Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery College World Ensemble brought the sounds of the world to one place with its fall concert. MCTV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television. Watch the concert below:

In this MyMCMedia Extra video Walt Whitman High School principal Dr. Alan Goodwin discuses his school’s participation in a new concussion research study. Parents and students also give their opinion on what the new study means for them. Related:

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice provides an update on radon testing in Montgomery County public schools and government buildings. Visit this web page for the most current radon info we have for each school & summary info for all schools: https://t.co/IsCsuHcOPI — MCPS (@MCPS) December 17, 2015

Once a month, the African Women Council (AWC) hosts AWC Story Time at the Marilyn J. Praisner Library in Burtonsville to teach local children about the many languages and cultures of Africa. The Dec. 16th lesson focused on learning Swahili through singing and repetition and lessons in counting from zero to ten in Ahmaric, Zulu […]

The Committee for Montgomery hosted its annual legislative breakfast on Dec. 16 at the Bethesda North Marriott.  The main event at this year’s breakfast was a conversation about regional economic development featuring the Executives of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and the Mayor of Washington, D.C. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Also at this event, the […]

Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda has been selected as the first high school in the state to participate in a research study on sports related concussions. Researchers will work with student athletes to test a new device that was developed by Bethesda based neuro-technology company BrainScope. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Dr. Andrew Lincoln, […]

After postponing the decision last week, the Montgomery County Board of Education set the school year calendar for 2016-2017 on Dec. 14th. The school year will begin on Aug. 29, 2016 and end on June 16, 2016. According to a news release, “Based on concerns expressed about the earlier start of school on Wednesday, August 24, […]

Food insecurity is a problem in the poorest countries as well as in Montgomery County. Montgomery College students are raising awareness about the issue. MCTV’s Carolina Galeano reports. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

Montgomery County Public School’s Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers released his recommendations for the school systems operating budget for Fiscal Year 2017. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS-TV to view more of its local programming.

More than 100 third graders from Fairland Elementary School visited the Montgomery County government on Dec. 10 to learn more about how local government operates. Among the speakers with whom they engaged was County Councilmember Sidney Katz, who talked about the role of the County’s legislative branch.