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…)
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).
Seneca Valley High School in Germantown recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a block party. MCPS shared that the event consisted of “fun, games, and community support.”
Manmitha Jinasena (Moni), a rising sophomore at Seneca Valley High School, represented Maryland and won a Silver medal for Kata at the USA Karate Nationals! Her journey began in Sri Lanka at just 8-years-old and she has dreams of joining the National team, MCPS recently shared.
Local resident Ron Diehl, who runs the @ghs_sports_snaps account on instagram, highlighting athletics for Gaithersburg High School, wanted to give the kids something cool they can enjoy over the summer– so he used the Team Builder feature in the new NCAA 25 video game to create local high school (and college) teams that are downloadable in the game.
Earlier this month the University of Maryland College of Education has named former MCPS superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight as its inaugural Dean’s Fellow and Superintendent in Residence, effective August 23. The decision was met with mixed reactions, with some supportive of the hiring and others against it to the point of a petition being created asking the university to reverse its decision to hire McKnight. Moderately MOCO reported this evening that McKnight’s salary is “$150,000 for a 9 month appointment.”
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has announced the expansion of pickleball as a varsity corollary sport during the fall 2024 season. Last fall, MCPS became the first school district in the country to offer pickleball as a varsity sport, as part of the corollary sports program that provides increased access and participation opportunities for students with disabilities.
Last year, the sport was piloted as a fall corollary sport at 11 schools. Pickleball will now expand to all 25 high schools through a partnership with the D.C. Pickleball Team, D.C.’s premier level Major League Pickleball team, and JOOLA, the largest pickleball equipment company in the world, headquartered in Rockville, Md.
Students at MCPS’ Rolling Terrace Elementary School in Takoma Park got the chance to spend a summer afternoon with professional soccer star Luis Palma.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) sent out the following community message on Thursday, July 11: (more…)
Updated with additional appointments
The Montgomery County Board of Education approved the following administrative appointments on Thursday, July 18th.
An additional thirteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have earned college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the final round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).