1/25/2008 (C) - Added the syllabi for the Spring 2008 visual arts course offerings to the Art Dept Courses page.

1/23/2008 (C) - Added the syllabi for the Spring 2008 music course offerings to the Music Dept Courses page.

1/23/2008 (C) - Added the 2007-2008 Choral Music Calendar to the Music Dept Calendar and Choral pages.

1/5/2008 (C) - New page created listing new courses that will be available to students beginning in the fall of 2008. These are courses that are not currently offered (i.e., in the academic year 2007-2008). This page was created for the convenience of students registering this semester for the fall 2008 semester. In late summer, this page will be deleted and the new courses will be added to the standard Courses pages in the respective departments.

1/5/2008 (C) - Changed the Art Dept Courses page to note that the Drawing and Design course will no longer be offered beginning fall 2008.

11/2/2007 (C) - New pages created (for both the Art Dept and the Music Dept) showing courses that will be available to next year's incoming freshmen, for use by prospective freshmen and their parents/guardians. (These courses are not necessarily the same as courses operating this year that freshmen are eligible for.)

9/08/2007 (C) - New staff picture for 2007-2008 put on the Art Dept page.

9/06/2007 (C) - Changed standard departmental top banner to reflect replacement of B.E.N. with Edline/BILL).

9/03/2007 (C) - Added pictures and videos of the MBHS marching band in the Kensington Labor Day Parade.

8/31/2007 (C) - Loaded the last outstanding syllabus for fall 2007.

8/30/2007 (C) - Loaded all the outstanding syllabi for the fall 2007 semester, having received all but one.

8/27/2007 (C) - Updated the Courses page for the Music Dept to show this fall's courses, and linked the syllabi received so far. Added the 2007 - 2008 version of the Instrumental Music Handbook and the 2007 - 2008 Instrumental Music Calendar.

8/26/2007 (C) - Added a photo of the new Fine Arts mural to the Art Dept main page and to the Music Dept main page. Updated the Faculty pages for both departments to show 2007-2008 faculty. Updated the Courses page for the Art Dept to show this fall's courses, and linked the syllabi received so far.

8/25/2007 (S/I) - Corrected the spacing of the menu tabs on the Art Dept and Music Dept main pages and subordinate pages as displayed by the Safari browser. The spacing now matches that displayed by Internet Explorer and Firefox, which was the intended appearance. (Users of Internet Explorer and Firefox will not notice this change.)

8/20/2007 (S/I) - Corrected the implementation of the style sheets that govern the appearance of the fonts in the menu tabs on the Art Dept and Music Dept main pages and subordinate pages as displayed by the Firefox and Safari browsers. The font appearance now matches that displayed by Internet Explorer, which was the intended appearance. (Users of Internet Explorer will not notice this change.)

3/12/2007 (C) - Description and pictures about the Wolf Trap Foundation Scholarship Project added to the Music Dept page.

10/6/2006 (C) - Instrumental music events calendar for 2006-2007 academic year posted.

9/18/2006 (C) - Choral music events calendar for 2006-2007 academic year posted.

9/17/2006 (C) - Chamber Choir pictures from dedication of Underground Railroad marker in Silver Spring added.

9/05/2006 (C) - Faculty listings for both departments updated to reflect courses taught by each teacher in the new semester. Course pages for both departments updated to reflect Fall 2006 course offerings and syllabi.

9/04/2006 (C) - Marching Band pictures from Kensington Labor Day Parade added.

8/25/2006 (C) - New staff pictures for 2006-2007 put on the Art Dept and Music Dept pages.

8/14/2006 (C) - Ms. Roberts' band reminder letter added to Music Dept page.

8/05/2006 (C) - Ms. Roberts' welcome letter and band form added to Music Dept page. Instrumental Music calendar updated for Fall 2006 semester.

7/31/2006 (C) - Staff picture on Music Dept front page updated; welcome message added for new music teacher.

3/3/2006 (C) - Four examples of Shockwave Flash animations done in Ms. Berry's fall semester Digital Art 2 class added to Art Dept Galleries page.

2/3/2006 (C) - Spring semester 2006 course syllabi added to the Courses pages for both the Art Dept and the Music Dept. Fall semester syllabi will be kept online until next fall.

12/07/2005 (C) - Email addresses on Faculty pages for both the Art Dept and the Music Dept updated to the new convention adopted by MCPS for Outlook (xxx@mcpsmd.org).

