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The principals of Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Walter Johnson High Schools sent letters home to families Monday addressing “several serious incidents” that took place after a playoff football game between the two schools on Friday. “The alleged behaviors are alarming and unacceptable and not aligned with either school’s guidelines for responsible behavior,” B-CC Principal Shelton Mooney […]

More than 11,000 Montgomery County Public Schools students will receive high school diplomas in commencement ceremonies this year. The high school commencement season is set to begin Wednesday, June 2, and will end Thursday, June 17. Last year, MCPS held virtual graduation ceremonies, but this year each school’s commencement ceremony will be in person and […]

Las escuelas secundarias de Montgomery obtienen un puntaje alto en las clasificaciones de 2021 El U.S. News & World Report publicó el martes su clasificación anual de las mejores escuelas secundarias. En el número 111, Walt Whitman High School en Bethesda y en el número 119, Poolesville. Estas son las únicas dos escuelas secundarias en […]

Montgomery High Schools Score High in U.S. News 2021 Rankings The U.S. News & World Report released their annual Best High School rankings Tuesday. At No. 111, Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda and at No. 119, Poolesville are the only two high schools in Maryland to make the top 150 nationally. U.S. News ranked […]

A garbage truck driver dumped a load of the vehicle’s trash onto westbound East West Highway, in front of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School because the load was on fire. The incident happened around 3 p.m. on Monday. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Pete Piringer tweeted that the fire was extinguished and there were […]

“I had a week that I will never, ever, ever forget.” From the soccer fields of Montgomery County to representing his country at the highest level, Nicholas Gioacchini (pronounced joe-uh-KEENY) is making an impact for the U.S. national team. Gioacchini was born in Kansas City, but his family moved around a lot due to his father’s […]

24 Montgomery County students have earned National Merit Scholarships in the latest round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Awardees were selected from more than 15,000 students nationwide and were among 50 awardees chosen in Maryland. The awards provide recipients with a one-time award of $2,500 for college tuition. The winners and their […]

Según un informe publicado el lunes, cinco escuelas secundarias del condado de Montgomery están clasificadas entre las 10 mejores escuelas públicas del estado. U.S.News and World Report clasificó a Poolesville High School como la mejor escuela de Maryland y la 90a mejor escuela del país. Walt Whitman en Bethesda sigue a Poolesville como el segundo […]

Five Montgomery County High Schools are ranked among the top 10 public schools in the state according to a report released Monday. U.S. News and World Report ranked Poolesville High School as the best school in Maryland and 90th best school in the country. Walt Whitman in Bethesda follows Poolesville as second best in the […]

Students from Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Walt Whitman and other high schools are putting together a museum exhibition called “Fear Itself.” Inside an old rectory next to the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, the museum is meant to highlight fears students have today such as climate change, dissociative identities and self-doubt.  The museum will be open March 20-22.