Below you’ll see the most recent updates or final scores of the 2022 week 1 MCPS football games. They’ll be updated as we receive them. If a score isn’t listed, it’s because we haven’t yet received a report from the game.
Rockville 43 vs Kennedy 6 F
“Dear MCPS Community,
Our first week of school for the 2022-2023 school year has gone by so fast. There has been so much to celebrate and so much for which I am thankful. I have witnessed exciting and intentional instruction, deep engagement in our classrooms, and staff and students energized for the new year. With the cloud of COVID-19 receding, it is refreshing to see such positive energy in our schools as we continue and expand our focus on academic excellence.
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) now requires students in the class of 2025 and beyond to complete a 1.0 health education graduation requirement. Health education content includes data and resources for various populations across units, including LGBTQ+ community members.
Individual schools have sent information home offering parents and guardians the ability to review the curriculum with a health teacher and to learn when during health education various subjects are covered. Families may only opt-out of the family life and human sexuality unit in compliance with state law.
Per MCPS Athletics: MCPS buses are available for teams to utilize throughout the season for off-site games or events, assuming there are available drivers and buses and based on the game time. It is important to note that, due to buses making runs afterschool for students, buses are not available during the hours of 1:35-4:35 p.m. from Monday-Friday. This constraint, along with the convenience of leaving later and coming home earlier, results in instances when parent or student drivers may be preferred.
If parent or student drivers are being considered for transportation to off-site events, each student’s parents/guardians have the option to opt out of allowing their student to drive with parent or student drivers. Parents are required to select which mode(s) of transportation they consent to allowing their student-athlete to utilize during the season.
Beginning its second year, the MCPS Virtual Academy will provide full-time virtual learning to nearly 1,800 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The Virtual Academy partners with students’ home schools, so students continue to have access to services, including meals, extracurricular activities and athletics.
The secondary Virtual Academy runs an alternating “block” schedule, organized into “A Days” and “B Days.” Each grade level does have one class that meets every day for a shorter period of time, and the lunch block for elementary, middle, and high school students are all aligned. More available in the video below, per MCPS.
I’m addition to Harriet Tubman Elementary School becoming the 210th MCPS school, MCPS saw revitalizations/additions at John F. Kennedy High School (Silver Spring), Odessa Shannon Middle School (Silver Spring), and Westbrook Elementary School (Bethesda).
John F. Kennedy, a 280,048-square-foot school in Silver Spring, received a 52,085-square-foot addition. Its newest features include a school-based wellness center, space for the Medical Careers Academy, and technology and special education suites. The school also received new artificial turf on the stadium field; Bermuda grass and an irrigation system installed on the practice field, and new tennis courts atop a new elevated parking structure.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will hold a job fair from 10am-1pm on Wednesday, September 7th at the Student Services Building of Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus (intersection of Rockville Pike and North Campus Drive).
MCPS is hiring for various positions, including: paraeducators, building service workers, food services, transportation, clerical, security, teachers, and counselors.
First reported by Caitlyn Peetz of Bethesda Magazine.
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary School became the 210th school in MCPS when it opened its doors to more than 450 students on Aug. 29, the first day of school. See the ribbon-cutting ceremony below.
The Gaithersburg school features 99,893 square feet of learning space and opens with Prekindergarten–4th grades, with 5th grade coming in the 2023–2024 school year. The facility houses a Linkages to Learning program, a partnership with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services and other non-profits to integrate health and social services at the school site, and has a number of environmentally sustainable features, such as efficient LED lighting and high-efficiency HVAC machinery.
The Montgomery County Board of Education will host their next business meeting on Thursday, September 8. A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Information on how to […]
As we begin the new year, MCPS, as demanded by our strategic plan, will have a laserlike focus on academics. Our educators will know how every student is performing; they will use data to meet student needs. We expect that our students will build on their knowledge, advance in their skill sets and find wonder in their learning. We have excellent teachers, support professionals and administrators committed to making this happen.
We will have challenges and we are ready for them. For students to perform at their best and achieve academic growth, they must be emotionally strong, physically safe and psychologically prepared for today’s world.