Thousands attended Kentlands Day on May 4, which began with sunny skies with a parade down Main Street and continued for hours with a festival in Kentlands Downtown. Kentlands Day organizer Andrew Ross estimated at least 22,000 people attended the day’s events, making it the most well-attended festival to date. Rachel Carson Elementary School...
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Test Violation Creates AP Score Scare The scores of 275 Quince Orchard High School AP Psychology students were at risk after a fellow student took a video in the testing room on her cell phone and posted it online. After several days of waiting while the College Board reviewed the incident, Principal Carole Working...
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For a group of Diamond Elementary School students, reading has become a family affair. A new Mother-Daughter Book Club has given fourth-grade girls a unique opportunity to spend time with their moms while enjoying literature. The club is the brainchild of Diamond Media Specialist Marcie Gross, who received a $375 grant from Gaithersburg’s Educational...
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America’s Best High Schools Both Quince Orchard and Northwest high schools were among 17 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) that placed on the annual list of America’s Best High Schools, published by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Two MCPS high schools made the top 100 nationally, and the district has the top six schools in the...
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City Seeks Input on 2013 Oktoberfest The city of Gaithersburg will hold an open meeting to discuss plans for the 2013 Oktoberfest at the Kentlands on May 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Kentlands Mansion. Community members interested in providing input and/or participating in the planning of this event are invited to attend. In March,...
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At Rachel Carson Elementary School (RCES), efforts are underway to create a conservation garden in the school’s courtyard. The PTA is partnering with the Muddy Branch Alliance, Whole Foods Market and the Kentlands Community Foundation’s GO GREEN group to rebuild part of its courtyard into a conservation garden, which will use native plants and...
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Earth Day Celebration Chesterbrook Academy preschool students in Kentlands hosted a ladybug release in celebration of Earth Day on April 22. Pre-kindergarten students released more than 3,000 ladybugs into the environment. In the days leading up to Earth Day, students learned that ladybugs feed on aphids (plant lice) and other insects that are harmful...
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Celebrate India at the Library The Quince Orchard Library invites the community to attend “UTSAV: A Celebration of India,” on May 11 from 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. The theme for the free event is Shakti-Strength, and programming will include music, dance, a children’s skit, and a special Penny Theatre presentation of “The Magic Pumpkin.”...
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On April 15, after running in her 10th Boston Marathon, Lisa Reichmann celebrated with fellow runners at a bar a couple of blocks from the finish line. “I stayed there for about an hour-and-a-half,” said Reichmann, a Washingtonian Woods resident who finished the race with a time of 3:18 at 1:18 p.m. “Then I...
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Join in the Kentlands Day Parade April 20 is the deadline to register to participate in the Fifth Annual Kentlands Day Parade, which will kick off a daylong community event on May 4. The Kentlands Day festival will take place from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in Downtown Kentlands. The parade will begin at...
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