2016-17 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| July 2016 |
Chemistry Conference |
$270 |
Ms. Hart attended the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in Colorado. |
| August 2016 |
Chemical Storage Cabinets |
$2,500 |
The Foundation bought new chemical storage cabinets for Blair. |
| October 2016 |
Computer Science Day |
$440 |
The Foundation purchased arduino starter kits for Computer Science Day. |
| October 2016 |
Band Saw |
$1,200 |
The Foundation purchased a new band saw for R&E. |
| October 2016 |
Science Olympiad |
$300 |
The Foundation provided an additional $300 in funding to cover expenses for the Science Olympiad team. |
| November 2016 |
Materials Science Conference |
$550 |
Mr. Kaluta attended a materials science conference at Georgia Tech. |
| December 2016 |
Zebrafish |
$350 |
The Foundation purchased BioEYES Zebrafish for Genetics. |
| January 2017 |
MakerSpace |
$785 |
The Foundation paid for Ms. Lamphier to attend the Making for Educators conference in Baltimore, which included a starter maker kit for the MakerSpace in the Blair Media Center |
| February 2017 |
Chesapeake Bay Bowl |
$900 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees and covered expenses for the chaperones to take students to the Chesapeake Bay Bowl at the University of Delaware, where Blair's team won first place. |
| March 2017 |
Middle School Math Tournament |
$2600 |
The Foundation provided funding for the Blair Math team to run a Middle School Math Tournament (@davidstein65) |
| March 2017 |
FIST |
$2500 |
The Foundation supported the Females in Science and Technology (FIST) Conference for middle school girls (@blairmagnet) |
| July 2017 |
CSTA |
$525 |
The Foundation paid for the registration of three teachers for the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Conference |
2015-16 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| July 2015 |
Mu Alpha Theta Convention |
$625 |
The Foundation paid the expenses for Mr. Stein to attend the Mu Alpha Theta National Convention as a chaperone. The Moody's Foundation paid for the team's registration based on Blair's performance in the Mega Math Challenge. |
| August 2015 |
Magnet Picnic/Reunion |
$885 |
The Foundation paid the rental fees for the Magnet Picnic/Reunion, which were offset by certain registration fees. |
| November 2015 |
NCSSS Conference |
$1,300 |
The Foundation paid the travel and registration fees for Ms. Bosse and Ms. Duval to present at the 2015 NCSSS Professional Conference in New York City. |
| December 2015 |
VoiceBase |
$140 |
The Foundation paid for the transcription of classroom videos for deaf and hard of hearing Magnet students. |
| December 2015 |
Minitab |
$960 |
Licenses to Minitab statistical software |
| December 2015 |
Science Olympiad |
$450 |
Registration fee for the Maryland Science Olympiad |
| January 2016 |
Video Recording |
$650 |
The Foundation purchased $650 of video equipment for Magnet computer science. |
| January 2016 |
TASS |
$1,000 |
The Foundation covered certain expenses for a trip to Fermilab in Chicago with students from Finland. |
| January 2016 |
MagPi |
$430 |
The Foundation covered costs for chaperones for the annual MagPi bowling event. |
| April 2016 |
Cybersecurity Competition |
$130 |
The Foundation covered expenses for the angstromCTF competition organized by the Cybersecurity Club. |
| May 2016 |
ACSL All-Star Team |
$2,500 |
The Foundation paid for two chaperones to take ten students to the American Computer Science League All-Star Contest in North Carolina. |
| June 2016 |
ARML Team |
$2,000 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees for Montgomery County's five teams in the American Regions Mathematics League Competition in State College, PA, where they finished in 6th place nationally (Art of Problem Solving). |
2014-15 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| August 2014 |
Pencil Boxes |
$2,800 |
The Foundation purchased pencil box digital logic trainers and wire kits for 9th grade computer science. |
| October 2014 |
Video Camera |
$340 |
The Foundation approved the purchase of a digital video camera to allow teachers to record their lectures. |
| October 2014 |
Camtasia |
$180 |
The Foundation purchased an academic license to Camtasia Studio Software to allow teachers to post their lectures online. |
| February 2015 |
Ocean Science Bowl |
$450 |
The Foundation paid the registration fee for two teams to participate in the Chesapeake Bay Bowl. |
| March 2015 |
3-D Printer |
$800 |
The Foundation covered the cost of an upgrade for the FormOne 3-D printer used in the R&E lab. |
| March 2015 |
LabQuest |
$4,200 |
The Foundation purchased Vernier LabQuest devices and software used for the Chemistry R&E project. |
| March 2015 |
MagPi |
$380 |
The Foundation covered costs for chaperones for the annual MagPi bowling event. |
| April 2015 |
Robotics Team |
