be served.

Lecture in early childhoodeducation series coming up

A free lecture on ‘‘Creative Discipline and the Education of Your Child” for parents will be held from 7:30-9 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the Washington Waldorf School, 4800 Sangamore Road, Bethesda. For more information, call 301-229-6107 or visit www.washington waldorf.org.

Parent discussion to be held on the road to independence

Join a free discussion on what parents can do to raise dependable, accountable, responsible children from 7-9 p.m. on Jan. 11 at Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda. The discussion will explore the importance of giving choices and setting limits to gain cooperation on chores and allowance. Parents will learn specific strategies.

Workshop offers strategies for dealing with girl bullies

Learn strategies for dealing with bullying techniques that girls tend to use, such as exclusion, rumors and teasing at a free workshop from 7-9 p.m. on Jan. 25 at Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac. Explore behaviors and discuss strategies for helping bullies, victims and bystanders. Parents, teens and children are welcome.

Nominations sought forannual education awards

Three veteran teachers in Montgomery County will each be given a $1,000 check for excellent performance in motivating students to achieve. One of these teachers will be designated Montgomery County Teacher of the Year and provided use of a new car for one year. That teacher will represent Montgomery County in the competition for Maryland Teacher of the Year. One first-year teacher will also be honored with a $500 award. All winners will be honored at the Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education Gala Dinner on April 19.

The committee selecting the winners is composed of current and former teachers who seek to recognize those teachers who make a significant difference in their students’ lives and who mentor new teachers. They give public credit to those teachers who exemplify Marian Greenblatt’s views that the classroom teacher is the centerpiece of the education system and that the master teacher needs appropriate recognition and encouragement.

Greenblatt was a member of the Montgomery County Board of Education from 1976-84 and its president from 1978-79. She served as director of the President’s Academic Fitness Award Program from 1984 until her death in 1988.

Those interested in nominating a teacher should visit www.greenblatteducationfund.org for all of the pertinent information and due dates.

Stone Ridge studentsto perform in holiday concert

The Stone Ridge Junior Chorus — an all-school ensemble comprised of Lower, Middle, and Upper School students from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda — performs for the 17th consecutive year at the Children’s Christmas Eve Mass in the Great Upper Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C.

Performances at the Children’s Christmas Eve Mass, which are free to the public, begin with instrumentalists from 4:15-4:30 p.m. on Dec. 24. At 4:30 p.m., the Junior Chorus sings carols until the liturgy begins at 5 p.m. For further information, please visit www.nationalshrine.com or contact the Basilica’s Office of Communications at 202-526-8300.

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