MCPS will be piloting girls’ flag football at all 25 high schools during the upcoming Fall 2024 season, through a partnership with the Baltimore Ravens and Under Armour. MCPS and the Ravens will be hosting skills clinics for interested students June 4-6. Please note the following:
Updated to include the fundraiser for D’Andre Wint
The Community is rallying around the family of Quincy Johnson of Takoma Park and D’Andre Wint of Laurel man who were shot and killed in a double homicide that occurred on Sunday, May 26, 2024 near Nolte Local Park in Silver Spring.
Carla Glawe has been the principal of Olney Elementary School, since 2011. She took over following the retirement of Joan O’Brien who was the school’s principal for 19 years. Prior to coming to Olney Elementary School, Glawe served as principal intern and acting principal at Stonegate Elementary School where she began her teaching career in 1997 as a first-grade teacher. While in MCPS, she has also spent three years as a consulting teacher, working with new and under-performing teachers in the county, and then as an assistant principal at Harmony Hills Elementary School before returning to Stonegate. The school also has a rich history, which is shared on the school website and can be seen below:
Montgomery County has release its Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report on the Montgomery County Climate Action Plan. (more…)
If a Takoma Park Police officer catches your child in the act this summer, they might just get a “ticket.” The Takoma Park Police Department is partnering with 7-Eleven in its “Operation Chill” program; a program that aims to reduce crime and build rapport between kids and law enforcement.
GoFundMe, the world’s largest fundraising platform, has announced that Silver Spring, MD was the third most generous city for supporting individuals, causes, and organizations in 2023.
KEEN Greater D.C., a nonprofit volunteer organization (based in Bethesda) that provides free on-to-one recreational activities to children and adults with disabilities, celebrates 32 years Sunday, June 2 at Timberlawn Local Park in Rockville (off Tuckerman Lane) from 11am-2:30pm.
The parents of Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Abigail Bieber, a Montgomery County native who graduated from Walter Johnson High School in 2009, are still looking for answers in the murder-suicide that claimed their daughter’s life. Deputy Bieber was killed when she was fatally shot on January 29, 2022 by Detective Daniel Leyden- a member of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office criminal investigations division who killed Bieber and then took his own life.
The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair returns Friday, August 9th and will run through Saturday, August 17th at the fairgrounds in Gaithersburg. This will be the 75th annual fair and its fourth year back after having to cancel for the first time in its 70+ year history in 2020 due to Covid restrictions. Below you’ll see a list of the free entertainment available within the fair (Note: there is an entrance fee to get into the fair):
The City of Rockville will host its annul “Rockville Pride” event on Sunday, June 2, from 2-5pm at Rockville Town Square. Addition details below: