NCCF Announces Teen ‘Freedom to Express’ Art Contest
Calling all teens who love art. The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) in Bethesda is inviting students in grades 9-12 in the National Capital region to participate in… Read More
Education
Whitman, Poolesville, Wootton Rank in Top 200 High Schools Nationally
Montgomery County High Schools Score High in U.S. News 2024 Rankings The U.S. News & World Report recently released its annual Best High School rankings. Walt Whitman in Bethesda ranked… Read More
Students, Volunteers Create Urban Hub Farm on Earth Day
Middle and high school students throughout Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) spent Earth Day weeding, shoveling wood chips, planting bio retentions, building flower beds and clearing vines at A. Mario… Read More
‘We Are Not a Statistic’: Wootton High School Newspaper Reflects on Near Miss
On Saturday, the Wootton Common Sense, Thomas S. Wootton High School’s newspaper gave their account of the events of last week’s arrest of a fellow student. Alex Ye, who was… Read More
Zionist Organization Files Civil Rights Complaint Against MCPS, Alleges Ignored Antisemitism
On Thursday, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) filed a complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The… Read More
MCPS Policy Change Aims to Increase Multilingualism
About 18.6% of all MCPS students are emergent multilingual learners, representing one of the fastest growing populations in the district with a 2.3% increase from the 2021-2022 academic year, according… Read More
Walter Johnson Student With Autism Stars in School Play
Words haven’t always come easily to 18-year-old Julian Bradford, who was diagnosed with autism when he was four. Singing, however, does come naturally and brings him joy. He sang before… Read More
Clarksburg Student Praneel Suvarna Wins SMOB Election
Praneel Suvarna, a junior from Clarksburg High School, won election to serve as the Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) for the upcoming school year, Montgomery County Public… Read More
School Building Service Manager Charged With Possessing Loaded Handgun on School Property
A Forest Oak Middle School employee was arrested and charged with possessing a loaded privately manufactured handgun on the school campus in Gaithersburg. Tuesday at 12:24 p.m., Gaithersburg Police Community… Read More
Professor Wins Award for Project to Aid Refugee and Immigrant Students
Montgomery College Professor Heather Bruce Satrom, who teaches English Language for Academic Purposes, received the American Association of Community Colleges’ Faculty Innovation Award. Her oral history project on opening doors… Read More
Gaithersburg Teacher Named NEA Global Learning Fellow
Salimatou Cristal Ouedraogo, an English Language Development teacher at South Lake Elementary School in Gaithersburg, was named a 2024 Global Learning Fellow by the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation. Among… Read More
Darnestown Elementary Parents Protest Changes to Program Serving Students with Autism
This week, Darnestown Elementary School parents spoke out against reduced staffing and changes affecting the program serving students with autism at the school. “We are protesting the unfair cuts to… Read More