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Dear MCPS Community,
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Interim Superintendent Dr. Monifa B. McKnight will unveil her Fiscal Year 2023 Recommended Operating Budget at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16. Her presentation will be streamed live on the MCPS website, MCPS TV (Comcast 34, Verizon 36 and RCN 89) and on YouTube.
A Few Good Athletics Accomplishments
Congratulations are also in order for several MCPS teams and student-athletes for their championship wins. Among them:
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MCPS football coaches have released their 2021 All-MoCo football teams.
Note: Northwest football coach Travis Hawkins has tweeted that he did not know of the meeting to create the all-county list.
Paint Branch High School has announced that they are pausing practices and games for their Varsity and JV Varsity Boys Basketball program after 16 students and one staff member tested positive for the Coronavirus between Dec. 3 and Dec. 6.
Boys JV and Varsity Basketball games vs Springbrook on 12/7/21 have been postponed. Make up TBA. https://t.co/oomT9ECyal
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Yuvan Sundrani (sophomore information science major at UMD), Jason Steinberg (sophomore computer science major at UMD), and Sid Jagtap (sophomore finance major at the University of Michigan) are launching an exciting new app called Soshi. Simply put, the app allows users to share all of their social media and contact information in one place with one tap.
These students were amongst the many seniors to miss out on the end of the year senior fun and started freshman year behind a screen. Quarantine left everyone with a little extra time on their hands. Jason Steinberg and Sid Jagtap founded MoCo Tutors, an affordable digital tutoring service aimed at helping Montgomery County students struggling with virtual instruction. Meanwhile, Yuvan Sundrani gained some experience and insight while interning with the artificial intelligence laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg as a Data Engineer Intern.
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Per MCPS:
The event will include updates and information about MCPS’s commitment to health-related safety, psychological safety, and physical safety. Caregivers and students will have opportunities to learn about resources, hear from a panel of experts and community partners, ask questions, and provide feedback.
During his MCPS tenure, Dr. Starr was recognized for his willingness to advocate for teachers and school staff. He was a strong believer in the potential of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to create meaningful change in public education, and urged state and national leaders to consider a moratorium on accountability systems and evaluations based on out-of-date standardized tests so schools and districts can effectively align their systems, policies, and professional development to the CCSS.
He resigned from the position on February 16, 2015, in what officials said was a mutually agreed upon decision.
Many are talking about Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett’s fake slide during his 58 yard touchdown run, but an ACC record was broken by former Northwest standout A.J. Woods in Saturday’s ACC Championship game.
With Wake Forest trailing by 10 and driving down the field early in the fourth quarter, Woods intercepted a deep ball at at the Pitt 25 and returned it 73 yards to the 2 yard line.
Springbrook Head Football Coach Dustin Jeter has been named the Washington Football Team’s High School Coach of the Week
The High School Coach of the Week program is a league-wide initiative designed to recognize area high school football coaches who continuously demonstrate hard work and dedication to their football programs, the health and safety of their players, and who make a difference in their communities. Each coach chosen throughout the high school football season will receive a $2,000 donation from the Washington Football Charitable Foundation to their football program.