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Fifteen Montgomery County Public Schools students have earned college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the latest round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Awardees are selected by each sponsoring college or university from a group of finalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. The awards provide recipients between $500 to $2,000 […]

In a blog posted on the Board of Education website last Friday, BOE President Michael Durso pledges to work with parents and staff to combat underage drinking and substance use by students attending Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The post follows a Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School controversy where the interim superintendent of MCPS overturned a […]

Eric Guerci, a junior from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, was reelected this week as the Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) for the 2016-2017 school year. According to a news release, Guerci is only the third student in Montgomery County Public Schools history to run and win a second SMOB term. Guerci beat Alex Abrosimov, […]

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), in partnership with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), is planning to host two open houses in Montgomery County where the public can learn more and provide input on plans to develop Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along the MD 355 corridor from Bethesda to Clarksburg. The first Open […]

Winston Churchill High School ranked number 88 in The Washington Post’s America’s Most Challenging High Schools list for 2016. According to a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) news release, Churchill also ranks number one among Maryland schools and two among schools in the Washington area. The list also ranks eight  MCPS within the top 20 in […]

For the past six years, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s student run club, Once Upon A Prom, has collected donated dresses and then given them away at an event held ahead of prom season. This year, students collected more than 1,000 dresses and hosted the prom dress give away event on April 13.  MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury […]

UPDATED Students from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School held a prom dress give away event on April 13. The high school’s student run club Once Upon a Prom, is in its sixth year, and this year organizers say more than 1,000 dresses were donated for the cause. Dresses at the event are given away free of […]

Spring time is finally here and that means prom is just around the corner for area high school students. Once Upon a Prom Club, a Washington, D.C. area non-profit that aims to provide young men and women with formal wear, will host a prom dress giveaway in Bethesda on Wednesday. The event is set to […]

Two Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students are vying to become the next Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB). Alexander Abrosimov, a sophomore from Richard Montgomery is running against current SMOB Eric Guerci, a junior from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High. According to a MCPS news release, the Student Member of the Board provides the student viewpoint on education issues. […]

The Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (BCC) newspaper, The Tattler organized a panel discussion on the Supreme Court featuring high profile experts. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports.