Most households in Potomac feed into the Winston Churchill cluster; near the border between Potomac and Rockville or Gaithersburg, some Potomac households are in the Thomas S. Wootton cluster; near the Potomac/Rockville border, some households feed into the Walt Whitman cluster.
Notes on school data:
Racial/ethnic composition percentages do not add up to 100 percent because only the top four ethnic groups have been listed.
ESOL: students for whom English is a second language
FARMS: students who receive free and reduced price meals
Schools where 2002-2003 enrollment is projected for more students that the school is designed for are marked with an asterisk (*).
For more information about MCPS Special Programs, contact the school or visit the website www.mcps.k12.md.us
Source: Montgomery County Public Schools www.mcps.k12.md.us
<ro>Winston Churchill Cluster
<lst>Winston Churchill High School
11300 Gainsborough Road
Potomac, MD 20854
301-469-1200
Grades: 9-12
Principal: Joan C. Benz
PTA President: Sharon Bourke
Special Programs:
Academy of Mathematics, Technology, and Science
Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
Autism
Bridge
Learning and Academic Disabilities
Career Development for Business Management and Finance,
Human and Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism,
Engineering, Scientific Research and Manufacturing,
Education, Training, and Child Studies,
and Information Technologies
The Academy of Mathematics, Technology, and Science at Winston Churchill High School offers all students the opportunity to develop their skills and interests through a variety of summer programs, career exploration activities, senior year internships, interdisciplinary projects, and rigorous coursework. The Academy builds a partnership between the school, parents, and business community.
The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts at Winston Churchill High School enables students to explore the creative and performing arts academically and artistically. The Academy offers a challenging curriculum in all the arts, visiting writers and artists, residential programs, continuous exhibitions, and field trips to enhance students’ appreciation of the arts.
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 5.7%
Asian: 23.3%
Hispanic: 4.4%
White: 66.4%
% Receiving Spec. Ed: 10.1
% ESOL: 0.2
% FARMS: 1.8
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.5
Average Class Size (English): 25.1
Average Class Size (Other): 26.5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 2,025/2,012*
Cabin John Middle School
10701 Gainsborough Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1150
Grades: 6-8
Principal: Donna S. Hollingshead
PTA President: Suzanne Weiss
Special Programs:
Autism
Learning and Academic Disabilities
Learning for Independence
School/Community-Based
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 9.0%
Asian: 28.2%
Hispanic: 5.0%
White: 57.8%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 10.7
% ESOL: 2.7
% FARMS: 7.3
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.0
Average Class Size (English): 23.9
Average Class Size (Other): 25.6
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 992/947*
Bells Mill Elementary School
8225 Bells Mill Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1046
Grades: Pre K-5
Principal: Jerri B. Oglesby
PTA President: Wendy Wilson
Special Programs:
Autism
Head Start
Head Start provides education and early childhood development services for low-income children. The program offers individualized services for medical, dental, and mental health, and encourages parent involvement.
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 13.9%
Asian: 21.7%
Hispanic: 4.7%
White: 59.2%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 10.7
% ESOL: 6.7
% FARMS: 13.3
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 10.9
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 24.8
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 25.9
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 21.0
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 470/373*
Seven Locks Elementary School
9500 Seven Locks Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-469-1038
Grades: K-5
Principal: Rebecca T. Gordon
PTA President: Chris Rigaux
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 2.3%
Asian: 11.7%
Hispanic: 7.0%
White: 78.6%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 5.8
% ESOL: 7.0
% FARMS: 0.8
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.7
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 22.0
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 23.2
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 15.0
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 254/294
Herbert Hoover Middle School
8810 Post Oak Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1010
Grades: 6-8
Principal: TBA
PTA President: Geri Shapiro
Special Programs:
Partial Chinese Immersion
Bridge
Learning and Academic Disabilities
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.5%
Asian: 23.4%
Hispanic: 4.2%
White: 67.8%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 9.1
% ESOL: 2.6
% FARMS: 2.7
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.2
Average Class Size (English): 24.5
Average Class Size (Other): 25.8
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,123/968*
Beverly Farms Elementary School
8501 Post Oak Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1050
Grades: K-5
Principal: Laura Siegelbaum
PTA President: Joanne Sperling
Special Programs:
Learning and Academic Disabilities
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 5.3%
Asian: 23.0%
Hispanic: 5.3%
White: 66.4%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 11.1
% ESOL: 6.0
% FARMS: 2.5
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 11.8
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 22.4
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 26.5
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 17.7
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 497/627
Potomac Elementary School
10311 River Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1042
Grades: K-5
Principal: Linda Goldberg
PTA President: Julie Dodson
Special Programs:
Partial Chinese Immersion
The Partial Chinese Immersion Program at Potomac Elementary, continuing into Hoover Middle School, teaches students one half of their core subjects in English and the other half in Chinese. MCPS has found that these students demonstrate high levels of academic success in both languages.