$2,000 |
MCPS charged the Robotics Team for use of the Blair facilities after hours. |
| April 2015 |
Zebrafish |
$320 |
The Foundation purchased BioEYES Zebrafish from Johns Hopkins for a genetics lab |
| April 2015 |
Algorithms Books |
$400 |
The Foundation purchased a set of "Beginning Algorithms" books for Computer Science |
| May 2015 |
Math Team |
$500 |
The Foundation funded the Math Team's Middle School Math Tournament held at Blair |
| May 2015 |
After-Prom |
$500 |
The Foundation supported the PTSA's fundraising efforts for After-Prom |
| May 2015 |
ACSL All-Star Team |
$2,200 |
The Foundation paid for two chaperones to take ten students to the American Computer Science League All-Star Contest in Orlando, FL. |
| June 2015 |
ARML Team |
$2,000 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees for Montgomery County's five teams in the American Regions Mathematics League Competition in State College, PA. |
| June 2015 |
R&E Equipment |
$2,300 |
The Foundation purchased a belt sander, disc sander, and band saw for the R&E lab. |
2013-14 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| October 2013 |
"Cycles of Life" |
$750 |
The Foundation purchased new copies of the DVD series "Cycles of Life: Exploring Biology," which are used in Magnet Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology and Cell Physiology, as well as other classes in the Blair Science Department. |
| October 2013 |
MagPi Bowling |
$500 |
The Foundation helped to subsidize the costs for a MagPi bowling event with Magnet freshmen and upperclass mentors. See photos on Flickr! |
| October 2013 |
Physics Olympiad |
$100 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees for the American Association of Physics Teachers exam to qualify for the U.S. Physics Team. Alexander Bourzutschky '14 and Michael Winer '15 were named as members of the 2014 U.S. Physics Team, and they traveled to Kazahstan where they won silver medals at the International Physics Olympiad. |
| November 2013 |
NABT Conference |
$175 |
The Foundation paid the registration fee for Ms. Duval to attend the annual National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| January 2014 |
Matlab |
$1,400 |
The Foundation bought licenses to Matlab Software used in Magnet math and computer science classes. |
| January 2014 |
TASS |
$2,600 |
The Foundation paid for chaperone costs and housing for an exchange program that took Mr. Schafer and four Magnet students to CERN in Switzerland for a week. The students created a blog documenting their trip. |
| April 2014 |
X-STEM |
$400 |
The Foundation paid for bus transportation for a group of students to attend the X-STEM Conference in Washington, DC, with science teachers Megan Hart, Eric Prange and John Haigh III. |
| April 2014 |
Orchestra |
$500 |
The Foundation supported a commissioned work for the Blair Orchestra |
| May 2014 |
ACSL All-Stars |
$1,900 |
The Foundation covered chaperone expenses and other costs for the Computer Team to travel and compete in the ACSL All-Star Competition in Cherry Creek, CO. |
| May 2014 |
ARML |
$2,000 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees for Montgomery County's five teams in the American Regions Mathematics League Competition in State College, PA. |
| May 2014 |
After-Prom |
$500 |
The Foundation contributed to the Blair PTSA's 2014 After-Prom budget. |
| July 2014 |
XSEDE |
$3,000 |
The Foundation covered travel expenses for parent chaperones to accompany students to the 2014 XSEDE Conference in Atlanta, GA. The students competed against college-level teams and won the Student Modeling and Simulation Challenge |
2012-13 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| August 2012 |
Magnet Picnic |
$300 |
The Foundation paid to rent a pavilion at for the Magnet Picnic at the beginning of the school year. |
| January 2013 |
Organic Chemistry Books |
$400 |
The Foundation purchased a set of additional books for Ms. Hart's Organic Chemistry course, Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History |
| April 2013 |
Magnet Magnet |
$20 |
The Foundation provided an Amazon Gift Certificate for Annie Dunn, who designed a new Magnet logo. |
| April 2013 |
Quiz Bowl |
$1,000 |
The Foundation covered travel and lodging expenses for Mr. Schafer and to subsidize costs for the Blair Academic Team to compete at the National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) High School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia, where Blair's team finished in fifth place. |
| May 2013 |
ARML |
$2,000 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees for Montgomery County's 5 ARML teams; the A team finished in 7th place in the nation in Mr. Walstein's last year coaching the team. |
| May 2013 |
ACSL All-Stars |
$2,000 |
