The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is inviting public middle schools to participate in the fourth annual “Paint the Plow” competition, where students can decorate a snowplow based on this year’s theme, “People, Purpose, & Presence,” for a chance to win cash prizes.
Radio station Hot 99.5 (WIHT FM) is currently running its annual “Best High School in the DMV” contest on Instagram and the finals are happening today with one Maryland high school and one Virginia high school in the finals!
Harrison Robbs, second grader at Burtonsville Elementary School, has achieved recognition for his exceptional academic performance by receiving the Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education (EGATE) Outstanding Student Accomplishment in Gifted & Talented Education award for Primary Grades K-2.
MCPS is hosting public information meetings on boundary studies for the reopening of Charles W. Woodward High School, the opening of Crown High School and the expansion of Damascus High School. These sessions will provide important details on the boundary study scope, process and opportunities for future engagement.
C-SPAN has announced the 2025 winners of its 21st annual StudentCam competition, recognizing students from Silver Spring, Bethesda, Potomac, Germantown, Rockville, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Dermott Foley of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring won the grand prize for his documentary on fentanyl overdose, while other students received second, third, and honorable mention prizes for topics such as affordable housing, climate change, and healthcare policies. (more…)
Every two years, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Eastern Division Conference unites the European Music Educators Association with top student musicians from the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions—including the District of Columbia. This time around, twelve MCPS students were selected.
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a news release stating that it welcomed Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) response to a complaint regarding the alleged mistreatment of an 8-year-old Muslim student at Cabin Branch Elementary School in Clarksburg, which included removing the teacher from the classroom. (more…)
The CBS sitcom Ghosts debuted in October 2021 and was ranked as the 11th most-watched show of the 2023/2024 season, according to Variety. Notably, the series, which is now in its fourth season, features two actors who graduated from Wootton High School in Rockville: Utkarsh Ambudkar and Richie Moriarty.
MCPS has shared that three supporting services employees have been named finalists for the 2025 Supporting Services Employee of the Year. This year’s annual awards, given by SEIU Local 500 and MCPS, are recognizing Esquibel (Celi) Andino, bus operator, Randolph Transportation Depot; Josephine (Josie) Marinucci, school secretary I, Westover Elementary School and John Sparrow, paraeducator, Poolesville High School. The winner will be announced at a celebration in May.
A 13-year-old Montgomery County student has been charged with threats of mass violence after calling Parkland Middle School in Rockville and claiming they intended to carry out a school shooting. (more…)
Radio station Hot 99.5 (WIHT FM) is currently running it’s annual “Best High School in the DMV” contest on Instagram now through March 31. The six Montgomery County high schools to make the “Sweet 16” are Montgomery Blair, Northwest, Northwood, Rockville, Wheaton, and Quince Orchard. (more…)