Diamond Elementary
@DiamondElem
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This account is run by Dan Walder, Principal of Diamond Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg, MD
Joined June 2016
We are excited to announce that Diamond Elementary School was selected as a Maryland 2025 Blue Ribbon School! Congratulations to the dedicated staff members, hard working students, and supportive parent community!
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Thank you to our wonderful PTA for providing snacks for our teachers during Back-to-School Night!
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Students meeting their teachers and new classmates on the first day of school!
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Our Sneak Peek was a great success with a wonderful turnout by our Diamond families! Parents were able to sign up for the PTA and pickup their child’s bus tag with our outside table stations.
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We kicked off the school year with a bus ride tour for Diamond staff through our school community with a bus stop where we welcomed back our students and families to a new school year!
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Great turnout for our Summer Popsicles, Playground & Meet the Principal and Assistant Principal events that were held in August. We are excited to begin a new school year.
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Our school’s leadership team spent time this summer planning for the upcoming school year. We celebrated our school data and identified areas we need to continue to improve on. We wrapped up our week with some team bonding at a local escape room.
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Our 4th and 5th graders did a great job with our Spring Chorus Concert! Thank you to Dr. Dillon. Also, thank you to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Russell for creating am Art Show of student art work!
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Our Instrumental Music Concert was a a great success! Thank you to Mr. Fleming! Great job 4th and 5th graders!
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Congratulations to all of the 2025 high school graduates, especially former Diamond ES students. We had a Clap Out for our Diamond alumni graduates from Northwest HS and Poolesville HS!
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Families and staff members enjoyed a wonderful International Night! We had over 40 countries represented.
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5th Grade Art Open House was a great turnout! Thank you to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Russell for coordinating the fifth grade art work that was on display and revealing the 5th grade legacy mosaic art project.
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Field Day 2025 was a huge success l! Thank you to Mr. Golden and Ms. Soderstrum for coordinating all Prek-5 activities. Thank you to all parent volunteers who helped with Field Day stations.
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Students and staff members enjoyed Friday’s assembly by the Smithsonian Discovery Theater! Thank you to the DESPTA for coordinating this event.
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Congratulations to Mr. Ensley, first grade teacher, who was selected as the winner of the 2025 Shirley J Lowrie Thank You for Teaching Award. We were able to surprise him with the announcement at our school-wide assembly last week.
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The Spring Dance was enjoyed by all! There were a variety of activities to choose from including dancing, Photo Booth, games and arts and craft stations. Some of our Diamond teachers enjoyed the Photo Booth! Thank you to all the volunteers for helping coordinate this event.
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A great evening at our Family Reading Night with fun read alouds and reading activities!
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Thank you all of our wonderful Diamond volunteers for helping with our 2nd Chinese New Year Celebration! Thank you to Julie Yang, MCPS Board of Education for attending this event!
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4th/5th Grade Chorus performed for Diamond ES students on Friday afternoon. Great job chorus members!
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5th Grade Art Show was held prior to the Winter Concert! Great art work by our 5th grade students! Thank you to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Russell, our Art Teachers!
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