­ Parents, teachers, and administrators working together ­
Friday, May 16, 2014
Administration The following students will be recognized as distinguished scholars for having achieved
cumulative un-weighted GPAs of 3.5 or above by the end of the first semester of their
senior year. These students exemplify our motto: Expect, Believe, Achieve!
Iman Abdur-Rahman, Raymond Bascal, Rita Bechara, Denise
Beeko, Mark Bellomy, Camila Blaha, Qianyu Chen, Christopher
Choppin, Courtney Cline, Juan Sebastian Cortes-Sanchez,
Andrew Golden, Alexander Gutierrez, Ezra Hollander, Motomi
Ishii, Alexander Jung, Rachel Keegan, Carolyn Kittelberger,
Katrina Lao, Kristian Lao, Joshua Lucker, Victoria Mathews,
Samiza Palmer, Dan Pham, Vitung Quach, Anthony Ramos,
Shayne Nicole Rasco, Jacen Sherman, Kohler Sukachevin,
Brooke Szczesny, Stephanie Tam, Ramsey Telhami, Derek
Thompson, Douglas Tong, Paula Wang, Maggie Wartman,
Arielle Welch, Christine Yang, Joseph Young, and Timaj Yusuf.
Springbrook High School will honor these students at our annual
Distinguished Scholars Dinner on May 21st. Congratulations to them
and their families on this great accomplishment.
1 Calendar Monday, May 19
o HSA Testing* – Government (HSA bell schedule)
o Senior Exams** (Senior Exam bell schedule)
Tuesday, May 20
o HSA Testing – Biology
o Senior Exams
Wednesday, May 21
o HSA Testing – Algebra
o Senior Exams
o Distinguished Scholars Banquet – Riderwood - 6 pm
Thursday, May 22
o HSA Testing – English
o Senior Makeup Exams
o Senior Locker Clean-out
o Music Awards Program – 7 pm Cafeteria -- (Dinner begins 6 pm)
Friday, May 23
o Last Day of School for Seniors
Monday, May 26
o No School – Memorial Day
Friday, May 30
o Graduation Practice - 7:30 am in Auditorium
Monday, June 2
o Graduation – DAR Constitution Hall – 10 am
Wednesday, June 4
o Fundraising information meeting for possible 2015 Amazon
research expedition -- 7:30 pm in Room G-105
Thursday, June 5
o Underclass Locker Clean-out
Friday, June 6
o Exam Review Day
Saturday, June 7
o SAT Testing
Monday, June 9
o Exams – Periods 1 & 2
o Summer School registration deadline – Session 1
Tuesday, June 10
o Exams – Periods 3 & 4
Wednesday, June 11
o Exams – Period 5 & 6
2 Thursday, June 12
o Exam – Period 7
Friday, June 13
o Make-up Exams
o Last Day of School – Early Release
Saturday, June 14
o ACT Testing
Wednesday, June 25
o Summer School registration deadline – Session 2 (by 12 pm)
*Note for HSA Testing: •
All high school students must take and pass the HSA in biology, algebra, and
English.
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Students who do not have an HSA exam in the morning will not have to report to
school at 7:25 am.
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Lunch will be scheduled each day at 10:40 am, with the
first class period beginning at 11:15 am.
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Regular bus transportation will be provided in the morning
and afternoon.
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Students arriving late must provide their own transportation
during HSA testing days.
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For those students coming at the regular time with no HSA, study time will be
provided in the cafeteria.
**Note for Senior Exams:
•
If students need to take a makeup exam, they must first obtain administrative
approval, then make arrangements with their teacher.
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School day for seniors will get progressively shorter as they take their exams.
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Once they have taken their exams, they do not have to go back to that class. The
day of their exam will be their last day in that class.
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If they do not have an exam for a particular period, they must attend that class
until the exam period for that class has ended.
•
Example: If a senior does not have a period 7 exam on Friday, May 16th, he/she
must still attend that class. He/she will not have to go back to that class on
Monday, May 19th.
3 News from the PTSA JOIN US for our FINAL PTSA MEETING of the school year,
May 20 at 7:00 pm, Media Center
Mr. Rivera will present a year-end review of several key
school improvement initiatives. Chief School Improvement
Officer, Rebecca Thessin, will also attend to address any
other questions you may have about central office’s support
of school improvement work at Springbrook.
Moreover, we will conduct an election of next
year’s PTSA officers. (See slate below.)
And last, but certainly not least, we will
celebrate the work of our wonderful PTSA
volunteers. All are welcome!
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PTSA Officer Nominations
The PTSA's Nominating Committee nominates the following slate of eligible
candidates for Officer Positions for the 2014-2015 term.
1. Antoinette (Toni) Hinds for President
2. Evette Moore for Vice President
3. Zerihun Tufa for Treasurer
4. Reva Gambrell for Secretary
Officers will be elected by the PTSA's general membership at the May 20th PTSA
meeting. We will also accept any nominations made from the floor at that
time.
