Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-11

Christmastime activities at
county high sch o OILS are
mounting in tempo with only
eight class days left before
the 25th.
Students all over the county
will be excused after classes
Tuesday and will not have to
return until Monday, January 5.
With this holiday in mind, Sher.
wood High, among other schools,
is executing plans for school OBJ
servarces of Christmas early
Tomorrow at $3.50 pm, the
Sherwood Future Teachers Of
America Club will hold a Christ
mas party for the collectors of
canned goods that will be dis
tributed to needy families. John
B. Fitzpatrick, club sponsor, will
supervise the activity in the
home arts room.
The next event will occur De-
cember Is when the schools
Spanish Club, sponsored by Miss
Marilyn Drake, will stage a
Latin Christmas party, complete
with a Tinata, a large net hung
from the ceiling that showers
party-goers with favors.
On December 20, the senior
class will sponsor the Christmas
Ball, a semi-formal affair, from
$3.50 until 1880 in the cafeteria.
Phil Loren's band will play. Ad-
mission is $3.50 couple.
On Sunday, December 81, the
schools choral music classes, the
dramatics club and the art de
partment jointly will take part
in a Christmas concert at 2:30
in the gymnasium. The concert,
open to the public, will be re-
peated for the students Monday.
Other activities at Sherwood
include a trip by journalism
classes next Thursday to the Ma
tional Publishing Company in
Washington; a student council
assembly in the sixth perio d
December 10 will feature a con-
cert by the band; and an pm.
showing the same day of "The
Benny Goodman Story" The
movie will be in the gym and will
cost students 30 cents.
Gaithersburg
Last Friday saw the annual
band concert at GaitherSburg
High School. The program was
highlighted by the appearance
of a guest trumpeter from the
University of Maryland, and
selections played by Gathers.
burg's Stardusters and the inter.
mediate band.
Point of the concert was to
raise money for the bands
scheduled trip to Florida this
summer. A dance was held after
the concert.
Richard Montgomery
The slumber party scheduled
this Friday night by the Girls
Athletic Association, had to be
called off at the last minute be.
cause of conflicting schedules
with a RMHS-Blair High School
basketball game. The party will
be rescheduled and the date will
be announced later.
Meanwhile, all RMHS girls
are urged to bring a pillow,
blanket, some girl friends and SO
cents for admission for a whale
of time at the slumber party.
Tenth grade students are sell
ing writing pens bearing printed
schedules of the seasons basket
ball schedule. Sale of the black
and gold pens - at so cents each
will provide funds next year
for the then 18th grade class
concert.
Wheaton
The choral and instrumental
departments at Wheaton High
School will present their annual
Winter Concert at 4 pm. this
Sunday.
The free concert, to be held in
the gymnasium, will feature the
singers arranged in the shape OF
a Christmas tree.
Damascus
A film entitled Edison the
Man." will be presented at 2:30
pm. tomorrow by the Damascus
High School Student Council.
Students with activity cards will
be admitted for 25 cents.
The Damascus Honor Society
will sponsor a tea at 2 pm. De
cember %. Though primarily in
tended for seniors, juniors also
may attend If they are actively
interested in attending college.
College students will partici
pate in a panel discussion and q
film depicting college life will
be shown.
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