BREAKING:
Maryland Public Schools will be closed on Monday, March 16 until Friday, March 27th according to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan‘s press conference.
Education
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MCPS Prepared to Provide Online Instruction/Regional Meal Sites if Schools Close Due to Coronavirus
In a community message sent out on March 4th, MCPS outlined a plan the school system would follow in the event of school closures due to the corona virus.
Every year, the Montgomery County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council holds an event through our Choose Respect Initiative which focuses on teen dating violence prevention.
RespectFest 2020 is on Sunday, March 29th from 1 -4 at the Wheaton Community Recreation Center. This festival, geared towards middle and high school students, parents, educators and youth serving providers, will have activities, games and information about celebrating healthy relationships and on dating violence prevention and where someone can go to get help.
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Born in Iran, Zandieh’s family moved to Gaithersburg when she was four years old. Through high school, her projected career path seemed clear. “Growing up in DC, the only available career options that I was exposed to were to be a journalist or a lawyer. I thought I wanted to be a journalist, and so I went to college [Hofstra University] and studied communications and French,” says Zandieh (Per Zandieh’s interview with the Alliance of Women Film Journalists).
A few clips of what’s expected to come for Northwood High School in Silver Spring.
This project is expected be ready in 5 years and the clips come from yesterday’s MCPS Board of Education meeting.
On Sunday Good Counsel graduates Dorian O’Daniel and Kendall Fuller will be playing in the Super Bowl.
In the screen capture you’ll see them FaceTiming with a Chiefs reporter after the Chiefs selected O’Daniel with the 100th overall selection of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Governor Larry Hogan today announced that he is introducing the Universal School Start Act of 2020 requiring Maryland public schools to start after Labor Day.
According to the press release this will be “ending the mass confusion of having Maryland’s counties each starting on different dates. This mass confusion was created by the General Assembly’s actions in 2019, when it cynically overturned the governor’s popular executive order requiring that school start after Labor Day.”
On Friday, January 24th, MCPS will hold its 12th annual historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) college fair (6pm-8pm) with on the spot admission interviews from 3:30pm-8pm.
This free event will provide students in Grades 8–12 an opportunity to meet representatives from more than 60 HBCUs. Representatives will share information and answer questions from students and parents about admissions, financial aid, testing, majors and much more. Online registration is required to attend. This is a great opportunity to start your college search!
MCPS Boundary Analysis Meeting at White Oak
The meeting opened with some answer to FAQ based on questions in previous meetings.
On Tuesday the MCPS Coaches met to select the 2019 Coaches All-County Volleyball teams. Each varsity coach was invited to participate and vote on the process (all coaches have one vote each).
Here are the 2019 teams.
Montgomery County Public Schools will start before Labor Day in the 2020/2021 school year.
The MoCo Board of Education confirmed the earlier start to the school year at the Tuesday, 12/3 meeting, adopting a calendar that starts school for students on August 31st and ends them on June 16th.