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Board of Education Elects New Officers; Adopts 2023-2024 School Year Calendar; and Discusses Overview of Superintendent’s Recommended Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget

Published December 14, 2022 at 8:34AM

The Montgomery County Board of Education (Board) held a business meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. During the meeting, the Board elected new officers, adopted the 2023-2024 school year calendar, and discussed an overview of the superintendent’s recommended fiscal year 2024 operating budget. The agenda for the meeting, with related links, can be viewed on the Board website. Watch the meeting recording.

Election of Board Officers: Karla Silvestre was selected by her colleagues to serve as president of the Board. Shebra L. Evans was selected vice president. Both officers will serve a one-year term.

MCPS and Partners Raise Awareness on Dangers of Fentanyl/ Demonstrate Narcan Administration

By MCS Staff

Published December 13, 2022 at 8:16AM

Per MCPS: Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and County partners to discuss dangerous trend in substance use and how the school community is responding. This will include a demonstration of administering Narcan, a medicine that counteracts the effects of an Opioid overdose.

MCPS continues to work diligently alongside local government authorities and community partners on a comprehensive and coordinated approach to this dangerous epidemic. This effort is part of a series of outreach efforts to raise awareness to parents and caregivers to educate themselves and foster conversations with children about the dangers of drug use, specifically fentanyl and how to avoid use, family expectations around use, and the availability of help and support.

The MoCoShow High School Top 10 (Final Rankings for MCPS Schools)

By MCS Staff

Published December 12, 2022 at 10:40AM

1. Quince Orchard 14-0: The Cougars defeated Flowers from PG county, in the 4A State title game, 32-7. RB Iverson Howard had 195 yards rushing and 2 TDs and DE Jaylen Harvey 6 tackles, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble & a blocked punt, in the win. QO won their 5th overall State Championship and their 3rd in 5 years. With the victory Head Coach John Kelley earned his 100th victory.

2. Damascus 13-1: The Swarmin’ Hornets beat Oakdale from Frederick county, in the 3A State title game 21-14. RB Dillion Dunathan had 228 yards rushing and 2 TDs and DT Will Terry had 6 tackles and 1 sack in the win. Damascus won their 12th State championship, tying Seneca Valley & Dunbar for the most all time in Maryland.

Over 100 Silver Spring International Middle School French Immersion Students Participate in Visit with French President and First Lady

By MCS Staff

Published December 10, 2022 at 2:22PM

More than 100 French Immersion sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from Silver Spring International Middle School participated in the state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron. First lady Dr. Jill Biden invited the students to participate in the visit. Students and the first ladies, both educators, toured Planet Word in Washington, D.C., and enjoyed a poetry reading. Some students had the opportunity to greet and engage with them over an interactive book device in the library.

MCPS Lunar New Year Banquet Set for January 18

By MCS Staff

Published December 10, 2022 at 2:18PM

The League of Educators for Asian American Progress (LEAAP) is holding its Lunar New Year scholarship dinner at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at New Fortune Restaurant, 16515 South Frederick Ave. in Gaithersburg. Registration and seating begin at 5:30 p.m. The snow date is Wednesday, Feb. 1.

The annual event—this year celebrates the Year of the Rabbit—is a scholarship fundraiser for Asian Pacific American high school seniors interested in pursuing a degree in teaching. Individual seats are available for $50. Tables for 10 are also available for purchase. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Sponsorships ($600, $700, $800 and $1,000 levels) are also available; sponsors will be recognized during the program. Purchase tickets or sponsorships. For questions, email [email protected] or call 410-570-3170. Lunar New Year Banquet Celebration, 2023

MCPS Budget Presentation Will Take Place on December 19

By MCS Staff

Published December 10, 2022 at 2:14PM

MCPS Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight will deliver a presentation on the Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 19 at Northwest High School. The public will be able to watch live on the MCPS website, MCPS-TV YouTube channel and MCPS-TV channels in English and Spanish. There will be opening comments from Scott Smith, principal at Northwest and Karla Silvestre, president of the Board of Education. The presentation from Dr. McKnight will outline the goals, priorities and investments planned for the FY 2024 school year.

