This account is run by Dan Walder, Principal of Diamond Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg, MD
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Congratulations to all former Diamond ES Seniors who recently graduated from high school! We are very proud of you!
We enjoyed welcoming back our student alumni as we celebrated their graduation from high school with a Senior Clap Out! The seniors missed Diamond so much they even played a game of four square.
Last week we had a wonderful Lunar New Year Celebration with Diamond ES families! Thank you to Mayor Ashman for joining us for this wonderful event! Thank you to all the parent volunteers who made this event a huge success!
All students enjoyed the cultural arts assembly by the KanKoran West African Dance Company. Thank you to our wonderful PTA for organizing this wonderful event.
Thank you to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Russell for displaying our 4th and 5th grade student art work in the lobby area during the 4th & 5th grade Winter Concert!
Our Winter Music Concert was a great success where our 4th & 5th Grade Chorus and Instrumental Orchestra & Band performed for our parents and families at Quince Orchard High School! All of our student performers did a great job! Thank you to Dr. Dillon and Mr. Wilson!
Our 4th & 5th Grade Chorus perform 3 day concerts for our preK- grade 5 classes over the past two weeks. They did a great job!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
Our Instrumental Music Concert was a a great success! Thank you to Mr. Fleming! Great job 4th and 5th graders!
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!
