Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County celebrated International Walk to School Day on Oct. 7 at Bells Mill Elementary School. Lorna Virgili reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

UPDATED Belmont Elementary School was closed on Monday because of a 16-inch water main break in the Brookeville-Olney area. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) Spokesperson Ayoka Blandford said the break on Olney Mill Road was reported at 6:23 a.m. on Monday morning. Blandford said crews were on site and shut off the water at 7:40 […]

The 16th annual School Community United in Partnership (SCUP) conference recently gathered to strengthen partnerships between schools and community to support students and their families. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Seven high school students, members of the Gandhi Brigade Youth Media produced the documentary: Juvenile Justice: The Road to Reform. On Oct. 15, Gandhi Brigade, a nonprofit that works on empowering young people through media, is hosting a free screening in Silver Spring. Following the screening, there will be a panel conversation on the juvenile justice system featuring […]

Faith leaders part of the Montgomery County Faith Community Working Group invites residents for a conversation about navigating the school system. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Oct. 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring. Among the topics to be discussed: Excused absences; How to communicate with […]

Lakelands Parks Middle School students were told to “shelter in place” today, after an incident was reported in the adjacent city of Gaithersburg neighborhood. “During the seventh grade walk off, at approximately 1:15 p.m., students and staff heard and saw what appeared to be a person in distress who needed immediate assistance,” said Principal Deborah […]

In commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month, more than 30 ESOL students from Sherwood High School were part of a project called Migrating Lives: Migrating Stories of Our Youth- a community outreach program offered at the Sandy Spring Museum. On Oct. 7, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Montgomery County Public Libraries Director Parker Hamilton joined these students to […]

A national search for the next superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is underway again. The recruiting firm Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates (HYA) is leading the search. According to a blog post on the MCPS website, the search will be guided by the tenets of the school district’s strategic planning framework and desired […]

The Montgomery County Council recognized the students and staff at Watkins Mill High School for raising thousands of dollars to make a difference for one of their own. In the photo to the right, Watkins Mill High School student Brandon Rodriguez gets the attention of fellow student Ibrahim “Ibra” Samia as he describes how members […]

Johns Hopkins University’s Montgomery County campus and Shady Grove Life Sciences Center are opening their doors and labs to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) seventh-grade students for a day of science and medicine. Approximately 400 students are expected to attend the 7th annual Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day on Oct. 9. Students from Redland […]