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Gaithersburg announced its 2021 junior mayor yesterday during the mayor and city council meeting. Abeer Dey, a fourth grader at Rachel Carson Elementary School was selected for this role from over 50 entries in an essay competition, according to a press release from the city The prompt for the contest asked fourth graders living in […]

A fourth grade student at Fields Road Elementary student will serve as the the City of Gaithersburg’s 2020 Junior Mayor. Hayden Sandlin wrote an essay reimagining Gaithersburg as a more environmentally friendly place to help the future. His essay won the city-wide contest. 🎉Introducing our next Junior Mayor, Hayden Sandlin of Field Roads Elementary School.🎉Out […]

Remember this name: Srinidhi Guruvayurappan. She’s a fourth grader at Diamond Elementary School, and she’s Gaithersburg’s next Junior Mayor. Guruvayurappan is scheduled to make her first appearance at the State of the City address on April 14, where the gavel will be passed by current Junior Andrew Volat, also of Diamond Elementary School. Local leaders […]

Fourth graders in the City of Gaithersburg can now enter the Junior Mayor Contest. Students are asked to write an essay about what they would if they were mayor. According to a news release, the theme for this year’s context is “Rising to the Challenge.” Students are asked to write an essay in 275 words […]

Jacob Levine of Diamond Elementary School was selected as Gaithersburg’s Junior Mayor for 2013. His first appearance was at the annual State of the City Address on April 11 and he was officially introduced to the public at the Mayor and City Council meeting on May 6. Read his winning essay at Gaithersburg website.

Gaithersburg City Council member Cathy Drzyzgula introduces the city’s incoming and outgoing junior mayors at the city’s recent State of the City event. Maya Walker of Gaithersburg Elementary is the city’s newest Junior Mayor. Then outgoing Junior Mayor, Emmanuel Afriyie of Brown Station Elementary, shared some of his favorite experiences as Jr. Mayor with the […]