Farquhar Middle School PTA

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March 3: Interims mailed home March 6: Career café, 10:30 – 1 p.m., all grades March 11: Orchestra Festival at Blake HS, 7:45-10:30 a.m. March 11: 7th & 8th grade Choral Festival at Damascus HS, 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. March 11: 6th grade to Rock’n’ Roll Revival at Sherwood HS, a.m., permission slip and $6 are due this Friday, February [...]

EMERGENCY MESSAGE: 2/22/2008 at 4:44 AM — Montgomery County Public Schools are closed today, Friday, February 22, due to emergency weather conditions. All school and community activities in school buildings also are canceled. Day care programs in school buildings will remain open as scheduled by the program providers. All administrative offices are open.

Mrs. Delisle, 6th Grade English teacher, would like to form a “Team Farquhar” to participate in the 2008 Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure on Saturday, June 7, 2008.  It is the largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world, with well over 1 million participants since 2005.  The Komen Race for the Cure Series raises [...]

Parenting Workshop to be Presented at Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center Montgomery County’s Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center will host “Parenting for Healthy Children,” on Wednesday, February 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the center, located at 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring. The workshop will feature two presentations that instruct parents on how to [...]

Plans are under way for the annual Roadrunner Night set for Friday, April 11.  For further details, please see the attached flyer  Roadrunner Night Flyer

The Montgomery County Department of Recreation (MCDR) is sponsoring a Pool Party from 1-4 p.m. at the Olney Indoor Swim Center on Wednesday, February 27. Free bus transportation is provided from school and students will return to Farquhar at 4:30 p.m. Parents need to pick up their children at 4:30 p.m. There is space for [...]

There will be a Farquhar Middle School team participating in the local Relay For Life event of the American Cancer Society. This is the third Relay For Life of Olney which will be held on May 31-June1, 2008, at Sherwood High School. Our team is being organized by the Farquhar Leo Club–sponsored by Pam Howton and Sandy [...]

The Washington Bridge League would like to sponsor Bridge Club for our students. The Bridge League already supports after-school bridge programs at Tilden, Baker, Argyle, and Frost Middle Schools. The club is free of charge, will meet on Thursdays beginning March 6 (through May), for beginners (of course), and only requires eight students for two tables of [...]

DIGITAL CAMERAS- Digital cameras are no longer allowed at school, unless for a special occasion or school project with the approval of teacher or administrator. Electronic devices have become a distraction to the educational process and are often lost, shared, or used inappropriately. Like cell phones, digital cameras should be off and out of site [...]