PLAN C
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2026
Montgomery County Schools decided to close early today, therefore the GISW is running on Plan C.
- Classes end at 1:45 pm.
- Lunch Break takes place in accordance with the regular schedule
- Buses leave school at 1:55 pm only and follow the
- Afternoon Program and Extended Care are cancelled.
- All afternoon and evening events are cancelled.
- For more details, please see the Standard Procedure for Cancellation of Classes at : /cancellation-of-classes.html
Nachdem Montgomery County heute ein vorzeitiges Unterrichtsende beschlossen hat gilt an der GISW Plan C.
- Der Unterricht endet um 13:45 Uhr.
- Die Mittagspause findet gem盲脽 normalem Stundenplan statt.
- Die Schulbusse fahren nur um 13:55 Uhr und folgen dem .
- Das Nachmittagsprogramm und die Sp盲tbetreuung finden heute nicht statt.
- Es finden keine Nachmittags- und Abendveranstaltungen statt.
- Weitere Details finden Sie im Standardverfahren zur Regelung bei Unterrichtsausfall unter: /unterrichtsausfall.html
USA Science & Engineering Festival
Dear School Community,
The USA Science & Engineering Festival (Scifest) in Washington DC Convention Center has been part of GISW's STEM program for many years.
Normally we have our own booth at this largest scientific educational exhibition in the USA were our students demonstrate their own experiments next to NASA, Lockheed Martin and NIH, to thousands of visitors. A great advertisement for the school!
This year, this extraordinary experience will of course take place virtually, but it is no less interesting. Get ready to be teleported into seven exciting STEM Zones: Defense & Security, Energy, Engineering & Tech, Health & Medicine, Math & Computer Science, Natural Science, and Space and Aviation! Each Zone will include exhibitors offering specific activities and videos for participants to interact with! (
Many students have already been to a virtual field trip just last week with their Nawi teachers, visiting exhibitions, observing experiments and even conducting some themselves.
See this short video by one of our GISW fiftth-graders:
Some students learned magic tricks and conducted a scavenger hunt, winning cool prizes. See some of the favorite shows and exhibits of the fifth-graders.
For students of the upper grades it is exciting to visit the college career center. There you can get inspiration and form network connections to scientific institutes in the greater Washington DC area.
Participation in SciFest is free of charge. then select the festival days (no limit in number of days!) when you want to attend; and do not to forget to confirm your entries. An e-mail sent to your address will allow you 24 hours of access to all the festival's opportunities.
Have fun! And please feel free to contact me with any questions: scolopy@giswashington.org.
Steffi Colopy
STEM Coordinator