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.1%
Asian: 15.8%
Hispanic: 3.3%
White: 76.9%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 4.5
% ESOL: 1.6
% FARMS: 2.2
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 16.0
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 23.8
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 26.5
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 18.7
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 604/488*
Wayside Elementary
10011 Glen Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-279-8484
Grades: K-5
Principal: Suzette M. Chagnon
PTA President: Nancy Fitzgerald
Special Programs
School/Community-Based
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 6.8%
Asian: 33.9%
Hispanic: 2.3%
White: 56.6%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 4.5
% ESOL: 4.7
% FARMS: 2.5
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 15.8
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 24.2
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 25.0
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 19.3
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 624/613*
<ro>Walt Whitman Cluster
<lst>Walt Whitman High School
7100 Whittier Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-320-6600
Grades: 9-12
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,885/1,910
Principal: Jerome M. Marco
PTA Presidents: Lafe Solomon, Anne Hutchens
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.4%
Asian: 13.0%
Hispanic: 5.3%
White: 78.1%
Special Programs:
Emotional Disabilities
Learning and Academic Disabilities
School/Community-Based
Career Development for Business Management and Finance,
Human and Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism,
and Education, Training, and Child Studies
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 8.4
% ESOL: 5.1
% FARMS: 1.9
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.7
Average Class Size (English): 25.4
Thomas W. Pyle Middle School
6311 Wilson Lane
Bethesda, MD 20817
Grades: 6-8
Principal: Michael Doran
PTA Presidents: Lorri Veivenheimer, Noelle McHugh
Special Programs:
Emotional Disabilities
Learning and Academic Disabilities
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.0%
Asian: 11.6%
Hispanic: 5.1%
White: 80.2%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 11.6
% ESOL: 4.3
% FARMS: 2.3
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.3
Average Class Size (English): 23.9
Average Class Size (Other): 25.3
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,280/1,125*
Carderock Springs Elementary School
7401 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-469-1034
Grades: K-5
Principal: Linda Jackson Jones
PTA Presidents: Paula Laboy and Liz Sobrino
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 2.2%
Asian: 12.2%
Hispanic: 6.9%
White: 78.8%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 6.9
% ESOL: 3.1
% FARMS: 1.6
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.1
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 25.8
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 22.6
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 17.0
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 295/319
<ro>Wootton Cluster
<lst>Thomas S. Wootton High School
2100 Wootton Parkway
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-279-8550
Grades: 9-12
Principal: To be announced
PTA President: Karen Askin
Special Programs:
Humanities Signature Program
Learning and Academic Disabilities
Learning for Independence
School/Community-Based
Career Development for Business Management and Finance,
Human and Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism,
Engineering, Scientific Research, and Manufacturing,
Education, Training, and Child Studies,
and Information Technologies
Thomas S. Wootton High School’s Humanities Signature Program provides challenging coursework, expanded elective offerings, seminars, field experiences, professionals-in-residence, and internship opportunities to students interested in the fine arts, foreign languages, history, social studies, philosophy, and English.
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.1%
Asian: 29.8%
Hispanic: 4.5%
White: 61.4%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 8.9
% ESOL: 0.0
% FARMS: 2.4
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 14.6
Average Class Size (English): 26.2
Average Class Size (Other): 27.9
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 2,251/2,098*
Robert Frost Middle School
9201 Scott Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-279-3949
Grades: 6-8
Principal: Joey N. Jones
PTA Presidents: To be announced
Special Programs:
Learning and Academic Disabilities
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.3%
Asian: 29.7%
Hispanic: 3.8%
White: 61.9%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 9.0
% ESOL: 2.7
% FARMS: 4.2
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 14.0
Average Class Size (English): 24.0
Average Class Size (Other): 26.7
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,156/1,143*
Cold Spring Elementary School
9201 Falls Chapel Way
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-279-8480
Grades: K-5
Principal: Martin J. Barnett
PTA President: Myrian Myer
Special Programs:
Center for Highly Gifted
Learning and Academic Disabilities
Cold Spring Elementary’s Center for Highly Gifted is one of six centers in the Montgomery County Public School System for exceptionally gifted and motivated elementary students in the fourth and fifth grades. The program provides a full-time accelerated instructional program to encourage the use of higher mental processes and interaction among students with similar interests.
