Chief of Security and Compliance for Montgomery County Public Schools Marcus Jones released the following community letter on Monday, August 12:
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The 2024-25 school year is just around the corner, and Watkins Mill High School is gearing up for its annual Back-to-School Block Party on Saturday, September 14th.
Dr. Judith Docca, former principal and longtime Board of Education member, passed away on August 9, 2024. (more…)
MCPS will join Baltimore City Public Schools and Washington County Public Schools as school districts that will pilot girls’ flag football during the Fall 2024 season, joining Frederick County Public Schools, which successfully piloted girls’ flag last year. The schedule and information about how the season will work, can be seen below:
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) released the following community message on August 8, 2024:
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Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School (13700 Wisteria Dr.) in Germantown at approximately 1:30pm on Tuesday due to a report […]
MCPS welcomed 42 educators from the Philippines as part of the district’s cultural exchange program on Friday morning. MCPS shared the news on Friday.
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently concluded an investigation into Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) management of a contract valued at over $160 million to acquire and operate 326 electric school buses. The investigation substantiated that all of the buses received during fiscal years (FYs) 2022-2024 were delivered beyond the contractually required delivery date.
Montgomery College announced earlier this month that 820 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students are participating in Montgomery Can Code camps. Montgomery Can Code is a “unique and innovative public-private partnership formed by Montgomery College, MCPS and the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC)—in collaboration with Apple” that offers middle school students in Montgomery County an opportunity to learn computer coding. (more…)
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Rising Senior Myla Leung (Churchill HS) has started The Climate Health Education Initiative (CHEI)– an international organization that aims to inspire and empower youth to achieve sustainability and understand the intersection between climate change and planetary health concepts through their environmental educational programs. Myla currently runs the organization with fellow rising seniors Michelle Zhao (Churchill HS) and Sophia Ge (Blair HS).