Urgent Message from the MCPS School System Medical Officer Concerning Synthetic Opioids, Especially Fentanyl

By Patrick Herron

Published December 9, 2022 at 6:19PM

What is illicit fentanyl?

Fentanyl is a prescription medication for pain that is 50-100 times more powerful than morphine. The type of fentanyl driving overdose deaths is illegally made and sold in the form of powder, pills, liquid, or nasal sprays. Other drug products like marijuana, cocaine, heroin or illegally sold pills thought to be prescription medicine may be laced with illicit fentanyl, without the knowledge of the user.

Churchill Alumna Kamie Crawford to Host Newest Season of ‘Are You The One?’

By MCS Staff

Published December 9, 2022 at 5:35PM

Kamie Crawford, a 2010 graduate of Churchill High School, has just announced that she’ll be the host of the latest season of Are You The One?, which will air exclusively on Paramount+ after 8 seasons on MTV and a 3 year break. Crawford is no stranger to MTV, as she she served as part of a panel of rotating hosts for the second part of season 7 of the television series Catfish after Max Joseph’s departure from the series. In 2020, she became the permanent co-host of the MTV series.

On July 24, 2010, just weeks after graduating from Churchill High School in Potomac, Crawford represented Maryland in the Miss Teen USA 2010 pageant where she made history by being the first contestant from Maryland to win the title. While at Churchill, Crawford was the captain of the Varsity cheerleading team. She was selected into the medical program for the Congressional Student Leadership Conference at Georgetown University. In September 2010, Crawford enrolled in classes at the New York Film Academy while taking some core classes at a local college. She graduated from Fordham University in 2015 with a degree in communications and media and began a career in television and hosting.

Cougar Pride- It’s a Real Thing (By Syl Sobel)

By MCS Staff

Published December 9, 2022 at 5:07PM

Shortly before kickoff of Thursday night’s Maryland 4A state championship football game at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman noticed that he’d received a text message from former Quince Orchard High School football star Johnny Hodges. “He wants to know where he can get a livestream of the game,” said Ashman to his companions at the 50-yard-line as they prepared to watch QO defend its state title against C.H. Flowers High School of Prince Georges County.

That Hodges, a 2019 QO graduate and cocaptain of the 2018 championship team, would still want to watch a team of players who weren’t even at QO when he played, isn’t all that remarkable when you think about it. Hodges’ loyalty to his former coaches and the QO football program runs deep. Neither is the fact that of all the people he might contact to find out where to find a livestream, he’d choose the Mayor of Gaithersburg. Ashman’s love of QO football as a parent of two QO alums, including a former football player, is well known throughout the community.

Montgomery County Police Responds to Accidental Discharge of BB Gun at Local Middle School on Thursday

By MCS Staff

Published December 9, 2022 at 8:33AM | Updated December 9, 2022 at 8:56AM

A letter (available below) was sent home to the Silver Spring International Middle School community on Thursday, December 8th, detailing an incident involving a BB gun accidentally discharging and striking a student in the leg during the school day.

According to the letter, a 7th grade student showed a BB gun to a friend when it accidentally discharged and struck her friend in the upper thigh. There were no injuries, as the student was examined by the school nurse following the incident, and the BB gun was confiscated by school security. Montgomery County Police and Montgomery County Public School Systemwide Safety reported to the school to investigate the incident. Full letter below:

MCPS: Five Things to Know for Thursday, December 8

By Patrick Herron

Published December 8, 2022 at 8:41PM

Montgomery County Public Schools sent out the following community message on Thursday, December 8: “Get information about Flu/RSV guidance, how to watch the upcoming operating budget presentation live, new Board […]