Magnet Foundation News: Winter 2017

Action Alert: The 2017-18 MCPS budget includes cuts to special programs - here's how you can help advocate for the Magnet

The Foundation exceeded its fundraising goals for 2016:

• • We raised $32,416.44 from 146 individual donors

  • David Ma '98 offered a $5,000 matching donation in December, and donors responded with $6,846.07 in donations

  • BoostMySchool, the fundraising platform developed by Holman Gao '08, processed a majority of the donations in 2016

The grants paid by the Magnet Foundation over the past year include:

• • $430 for MagPi bowling

  • $1,000 for the TASS trip to Fermilab

  • $650 for video recording equipment

  • $2,500 for the ACSL All-Star team

  • $2,000 for the Montgomery County ARML team

  • $1,200 to buy a band saw for the R&E lab

  • $630 for the Science Olympiad team

  • $550 to attend a Materials Science conference

  • $270 to attend Chemistry conference

  • $2,500 for acid storage cabinets

  • $1,000 for the Quiz Bowl team

  • $440 for Computer Science Day

  • $350 for BioEyes zebrafish

  • $140 for the CyberSecurity team

  • $780 to support a maker space in the library

New initiatives for 2017:

• • The Foundation is sponsoring a Silver Quest Memorial Writing Competition for students

  • The Foundation will be working with the new Art of Problem Solving Academy opening this fall in Montgomery County to increase diversity in the Magnet pipeline.