Lakelands Park Middle School
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| Lakelands Park Middle School | |
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| Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA |
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| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Principal | Joseph Sacco |
| Enrollment |
1,700 |
| Type | Middle school |
| Grades | 6-8 |
| Team name | Falcons |
| Publication | The Falcon Times, The Falcon Flier |
| Established | 2005 |
| Homepage | Official site |
Lakelands Park Middle School is a middle school located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Named after Lakelands Park, which is located next to the school and, with 1,700 students, this is the second largest public school in Montgomery County Public Schools and educates in grades 6-8, with grade 8 added for 2006-07. It has a high local profile with the premises being regularly used for community events. The principal is Joseph Sacco.[1]
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[edit] The School
Lakelands Park was built in 2005 to resolve overcrowding in other schools in the County,[2] as a result of a unique collaborative effort between Montgomery County Board of Education and Dr Jerry Weast,[3] at a cost of $21 million.[4] It is 153,588 square feet, and includes three floors, a full-size gym, auxiliary gyms, three computer labs, music, technology, and art rooms.
The school has set ambitious academic targets including 100% of the students reading on or above grade level by the time that they leave the school.[5]
[edit] National contributions
A teacher at the school, Carol Nezzo, was invited by the National Capital Language Resource Center to jointly present a paper entitled "Learning Strategies for Young Learners - Playing among the 5 Cs" on June 20, 2007.[6]
[edit] Cell phone experiment
Following the decision of the Montgomery County school board to allow cell phones in schools other than high schools, in August 2007 Lakelands was one of four selected to trial this arrangement.[7]
[edit] Lakelands Park Theatre
The Lakelands Park Theatre, the school's drama club, wrote and gave a public performance of an original drama Pirate School!, in February 2008.[8]
[edit] Student awards
- Bria Mirante-Howard - winner of the Afro American Newspapers Character Essay Contest, 2007.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ "Lakelands Park Middle School Staff Directory", Montgomery County Public Schools
- ^ Area's schools cope with additional students, Washington Times, August 28, 2005
- ^ "Milestones, Goals and a Request for Residents' Input", The Washington Post, February 2, 2006
- ^ "Gaithersburg's New School", The Washington Post, August 25, 2005
- ^ "New Lakelands Park Middle School plans for excellent year", Parisa Karimi, The Prowler, September 30, 2005
- ^ "NCLRC's 2007 Summer Institutes", Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, January 29, 2007
- ^ "Schools Ease Off Cellphone Restraints", Daniel de Vise, Washington Post, August 27 2007
- ^ "Ahoy there, Lakelands Park Middle School mateys", Patricia M. Murret, Gazette.net, February 6, 2008
- ^ "The Bulletin", Montgomery County Public Schools, June 4, 2007
[edit] See also
Montgomery County Public Schools
[edit] External links
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