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.1%
Asian: 21.1%
Hispanic: 4.1%
White: 70.0%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 9.4
% ESOL: 1.5
% FARMS: 3.4
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.5
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 24.0
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 24.2
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 18.0
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 401/458
Stone Mill Elementary School
14323 Stonebridge View Drive
Phone: 301-279-4975
Grades: K-5
Principal: Kimberly A. Williams
PTA President: David Fialkoff and Allison Wise
Special Programs:
Preschool Education Program (PEP)
The Preschool Education Program (PEP) provides a variety of preschool classes and programs for children ages three to five with multiple and/or moderate disabilities that impact their ability to learn. PEP offers a thematic instructional program with 2.5 hour daily classes. Children with significant physical, communication, or learning disabilities receive special classes and services.
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 8.4%
Asian: 40.5%
Hispanic: 3.5%
White: 47.6%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 7.4
% ESOL: 4.3
% FARMS: 6.1
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.9
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 22.4
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 24.4
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 20.8
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 720/767
Fallsmead Elementary School
1800 Greenplace Terrace
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-279-4984
Grades: K-5
Principal: Dennis Nelson
PTA President: To be announced
Special Programs:
Language Disabilities
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 5.4%
Asian: 26.4%
Hispanic: 9.3%
White: 58.6%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 12.7
% ESOL: 5.8
% FARMS: 7.8
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.1
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 24.3
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 26.9
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 18.3
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 494/449*
Lakewood Elementary School
15101 Bauer Drive
Rockville, MD 20853
Phone: 301-279-8465
Grades: K-5
Principal: Elaine Chung
PTA Presidents: Lori Steinman and Lisa Rotelo
Special Programs:
Learning and Academic Disabilities (2-5)
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.1%
Asian: 30.7%
Hispanic: 4.6%
White: 61.6%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 10.4
% ESOL: 5.4
% FARMS: 3.1
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 14.1
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 23.6
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 26.8
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 24.0
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 520/464*
Travilah Elementary School
13801 DuFief Mill Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: 301-840-7153
Grades: K-5
Principal: Eileen B. Lorenz
PTA President: Mary Tonelson
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.2%
Asian: 33.2%
Hispanic: 4.6%
White: 57.8%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 7.3
% ESOL: 4.2
% FARMS: 5.5
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.93
Average Class Size (Grades 1-2): 23.9
Average Class Size (Grades 3-5): 25.7
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 24.3
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 494/413*
PROGRAM DISCRIPTIONS
The Autism program serves children from ages 2 1/2 to 21 who have autism or pervasive development disorder (PDD). The program provides a highly structured curriculum based on functional skills development, behavior management, and communication. Mainstream related services may attend to individual needs.
The Bridge Program provides an intensive program for adolescents with emotional disabilities that interfere with education success. The program also serves students with behavioral difficulties, health impairments, or secondary disabilities. Students receive individualized instructional accommodations, behavior management, and alternative learning structures.
Learning for Independence offers students with mild to moderate mental retardation many opportunities for interaction with regular education peers, including peer tutoring, inclusion in general education classes as appropriate, and extracurricular activities. The program uses the Fundamental Life Skills (FLS) program or a combination of FLS and adapted general education curricula. At the secondary level, students receive community-based instruction and vocational training.
The School/Community-Based Program (SCBP) emphasizes individualized instruction in school and community work environments for students with moderate to severe disabilities in the areas of communication, behavior management, and socialization. School-based instruction uses the Fundamental Life Skills (FLS) program or a combination of FLS and adapted general education curricula. Community-based instruction exposes students to real-world settings.
Learning and Academic Disabilities helps students with learning and academic disabilities through a variety of services, depending on individual student needs. Services may be found in elementary and secondary learning centers, the Carl Sandburg Learning Center, or school-based cluster model programs.
The Division of Career and Technology Education (CTE), a part of the MCPS system, coordinates programs that prepare students for the transition from school to careers. Career-oriented curricula intend to help students develop the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare for the future.