Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Dozens of residents, including parents and students, attended a panel discussion about the Supreme Court controversy hosted by the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (BCC) newspaper, The Tattler on Wednesday night. The panel, entitled “Full Court Press: A Town Hall Discussion on the Supreme Court, its vacancy, its reputation and its best path forward,” was organized […]

Thirteen Montgomery County Public School Students (MCPS) are recipients of full-tuition, four-year scholarships awarded by the Posse Foundation. According to a news release, the students were honored at a ceremony held at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC.  Donna Redmond Jones, principal at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, says the Posse Program provides students with great […]

Cable County Montgomery’s show “Made in Montgomery” will feature local blues and rock band “The Nighthawks” on its latest episode. The show will explore the band’s 40-year history. “The Nighthawks” are somewhat of a legend here in Montgomery County. The band was founded in 1974 when the original line-up included Mark Wenner, Jimmy Thackery, Jan Zukowskim […]

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Junior Eric Guerci officially became the 38th Student Member of the Board of Education July 1. He shares his thoughts on the job with MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick. Related:

He attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 1951. Joined the Army during the Korean War in the summer of 1952. He became one of Montgomery County’s finest in 1955. Montgomery County Police Lieutenant Thomas Jacocks, the longest-serving member of law enforcement at a single agency in the state of Maryland, is celebrating 60 years in the force. Jacocks, […]

Two Montgomery County Public Schools students were recognized this week as U.S. Presidential Scholars—the only public school students from Maryland to receive the honor and 21 MCPS students from six high schools were awarded National Merit $2,500 Scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Patrick E. Cha, of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, and Emily […]

Eric Guerci, a sophomore from Bethesda Chevy Chase High was elected today as the next student member of the Board of Education. He beat out Rachit Agarwal, a junior from Richard Montgomery High for the job. Over 60,000 votes were cast in an exceptionally close election, according to the Student Government Association Facebook page. Guerci […]

UPDATED, April 29, 6 p.m. – MCPS will announce the results of the election for the next student member of board of education at 8 p.m. tonight, delayed due to a power outage. According to a Facebook post from the Montgomery County Student Government Association,  an electrical problem at one school delayed the count. ORIGINAL […]

Two Montgomery County Public Schools students are lobbying for votes to become the next student member of the Board of Education, a position that could become more powerful come July. Rachit Agarwal, a junior from Richard Montgomery and Eric Guerci, a sophomore from Bethesda Chevy Chase High, are both on the ballot for the job. The […]

Bethesda Chevy-Chase (BCC) Barons escaped with the 4A West Boys Basketball championship with an overtime win over the Magruder Colonels 55-52 at Blair High School. Barons team members and their fever-pitched fans were denied the pleasure of an on the court after game award ceremony because with 1.2 seconds left in overtime the officials and […]