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Karen Buglass started her career as a city planner and demographer, but the first Take Our Daughters to Work Day in 1993 started her in a whole new direction.

"I read about it and suggested to my boss that we do it," Buglass said. "I was told, ‘OK, and by the way, why don't you run it?'"

Buglass said she invited women at her workplace to come up with projects. She was so impressed with the work and fun of interacting with the children that she decided teaching was what she really wanted to do.

This week, Buglass, a fourth-grade teacher at Green Acres School in Rockville, was named the recipient of the 2010-2011 Shirley J. Lowrie "Thank You for Teaching" Award.

The award is given by the Independent Education and the Community Foundation of Montgomery County.

"[The award] acknowledges the joy I experience and the difference I make in teaching," Buglass said.

Winners named in

Keeping it Safe contest

The Keeping It SAFE Coalition for Under Twenty-one Alcohol Prevention announced the winners of its annual student video contest April 11. The contest attracted 45 middle and high school entries, involving 163 students, said Meg Baker of the Keeping it SAFE Coalition in an email.

First place in the high school category went to students from Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda. In second place was a team from Poolesville High School. Semifinalists were Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, and Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, with two winning entries.

Teams from Roberto Clemente Middle School, Germantown, won first and second place in the middle school division along with two semifinalist awards. The team from Thomas Pyle Middle School, Bethesda, was named a semifinalist.

Film-making teams receiving honorable mention are: Roberto Clemente, Col. Zadok Magruder High School, Derwood; Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville; Northwest High School, Germantown; Pyle Middle School; Ridgeview Middle School, Gaithersburg, and Rockville High School.

Students will receive their awards at a celebration at 8:30 a.m. April 29 at the Executive Office Building, Auditorium, 101 Monroe St., Rockville. To RSVP email meg.baker@montgomerycountymd.gov.

Donate to educate 

The Montgomery County Students Automotive Trades Foundation is seeking donations of used vehicles for students at Damascus, Gaithersburg, Seneca Valley and Thomas Edison high schools in the Automotive Technology classes. Students will work on the vehicles as part of their curriculum, learning the basics of automotive mechanics.

Donations are tax deductible. Call 301-929-2190 or visit www.autocareers.org.

It's time for

kindergarten roundup

For general information about kindergarten orientation and to look for the orientation dates of a specific school, visit: www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/enroll/orientation.aspx.

Twinbrook Elementary School, 5911 Ridgway Ave., Rockville, will hold its annual kindergarten orientation from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 28 and 9:30 a.m. to noon April 29. Children who will be 5 years old before Sept. 1 are eligible for kindergarten for the 2011-2012 school year. To schedule an appointment call Ellen Miller at 301-230-5925.

Stone Mill Elementary School, 14323 Stonebridge View Way, North Potomac, will hold Kindergarten Orientation from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3 and May 4. Parents of children who will be 5 years old by Sept. 1 and live within the Stone Mill Elementary School boundaries should contact the school to pick up a registration packet and schedule an appointment for orientation. Call 301-279-4975.

Education Notebook accepts news items and photographs about events, people and good news at your school. Please send us story ideas at least a week in advance of the event. Contact Peggy McEwan at pmcewan@gazette.net, fax at 301-670-7183 or 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD, 20877.