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Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $2500.00 Benefitting Paint Branch Staff and Students

The Board of Directors of the Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation is pleased to announce the awarding of five mini-grants to Paint Branch High School staff.

The four winning mini-grants will benefit a variety of programs and classes at the school:

1. Grant: Fitness Class Steps, Step Cart, Hand Weights and More! – Michelle Chestnut, Total Fitness Physical Education Teacher

This is the second year of a Total Fitness class. New ideas and workouts are in the plans for this year to get all of our PB students active and moving! Due to its popularity, there has been a larger than expected enrollment. Because of the increased enrollment, more equipment is needed for the students. This $500.00 grant provides more steps with risers, hand weights, a weight rack and resistance bands.

2. Grant: Music Festival Competition Trip to Myrtle Beach, SC – Christine Mitchell, Choral Teacher

This $500.00 grant will be used to offer financial aid to gifted music students to have the opportunity to participate in this advanced musical opportunity. These students would not otherwise be able to attend the competition due to cost. The cost of this trip is $610.00 per student. The grant will also be used to supplement the costs associated with the All State Chorus should a student qualify for this group. The cost to students who qualify is $400.00.

3. Grant: Teaching Photography – Joanna Yoder, Photography Teacher

This $500.00 grant allows the photography class to purchase five new 35 mm SLR cameras for the students to use while learning black and white photography. There is a growing student interest in studying black and white photography using traditional cameras and the darkroom. In order to maximize student learning, more cameras are needed.

4. Grant: I Loved that Book! – Arjunia Oakley, Reading/Language Arts Teacher

The $500.00 grant will be used to purchase high interest books for a new mini-library for students in the Academic Reading program. These new books will be added to the classroom library and part of the grant money will also be used to replace worn out, beloved current books. Students in this Academic Reading program struggle with their reading and the challenge of the teacher and program is to ignite or reignite their passion for reading. These books will provide reading across content areas and literature that is interesting to students and that they can relate to their lives and their community.

5. Grant: Chefs on the Move – Sandy Levine, Culinary Arts, International Cultures and Cuisines and Food Trends and Technology Teacher

Students will travel by school bus to the Marriot Corporate headquarters in Bethesda where they will meet Chef Kathleen Wellington. Chef Wellington will provide a three-part tour including a visit to the Marriott Hotel Kitchen and an opportunity to interact with the chef. Students will also tour the Test Kitchen for Marriott International, where recipes are developed, critiqued and refined. In the Test Kitchen, new menu items, which will be served at Marriott restaurants worldwide, are created. Finally, students will have the opportunity to tour Marriott Headquarters and get a sampling of the diverse employment opportunities in the hotel headquarters. The field trip will culminate with lunch in the cafeteria at Marriott Headquarters, provided by Marriott. The $500.00 grant will provide for the bus transportation and a substitute teacher.

Order Your Paint Branch High School Commemorative Keepsake Now!

In less than one year, the Paint Branch High School building that is home to so many important memories for our community will be no more.As our tradition of excellence moves forward to our new, state-of- the-art building, we fondly look back one last time.

The Paint Branch Educational Foundation has commissioned a beautiful keepsake to celebrate the exceptional history of Paint Branch High School. Each finely etched 3-dimensional keepsake is proudly displayed in a lovely box themed with our burgunday and gold school colors. The keepsake measures 2 1/4 by 3 inches.

Perfect as a gift at holiday time or graduation. Proceeds from these beautiful keepsakes will further enhance educational opportunities for our Paint Branch family in the form of program mini-grants for our staff and scholarships for our senior students.

To order your keepsakes, please fill out the order form and return it in an envelope with a check or money order payable to the Paint Branch HS Educational Foundation.

Each keepsake costs $15.00 each plus Maryland sales tax (6% = $.90 per keepsake) for a total of $15.90 per keepsake. Checks should be made payable to Paint Branch HS Educational Foundation. Orders may be dropped off in the main office at Paint Branch or mailed to: Paint Branch HS Educational Foundation, 14121 Old Columbia Pike Burtonsville, MD 20866. All orders must be picked up at the school once they arrive.

