Montgomery Community Media

The Asian Pacific American Student Achievement Action Group (APASAAG) is hosting a poster contest for Montgomery County Public Schools students. Students are asked to demonstrate the courage of the AAPI community through their artwork and may include notable historical or current events and stories around them. The contest comes shortly before the month of May, […]

A new social media survey led by local teens aims to make civic education more relatable and equitable for youth nationwide. The #CivicsForUS social media campaign is spearheaded by the Youth As Civic Experts Network. It is designed to start a conversation among young people about how civic education experiences can be more relevant to […]

What began as two brothers in a quarantine project evolved into an award-winning film addressing the number one challenge currently facing the Chesapeake Bay — water quality. Andrew and Eric Braker’s film “A Journey Upstream” takes an adventure through the Chesapeake Bay and tells the story of two fish species which assist in understanding the […]

La policía del condado de Montgomery publicó un video de 51 minutos y 22 segundos de un incidente del 14 de enero de 2020, en el que un estudiante de Kínder de East Silver Spring, que se había alejado de su escuela, fue localizado por agentes de la policía del condado de Montgomery (MCPD). El […]

El estado de Maryland anunció el jueves que implementará las directrices actualizadas de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) para el distanciamiento social en el aula. Las pautas recomiendan que con el uso universal de cubrebocas, los estudiantes en los grados K-12 deben mantener un […]

This story was updated with new information at 2:35 p.m. on Friday.  Montgomery County Police released a 51-minute-and-22-second video of a Jan. 14, 2020 incident in which an East Silver Spring kindergarten student — who had walked away from his school — was located by Montgomery County Police (MCPD) officers. The video shows two police […]

The State of Maryland announced Thursday that it will implement updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for social distancing in the classroom. The guidelines recommend that with universal masking, students in grades K-12 should maintain a minimum of three feet during in-person learning. “Every single Maryland student must have the […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is recommending that senior graduation ceremonies be held outdoors at students’ home high school stadiums, officials said during a school board meeting Tuesday. MCPS considered three plans for high school graduation ceremonies in 2021, explained James Koutsos, Area Associate Superintendent of Teaching, Learning and Schools. Plan A is a traditional, […]

Un atleta de la escuela secundaria Montgomery Blair dio positivo de COVID-19. Por lo tanto, se canceló el juego amistoso del equipo juvenil mayor previsto para el 26 de marzo contra la escuela secundaria Gaithersburg. Sam Nosoff, entrenador principal de fútbol americano de Blair y profesor de educación física y salud, tuiteó que “Desafortunadamente, debido […]

El martes en una votación unánime, la Junta de Educación del Condado de Montgomery combinó las fases 2.1 y 2.2., acelerando el plan de incorporación gradual en cuanto al aprendizaje en persona. Ahora, los grados 7 y 10 se incorporarán gradualmente el 19 de abril, uniéndose a los grados 8, 9 y 11. Originalmente, los […]