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MoCo Board of Education Hires Nonprofit to Evaluate Multicultural Learners

Published June 6, 2022 at 9:31AM

The Montgomery County Board of Education has selected the Center for Applied Linguistics, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, to engage a stakeholder commission and evaluate current MCPS practices, with the aim of improving engagement and achievement of Emergent Multilingual Learners (EML) students in the English Language Development program, and Latino/Hispanic students in various programs across the system.

These programs include, but are not limited to, English Language Development, Two-Way Immersion, Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education, the Career Readiness Education Academy, and other innovative language programs that have been implemented at the school level.

Two Montgomery County Teenagers Have Created a Website To Help Families Locate Baby Formula in the DMV

By MCS Staff

Published June 5, 2022 at 11:12AM

The national baby formula shortage has greatly impacted families in communities across the country, so the Women’s Legislative Caucus of Maryland sought to create an outlet for families to crowdsource formula sightings and also do inventory checks in real time. Delegate Lesley Lopez reached out to Adam Lederer (Clarksburg High School Class of 2022) and Matthew Nanas (Wheaton High School Class of 2022), the young men who created MoCoVax.com last year to help residents who were struggling to find appointments for the Covid-19 vaccine.

DMV Formula was made at the request of the Women’s Legislative Caucus of Maryland. Delegate Lopez reached out to Adam Lederer to see if he and Matthew would be interested in programming a website to help local parents find baby formula across the DMV. The website uses crowdsourcing information, allowing users to upload pictures of baby formula in-store locations. DMV Formula also has an inventory checker for Target, Buy Buy Baby, and Bed Bath and Beyond.

Time Capsule Opened at Matsunaga Elementary School on Friday

By MCS Staff

Published June 5, 2022 at 10:33AM | Updated June 5, 2022 at 4:51PM

A time capsule was buried in 2002 by students at Spark M. Matsunaga and Longview School and was opened at an event at the school that was broadcasted live on YouTube on Friday. Some of the items included were a “Tycoon Roller Coaster” computer game, Girl Scout cookies (Samoas), a SpongeBob toy, a Maryland Basketball National Championship flag (the team won it all in 2002), a box of 2002 Upper Deck baseball cards, a few issues of The Gazette, a roadmap of Montgomery County, a box of Honey Nut Cheerios, a Birdseye view photo of the school taken from a plane, a disposable camera, and a lot more (full video available below).

To commemorate the co-location of these schools, students raised $2,100 in 2002 for a time capsule that has been displayed at the school’s Media Center. In addition, students and their families have contributed written works and letters that will be included in the capsule. The capsule will be opened in twenty years when its count-down clock reaches zero, which will be at 10am today.

Storied Coach Robert Youngblood Has Stepped Down as Northwest High School Outdoor Track & Field Coach

By MCS Staff

Published June 4, 2022 at 8:28AM

In a letter posted to social media by longtime Northwest High School physical education teacher and former head football coach Mike Neubeiser, Northwest High School outdoor track & field coach Robert Youngblood announced that he will be stepping down.During Coach Youngblood’s tenure at Northwest: Indoor State Titles: Boys 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 (state record as no 4A team ever won 5 straight) Outdoor State: Boys 2019,2018,2017, 2016 Outdoor Girls: 2018 2nd-2019, 2017, 2016. The full letter can be seen below:

“Dear Jag Nation,

Two MCPS Student-Athletes win ‘Minds in Motion’ Athletic Scholarships

By MCS Staff

Published June 3, 2022 at 7:25AM

The Maryland Public Schools Sports Athletic Association (MPSSAA) conducts an annual Minds In Motion Scholar-Athlete Scholarship program that recognizes those who have excelled on the playing field and in the classroom. Two MCPS, Zam Nwosu of Clarksburg High School and Leo Kugel of Einstein High School, were selected to receive a $1,000 scholarship and were awarded inside the Baltimore Ravens locker room. More on both below.

Live Opening of Time Capsule at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary School in Germantown This Morning

By MCS Staff

Published June 3, 2022 at 6:13AM | Updated June 5, 2022 at 10:21AM

A time capsule was buried in 2002 by students at Spark M. Matsunaga and Longview School and will be opened at an event at the school that will be broadcasted live on YouTube at 10am today (Friday, June 3rd). Matsunaga Elementary and Longview School, is named in honor of Senator Spark Masayuki Matsunaga from Hawaii. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1962, and later served in the Senate from 1977-1990. Matsunaga Elementary is the first school in Montgomery County named after an Asian-American. The school is also the first co-located school in Montgomery County and represents an end of separating students with special needs from their peers.

To commemorate the co-location of these schools, students raised $2,100 in 2002 for a time capsule that has been displayed at the school’s Media Center. In addition, students and their families have contributed written works and letters that will be included in the capsule. The capsule will be opened in twenty years when its count-down clock reaches zero, which will be at 10am today.

MCPS: Five Things to Know for Thursday, June 2

By Patrick Herron

Published June 2, 2022 at 4:00PM

Here are five things to know for Thursday, June 2. They include graduation celebrations, reminders about COVID-19, free vaccination clinics and more.

Montgomery County Public Schools

MCPS Counselors of the Year Announced

By MCS Staff

Published June 2, 2022 at 7:34AM

Three staff members have been honored with 2021–2022 Counselor of the Year awards. The trio—one each at the elementary, middle and high school levels—were recognized at the May 26 Board of Education business meeting.

This year’s winners are:

Ashburton Principal Wins Mark Mann Award

By MCS Staff

Published June 2, 2022 at 7:32AM

Greg Mullenholz, principal at Ashburton Elementary School in Bethesda, is this year’s winner of the Mark Mann Excellence and Harmony Award.

The Mark Mann award is presented annually to an MCPS administrator who has shown exceptional performance in promoting academic excellence, positive human relations and community outreach.

KKK-Related Images Were Briefly Posted On A Damascus High School Review Page

By MCS Staff

Published June 2, 2022 at 5:53AM | Updated June 2, 2022 at 9:38AM

Earlier this week, on Monday evening, multiple people on social media shared screenshots of KKK-related images that were posted on the review page for Damascus High School on Apple Maps. A search for the high school leads you to a page that allows users to read and write reviews for the searched location. In this case, a user uploaded the hate symbols under the reviews, which Apple pulls from Yelp.

In a message to the Damascus community, principal Kevin Yates wrote, “I was informed yesterday afternoon that an Internet app brings up hate symbols when Damascus High School is entered. I alerted MCPS Security and our Technology Specialists and was advised to go to the app and report the images as hate symbols and request that they be removed.” The symbols were removed less than 24 hours later.

Brief History of the MCPS Website (Established in 1995)

By MCS Staff

Published June 1, 2022 at 7:37AM | Updated June 1, 2022 at 8:40PM

The MCPS website now contains information for students, staff, parents, and community members, but it only started 27 years ago. Below you’ll see a brief history of “MCPS Web”, courtesy of MCPS:

March 14, 1995: In the beginning there was a DEC Alpha server running the Unix operating system and the Netscape web server. David Kreisberg, with the help of a small group of brilliant Blair High School students, brought the server to life and created the first web pages in March, 1995.