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More than 2,000 people among them students, parents, educators, and county officials gathered at a memorial service to pay tribute to Wootton High School Principal Michael Doran. Doran died unexpectedly on Aug. 19. Former and current students sang songs to honor the principal’s Irish roots and shared memories of a man who they say cared deeply […]

A crowd of more than 2,000 people among them students, parents, educators, and county officials gathered at today’s celebration of life to pay tribute to Wootton High School Principal Michael Doran. Doran died unexpectedly on Aug. 19. In this video recap, MCPS Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers, Board of Education Vice President Michael Durso, and Sebrena Pitts, […]

The Northwest Jaguars are the reigning Maryland 4A state champions in football. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, NWHS Athletic Director Anne Rossiter talks about the season ahead. Take a look. Related articles:

Bouquets of flowers, school memorabilia and messages of love are being left at principal Michael Doran’s designated parking space in front of Wootton High School. On Wednesday, the Wootton community was shocked to learn that their beloved principal had passed away just two weeks before the start of the new school year. The Montgomery County […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will make changes to its assessment program beginning this school year in order to increase instructional time and relieve the testing burden on the district’s students. The Montgomery County Board of Education on Tuesday endorsed a district plan to eliminate all MCPS-developed final exams in middle school courses this coming […]

The principal of Wootton High School says the the school will offer grief counseling for the community on Monday. Principal Michael Doran posted a letter on the school’s website on Friday following a fatal car crash that claimed the life of two students late Thursday night. “As many of you might have seen on the […]

The nearly half a million students who got less time to take a portion of the SAT on June 6 will now have the option to retake that test for free in October. According to an email from The College Board, the company that distributes the SAT- a right of passage and cause of angst […]

Montgomery County crowned its talented high school and middle school students at the Fillmore in downtown Silver Spring May 31. It was the second annual MoCo’s Got Talent competition. Here are the winners: Performing Arts: 1st – Throwing Wrenches (Band) 2nd – Wahala Squad (Dance) 2rd – Suriya Saravankumar (Magic) Visual Arts: 1st – Trent […]

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 […]

The Montgomery County Council honored Intel Science Talent winner Michael Winer this week. You can watch the presentation here: For more on Michael and his award, visit here.