MoCo Native’s Short Film Selected for Matt Groening Fellowship Program
MoCo native and Wootton High School graduate Demetri Tzamaras has worked on a few notable movies including Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse, The Minions, and Secret Life of Pets.
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Brian Nicholson, a MoCo Native, is the Youngest Krispy Kreme General Manager in Company History
Krispy Kreme recently opened a new shop at a Columbia Heights in Washington DC with general manager Brian Nicholson leading the way.
Montgomery County Public Libraries Celebrate Women’s History Month
Throughout the month of March, Montgomery County Public Libraries will be celebrating Women’s History Month with a series of special virtual events, including virtual storytimes and trivia nights.
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Adam Lederer and Nicholas Fettig met when they were students in the Digital Design & Development magnet program at Argyle Middle School. Now, they’ve created MoCoVax.com – a website committed to notifying citizens of Montgomery County when and where Vaccines are available. Adam is now a junior at Clarksburg High School and Nicholas is a junior at Wheaton High School.
We spoke to them last night and asked about the reason they decided to create this website. Adam told us there are similar sites, but none are specific to Montgomery County and none of them work as fast as their site does, which virtually contains a live update for several vaccination sites in the county, including Walgreens, CVS, and Adventist Health Care.
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Representatives from the MCPS Business, Management and Finance Program Advisory Committee will be present and serve as judges, mentors, or supporters. Established entrepreneurs will bring greetings and words of inspiration and encouragement to our student entrepreneurs. Chick-fil-A is the primary sponsor of the MCPS Business Pitch Challenge and will provide cash prizes for the three winning teams for a maximum of $1,000. The Co-Sponsor, Educational Systems Federal Credit Union, will provide the medallion for our students and coaches as well as a trophy for the winning school.
MCPS Adjusts Calendar for March 8th, 9th & 10th
Montgomery County Public Schools has made adjustments to the school calendar/schedule for next week.
First Group of MCPS Students Return to Classrooms Today, March 1st 2021
Today marks the first time Montgomery County Public School students will return to the classroom since March of last year. A small amount of students in specific special education and technical education programs are the first to come back. The rest of the students will be brought back in specific stages.
Local Group of MCPS Teachers Urging State of Maryland to Open A Mass Vaccine Site in MoCo
An advocacy group known as the Vaccine Hunters, comprised of eight Montgomery County Public School teachers, are encouraging residents to reach out to state and local officials to demand a mass vaccination site in the county.
MCPS Graduation Rate Increases for Class of 2020
Per MCPS:
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Notes From the 2/23/21 Montgomery County Board of Education Meeting
Blair High School’s student newspaper, Silver Chips, has provided us with notes from the meeting to share with our readers (can follow Silver Chips on Twitter):
MCPS to Host Virtual Conversation on Return-to-School Plan
MCPS will host a virtual conversation for the community on the return-to-school plan, February 24 at 6:30 p.m.