Montgomery Community Media

Albert Einstein High School’s slogan is “The place to be.” That was certainly the case Friday morning. There were football players, a marching band, cheerleaders, poms and Einstein’s entire student population. No, there wasn’t a football game being played at the Kensington school. Instead, it was a pep rally and ribbon cutting to show off […]

Si se preguntan dónde pueden celebrar en familia el 4 de julio, Día de la Independencia de los Estados Unidos, los residentes de Montgomery tienen una larga lista de opciones con desfiles, actividades, carreras y un despliegue de fuegos artificiales. A continuación algunas opciones: Fuegos Artificiales Germantown Glory La noche comienza con música en vivo, […]

Independence Day celebrations start a bit early in Montgomery County with Gaithersburg’s SummerFest on Saturday, June 29. Then residents have numerous opportunities for celebration on Thursday, July 4th with four fireworks displays, three parades and a 5K run. Here’s a rundown of the celebrations: Fireworks Displays Gaithersburg Summerfest and Fireworks Celebrate Fourth of July a […]

More than 10,000 Montgomery County Public Schools students will receive high school diplomas in commencement ceremonies this year. The high school commencement season is set to begin Friday, May 24, and will end Thursday, June 13.  Sixteen graduation ceremonies will be held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. Those ceremonies can be viewed live on […]

Albert Einstein High School Freshmen Present Media Literacy Exhibit Stanford University recently published a study to evaluate student civic online reasoning or the ability to identify credible information found on the Internet. The study concluded that “when it comes to evaluating information that flows through social media channels, they are easily duped.” Albert Einstein ninth […]

Three Montgomery County Public School high school students are headed to the NAACP Image Awards in Hollywood this March. Only twenty students in the country are selected for this honor. The students — Gabrielle Cramer of Northwood, Fredrica Deegbe of Northwest, and Patrick Kirwin of Albert Einstein — are all seniors involved in NAACP’s Montgomery County […]

County Executive Marc Elrich is visiting Churchill High School in Potomac tonight from 7:30 t0 9 p.m for his listening session. After this visit, Elrich will bring his listening tour to Kensington, making it his final session of the calendar year. Thursday, December 20 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Einstein High School, 11135 Newport Mill […]

Maryland’s Department of Education unveiled its new “accountability system” earlier this week: Maryland School Report Cards. Although Maryland schools have received “report cards” for the past two decades, Maryland Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon believes the new system is more comprehensive. Schools receive three scores: Star Rating (based on point percentage). Percentile Rank (school’s performance […]

Olympic gold medalist Haley Skarupa, bestselling author Nora Roberts, and Kathryn Sullivan, who was the first woman to walk in space, are among the speakers who will address the graduating class of 2018 this year. Washington Post journalist Dana Milbank, Congressman Jamie Raskin, award-winning TV producer Andrew Och, and ESPN sportscaster Bram Weinstein will also […]

Dismissal from Albert Einstein High School was delayed following a bomb threat sent by email to school staff about an explosive device outside of the building. Montgomery County police responded to the school early afternoon, according to MCPS spokersperson Derek Turner. Police confirmed on Twitter that “no threat was located.” This is the first threat […]