Argyle Magnet Middle Schoolfor

Digital Design and Development Argyle Magnet Middle School features an interdisciplinary approach to learning through the de-velopment of cross-curricular projects that incorporate student use of cutting-edge technologies.

Less Rote Memorization. . .Cutting-edge technology courses that range from video game creation, cell phone app design, robotics, website development to graphic design to computer programming encourage students to think outside of the box.

. . . More Innovation

A Technology-Centered School

Students sharpen their skills using state-of-the-art technology, including Macbook Pros, AlienWare laptops, Lego robots, one of the school’s NINE computer labs, and 13 mobile laptop labs. There is nearly one computer per student!

Stand Out: Completing Capstones The Capstone is a long-term project designed to showcase each grade 8 student’s technology skills through collaboration with a lo-cal organization or small business. Business partnerships have included HESS Construction, the Hyatt, the Montgom-ery County Business Roundtable for Educa-tion, A-Ha Concepts, World Bridge Health, and Culture Train

After School Programs

At Argyle, learning does not end with the school day. Students can participate in a variety of exciting after school clubs, including sports teams, homework help, jazz band, Girls on the Run, and the SGA!

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the opportunities that Ar-gyle has to offer!

1. Students make choices in their learning every day.

2. Students incorporate various tech-nologies to create an original product.

3. Students practice the process of design, innovation and problem solv-ing to create interdisciplinary solutions

4. Students create an interdisciplin-ary project that is both collaborative and inquiry-based to develop innova-tive solutions for real problems.

Magnet Student Outcomes

Invent the Future with Us!

Argyle in the News:

Student Voice Matters: Students Pro-pose New Clubs and ActivitiesArgyle students have a voice in their learn-ing both before and after school. Last year students advocated and started new clubs including a tennis club, a chess club. The SGA at Argyle is very active. Students hae a voice in our magnet focus and curriculum.

Argyle Students Continue to Bring Home Awards from Many ContestsMore than one hundred students participated in contests and competitions including the Montgom-ery Science Fair, Johns Hopkins Robotics Challenge, Video Game Design Competitions, and Code.org competitions. Students such as Ryan Halli, Dominic Manzella, Hirshecl Nambiar, Reynald Oliveria, Alison Neirotti, Ashna Bhatia, and Sadia Nourin received major awards and recognition at various competi-tions this year! Argyle students work closely with staff and professionals in the field as consultants during their preparation for competitions. Each year Argyle students compete and win at major science and tech-nology competitions!

Argyle Has Award Winning Staff, Amazing Front Office Staff that are a Bilingual Sup-port of Our Community!Teacher Ginger Berry is this year’s Marian Greenblatt Rising Star award recipient, and Lisa Bligen is this years Support Services Employee of the Year. James Paterson, former Counselor of the Year, is also an Ar-gyle staff member! Argyle has a great front office and counseling staff that speak Spanish and can help our community answer questions, speak with teachers, counselors, administrators, and help fill out paper-work. Ask an Argyle parent how helpful they are!

Students at Argyle, guided by an award-winning staff, build character as they develop cutting edge technology skills

Argyle Obtains Grant for CoursesArgyle was awarded a $15,000 grant from the Armed Forces Commuications and Electronics Association Educational Foundation, a nonprofit committed to providing educational opportunities in STEM. The grant will go towards Argyle’s innovative technology courses.

Attracting Girls to STEMSTEM courses traditionally have a disproportionate number of male students. Argyle is trying to change that. Argyle offers programs that are

highly engaging and of great inter-est. More than 150 females have signed up for Programming Fun-damentals this year. Check out the video games they made on our website!