Click Here for Order Form (pdf)

Apply NOW for a 2011-2012 Mini Grant!

Mini-grants support Paint Branch staff in activities for their students that could not otherwise be supported financially through the regular budget.Projects need to be completed by the end of the school year 2011-12. The deadline for submitting the application is Thursday, October 20, 2011. All applications must be submitted electronically to Patti Twigg: Email address Lptwigg AT verizon DOT net. The Foundation is especially interested in grant applications from staff who have never applied for a grant. Questions? Contact Patti via email.

Please complete the application form by typing and limit your total application to 2 pages.

Click here for Mini Grant Application (pdf)

Start your holiday shopping at Books A Million In Laurel!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Books A Million, a Laurel Maryland bookstore, is hosting a fundraiser for the Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The bookstore is located in the Laurel Shopping Center at 351 Montrose Avenue, Laurel, MD 20707.

A portion of all sales will be donated to the Paint Branch Educational Foundation. Customers are asked to cash out at the register marked with balloons so the organization will be credited for the sale.

Directions to Books A Million from Paint Branch High School

1. Leaving the school, head north on Old Columbia Pike
2. Turn right onto MD-198 East. Continue to follow MD-198 East for 4.5 miles
3. Turn right at Route 1 South
4. Take the right into the first shopping center, which is Laurel Shopping Center.
You will see a Giant food store in the shopping center. The bookstore will be on your right.

Click here for Flier (pdf)

Sign up for EScrip Now and Support the Educational Foundation

EScrip is proven to be a fantastic resource for fundraising where participating business partners contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to the Paint Branch Educational Foundation.

Here's How it Works

• You register any one or all of your existing grocery loyalty, debit and credit cards for use in the program.

• Participating merchants will make contributions to your chosen group (Paint Branch High School, ID Number 6549637), based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered.

• Your purchases are tracked and available to you online, allowing you to see just how much you are earning on your child's behalf

Our group name is:
Paint Branch High School

and eScrip Group ID is:
6549637

Click here to Enroll

Buy Your Summer Reading Books at In Laurel!

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Books A Million, a Laurel, Maryland bookstore, is hosting a fundraiser for the Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The bookstore is located in the Laurel Shopping Center at 351 Montrose Avenue, Laurel, MD 20707.

Directions to Books A Million from Paint Branch High School

Click here for Flier (pdf)

Join us at Cheeburger Cheeburger in Burtonsville

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Cheeburger Cheeburger will donate 20% of all sales to the Educational Foundation with flier

Click here for flier (pdf)

Paint Branch High School Groundbreaking
March 20, 2010 at 10:00 am

Click Here for Pictures From the Groundbreaking

Paint Branch High School is proud to announce the groundbreaking for the new school will take place on March 20, 2010 at 10:00 am and will be followed by a reception. The state-of-the-art design was designed as a Signature school supporting the Science and Media Academies as well as the Academy of Finance (AOF), Culinary Arts and NJROTC.

The new $94.1 million Paint Branch High School calls for a 340,000 square-foot replacement to an existing, outdated facility. The school will accommodate 1,800 students initially, and expand to meet future enrollment needs of up to 2,400. Administrative and faculty areas are also strategically located for supervision. Courtyards and large windows will introduce controllable, natural light throughout the teaching spaces. The building will be completely ADA accessible. Academic areas will be separated from the auditorium and gym, isolating noisy functions and securing the building for after-hours use.

This project currently pursues LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification through the United States Green Building Council. With support from the school community and administration, the new school will model sustainable operating and maintenance practices, as well as encourage a healthy learning environment. Sustainable goals were approved through a series of meetings between the design team and representatives from Montgomery County Public Schools. A comprehensive energy model was developed to optimize energy efficiency, and to serve as a cost-benefit decision-making tool for analyzing the building's envelope, insulation, and glazing.

