Potomac sixth-grader winner of calendar art competition
Kelly Ren, a sixth-grade student at Potomac’s Cabin John Middle School, was chosen from among 1,500 students across the state as the winner of the Maryland Council on Economic Education’s “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” contest.
Participants had to visually demonstrate their understanding of fundamental economic and personal finance, and Ren’s artwork was selected for the February page of the calendar.
Ren’s design features a young girl thinking about various ways she can make money.
About 4,000 copies of the calendar were printed and distributed to teachers and schools across the state.
Stone Ridge School of The Sacred Heart receives national charter status
Stone Ridge School of The Sacred Heart in Bethesda was recognized this week by the National Speech & Debate Association for earning charter membership in the organization.
Since 2016, students and speech coaches have earned more than 50 degrees for “outstanding participating in speech and debate activities,” and receiving charter membership status is the highest honor the association awards, the association said in a news release.
“Participation in speech and debate changes lives,” said J. Scott Wunn, executive director of the National Speech & Debate Association in a statement. “We are extremely proud of our charter schools, coaches and students for their hard work and dedication to this transformative activity.”
Stone Ridge is an all-girls private Catholic school on Rockville Pike with tuition of more than $35,000 per year and an enrollment of about 700 students in pre-kindergarten through high school.
Annual school system charity campaign underway
The 2019 MCPS Cares Employees’ Charity Campaign will run through Feb. 28 to raise funds for nonprofit organizations throughout Montgomery County.
School system employees can donate by check or online using debit or credit cards. The charity campaign is coordinate is coordinated by the school system’s Educational Foundation and benefits 10 charities: College Tracks Inc.; Family Services Inc.; the George B. Thomas Sr. Learning Academy; the Greater Washington Community Foundation; Identity; Imagination Stage; JCA Interages, Manna Food Center; the school system’s Educational Foundation and the United Way National Capital Area.
School board recognizes Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
At its Feb. 12 business meeting, the Montgomery County Board of Education recognized February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
Each board member wore orange clothing to the meeting, which is recognized by various anti-violence organizations as the color symbolizing teen dating violence awareness.
The school board’s resolution said about 1.5 million high school students in the United States have said they were physically harmed within the past year by someone with whom they were romantically involved.
The school system, in conjunction with other county organizations and nonprofits, educates students and families about teen dating violence through contests, education campaigns and social media postings.
Caitlynn Peetz can be reached out at caitlynn.peetz@moco360.media
