Montgomery Community Media

Students from Sligo Middle School in Silver Spring hosted the first S’TEAM Sligo Community Day Festival on Sept 26. The S’TEAM field day was organized by 28 students in seventh and eighth grades who worked throughout the summer on multi-disciplinary projects that included science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Schools officials said students had hands-on experience while […]

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Education, the Maryland Department of Education and Montgomery County Public Schools visited the Pre-K Expansion Program at JoAnn Leleck Elementary School in Silver Spring. The program, currently serving 100 students in five schools, provides an enhanced educational program for children of income eligible families. Visit our PEG partner MCPS […]

Every year Montgomery College celebrates International Peace Day in a unique and special way. MCTV’s Michael Brown has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

Montgomery County residents were among the thousands who flocked to Washington, D.C. in hopes of seeing Pope Francis. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports it was a “mission of love.”

There were thousands of people at the papal parade in Washington, D.C. today and along the route were dozens of middle school students from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School in Bethesda. Watch their reaction to the historic event in this MyMCMedia Extra:

Cuteness alert!  In this MyMCMedia Extra video (below), watch the Preschool Popemobile Parade that took place at St. Jude Regional Catholic School in Rockville at the same time as the Papal Parade in Washington, D.C. The parade was timed to coincide with the papal parade in Washington, D.C. In case you are wondering, that’s Maximiliano Hernandez […]

You have heard a lot about the papal parade on Washington, D.C. on Sept. 23rd but did you know there will be a preschool popemobile parade in Montgomery County at about the same time? That’s right. A class of three-and-four-year-old preschoolers at St. Jude Regional Catholic School will lead the parade for their school using […]

UPDATED There is a lot of excitement at local Catholic schools about the arrival of Pope Francis to the United States this week. At St. Elizabeth School in Rockville, there were balloons and a welcome banner at the front of the school today and last week students pledged to “walk with Francis.” MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke […]

Montgomery County Board of Education met on Monday to discuss ten budgetary interests for Fiscal Year 2017. Among them: ensuring no child “falls through the cracks,” support challenging opportunities to all students, recruit staff who is culturally proficient, provide support to students before kindergarten, among others. These items are a way to guide the Montgomery […]

More than 80,000 adults in Montgomery County lack the English skills to be self-sufficient, according to officials from the Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy (MCAEL). MCAEL, a nonprofit organization that provides literacy service programs, is highlighting the need for English education in Montgomery County during Adult Education and Family Literacy Week from Sept. 21 to […]