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It's never too early to learn about community service.
Children ages 2-6 at The Jefferson Montessori School in Gaithersburg have been collecting spaghetti sauce and pasta since Dec. 1 in an effort that educators dubbed "On Top of Spaghetti."
The food will be donated to Gaithersburg Help.
Sharon Gilder, an administrator, said in a statement that students have been learning about helping others and decorating containers to transport the jars and bags and boxes of pasta. The Kindergarten Club sorted the pastas and sauces to determine the most popular, then boxed them for delivery.
Young leaders
The 2008 graduates of Youth Leadership Montgomery, a program for high school students that provides develops leadership skills and community awareness are:
Marina Aparicio, Watkins Mill High School; Julia Boudrye, Col. Zadok A. Magruder High School; Edgardo Gonzalez, Gaithersburg High School; Carrie Haslbeck, Col. Zadok A. Magruder High School.; Rebecca Kim, Richard Montgomery High School; Marcus Lee, Sherwood High School; Talia Lieber, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day; Evelyn Luther, Clarksburg High School; Hannah Phillips, Winston Churchill High School; Jessica Porter, Sherwood High School; Vladimir Rodriguez, Gaithersburg High School; Macarena Torres-Girao, Watkins Mill High School; and Paola Zuniga, Watkins Mill High School.
For more information, contact Esther Newman at 301-881-3333, Esther.Newman
@LeaderMont.org, or visit www.Leader
shipMontgomeryMD.org.
Clarksburg High holding fundraiser
Applebee's in Germantown will donate 15 percent of all guest checks on Monday nights to Clarksburg High School.
Patrons must obtain a flier from the school to present at the restaurant.
Students seek vehicle donations
The Montgomery County Students Automotive Trades Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization, is accepting vehicle donations.
The donations, which are tax deductible, will be used to teach the county school system's automotive technology students. To donate, call Mike Snyder at 301-962-4810 or e-mail Michael_C_Snyder@
mcpsmd.org. For additional information, visit www.autocareers.org.
Be a SMOB
Montgomery County Public Schools sophomores or juniors interested in being the 2009-2010 Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) can attend an informational meeting 4-5:30 p.m. Jan. 6 in the Board Room at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville.
Current and former student members of the Board of Education will be available to offer insights and answer questions. To be eligible for the position, students must live in Montgomery County and be enrolled as a sophomore or junior at an MCPS high school. For more information, e-mail Karen Crawford at Karen_L_Crawford@mcpsmd.org.
Teen library advocates
The Montgomery County Public Libraries' Teen Advisory Group has announced its membership roster and goals for the coming year
The group consists of county teens between the ages of 14 and 18 who share a love of reading and writing. The members share their thoughts, surf the Web with a critical eye, produce podcasts or videos, promote the library among their peers and develop library programs, according to a statement from the county.
This year, the group will focus its goals on programming for teens in the library and marketing the library to teens, in addition to continuing to add to the online Teensite.
The following new and returning members will serve through May: Amrita Anand, Paint Branch High; Kate Campbell, Washington International School; Sanjay Chainani, Poolesville High; Deepa Chellappa, Blair High; Sarah Craig, Walt Whitman High; Rebecca Ehrenkranz, Jewish Day School; Emma Grossman, Col. Zadok Magruder High; Meg Kelly, Richard Montgomery High; Jonae Lloyd, Winston Churchill High; Kiah Mahy and Leon Mait, Blair High; Regina Morriss, John F. Kennedy High; Ben Patton, Poolesville High; Andrew Price, Col. Zadok Magruder High; Ilana Price, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High; Sneha Rao, Paint Branch; Vanessa Sauter, Holton Arms; Will Shepherdson and Tasmin Swanson, Blair High; and Amanda Vane, Walter Johnson.
For more information e-mail Kathie Weinberg at Kathie.Weinberg@
montgomerycountymd.gov.
School Notes will take a break for the holidays and return Jan. 7. Send items 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.
