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The Foundation School of Montgomery County
Summer 2023 Newsletter
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Continuing Our Focus on Science
Throughout the spring semester, The Foundation School of Montgomery County continued our year-long focus on science with exciting activities and trips! In our high school biology classes, students conducted a variety of science experiments such as making DNA models out of gumdrops and racing race cars made out of mousetraps. Meanwhile, our middle school science classes conducted research on planets and later presented their findings to the class. Students also continued to expand their knowledge of the solar system when we took a guided tour of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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End of the Year Excitement
We wrapped up the 2022-2023 school year with three exciting end of year activities. First, we held a schoolwide field day event at Griffith Park which included a cookout, playing basketball and kickball, time on the playground, and lots of back yard games.
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Then, we hosted our highly anticipated graduation ceremonies at Seneca Creek State Park where we first celebrated our eight graduating seniors, followed by an afternoon ceremony for our eight eighth grade graduates. We were excited to recognize all of our graduates and are so proud of all the hard work they put in to make it to graduation day! |
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Serving Our Community
Our service learning club practiced teamwork and showed amazing kindness to their local and school community through several community service projects this year. To make certain classroom topics easier to understand, students designed informational bulletin boards about World War I and math subjects like Circles and Pi for their peers to admire in our hallways. Students also continued to give updates about school events and celebrations through our weekly school newsletter, including shout outs to our staff and important information about Autism Awareness Month in April.
Our service learning club also extended their kindness to our local community by delivering meals with our partners at Meals on Wheels. During our summer session, we plan to continue our model of service by researching the needs of our local Gaithersburg community, completing beautification projects around the school, engaging in advocacy campaigns, and volunteering with community service locations like ReStore, Manna Foods, Comfort Cases, Cura Personalis, and Silver Spring Food Distribution.
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Throughout the school year, we recognize a newcomer staff member and a staff member of the quarter for their tremendous job representing our core values: Teamwork, Work Ethic, Integrity, Respect, and Leadership (TWIRL). For the final newsletter of the 2022-2023 school year, we want to recognize the following staff members for going above and beyond in their positions during the third and fourth quarter! |
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Newcomer Staff of the Quarter |
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Mr. Schwapp serves as a dedicated aide in our middle school classrooms and maintains a calm but firm presence that encourages students to follow his directions without escalating. He can frequently be found walking throughout the school with students to give them breaks and motivate them to focus in the classroom. Mr. Schwapp always displays the core value of teamwork by being willing to step in wherever he is needed.
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Ms. LeBlanc is our high school science and electives teacher. As a returning staff member, she quickly fit back in with students and staff, displaying our core values of leadership and work ethic. She has worked hard to build relationships with students and staff and uses those relationships to assist in any way she can. While an excellent teacher, you can also find her redirecting behaviors or talking individually with students outside the classroom.
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Mr. Husbands stepped into the role of lead program assistant this year and has filled in for every classroom, supported students, and provided on-the-spot guidance to behavioral support staff during challenging or crisis situations. Mr. Husbands displays the core values of respect and leadership, showing politeness to everyone and holding students accountable to a high standard to help them reach beyond what they feel is possible.
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Ms. Nottingham is one of our behavior specialists and displays our core values of integrity and work ethic every day. She can be found in all parts of the school, using her quiet and calm manner to direct students to comply with expectations. Ms. Nottingham is a huge asset to our program, both with supporting our middle school students who come knocking on her door and working with the high school girls when a conflict arises.
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News for Our Subscribers:
On Saturday, July 22nd join us for a free Back to School Drive event at The Foundation School in Largo, located at 1330 McCormick Drive Largo, Maryland! From 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, we will be collecting school supplies and basic needs for our students to start the new school year strong. Come and enjoy some light refreshments, a moon bounce, and face painting, courtesy of our friends at Staff Vengers!
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