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MoCo’s Isaac Applebaum Advances to Jeopardy! College Finals

By MCS Staff

Isaac Applebaum has made it to the Jeopardy! College finals. He is a junior at Stanford University, majoring in Computational Biology. Applebaum is from Bethesda and graduated from Richard Montgomery High School in 2019,  where he also played on the baseball team and ran cross country. Applebaum is also a musician, a jazz pianist, which he says is a big part of his identity.

In the first quarterfinals matchup of the two-week Jeopardy College Championship, Applebaum pulled off a comeback win to defeat Gus Guszkowski of Dartmouth and Catherine Zhang of Cornell. He won by correctly identifying Charles Torrey as the abolitionist thought to have given the Underground Railroad its name during final Jeopardy.

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Montgomery County SMOB Finalists Announced; Election to Take Place in April

By MCS Staff

Baba Cisse, a Junior at Albert Einstein High School, and Arvin Kim, a junior at Walt Whitman High School were elected as finalists for Student Member of the Board. The election The general election, which allows for all 80,000 + secondary students in MCPS to vote, will take place on April 20th.

Congratulations to @Baba4Smoba and @arvinforsmob for being elected as the 2 finalists for the @MCPS student member of the @mocoboe. pic.twitter.com/1TzeTVRExT

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HBCU Fair Will Be Held Virtually on Friday, 2/18

By MCS Staff

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Fair will be held virtually from 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18. Co-sponsored by MCPS and the Montgomery County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, this event provides an opportunity for students in Grades 8-12 and their parents/guardians to meet with representatives from more than 60 HBCUs and participate in workshops.

Qualified seniors will be able to receive on-the-spot admissions during the event. Seniors must pre-register and complete their applications through Naviance.

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Wheaton High School Alumna Crystal Jones Earns Third Shorewoman of the Week Honor at Washington College

By MCS Staff

Senior women’s basketball player Crystal Jones is this week’s Shorewoman of the Week for the third time. Jones averaged 13.3 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per contest in a 3-1 week for Washington College. She is a Silver Spring native and graduate of Wheaton High School.

On Saturday in a 47-38 win at Ursinus, she notched her second double-double of the season with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds as Washington College tied its most single-season wins in Centennial Conference play in program history with 11. This past Thursday, Jones started the team’s game-closing 14-2 run in a 62-55 comeback win over Franklin & Marshall with a three-pointer as she scored 13 points. In Tuesday’s 62-45 win at McDaniel she led all players with 17 points. In a road game at Swarthmore on Monday night, she just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds, with her nine boards being a contest-best.

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MCPS to Allow Student Athletes to Request Religious Exemptions for COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement

By Patrick Herron

On Friday, MCPS sent out a community messaging announcing that MCPS in now accepting religious exemptions to their COVID-19 vaccine requirement for student athletes. They cite the decreasing COVID-19 transmission rate as well as the high vaccination rate in Montgomery County as the reason for their decision.

Full message below:

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Police Chief Marcus Jones Writes Op-Ed About Shooting at Magruder High School and Students Posting on Social Media Instead of Calling 9-1-1

By Patrick Herron

The Washington Post published an Op-Ed Friday morning written by Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones.

Jones talks about last month’s shooting at Magruder High School, and the fact that several students who are alleged to have witnessed or known about the shooting, posted on Twitter and Snapchat about the incident instead of calling 9-1-1.

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MCPS Community Message: 10 Things to Know for Feb. 10th

By MCS Staff

Here are seven things you need to know for Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. They include the appointment of a permanent superintendent, information about the school well-being, safety and security review, an antiracist audit update, information about COVID-19 rapid take-home test kits and more.

Read Dr. McKnight’s message to the community.

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MoCo BOE Recognizes 13 Educators Who Earned Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in 2021

By MCS Staff

13 educators who completed the National Board Certification process and became National Board Certified Teachers in December 2021, were recognized by the Montgomery County Board of Education in this morning’s meeting.Through its National Board Certification Program, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certifies highly accomplished educators who meet rigorous standards through intensive study, expert evaluation, self-assessment, and peer review.

NBPTS seeks to identify and recognize teachers who effectively enhance student learning and demonstrate the high level of knowledge, skills, abilities, and commitments reflected in the Five Core Propositions that define what National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) should know and be able to do.

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