Welcome to Rock Creek Forest

Who We Are
• Home School for the Neighborhood in Chevy Chase and
Silver Spring
• Immersion Magnet Serving the Entire County

• Diverse Population of Students

• Exciting Array of Programs

• Highly Respected Faculty and Staff

• Very Committed Group of Parents
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Lunch Room Crowding
Extreme Temperatures Hinder
Teaching
Every Inch of the School is Used
Every Inch of the School is Used
Designed for Walkers in the 1950’s
We have 10 Buses Daily
Impact of Reductions in the Operating
Budget -- Busing

• Children attending Rock Creek Forest come

from 26 zip codes covering the entire county.

• The neighborhood cannot safely support more

traffic at pick up and dismissal.
 Instructional Materials
• Per Capita Funding for a school with an
immersion magnet program are the same even
though materials have to be bought in two
languages and therefore cannot be shared.
• Further reductions in instructional materials
unfairly penalize home school children who are
not benefiting from an immersion education.
 Staffing Reductions
• Staff is stretched to the brink.
• Full time Media Assistants are linked to higher
test scores.
 Media assistant currently holds multiple duties
• Special programs require support.
 Achievements
• Purchased 3 Promethean Boards in Spring 2009
• Fundraising toward a Mobile Technology Lab
• Provide afterschool homework club to children who
need support
• Cultural Arts Programming supplements curriculum
with Poetry, Opera, Science and Robotics
• 250 books donated to staff and library thru Book
Drive.
• PTA Speaker Series
• Family Reading Nights