open house 2013...•full string orchestra and chamber string ensemble •award winning jazz...
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Open House 2013
Our school was named for A. Mario Loiederman, an immigrant from Argentina
and civil engineer who built a prominent company in Rockville, MD. He was an active patron of the
arts.
We are proud to represent his legacy.
Loiederman Middle School is the only
whole-school magnet for students
interested in the creative and
performing arts in Montgomery
County!
• Foundations of Art for High
School Credit
• Juried Art Shows
• Art Club
• National Jr. Art Honor
Society
• Portfolio Review
• Workshops with Pyramid
Atlantic Visual Art Center
• Visual Art Residencies-
• Animation
• Mosaics
• Print Making
Visual art teacher, Connie
Ely, displayed her own
work at Gallery 788 in
Baltimore.
• Admission into Loiederman, and all MSMC schools, is through a Choice process.
• Test results, report card grades,
and teacher recommendations
are NOT part of the MSMC
school lottery process.The Choice Process
• Choice forms will be available October and can be found online-
• Loiederman’s website-
• www.loiedermanarts.org
•MSMC website-
• www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/msmagnet
• Call the DCCAPS office (301-592-2040) for more information about the Choice Process
• If your child attends an in-consortium
elementary school:Brookhaven
Georgian Forest
Harmony Hills
Shriver
Strathmore
Viers Mill
Weller Road
Wheaton Woods
Please return the form to your elementary school.
• Students who currently do not attend school in
MCPS can return Choice forms to the DCCAPS
office-
• 11721 Kemp Mill Road, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Phone- 301-592-2040
• Choice forms will be mailed to in-consortium families.
• Choice forms will also be available on our school’s website.
• Choice forms are due November 8, 2013.
• See DCCAPS staff this evening in the counseling office with questions about the Choice Process
• The deadline to turn in Choice forms is Friday,
November 8, 2013!
1. Attend one of the five Down County Consortium (DCC) high schools-Wheaton, Blair, Kennedy, Northwood or Einstein.
2. Attend his/her home high school (based on the student’s home address)
3. Apply to DCC application-only high school programs
4. Apply to countywide application–only high school programs
Montgomery College, a
primary partner of
Loiederman Middle
School, donated 90 iPod
Nanos for use in the
digital music lab and
dance studio.
• Beginning, intermediate,
and advanced level
classes
• Students study modern,
jazz, ballet, tap, hip-hop
and world dance
• Jr. & Sr. Dance Companies
• Winter and spring dance
concerts
• Master classes with
professional companies-
City Dance, Philadanco,
Tappers with Attitude
Supported by a $10,000 community
grant from the Public Arts Trust, in
2008, visual arts students worked
with local artist, Arturo Ho, to
create “Reach for Your Dreams”
• 6th Grade Course
• Students learn how to
identify the elements of
dance, theatre, music and
visual art
• They gain the necessary
vocabulary to intelligently
discuss performances and
exhibits
• Students use their
knowledge of each
discipline to form their own
justifiable opinions about
art
Loiederman English teacher,
Eupil Muhn, was named the
2012 Agnes Meyer Rising
Star Teacher of the Year.
• Challenging music, focus
on sight-reading
• 6th grade, intermediate,
and concert bands
• Full string orchestra and
chamber string ensemble
• Award winning jazz
ensemble
• Beginning band and
percussion ensemble
• Partnership with the
Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra
• Loiederman has a
$200,000 state of the
art digital music lab with
full size keyboards.
• Digital music students
create music using
software programs such
as Garage Band and
Sibelius.
Loiederman Choral music
teacher, Chris Guerra, was
named the 2012 Maryland
Choral Music Educator of the
Year. He was also named the
director of Strathmore’s first
Children’s Chorus.
• 6th Grade Chorus,
Concert Choir, Chamber
Choir
• In 2009 & 2010,
Loiederman had more
students selected to
participate in the
Montgomery County
Honors Chorus than any
other middle school.
• Chamber Choir selected
to perform in Dallas,
Texas in March, 2012
• Exploring Theatre, Fundamentals of Theatre and Theatre 1 A/B
• Drama Club
• Residencies and workshops with Round House Theatre, Young Playwrights Theatre and theatre professionals
• Main stage productions include:
• Aladdin, Annie, The Music Man, Singing Cinderella, Fiddler on the Roof, and Beauty and the Beast
• Each schedule is color coded
• You will have the opportunity to visit three different areas during your time block
• Families are encouraged to follow one schedule
• You will hear an announcement to move to the next session
• Please take a look at your schedule and highlight the sessions based on your time block
• Student Ambassadors are wearing white C.H.O.I.C.E. T-Shirts and will guide you to each location
• There will be an MSMC representative stationed downstairs by the main office.
Thank you for coming!
Please Visit Us Online
www.loiedermanarts.org