Students donate computers to Silver Spring nonprofit

The students host three used computer sales per year. The final computer sale will occur 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 10 at Thomas Edison High School of Technology, 12501 Dalewood Drive, Silver Spring. Proceeds benefit the ITF programs.

Call the Montgomery County Students Information Technology Foundation at 301-929-2190 or visit www.itfcareers.org

Edison students win gold medals in tech competition

Three students from Thomas Edison High School of Technology in Silver Spring won gold medals April 5 at the Maryland State SkillsUSA competition in Baltimore.

The SkillsUSA Championships reward students for excellence, involve industry in directly evaluating student performance, and focus training relevant to employers’ needs, according to a news release from Edison.

Team members Chris Feldman and Juan Melendez captured the gold medal in Web Design and Jeffrey Domingo won the gold in the Basic Health Care Skills category.

The Edison first-place winners will compete at the National SkillsUSA Competition in Kansas City, Mo., during the week of June 23 - 27, 2008.

Forty-four students from Edison competed. In addition to the three first-place winners, 12 Edison students placed second or third.

Second place individual winners: Max Findling, Carpentry; Jennifer Betancus, Nail Care; and Danny Diaz, Technical Computer Application.

Second place team competition winners: Chris Lastre, Danny Most and Atethaan Sonekeo in Community Service, and Ashley Cherie Gonzales and Mike Poghikyan in the Promotional Bulletin Board competition.

Third place winners: Amy Grubic, Basic Health Care Skills; Ceili Geiger, Food and Beverage Service; Ruben Munoz, Job Interview; and Chelsea Maggi, Nail Care.

The national competition brings together more than 4,500 students for more than 70 skills championships.

International Nightreturns to Wheaton

Wheaton High School will hold its annual International Night May 9, beginning with a 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. dinner followed by a show of dancers, singers and musicians.

Foods and the new Wheaton High School International cookbook will be sold. Proceeds from the show and the cookbook are donated for scholarships. Tickets are sold at the door for $4 per person or 5 for $15 if bought before May 8. To volunteer or for more information, call 301-929-2088.

Springbrook bandwins awards

The Springbrook High School Jazz Band, Symphonic Band and String Orchestra won second-place awards in the Festival of Music Competition April 4 at Harper College outside of Chicago.

The bands also won Most Outstanding Saxophone section. In addition, Braxton Cook won Most Outstanding Soloist for a jazz band, according to a news release from Springbrook.

The entire Springbrook group won the Esprit de Corps Award, given to the group that displays outstanding behavior and conduct on and off the stage throughout the festival performance. The director, Wyman Jones, was inducted into the Festival of Music Director’s Hall of Fame for participating in the past five Festivals of Music competitions.

Springbrook teacherselected for fellowship

Kera Johnson, a member of the math department at Springbrook High School, was selected to receive a 2008-2009 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship appointment with the National Science Foundation’s Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, according to a news release from Springbrook. She will be working at the NSF offices in Arlington, Va., from September 2008 to July 2009.

The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act was signed into law in November 1994. Selected teachers spend up to one year in a congressional office or a federal agency.

Blake company to perform Shakespeare celebration

The James Hubert Blake High School Shakespeare Stage Company will give a 25-minute performance at the Folger Shakespeare Library Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration on April 27. The Blake Company will perform between 1 and 2 p.m.

The Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, D.C., contains the largest collection of Shakespeare materials and is a world-class research center on Shakespeare.

Paint Branch students named to NHS

Forty-five Paint Branch High School students will be inducted into the National Honor Society 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the school cafeteria, 14121 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville.

To be eligible, students must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.33 and a weighted cumulative GPA of 3.70 or above. Candidates must also meet high standards of leadership, service, and character. The 2008-2009 inductees are:

Jared Adkins, Asif Ahmed, Carol Barnes, Stacymurie Biloa, Charles Brimmer, Lorenz Canubas, Rakesh Chopde, Saurav Chowdhury, Melody Chu, Scott Chung, Kathryn Cohen, Julia Dematatis, Dakota Duffy, Elizabeth Dzierzanowski, Kevin Edinborough, Matthew Fernandes, Liejo Fernandus, Megan Ford, Yves Gomes, Daniel Gregoire, Mamikon Gulian, Lauren Hamilton, Salena Jacob, Ramesh Katta, Patrick Kind, Michael Kunz, Nathaniel Lowe, Amanda Lukas, Casey McGrath, Kathleen McGrew, Michael Mekonnen, Reshma Muppala, Cindy Ocran, Sandra Okonofua, Sneha Rao, Christina Sayre, Kathryn Schneider, Emma Schultz, Katherine Sharpe, Natalie Sharpe, Anjna Swaminathan, Bradley Tse, Javier Vandeyar, Meghana Vodela, Gary Weiser.

Grace Episcopal pupils place at Maryland History Day

Grace Episcopal Day School students Eva Branson, Brittani Campbell, Dorothy Hastings and Erin Monahan won top honors at the 8th annual Maryland History Day Competition March 15 at Julius West Middle School in Rockville. Eleven members of Reginald Will’s sixth-grade class at Grace participated in this year’s event, according to a news release from the school.

The winning students wrote and performed a short play, ‘‘You’ve Got to Get an Education: Integration of the Montgomery County Schools,” based loosely on the lives of Nina Clarke and former Congresswoman Connie Morella, two women involved in the integration of the county’s public school system. ‘‘You’ve Got to Get an Education” earned three individual awards: The Charles Jacobs Special Prize for Local History, The Expression of African-American History Prize and the African-American Educational Prize.

