Montgomery Community Media

Here’s a look at what “21 This Week” host Casey Aiken and guests are talking about on this week’s show: “21 This Week” airs on Sundays at 11 a.m. and  7 p.m.; Mondays at noon and  8 p.m.; Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and  8:30 p.m. Don’t miss it! Learn more about 21 This Week and […]

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.

After an unprecedented increase in enrollment, County Executive Isiah Leggett called for $20 million in state funds to help solve the “capacity crisis” in MCPS. The funds would go toward new school construction and much needed modernization upgrades of existing schools. Take a look. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of […]

Over 20 elected officials will join County Executive Isiah Leggett at Julius West Middle School on Oct. 31 to call for $20 million in state support to jump-start a public school building program to increase capacity and modernize facilities. Double-digit enrollment jumps occurring in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are leading to a crisis in […]

Superintendent Joshua P. Starr is recommending a $1.55 billion Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) that, over the next six years, would add hundreds of elementary school classrooms and ease overcrowding caused by years of dramatic enrollment growth. According to an MCPS new release, Starr’s CIP recommendations places a priority on […]

Superintendent of Schools Joshua P. Starr will release his recommended Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for the next six years on October 28, at noon, during a media event at Highland Elementary School, 3100 Medway Street, in Silver Spring. A new CIP is approved every other year and includes school construction projects, as well as infrastructure […]

In a collaborative effort to make science exciting, Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus and neighbors in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center are opening their doors and labs to seventh-grade Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) students for a fun-filled, educational day of science and medicine. The 5th annual Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day […]

More than 11,500 fifth grade students from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will experience classical music when the Music Center at Strathmore hosts the annual Strathmore Student Concerts Oct. 22-25. Students fill the 2,000-seat concert hall for seven concerts during October for this hallmark Strathmore education program. MCPS has partnered with Strathmore to present the […]

Fifteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have been named semifinalists in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Mathematics, Science and Technology. The semifinalists from MCPS are: Megan C. Chao, Montgomery Blair High School Neil S. Davey, Montgomery Blair High School Robert T. Martin, Montgomery Blair High School Jessica Shi, Montgomery Blair High School Daniel D. […]

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr held his first of four Community Days on Oct. 14. Starr spent the day visiting schools in the Clarksburg, Poolesville, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Seneca Valley, Watkins Mill, Northwest and Quince Orchard clusters to hear first-hand from staff, students, and parents. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS […]