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|name = Chevy Chase Elementary
| name = Chevy Chase Elementary School
|location = 4015 Rosemary Street Chevy Chase, MD 20815|schooltype = Elementary School
| location = 4015 Rosemary Street,<br/> [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]] 20815
| coordinates = {{coord|38|58|42.7|N|77|04|49|W|region:US-MD_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
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|image = Chevy Chase Elementary.jpg
| schooltype = Elementary School
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|caption = West wing (1936)
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| image = Chevy Chase Elementary.jpg
|grades = 3-6
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| caption = West wing (1936)
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|founded = 1898
|county =
| grades = 3–5
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| founded = 1917
|principal = Jodi Smith
| principal = Jodi Smith
|system = [[Montgomery County Public Schools]]
| system = [[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Public Schools]]
| mascot = [[Cheetah]]
| website = {{URL|http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/chevychasees/}}
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'''Chevy Chase Elementary School''' is an elementary school containing grades 3–5 in [[Chevy Chase (town), Maryland|Chevy Chase, Maryland]]. Founded in 1917, the school today occupies a much-renovated and -expanded 1930 building that has been designated as an Historic Site by the [[Maryland Historical Trust]].<ref name=":0">[http://mdihp.net/dsp_county.cfm?criteria2=MO&criteria1=C Inventory of Historic Properties] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141204235105/http://mdihp.net/dsp_county.cfm?criteria2=MO&criteria1=C|date=2014-12-04}}, Maryland Historical Trust</ref><ref name="places" /> The school is also said to have had the first school library in the county, established in 1939.<ref name="duvall">{{Cite web |last=Duvall |first=William |date= |title=Chevy Chase Elementary School |url=http://www.townofchevychase.org/DocumentCenter/View/137 |accessdate=November 17, 2014 |website=Town of Chevy Chase |publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":1">[http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/018000/018000/018083/pdf/msa_se5_18083.pdf Application for designation]</ref>


The building has been described as "an early example of school architecture that successfully combines both traditional and modern design elements", with "Art Deco geometric panels and stepped-up parapets [that] were modern for the era, yet ... tempered by classical door and window treatments".<ref name=":0" /><ref name="places" />
'''Chevy Chase Elementary School''' is an elementary school containing grades 3-6 in [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]]. It was founded in 1917 in as the “Chevy Chase School” and for many years was known informally as the "Rosemary School" by reason of its location on Rosemary Street.<ref>[http://www.chevychasehistory.org/chevychase/schools-section-four Chevy Chase Historical Society]</ref><ref name="duvall">{{Cite web|url = http://www.townofchevychase.org/DocumentCenter/View/137|title = Chevy Chase Elementary School|date = |accessdate = November 17, 2014|website = Town of Chevy Chase|publisher = |last = Duvall|first = William}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Duscha|first1=Julius|title=From Pea Soup to Politics: How a Poor Minnesota Boy Became a Washington Insider : a Memoir|date=2005|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=0595370578|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NpM_q5sqwX0C&pg=PT152&lpg=PT152&dq=%22rosemary+school%22++%22chevy+chase%22&source=bl&ots=63WO90I54s&sig=XqEt7wWYva9szBuGLPEYltOLSiE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HtF8VKjcOoimNtDgg5gD&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22rosemary%20school%22%20%20%22chevy%20chase%22&f=false|accessdate=1 December 2014}}</ref> The first building (since demolished) was erected in 1917.<ref>Chevy Chase Elementary School, [http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/chevychasees/aboutus/history.aspx Our History]</ref> New structures were added in 1930 and 1936, and renovations were made over the years, most recently in 1999. Described as "an early example of school architecture that successfully combines both traditional and modern design elements", with "Art Deco geometric panels and stepped-up parapets [that were] were modern for the era, yet ... tempered by classical door and window treatments", the school has been designated as an Historic Site by the [[Maryland Historical Trust]].<ref>[http://mdihp.net/dsp_county.cfm?criteria2=MO&criteria1=C Inventory of Historic Properties], Maryland Historical Trust</ref><ref name="places" /> The school is also said to have had the first school library in the county, established in 1939.<ref name="duvall" /><ref>[http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/018000/018000/018083/pdf/msa_se5_18083.pdf Application for designation]</ref>


== History ==
The early 1900s brought educated government workers to developing areas of Montgomery County such as [[Silver Spring, MD|Silver Spring]], [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], and [[Chevy Chase, Maryland|Chevy Chase]]. A two-room structure on Bradley Lane in Chevy Chase served residents from 1898 until 1917, when the Chevy Chase School - the first Chevy Chase School in a permanent building - was constructed.<ref name="duvall" /> In that year, a two-story brick building was built on Rosemary Street by a contractor named Roy W. Poole of Frederick, Maryland, at a cost of $20,000 in county funds. In 1930, a 12-classroom brick building designed by [[Howard Wright Cutler]] was added to the Chevy Chase School for $94,000.<ref name="places">[http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/historic/places_from_the_past/documents/p322_335.pdf Architects and Builders, Montgomery County], Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County</ref> In 1936, nine classrooms were added for $103,000 to the west wing. With this addition, the original 1917 structure was demolished. To connect the new buildings, a “Long Hall” was added. This “Long Hall” connected the two buildings to each other, but only from the first floor. This hall did not contain any insulation and was known as unstable.
The early 1900s brought educated government workers to developing areas of Montgomery County such as [[Silver Spring, MD|Silver Spring]], [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], and [[Chevy Chase, Maryland|Chevy Chase]]. A two-room schoolhouse on Bradley Lane in Chevy Chase served residents from 1898 until 1917, when a permanent school building was constructed.<ref name="duvall" /> In that year, a two-story brick building was built on Rosemary Street by a contractor named Roy W. Poole of Frederick, Maryland, at a cost of $20,000 in county funds. It served students in grades 1-10.<ref name="cchs" /> It was for many years was known informally as the "Rosemary School" after its location on Rosemary Street.<ref name="cchs">{{cite web |title=The Schools of Section Four |url=http://www.chevychasehistory.org/chevychase/schools-section-four |accessdate=December 8, 2014 |publisher=Chevy Chase Historical Society}}</ref><ref name="duvall" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Duscha |first1=Julius |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NpM_q5sqwX0C&dq=%22rosemary+school%22++%22chevy+chase%22&pg=PT152 |title=From Pea Soup to Politics: How a Poor Minnesota Boy Became a Washington Insider : a Memoir |date=2005 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=0595370578 |accessdate=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chevy Chase ES - History {{!}} Chevy Chase ES |url=https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/chevychasees/aboutus/history |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org}}</ref>


In 1930, a 12-classroom brick building designed by [[Howard Wright Cutler]] was added to the Chevy Chase School for $94,000.<ref name="places">[http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/historic/places_from_the_past/documents/p322_335.pdf Architects and Builders, Montgomery County], Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County</ref>
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By the early 1970s, the school buildings were aging and out of date, necessitating extensive renovation and expansion. The process took two summers and a school year (during which time students were ferried to other nearby schools) and was completed in time for the 1975-76 school year. The renovated and expanded building provided more classrooms, a bigger library, and a courtyard in the middle.


In 1936, nine classrooms were added for $103,000 to the west wing. With this addition, the original 1917 structure was demolished. To connect the new buildings, a “Long Hall” was added. This “Long Hall” connected the two buildings to each other, but only from the first floor. This hall did not contain any insulation and was known to be unstable.
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Chevy Chase Elementary was awarded a [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon]] for excellence during the 1993-94 school year.<ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf National Blue Ribbon Schools Program - Schools Recognized], U.S. Department of Education</ref>

The school is also said to have had the first school library in the county, established in 1939.<ref name="duvall" /><ref name=":1" />

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By the early 1970s, the school buildings were aging and out of date, necessitating extensive renovation and expansion. The process took two summers and a school year (during which time students were ferried to other nearby schools) and was completed in time for the 1975–76 school year. The renovated and expanded building provided more classrooms, a bigger library, and a courtyard in the middle.

The year 1976 also brought the inception of a plan to [[Desegregation busing|bus]] younger students to Rosemary Hills Elementary School, whose minority enrollment had in the late 1960s "increased from 10 percent to 53 percent in six years, while the countywide average was only 5 percent". Chevy Chase ES became a school for 3rd to 6th grades.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Duvall |first=Wiliam, Marion Holland, Jean Dinwoodey Linehan, Jane Lawton |title=Chevy Chase Elementary School |url=https://www.townofchevychase.org/DocumentCenter/View/137/Chevy-Chase-Elementary-School?bidId= |website=Town of Chevy Chase}}</ref>

In 1981, the school district again revamped elementary schools in the [[Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School|Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster]], returning CCES to a K-6 school.<ref name=":2" />

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Chevy Chase Elementary was awarded a [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon]] for excellence during the 1993–1994 school year.<ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf National Blue Ribbon Schools Program – Schools Recognized], U.S. Department of Education</ref>

At some point, the school was again split, with students in the Chevy Chase ES catchment area K-2 students attending Rosemary Hills for grades K-2 before returning for grades 3-6, then going on to Westland Middle School for the 7th and 8th grade. In 2011, population growth in the area led superintendent Joshua Starr to propose a second middle school in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster, and to move 6th graders from CCES and North Chevy Chase to the middle school level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Superintendent Recommends New Site Selection Process for Bethesda-Chevy Chase Middle School |url=https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/?page=showrelease&id=3058 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Montgomery County Public Schools |language=en}}</ref> On November 21, 2016, the [[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Board of Education]] approved boundaries that would send CCES students, including rising 6th-graders, to the new Silver Creek Middle School.<ref>Division of Capital Planning, Montgomery County Public Schools. [https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BCCMS2_SupplementA_BCCMS2andWestlandMSBoundaries.pdf BOE Adopted - Silver Creek Middle School]. Accessed 3 June 2024.</ref>

In 2017, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chevy Chase Village News for January 20, 2017 |url=https://www.chevychasevillagemd.gov/CivicSend/ViewMessage/message?id=30874 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.chevychasevillagemd.gov |language=en}}</ref>

== Center for Enriched Studies ==
Chevy Chase Elementary School is home to one of nine Centers for Enriched Studies programs in Montgomery County Public Schools. It serves 4th and 5th graders on an accelerated track, and the program at CCES is open to anyone in the attendance zone for Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Walter Johnson, or Walt Whitman high schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Montgomery County Public Schools: Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted {{!}} Montgomery County Public Schools {{!}} Rockville, MD |url=https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/elementary/center-enriched-studies#:~:text=The%20Centers%20for%20Enriched%20Studies%20provide%20a%20learning%20environment%20for,MCPS%20reading%20language%20arts%20curriculum. |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org}}</ref>

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==See also==
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* [[Chevy Chase (town), Maryland|Town of Chevy Chase]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/chevychasees/}}
* [http://chevychasehistory.pastperfect-online.com/34214cgi/mweb.exe?request=keyword;keyword=%22chevy%20chase%20elementary%22%20;dtype=d;subset=300;subset=325 "Chevy Chase Elementary"], from the collection of the Chevy Chase Historical Society
* [https://chevychasehistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/DCD5FF52-50E7-4E50-A60C-278886521947 "Chevy Chase Elementary"], from the collection of the Chevy Chase Historical Society


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[[Chevy Chase (town), Maryland|Town of Chevy Chase]]


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Latest revision as of 04:27, 9 June 2024

Chevy Chase Elementary School
West wing (1936)
Location
Map
4015 Rosemary Street,
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
Coordinates38°58′42.7″N 77°04′49″W / 38.978528°N 77.08028°W / 38.978528; -77.08028
Information
School typeElementary School
Founded1917
PrincipalJodi Smith
Grades3–5
Education systemMontgomery County Public Schools
MascotCheetah
Websitemontgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/chevychasees/

Chevy Chase Elementary School is an elementary school containing grades 3–5 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Founded in 1917, the school today occupies a much-renovated and -expanded 1930 building that has been designated as an Historic Site by the Maryland Historical Trust.[1][2] The school is also said to have had the first school library in the county, established in 1939.[3][4]

The building has been described as "an early example of school architecture that successfully combines both traditional and modern design elements", with "Art Deco geometric panels and stepped-up parapets [that] were modern for the era, yet ... tempered by classical door and window treatments".[1][2]

History

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The early 1900s brought educated government workers to developing areas of Montgomery County such as Silver Spring, Bethesda, and Chevy Chase. A two-room schoolhouse on Bradley Lane in Chevy Chase served residents from 1898 until 1917, when a permanent school building was constructed.[3] In that year, a two-story brick building was built on Rosemary Street by a contractor named Roy W. Poole of Frederick, Maryland, at a cost of $20,000 in county funds. It served students in grades 1-10.[5] It was for many years was known informally as the "Rosemary School" after its location on Rosemary Street.[5][3][6][7]

In 1930, a 12-classroom brick building designed by Howard Wright Cutler was added to the Chevy Chase School for $94,000.[2]

In 1936, nine classrooms were added for $103,000 to the west wing. With this addition, the original 1917 structure was demolished. To connect the new buildings, a “Long Hall” was added. This “Long Hall” connected the two buildings to each other, but only from the first floor. This hall did not contain any insulation and was known to be unstable.

The school is also said to have had the first school library in the county, established in 1939.[3][4]

By the early 1970s, the school buildings were aging and out of date, necessitating extensive renovation and expansion. The process took two summers and a school year (during which time students were ferried to other nearby schools) and was completed in time for the 1975–76 school year. The renovated and expanded building provided more classrooms, a bigger library, and a courtyard in the middle.

The year 1976 also brought the inception of a plan to bus younger students to Rosemary Hills Elementary School, whose minority enrollment had in the late 1960s "increased from 10 percent to 53 percent in six years, while the countywide average was only 5 percent". Chevy Chase ES became a school for 3rd to 6th grades.[8]

In 1981, the school district again revamped elementary schools in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster, returning CCES to a K-6 school.[8]

Chevy Chase Elementary was awarded a National Blue Ribbon for excellence during the 1993–1994 school year.[9]

At some point, the school was again split, with students in the Chevy Chase ES catchment area K-2 students attending Rosemary Hills for grades K-2 before returning for grades 3-6, then going on to Westland Middle School for the 7th and 8th grade. In 2011, population growth in the area led superintendent Joshua Starr to propose a second middle school in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster, and to move 6th graders from CCES and North Chevy Chase to the middle school level.[10] On November 21, 2016, the Montgomery County Board of Education approved boundaries that would send CCES students, including rising 6th-graders, to the new Silver Creek Middle School.[11]

In 2017, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary.[12]

Center for Enriched Studies

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Chevy Chase Elementary School is home to one of nine Centers for Enriched Studies programs in Montgomery County Public Schools. It serves 4th and 5th graders on an accelerated track, and the program at CCES is open to anyone in the attendance zone for Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Walter Johnson, or Walt Whitman high schools.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Inventory of Historic Properties Archived 2014-12-04 at archive.today, Maryland Historical Trust
  2. ^ a b c Architects and Builders, Montgomery County, Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County
  3. ^ a b c d Duvall, William. "Chevy Chase Elementary School". Town of Chevy Chase. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Application for designation
  5. ^ a b "The Schools of Section Four". Chevy Chase Historical Society. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  6. ^ Duscha, Julius (2005). From Pea Soup to Politics: How a Poor Minnesota Boy Became a Washington Insider : a Memoir. iUniverse. ISBN 0595370578. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Chevy Chase ES - History | Chevy Chase ES". www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  8. ^ a b Duvall, Wiliam, Marion Holland, Jean Dinwoodey Linehan, Jane Lawton. "Chevy Chase Elementary School". Town of Chevy Chase.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ National Blue Ribbon Schools Program – Schools Recognized, U.S. Department of Education
  10. ^ "Superintendent Recommends New Site Selection Process for Bethesda-Chevy Chase Middle School". Montgomery County Public Schools. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  11. ^ Division of Capital Planning, Montgomery County Public Schools. BOE Adopted - Silver Creek Middle School. Accessed 3 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Chevy Chase Village News for January 20, 2017". www.chevychasevillagemd.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  13. ^ "Montgomery County Public Schools: Elementary Center Programs for the Highly Gifted | Montgomery County Public Schools | Rockville, MD". www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
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