Other Grace students involved in National History Day included Isel Fitzgerald, Isaiah Marshall, Rachel Sandri, Clare Specht and Alexa Thomas. These sixth-grade students worked on a play ‘‘Breaking through the Gender Wall: Title IX,” which brought to stage the early life of Jane Sanders, who is now the President of Burlington College in Vermont. The play discussed gender discrimination and the struggles of a young girl competing against boys during her early school years.

Kenny Lawson and James Mitchel created, ‘‘A Nation Divided Cannot Stand” a short film based on an interview they conducted with a former Grace parent, Rubina Patel. The film discussed Patel’s childhood growing up in Pakistan and the conflicts between India and Pakistan.

Student named Presidential Scholars candidate

Silver Spring resident Martin McDonald, a student at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, was named one of 2,600 candidates for the 2008 Presidential Scholars Program, according to a news release from Choate. The candidates were selected from nearly 2.8 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in 2008.

Takoma Park MS students to receive tech awards

The MCPS Division of Career and Technology Education has selected two outstanding Takoma Park Middle School students to receive awards.

James Shepherdson will receive the 2008 Computer Science Outstanding Middle School Student Award and Shoareged Phillpotts will receive the 2008 Family and Consumer Science Outstanding Middle School Student Award. These students were nominated by their teachers for their outstanding work, according to a news release from Takoma Park Middle School. The CTE Awards will be presented to these students at the school’s awards ceremony.

Kennedy to holdsilent auction

John F. Kennedy High School All Sports Booster Club will hold a silent auction 7 p.m. April 23 in the school cafeteria. No admission charge. Free food and drink will be donated by local businesses. Attendees can bid on everything from dinner for 10 at Marrakesh in Washington, D.C. to a signed baseball from the Frederick Keys. E-mail Jill_Sullivan@mcpsmd.org.

Blair studentsto walk for Darfur

A group of students from Montgomery Blair High School are hosting a charity walk⁄run to raise awareness about the continuing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan 9:30 a.m. April 26. All proceeds will be donated to the Darfur Coalition. It costs $10 to participate. Larger donations are welcome. Participants may register and donate on site. The walk⁄run will be on the Sligo Creek bike path.

Blair studentsto display artwork

The artwork of students at Montgomery Blair High School will be on display Thursday, Friday and Monday during school hours as part of the annual art show ‘‘Expressions.” There will be an opening 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday during the annual Blair Fair event in the media center at Blair, 51 University Blvd. East, Silver Spring.

Blair Fair slated for Friday

The annual Blair Fair at Montgomery Blair High School will be held 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the school, 51 University Boulevard East. The event features music, performances, activities, the Mr. & Ms. Blazer contest, food and a fundraiser, the PTSA Silent Auction. Call 301-649-2800.

Magical Math Nightat Cresthaven ES

Magical Math Night for parents and students will be held 7 p.m. April 30 at Cresthaven Elementary, 1234 Cresthaven Drive, Silver Spring. Call 301-431-7622.

Schools to put on spring performances

Several eastern Montgomery County schools are holding spring theater performances.

*James Hubert Blake: ‘‘Les Miserables” April 25 and 26 and May 1, 2 and 3 at the school, 300 Norwood Road, Silver Spring. Call 301-879-1300.

*Albert Einstein: ‘‘Thoroughly Modern Millie” 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday at the school, 11135 Newport Mill Road, Kensington. Call 301-929-2200.

*John F. Kennedy: ‘‘Once on This Island” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 25, 26 and 27 at the school, 1901 Randolph Road, Silver Spring. Call 301-929-2100.

*Paint Branch: The spring production at Paint Branch High School, ‘‘Bells Are Ringing” will be performed 7:30 p.m. Friday and April 26 and 27 at the school, 14121 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Cost is $7 students, $10 adults. Call 301-989-5600.

*Springbrook: ‘‘Bye, Bye Birdie” 7 p.m. April 24, 25 and 26 at the school, 201 Valley Brook Drive, Silver Spring. Cost $5 students, $7 adults. Call 301-989-5700.

*Benjamin Banneker: ‘‘Rock ‘n Soul Revue 7” May 9 and 10, and May 16 and 17 at the school, 14800 Perrywood Drive, Burtonsville. Call 301-989-5747.

*Eastern: ‘‘The Monkey Emperor’s Secret” May 2 and 3 and May 9 and 10 at the school, 300 University Blvd. E., Silver Spring. Call 301-650-6650.

*A. Mario Loiederman: ‘‘The Music Man Jr.” 7 p.m. May 16, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. May 17 and 2 p.m. May 18 at the school, 12701 Goodhill Road, Silver Spring. Cost is $4 for students and $6 for adults. Call 301-929-2282.

*Newport Mill: ‘‘Brothers Grimm: Out of Order” May 2 at the school, 11311 Newport Mill Road, Kensington. Call 301-929-2244.

*Parkland: ‘‘Puppets Gone Wild” May 1, 2 and 3. Call 301-460-2180.

*Silver Spring International: ‘‘A Lunch Line” (short plays) May 8 and 9 at the school, 313 Wayne Ave., Silver Spring. Call 301-650-6544.

*Sligo: ‘‘The Monkey Emperor’s Secret” May 8 and 9 at the school, 1401 Dennis Ave., Silver Spring. Call 301-649-8121.

*Takoma Park: ‘‘Seussical Jr.” May 13, 14 and 15 at the school, 7611 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring. Call 301-650-6444.

*White Oak: ‘‘The Pajama Game” April 24, 25 and 26. Call 301-989-5780.

International Night at Roscoe R. Nix ES

An International Night will be held 7 p.m. Friday at Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School, 1100 Corliss St., Silver Spring. Call 301-422-5070.

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