11/26/2005 (C) - Scenes from Guitar classes, Beginning and Advanced Piano classes, and Music Technology classes added to General Music page, along with example of a Music History poster. Scenes from Symphonic Band added to Instrumental Music page.

11/19/2005 (C) - For the students who have their written permission on file in the Fine Arts office, credits were posted with their artwork displayed on the Art Dept Galleries page as examples of photographic work done in Mr. Stallings' AP Photography Studio Art class.

11/15/2005 (S/I) - Red parts of Art Dept front page and Music Dept front page changed to the shade of red designated by hex code #CC0000.

11/13/2005 (C) - Collage of Art Dept teachers in action added to Art Dept front page. Examples of work done in Ms. Stork's Ceramics & Sculpture classes added to Art Dept Galleries page.

11/10/2005 (C) - Nine examples of work done in Mr. Stallings' AP Photography Studio Art class added to Art Dept Galleries page.

11/10/2005 (C) - Link to the Media Literacy Academy added to Fine Arts front page.

11/10/2005 (S/I) - Burgundy blocks on the Fine Arts front page changed to red (#CC0000).

11/8/2005 (C) - Group photo of art teachers added to the Art Dept page. Copyright notice added to the Art Dept Galleries page. Examples of work done in Mrs. Wilson's Studio classes added to Art Dept Galleries pages, as well as examples of banner and single point perspective drawings done in Ms. Andrews' classes.

11/7/2005 (C) - Course description for AP Photography Studio Art 2-D A & B added to Arts Courses page. New course (Percussion Ensemble) added to Music Courses page, and "advertisement" for it added to Music Dept front page. Examples of work done in Ms. Berry's Digital Art 1 class added to Art Dept Galleries page.

11/7/2005 (S/I) - On all the subordinate pages in the Art Dept side (Courses, Faculty, Calendar, Galleries), the following was done: (1) Added a "Calendars" navigation tab; (2) added the standard departmental topbanner (with links to other parts of MBHS website); (3) re-vamped the page code, retaining the same design, color scheme and functions, but the pages are now presented using CSS style sheets instead of graphical images where pictures are not involved, making it easier to alter text in the links and more efficient for browsers to display; (4) implemented an external style sheet.

10/30/2005 (C) - Group photo of the music teachers added to the Music Dept page. Link to Music CD Library added to Fine Arts front page.

10/8/2005 (S/I) - On all the subordinate pages in the Music Dept side (Courses, Faculty, Calendars, General Music, Choral, and Instrumental), the following was done: (1) Added a "Calendars" navigation tab; (2) added the standard departmental topbanner (with links to other parts of MBHS website); (3) re-vamped the page code, retaining the same design, color scheme and functions, but the pages are now presented using CSS style sheets instead of graphical images where pictures are not involved, making it easier to alter text in the links and more efficient for browsers to display; (4) implemented an external style sheet.

9/30/2005 (S/I) - Re-vamped the Fine Arts front page code. Design, color scheme and functions remain the same. The page is now presented using CSS style sheets instead of graphical images where pictures are not involved, making it easier to alter text in the links and more efficient for browsers to display.

9/28/2005 (S/I) - Fixed broken link to the Music Dept page in each of the subordinate music pages (Calendar, Choral, Courses, Faculty, General and Instrumental).

9/27/2005 (C) - Added page update dates to the "Courses" and "Faculty" pages for both departments (Music and Art). Added date of the most recent update to any of the Fine Arts pages on the main Fine Arts page and added this "whatsnew" page.

9/26/2005 (C) - Added a "Calendar" tab to both the Music Dept and Art Dept index.htm files.

9/26/2005 (S/I) - Replaced original Music Dept and Art Dept index.htm files with re-coded versions that use style sheets and the background-color attribute instead of graphical images to control color and navigation tabs. This will make it easier to expand or modify the menus in the future. Also standardized the layout, look and feel between them (but still using separate color schemes), as they had different layouts and navigation tab conventions before.

9/12/2005 (C) - Added the standard departmental topbanner (with links to other parts of MBHS website) to top of Fine Arts page, Music page, and Art Dept page. Need yet to do the same for subordinate pages.

9/9/2005 (C) - Added Instrumental calendar and Choral calendar for the academic year 2005-2006.

9/8/2005 (C) - Marching Band pictures from Kensington Labor Day Parade added.

9/5/2005 (C) - Syllabi for all courses in the Art and Music Departments added.

9/4/2005 (C) - Course listings for the Art and Music Departments updated.

9/3/2005 (C) - Faculty lists for the Art and Music Departments updated.