The Foundation provided $2,000 to cover a rental van, lodging, and chaperone expenses for two teams of students to attend the ACSL All-Star Competition in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Senior Division Team won first place. |
| May 2013 |
After-Prom |
$500 |
The Foundation contributed to the Blair PTSA's After-Prom budget. |
| June 2013 |
NCSSSMST Conference |
$2,000 |
The Foundation paid for registration, lodging and chaperone expenses for the NCSSSMST Student Research Conference in Grinnell, Iowa. |
2011-12 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| September 2011 |
Organic Chemistry |
$2,000 |
Ms. Dieckman began teaching a new Organic Chemistry course in fall 2011. This was one of three new Magnet electives offered in 2011-12 (described in the Magnet Foundation Newsletter), but MCPS funds were not sufficient to purchase all of the necessary equipment. The Foundation and the PTSA provided funding to cover the cost of new textbooks and supplies. |
| October 2011 |
Statistics Software |
$440 |
The Magnet Foundation purchased software for Mr. Stein's Applied Statistics and Sports Statistics classes. |
| October 2011 |
Power Supplies |
$425 |
The Magnet Foundation provided funding for the Blair sysops to purchase uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) units for Blair's servers. The PTSA also helped to fund these UPS units. |
| February 2012 |
Entomology Cabinets |
$500 |
Ms. Duval began teaching a new Entomology class in fall 2011, and the Magnet Foundation purchased cabinets for storage. |
| March 2012 |
Quiz Bowl |
$1,000 |
The Magnet Foundation provided funding for the Quiz Bowl team to attend the PACE Scholastic Championship in St. Louis, MO, where the team won 8 of their 13 matches and finished fourth in their group. |
| May 2012 |
ARML |
$2,000 |
The Magnet Foundation paid the registration fees for Montgomery County's 5 ARML teams; the A team finished in 9th place in the nation, and Mr. Walstein was awarded the Samuel L. Greitzer Distinguished Coach Award. |
| May 2012 |
ACSL All-Stars |
$2,200 |
The Magnet Foundation provided funding to help 2 teachers bring 15 students to the ACSL All-Star Competition in West Chester, PA, where Blair's three teams each finished in the top ten in their divisions. |
| June 2012 |
NCSSSMST Conference |
$2,000 |
The Magnet Foundation provided funding to help 2 teachers bring 5 students to the NCSSSMST Student Research Conference at the Illinois Institute of Technology. |
2010-11 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| March 2011 |
MagPi |
$1,000 |
The Foundation covered about half the cost of a MagPi bowling event. |
| May 2011 |
ACSL All-Star Team |
$3,000 |
The Foundation paid for the rental of two vans, hotel rooms, and expenses for two chaperones to take tend students to the American Computer Science League All-Star Contest in North Haven, CT. |
| June 2011 |
ARML Team |
$3,000 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees and covered other costs for Montgomery County's five teams in the American Regions Mathematics League Competition in State College, PA. |
2009-10 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| November 2009 |
SC09 Conference |
$2,000 |
The Foundation covered the expenses of one chaperone and helped to cover certain expenses for six students to attend the SC09 Conference in Portland, Oregon, where the students tied for first place in the Student Programming Competition. |
| May 2010 |
ACSL All-Star Team |
$1,500 |
The Foundation funded the rental of two vans, hotel rooms, and expenses for ten students and two chaperones to participate in the American Computer Science League All-Star Contest in Reading, PA. |
| June 2010 |
ARML Team |
$2,000 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees for Montgomery County's five teams for the American Regions Mathematics League Competition in State College, PA. |
2008-09 School Year:
| Date |
Grant |
Amount |
Description |
| January 2009 |
Physics Olympiad Exam |
$220 |
32 Blair students took the exam to qualify for the United States Physics Team. The Foundation paid their registration fees. |
| May 2009 |
Envirothon |
$600 |
The Foundation paid the registration fees for twelve teams to compete in the Montgomery County Envirothon. |
| May 2009 |
ACSL All-Star Team |
$2,000 |
The Foundation paid the hotel expenses for the ten students at the American Computer Science League All-Star Competition in Madison, Alabama, and the full travel expenses for chaperones Mary Ann Dvorsky and Tran Pham. The senior team won first place, and the freshman team won third place. |
| June 2009 |
ARML Team |
$1,000 |
The Foundation provided $1,000 in funding to help pay for room and board and bus transportation for the American Regions Mathematics League Competition in State College, PA, where the A team finished in fifth place nationally. Alumnus Wei-Hwa Huang '93 also made a separate private donation to support the ARML team |
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