Upcoming Wellness Event Offers Resources, Fun for Families
Montgomery County is hosting a family wellness event and Father’s Day celebration this Saturday, June 10 at Wheaton Regional Park. At the event, which starts at 11 a.m. and ends… Read More
Education
MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Begins June 17
The Montgomery County Public Libraries’ (MCPL) 2023 summer reading challenge will kick off on Saturday, June 17 at the Rockville Memorial Library. The theme of this year’s challenge is “All… Read More
St. Andrew’s Senior Runs Sub-4 Minute Mile
A senior at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac broke the four-minute mile by two hundreds of a second Thursday. Tinoda Matsatsa, 18, clocked in at 3:58.70. That time enabled… Read More
Andrés Partners with GW University for Global Food Institute
Bethesda’s world-renowned chef and humanitarian, Jose Andrés, has partnered with The George Washington University to launch the Global Food Institute. The institute will center on policy, innovation and humanity, according… Read More
Estudiantes de Thomas Edison Terminan la Construcción de la Casa Número 43
Un total de 320 estudiantes de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery, de la Escuela Secundaria de Tecnología Thomas Edison, pasaron parte de los últimos dos años diseñando y… Read More
Thomas Edison Students Finishing Up Construction on 43rd Home
A total of 320 Montgomery County Public School students from Thomas Edison High School of Technology spent part of the past two years designing and building this house which is… Read More
Local 5th Grader’s Run in Spelling Bee Comes to an End
Larry Liao of Rockville wasn’t quite precise enough to make it to the semifinals of the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday. Still, he performed better than almost half of… Read More
Wootton Alum, Tony Award Winner Frost Helps Kick Off Commencement Season
Commencement season is here. Graduation ceremonies for 30 MCPS schools begin Tuesday with Wootton’s ceremony which features commencement speaker Myles Frost, a Wootton alum who won the Tony Award for… Read More
Cold Spring 5th Grader Qualifies for Spelling Bee Quarterfinals
Larry Liao, a fifth grader at Cold Spring Elementary School, qualified for the quarterfinals of the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee. On Tuesday in the fourth and final preliminary round,,… Read More
MCPS Summer School Focuses on ‘Highly Impacted’ Students by Invitation Only
This year MCPS Summer School will be invitation only. “The school system is shifting back to its pre-pandemic structure that targets students that would benefit most from a summer program,”… Read More
Local 5th Grader Moves Onto 3rd Round at National Spelling Bee
So far, so G-R-E-A-T. Larry Liao, a fifth grader at Cold Spring Elementary School in Potomac, advanced to the third round of the preliminaries in the 2023 Scripps National Spelling… Read More
Las Escuelas no Aumentarán el Tamaño de las Clases a Pesar de la Reducción en el Presupuesto
Los miembros de la Junta de Educación del Condado de Montgomery discutieron las “decisiones difíciles” que enfrentan para pagar los programas, después de la adopción del presupuesto del año fiscal… Read More