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The behind-the-scenes work has begun 📦✏️ Students at Gaithersburg High School are sorting donated school supplies ahead of Friday’s Drive for Supplies giveaway, helping get backpacks and classrooms ready for a new school year.

🎉 Three more MCPS students are National Merit Scholarship winners! Congratulations to Maggie Zhou (Winston Churchill High School), Emily Annabelle Bupp and Avni Koenig (Thomas S. Wootton High School) Read all about it: ow.ly/EHjZ50Zq2XF

✨ New this year, MCPS will host SIX regional Back-to-School Fairs on Saturday, Aug. 22, featuring school resources, community partners, after-school programs, family activities, giveaways and more. Find your school’s region: ow.ly/g9Vv50Zp74l

MCPS IGNITE Summer School students are exploring science, tackling math challenges, discovering future careers and learning alongside their peers. Read more: ow.ly/rRJN50Zp68l

🧪 Curiosity doesn't take a summer break ☀️ Turn every adventure into a science experiment. Learn about nature, build something amazing, ask big questions and discover how science is all around us in in the Booked for the Summer Guide on the MCPS website.

Harmony Hills ES Community Schools Team applying the Sharing Our Language Story strategy they learned from the National Community Schools & Family Engagement Conference 🤩 #CSxFE26 @GloriaJCSL @MCPS @CSconnect_MCPS

This week's "Things to Know" includes: IGNITE Summer School Back-to-School Fair Student Immunization Reminders Read more:ow.ly/6EZZ50ZoA4E

Nicola A. Richards-Wright, as Supervisor, Career and Postsecondary Partnerships

David Guzman, Supervisor, Community Schools

The Board of Education approved the following administrative appointments on July 16: Nicole A. Sosik, Associate Superintendent of School Leadership and Improvement

Miriam R. Plotinsky, as Supervisor, Curriculum, English Language Arts

Dr. Jamila W. Denney, Director, Division of School Leadership and Improvement