Facility features include:

Auditorium: 900-seat state-of-the-art

Academies: Medical Careers, Pharmacy, Media, Finance, Culinary Arts, NJROTC, Child Development

12 Science labs plus a Greenhouse

10 Computer Laboratories

4 Art Classrooms including a green room outdoor classroom space

School Aerial View - West	School Aerial View - North
View of Gym - Looking South
View From Back of School	View of Cafeteria - Looking North
Hallway and Stairs	Hallway Outside Gymnasium
Auditorium - View From Stage	Auditorium - View Facing Stage
Site Map

APPLY NOW!
Educational Foundation
College Scholarships Available to Paint Branch Seniors

Introduction:

The Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation is pleased to seek applications for our scholarship program. Our vision is to support Paint Branch High School (PBHS); its students, staff and families. With this in mind, we will be funding up to five one-time scholarships for $500 this spring.

Instructions:

These scholarships are open to current seniors, who will be furthering their education in the fall at college, community college, or trade school. Payments will be made directly to the school of their choice.

Shani Davis, an American Olympian, recently stated: “I learned not to pay attention to things that are negative and focus on what I am here to do. …. I rightfully earned that spot, and it’s for me to do what I want with it.”

We are asking students to interpret and relate the quote to their educational future in an essay of up to 500 words.

Essays must be submitted electronically to GARLANDANZ AT MSN DOT COM no later than April 9, 2010 by 5:00 pm. The Foundation Board of Directors (BOD) will then select up to ten entries, and those students will be asked to discuss their essay orally with the BOD as the final part of the competition. The date for the interviews is Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 2:30 pm.

The BOD reserves the right to award fewer than five scholarships if insufficient qualified submissions are received.

Please be sure to include the following information in the header of your essay:

Name, phone, address and email address.

If you have any questions, please contact Garland Christopher Sr. at GARLANDANZ AT MSN DOT COM.

Click here for 1 page printable form (pdf)

Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation Fundraiser at
John Greenan and Sons Jewelers
Both Burtonsville and Silver Spring Stores

John Greenan and Sons Jewelers will be hosting a fundraiser for the Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation through July 11, 2010 at their Burtonsville and downtown Silver Spring stores. Greenan and Sons will be buying customers’ gold jewelry at both locations through July 11, 2010. A percentage of the gold sales will be donated to the foundation.

The Burtonsville store is located in Burtonsville Crossing Shopping Center, at 15729 Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 20866. The downtown Silver Spring store is located at 1314 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Customers are asked to identify themselves as wanting their transaction to be credited to the Paint Branch Educational Foundation fundraiser. In this way, Greenan and Sons will know to credit the sale to the Educational Foundation. In Burtonsville, please ask to work with Billy Greenan and in Silver Spring, Eddie Greenan.

The purpose of the Educational Foundation is to support Paint Branch High School, its students, staff and families by providing a positive and comprehensive educational experience for all students. Last year, five $500.00 grants were approved for teachers and students for a local field trip and a foreign exchange trip, which students would not have had a chance of attending without the grants. Classroom equipment and books for a reading club were also provided by the grants. At the end of last year, the Educational Foundation awarded five seniors $500.00 scholarships each, to be used at the college of their choice.

Books A Million a Great Success!

Monday, December 14, 2009

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Books A Million, a Laurel, Maryland, bookstore, hosted a fundraiser for the Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation on Monday, December 14, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The bookstore is located in the Laurel Shopping Center at 351 Montrose Avenue, Laurel, MD 20707.

Directions to Books A Million from Paint Branch High School

Click here for Flier (pdf)

Paint Branch High School Official Website

The Brief History of Paint Branch High School

Celebrating 35 Years of Educational Excellence 2004 (pdf)

Click here for more information and donation brochure (pdf)