If you have not submitted your name yet, and would like to run for one of these
officer positions, we strongly encourage you to nominate yourself (or someone else)
from the floor at the May 20th meeting. Winners will assume their duties on July 1,
2014.
4 Committee Co-Chair Positions “Open”:
We are still looking for a team of parents to fill some key Committee Co-Chair
positions for the upcoming year. These committees already have Co-Chairs, and
are just looking for partners to share the job!
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Communications Committee Co-Chair (already
has one Co-Chair)
Membership and Outreach Co-Chair (already
has one Co-Chair)
Staff Appreciation Co-Chair (already has one
Co-Chair)
Not sure what the job entails? Click for JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
Please contact Nominating Committee members: Margaret Smith
([email protected]), Reva Gambrell ([email protected]), or Evette
Moore ([email protected]), if you are interested or have questions.
Cluster Coordinators needed:
What is a Cluster Coordinator?
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They serve as liaisons to MCCPTA and MCPS for the schools in their cluster,
which include their high school and all of its feeder schools.
•
Hierarchically, they are the next level up from the local PTA President and
are members of the Board of Directors of the MCCPTA.
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They work closely with the Area Vice President
(The Northeast Consortium AVP coordinates the
Springbrook, Paint Branch, Blake and Sherwood
clusters).
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Most importantly, CCs advocate for the schools in
their cluster by testifying before the Board of
Education and the County Council several times per
year.
Please contact Ann Coletti with any questions. She has served as a cluster
coordinator for Springbrook for the last two years. Ann is available to support you
throughout the year. [email protected]
5 After Prom
A GREAT time was had by all again at the terrific After Prom party this year!
Students ate, danced, and had fun all night long!
(Stay tuned for more details in the next issue of “News from the Brook”.)
Journalism Department Parents,
A yearbook makes a terrific graduation gift! Surprise your child
with his or her own copy of the yearbook by ordering HERE
now.
Yearbooks may also be purchased at school in room E310 for
$70 cash.
Questions? Please email Tim Hibberd at
[email protected]
Timothy Hibberd, Journalism Adviser
www.theblueprintnewspaper.com
www.jostensyearbooks.com
6 Counseling Department
Counselors are in the process of finalizing course requests for next year.
It is important for students to stay focused until the end of school,
especially our seniors. Please remember that ALL SENIORS
must meet their graduation requirements in order to be
eligible to graduate this year. This includes passing the
required HSA exams in biology, English and algebra, or
completing the required number of bridge projects, and also
includes the completion of all required SSL hours. It is
important that all seniors pass their English classes as well as
any other subjects they must complete to graduate.
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SENIORS!
Springbrook will be offering several academic support courses for the
2014 – 2015 school year. Parents will be receiving invitation letters in
the mail soon. Please make sure to respond quickly as there is limited
availability and courses will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
Applications for the Gates Millennium
Scholarship are available online now, and will
be available until August 1, 2014. This is a
fantastic scholarship opportunity. This year
Springbrook has two Gates millennium
Scholarship winners!
7 Fine Arts Department “TEAR DOWN YOUR WALL”
Mural project will send a powerful message
On Wednesday, May 14th, students Erick Orellana ’15, Aylin Juarez ’15, Kevin
Turcios ’15, Gabe ’15, parent-advisor Arturo Ho and teacher-sponsor Jonathan Mann
started priming Springbrook’s back parking lot wall with a fresh coat of white paint.
They had just received a $500 mini-grant from the PTSA to complete the “Tear Down
Your Wall” mural project. It started last year as a discussion between Mr. Mann and
Erick about how everyone erects internal walls that impede their ability to learn,
receive a high quality education, and open their mind to rich, creative, and
imaginative possibilities. These walls need to be taken down. The idea has grown
with Aylin, Kevin and many other students’ input, as a metaphor for how one should
get the most out of their Springbrook education.
The back parking lot wall is the perfect canvas for the student’s artistic training in
painting a large-scale mural, and for giving a motivational purpose to the school’s
community. Just like any site-specific work in the art world, the work has been vetted
by Springbrook’s students, parents, faculty, and the administration, to make certain
that the work truly represents the ideals of our community. By next week, the mural
will be sketched out and the large areas to be painted will be filled in. The details
should be finished within two to three weeks.
Upon completion, projected for the first week of June, the students would like to have
a little party reception for the Springbrook community to inaugurate the wall and
discuss its purpose and potential for more creative community and participatory
artistic actions. Any contributions for this reception would be greatly appreciated.
Jonathan Mann ([email protected])
Chairman/Resource Teacher, Art Department
Art students will transform Springbrook’s back parking lot wall with this large-scale mural, projected for completion the first week of
June. The “Tear Down Your Wall” message encourages students to eliminate internal barriers that impede their ability to learn. When
they can tear down their wall, they can open their minds to endless possibilities, and receive the most from their Springbrook education.
