Ninth grade students in Magruder High School’s Aviation Pilot/Unmanned Aircraft program visited Aberdeen Proving Grounds’ Weide Army Heliport on September 12, 2024, where they learned about aviation career paths and helicopter maintenance from Army personnel.

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MCPS shared this week that art teacher Jonathan Roth recently wrote his seventh children’s book with his eighth coming out on October 1st. We caught up with the longtime Ashburton art teacher and asked him a few questions about his recently released book “Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars” and what he enjoys most about MoCo.

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UPDATE: MCPD found no active threats at Wheaton and Edison High schools. Lockdowns have been lifted at both schools.

Wheaton High School and Thomas Edison High School are both on lockdown Friday morning due to the report of an individual outside of the school campuses with a handgun.


Below you’ll see the most recent updates or final scores of the 2024 week 2 MCPS football games. The scores will 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 that we can confirm. An ‘F’ signifies the score is confirmed as being final:

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The second week of high school football in MCPS brings pivotal matchups that could set the tone for the rest of the season. With several teams looking to build momentum and others desperate for a turnaround, here’s a preview of the key games this week:

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On Tuesday morning, three Title I schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) took part in the district’s first-ever Reading & Robes initiative, where Maryland state judges read aloud to students from culturally diverse books centered on justice and fairness.

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