Magnet Foundation News: Spring 2018

Updates: Previously approved grants and programs:

• • The Math Team held its Middle School Math Tournament in April, with students from middle schools across the DMV (#mbmt)

  • The Ocean Science Bowl Team won the 2018 National Ocean Science Bowl in Boulder, Colorado!

  • The STEM Pipeline Program is preparing to admit its second class of elementary school students. Richard Rusczyk, the founder of the Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), recently spoke with Education Week about his partnership with the Magnet Foundation and other efforts to reach underserved communities.

Middle School Magnets: This spring, MCPS changed the admissions process for middle school magnets, implementing a more universal screening process and considering whether qualified students had a "peer group" in their home middle schools. As a result, many fifth grade students who would have qualified for admission to the Takoma Park and Eastern Middle School magnets based on their test scores were instead told to enroll in their home middle schools, where MCPS will be implementing an enriched sixth grade math curriculum (Bethesda Magazine). The Board is monitoring the changes and considering how to respond.

Please consider making a donation to support the Magnet program. Contact the Board of Directors by e-mailing board@mbhsmagnet.org