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Montgomery County Magnet Schools
October 8th, 2009 Categories: Schools
The Montgomery County Public School System maintains a portfolio of magnet programs available to high performing students in the county. MCPS’s magnet programs stands apart from other school programs in two important ways:
- Magnet programs are specialized, rigorous programs administered within existing schools that draw students throughout Montgomery County. To participate, a student will leave their assigned home school. Transportation is provided by MCPS.
- Students must apply and be accepted into a magnet program. As a result, placement can be very competitive.
Programs are available in the elementary, middle and high schools. A summary of all programs with links back to MCPS follow.
Elementary School Magnet Program
The elementary magnet program includes fourth and fifth grades. A student will apply for consideration during the fall of third grade. Everyone follows the same curriculum – e.g., kids don’t specialize in math, science, humanities, etc. as they can in subsequent programs.
| Magnet School | Clusters that Feed School |
|
| Lucy V. Barnsley ES | Walter Johnson, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, Wheaton | |
| Chevy Chase ES | Walt Whitman, Bethesda-Chevy Chase | |
| Clearspring ES | Damascus, Gaithersburg, Magruder, Watkins Mill, Clarksburg (except Fox Chapel ES and Daly ES) | |
| Cold Spring ES | Winston Churchill, Thomas S. Wootton | |
| Dr. Charles Drew ES | Sherwood, James Hubert Blake, Paint Branch, Springbrook | |
| Fox Chapel ES | Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley, Fox Chapel ES and Daly ES | |
| Pine Crest/Oak View ES | Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Northwood |
Middle School Magnet Programs
Students specialize in the humanities or math/science in the middle school magnet programs. Here’s a list of the application-based programs available to all students in the County:
| Magnet Program |
Clusters that Feed School |
|
| Roberto Clemente – Humanities and Communication Center | Clarksburg, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Magruder, Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley, Watkins Mill | |
| Roberto Clemente – Math and Science Center | Clarksburg, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Magruder, Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley, Watkins Mill | |
| Eastern - Humanities and Communication Center | Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Winston Churchill, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, Sherwood, Walter Johnson, Walt Whitman, Thomas S. Wootton, Northeast Consortium, Downcounty Consortium | |
| Takoma Park - Math and Science Center | Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Winston Churchill, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, Sherwood, Walter Johnson, Walt Whitman., Thomas S. Wootton, Northeast Consortium, Downcounty Consortium |
High School Magnet Programs
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB) – IB curriculum is available at several high schools in Montgomery County. The IB program at Richard Montgomery High School is the only application-based program open to all students.
Science, Mathematics and Computer Science Magnet provides an accelerated curriculum in math, science and computer science. This application-based program is administered at Montgomery Blair High School for students assigned to Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Winston Churchill, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, Sherwood, Walter Johnson, Walt Whitman, Thomas S. Wootton, Northeast Consortium, or Downcounty Consortium.
Students assigned to Clarksburg, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Magruder, Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley, or Watkins Mill would attend the program at Poolesville High School.
Communications Arts Program (CAP) is an application-based program at Montgomery Blair High School in the humanities, communications and media. It is only available to students in the Downcounty Consortium.
Humanities House is an application-based program at Poolesville High School that provides specialized curriculum in the humanities available for students in the Clarksburg, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Magruder, Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley and Watkins Mill clusters.
Global Ecology House is a county-wide, application-based program at Poolesville High School that provides specialized curriculum in environmental science.
Local School Signature Programs offer focused instruction in various disciplines in various schools throughout the County. A few of these are application-based.