8 Science Department UPDATED INFORMATION!!!! PLEASE READ!!! Interested in joining a research expedition to the Amazon in the summer of 2015? FUNDRAISING INFORMATION MEETING @ Springbrook High School for students and parents on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 at 7:30 pm in Room G105 Stay aboard a research vessel on the Amazon River! • Survey for macaws •
Estimate populations of tapirs, river dolphins, and game birds •
Describe fish communities by completing fishery surveys •
Spotlight and noose three species of caimans WHO: Springbrook High School students currently enrolled in grades 9-­‐12 who are interested in conservation of biodiversity WHAT: Potential research expedition to the Amazon rain forest WHERE: Pacaya-­‐Samiria National Reserve, Peru WHEN: Two weeks, beginning June 28, 2015 INTERESTED? To view a video clip and other information use the group code f27njc to join our interest group on edmodo.com OR go directly to the Operation Wallacea website . View information video here. QUESTIONS? See one of the teachers listed below: Teacher Room number Best times to find Dr. Folsom Ms. Van Gavree Mrs. Moore G105 G101 G209 Before school, lunch Before school, after school Before school, lunch, after school TO RESERVE A SPACE: Sign up with one of the teachers listed above. We will need your name, email address, parent’s name and email address, and parent’s phone number. ATTEND WITH PARENT: Information meeting on Wednesday, June 4th at 7:30 pm in Room G105. COST: $1900 tuition plus airfare. Operation Wallacea will provide professional fund-­‐raising support. Our goal will be to raise funds to cover tuition and airfare for all students attending. 9 Music Department / Music Boosters Upcoming Events:
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AWARDS: Thursday, May 22,
2014 at 7:00 pm. (Pot Luck Dinner begins at 6:00 pm.)
CAR WASH: Saturday, May 31, 2014 from 12:30 pm to
4:00 pm at Sandy Spring Bank (13300 New Hampshire
Ave, Silver Spring, 20904 – right across from the post
office).
JAZZ AND ORCHESTRA CAMP: June 23 - 27, 2014 from 8:30 am to 12:00
pm in D-108 (Band Room). Open to all instrumental music students in grades
6-12, for all instrument types and musical
abilities. Students learn from
professionals. Click for registration
brochure.
For more information, call Music Director
Wyman Jones at 301-989-6062, or email
him at [email protected]
MARCHING BAND CAMP: July 28 to August 1
Volunteering and Information:
The Music Boosters holds its monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of the month
at 7:00 pm in the Band Room (D-108). Please join us. We would love to see
more supporters of the program. Next meeting is Tuesday, May 6th, 7:00 pm.
We are still looking for someone to fill the position
of SECRETARY on the Booster’s Board (our current
Secretary is a senior parent). If you are interested, or
just want more information, please email:
[email protected]
Look out for information about future music events and fundraisers which will be
sent through this forum. You can also find us on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/SpringbrookHsMusic or contact us by email at:
[email protected]
10 Community Tidbits COME, JOIN THE FUN!
Good Hope / C-4 Community
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
THIS Saturday, May 17, 2014, 10 am - 4 pm
Good Hope Community Center, 14715 Good Hope Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905
Fun SSL Opportunities!
Student Volunteers Needed, Earn your SSL Hours
Contact: Ruth Dereje, Student Volunteer Coordinator
[email protected], 301-547-1837
Reserve a Table and Reach Thousands of Local Residents
Vendor tables: $30
Contact: Carol Hudson, Vendor Relations Coordinator
916-812-1470, [email protected]
Win Cash Prizes - “Montgomery’s Got Talent”
Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Maximum of a 5 minute performance to be judged by a panel of 3 experts
What’s Your Talent?
Bands, Musicians, Dancers, Singers, Actors /Actresses, Martial Artists, Gymnasts
Contact: Alyssa Ranko, President and Entertainment Coordinator
[email protected]; 301-599-2108, 703-851-5993
Come out and enjoy the day with strawberries and ice
cream, hot dogs, FREE face painting, music, live auction,
and lots of fun!
For the first time, the festival is being co-hosted by The
Montgomery County Government and C-4, the Colesville
Council of Community Congregations.
Click here for flyer.
11 SUMMER “TEEN ESCAPES” TRAVEL CAMP
Montgomery County Recreation Department’s
non-traditional summer camp for 13 to 16 year olds
The “Teen Escapes” program begins June 30 and offers four, one-week camp
sessions. Teens can sign up for one or more sessions and go on
day-trips to places like Hershey Park, Kings Dominion, and
Rehoboth Beach.
Convenient pick-up locations include White Oak Rec Center and the
Marilyn Praisner Center.
This program is very popular and slots fill up quickly, so register right away!
For more information, see page 75 of the Montgomery County Recreation and Parks
Programs Summer Guide, or call 240-777-6870.
News from the Brook - Upcoming Publication Schedule
Publication Date
Friday, May 30
Deadline for Submission
Tuesday, May 27
˜ The next issue (above) will be the final one for this school year. –
News from the Brook, point of contact: [email protected]
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