Author: Greer Bautz

On Monday, Jan. 20, join thousands of other Montgomery County students and families in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and teachings by participating in the Montgomery County Volunteer Center’s 2020 MLK Day of Service event at the Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center, 1-3 pm.

Participants will have the opportunity to help with a wide variety of service projects appropriate for volunteers of all ages, and students can earn Student Service Learning (SSL) hours. Activities will include packaging food for the hungry, creating scarves for hospice patients, crafting Valentine’s cards for seniors, and donating coats for a coat drive. In addition, the event will feature a volunteer fair where you can learn about ways to serve with dozens of local nonprofits and government agencies throughout the year.

This event is free, but space is limited and advance registration is required. Sign up here.

There will be smaller-scale multi-project service events that day in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Olney, Rockville, Silver Spring and Bethesda. Visit the Volunteer Center’s MLK Day web page for details and registration links.

At the event, parents will hear from MCPS teachers about science standards and what they can expect their children to learn in class. Sessions are targeted to parents with students in elementary and middle school.

Childcare and interpretation services will be available.

Gaithersburg High School is located at 101 Education Blvd. in Gaithersburg.

Register for the event.

Cabin John Middle School and Roundhouse Theater are excited to announce this year’s Spring musical production:    

The production features songs from the hit Broadway musical as well as the movie, with a large cast of both singing and non-singing roles.  Auditions and crew interest meetings will be held in January, the full schedule is located here.

Students who are interested in participating should plan to attend the week of January 21-23 after school.  Additional information will be coming on the website and on the announcements.

The event will feature a keynote address, a resource fair and breakout sessions on a variety of topics, including teen depression; stress and anxiety; vaping; the LGBTQ experience in MCPS; mindfulness; trauma; accessing needed care; cross-cultural mental health challenges; and The Landing, an MCPS recovery school. There will be a student talkback session from 4–5 p.m.

There will also be free mental health first aid training from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. (free, advance registration is required); a principals-only workshop, “How to Make School Trauma-Informed;” and a mock teen bedroom trailer, which will help educate parents on the warning signs of drug abuse.

Registration is available here.

Wood Middle School is located at 14615 Bauer Dr. in Rockville.

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