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