Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is working to raise awareness about cyber civility. MCPS-TV has the story: Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

At Wheaton High School, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) recently announced some key partnerships with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Code.org. MCPS students are now learning to create phone apps, interactive games, and more. Take a look. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County Public Schools announced partnerships with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Code.org Monday, March 24 at Wheaton High School. The partnerships will encourage and prepare students to enter technology careers. Following the announcement, students participated in a coding jam session led by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Code.org. Code.org is a national nonprofit organization […]

Ishaun S. Datta, a student at Montgomery Blair High School, took top honors in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, one of the most rigorous and prestigious science competitions for high school students in the nation.  Datta finished 10th overall in the competition, which culminated Tuesday night, and receives a $20,000 award. Datta was one […]

More than half of the of the graduates from the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Class of 2013 earned a college-ready score on at least one Advanced Placement (AP) exam, far outperforming their peers across the state and the nation. MCPS also saw growth in student participation and performance on International Baccalaureate (IB) exams. “MCPS […]

The Board of Directors for Crossway Community, Inc., which operates the Community Montessori Charter School, voted January 14 to terminate the charter at the end of the current school year. Community Montessori will operate as a public charter school for the rest of this school year and plans to continue as a private school beginning […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education unanimously approved a new six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) request for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) on Nov. 18, that addresses overcrowding caused by years of dramatic enrollment growth. The Board’s six-year request of $1.74 billion includes 14 new classroom addition projects and keeps on schedule many other projects […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education on Nov. 18 unanimously approved Superintendent of Schools Joshua Starr’s recommendation that New Hampshire Estates and Oak View elementary schools remain “paired,” meaning students attend Pre-K through grade 2 at one school (New Hampshire Estates) and grades 3 through 5 at the other school (Oak View). A Roundtable Discussion […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) families, alumni and community leaders gathered at the Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center in Rockville to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Outdoor Environmental Education. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. Aiken and his panel discuss the Maryland Health Care Exchanges, Obamacare, Superintendent of Schools Joshua Starr’s budget request, County Executive Isiah Leggett’s support of the MCPS budget and more. The panel consists of; Jerry Cave, Republican activist Susan Heltemes, Democrat activist Sam Statland, Democrat activist […]