Montgomery Community Media

Some Montgomery College television production students had a unique experience working with the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  MCTV’s Danielle Stescki has their story. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

The deadline to apply for the Montgomery County Executive’s Hispanic Gala Scholarship is today, July 15. Selected students will receive a one-time fund of $2,000 dollars to be granted to the Spring of the following year. Click here to fill out an application and find out more.

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will make changes to its assessment program beginning this school year in order to increase instructional time and relieve the testing burden on the district’s students. The Montgomery County Board of Education on Tuesday endorsed a district plan to eliminate all MCPS-developed final exams in middle school courses this coming […]

A joint meeting of the County Council’s Education and Government Operations and Fiscal Policy committees is set for 9:30 a.m. on July 13th and on the agenda is a proposed special appropriation of $27 million to relocate the Shady Grove Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) bus depot and maintenance facility. “I am recommending a supplemental […]

Montgomery County Public Schools staff attended a two-day conference on leadership and literacy earlier this summer. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS-TV to view more of its local programming.

The deadline for applying for the county executive’s Hispanic Gala scholarships has been extended to July 15. Find out more in this report: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County Public Schools is scheduled to host its annual drive for school supplies on July 13 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Richard Montgomery High School cafeteria. Every summer, according to a news release, MCPS distributes new and gently used school supplies to Montgomery County families. School staff collect these supplies when students […]

A new workgroup is taking a look at how Montgomery County school system designs its future schools. The group is looking at the size, scope and shape of schools that can be built in Montgomery County, including whether schools can be built taller here or in former commercial buildings. James Song, director of facilities for Montgomery County […]

Montgomery College is set to receive funds for the creation of two new nursing education projects. The award will fund a statewide clinical simulation training for nursing students. The Maryland Higher Education Commission and the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission are granting more than $4 million dollars to develop these new projects part of the Nurse […]

James Schafer, a Montgomery Blair High School physics teacher, has been selected as a recipient of the 2015 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. He is one of just 108 winners from across the nation and one of two from Maryland, according to a White House news release. The PAEMST program, administered […]