Trinity Welcomes Home Author Curtis Sikes
Catholic Students Nominated As Volunteers of the Year
Two Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School students were honored as nominees at the Hands On River Region Volunteer of the Year Awards Ceremony held on April 25. MCPS Student Council and Student Government officers represented the student body as they were nominated for volunteer youth group of the year. Daniel Lobello and Andrea Hayes were nominated as individuals for their extraordinary volunteerism in the River Region. Shown are MCPS High School SGA President Shelby Taff, eleventh-grade nominees Daniel Lobello and Andrea Hayes, Holy Spirit Campus Student Council President Thomas McLaughlin and Mayor Todd Strange.
STJ First-Grader Takes Accelerated Math Class
Alexandria Clenny, a Saint James School first-grader, has been accepted into the Gifted Youth Program at Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development Education Program. Clenny is taking an accelerated math course through multimedia lectures over the internet, beginning in June. The six-year-old’s instructor is a faculty member at Stanford University. In the qualifying test for the coursework, Clenny scored in the top 5 percent of all students, worldwide. www.montgomeryparents.com
Trinity Presbyterian School’s family and friends welcomed home one of their own on April 11 with a coffee and book signing for former Trinity student Curtis Sikes, author of The Heart of a King. Sikes attended Trinity from 1992 to 1997, during fourth through ninth grades. He credits one of his favorite Trinity Lower School teachers for his becoming a writer. In 2012 he published his first children’s book, The Heart of a King, dedicating it to the loving memory of Mrs. Linda Shands. Currently, Sikes is serving as a Middle School language arts teacher at Covenant Christian School in Sylva, North Carolina. Sikes visited with alums and former Trinity teachers. He spoke with Trinity’s fifth- and sixth-grade language arts classes. “They had some really good questions and suggestions for future projects,” he said. “I really enjoyed sharing with the students and hopefully inspired a few of them to write books someday.” Sikes is pictured with his book next to a plaque erected in Mrs. Shands’ honor in the Trinity hallway across from the Middle/Upper School Library.
Bear Green Team Visits Sanitary Landfill
The Bear Exploration Green Team took a field trip to the North Montgomery Sanitary Landfill in April. The students learned how everything they throw away ends up at the landfill. The city does a great job of making sure the landfill is safe and clean, and workers try to recycle many of the materials that come to the site. That was a relief to this group of students who has learned all year about reducing, reusing and recycling. The Green Team consists of fifth-graders at Bear and meets after school once a month. Members include Cole Dulaney, Logan Dulaney, Jesse Custard, Skylar Essex, Kade Etheridge, Anna Frost, Ashley Hayes, Connor Hibbard, Joe Higgins, Grace Hogan, Logan Horne, Andre Howard, Kaylah Kerr, Nick Marshall, Mary Kate Pattee, Michael Rossi, John Richard Talley, Luke Truslow and Ian Wright.
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Montessori @ Hampstead Kicks Off Summer Program Montessori at Hampstead recently held its end of the year picnic. Kids of all ages enjoyed a beautiful day and yummy food provided by Earth Fare. The theme for the school’s summer program is “Summer of Exploration” and a great way to kick off the summer was to explore the Big Red Fire Truck. The students loved climbing in the truck and seeing firsthand what a fire truck is really like. They actually learned how fire trucks operate and put out fires. What a “sure-fire” way to get the kids excited about learning! 16
Montgomery Parents I July 2013
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