This spring, high school seniors are turning their tassles at commencement exercises all across the country, symbolizing the first steps into adulthood. Locally, 441 seniors from Quince Orchard High School graduated on June 4 at DAR Constitution Hall and 552 from Northwest High School followed suit on June 5. Whether choosing to continue their...
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Quince Orchard (QO) High School opened in Gaithersburg on Sept. 6, 1988, and its first class graduated on June 4, 1990. The school’s 25th anniversary has been celebrated throughout the 2012-2013 school year, beginning with a reception Sept. 6 and most recently with a sun-drenched evening reception honoring alumnae on May 17. About 30...
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On May 22 – 27, three Quince Orchard (QO) High School students and four Ridgeview and Roberto Clemente middle school sixth graders attended the the 2013 Destination Imagination Global Finals, an international competition held in Knoxville, Tenn. This particular competition tested not athleticism or musicality, but brainpower. Destination Imagination is a nonprofit organization incorporated...
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It is the subject of many movies, at the core of teenage angst and a topic that drives many to wax nostalgic. Because of all that and more, the high school prom will remain a staple of American life even as it changes and evolves over the years. Yet today’s elaborate hotel affairs and...
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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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The wonderful world of Disney is coming to a middle school near you! Following close behind Quince Orchard High School’s recent staging of “Beauty and the Beast,” both Ridgeview (RMS) and Lakelands Park (LPMS) middle schools chose Disney junior plays for their spring musicals. Junior adaptations condense classic stories and musicals into shortened versions...
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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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The week before opening night of a theatre production, referred to as “Hell Week,” is notorious for long nights, high emotions and tedious rehearsals. The cast and crew of Quince Orchard (QO) High School’s spring production, “Beauty and the Beast,” endured a particularly vexing “Hell Week,” but the result on opening night was nothing...
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On April 12, students, teachers and parents filed into Diamond Elementary School to immerse themselves in the different cultures and countries represented at the fourth annual International Night. Chaired by parent volunteer Nazanin Kholdebarin, the event featured 21 countries around the world, from Guyana to Holland. School hallways were crowded with colorful stands and...
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