Montgomery Community Media

A team of Montgomery Blair High School students will soon compete on the national stage in the Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) championships in Washington, D.C. on April 23. The international competition tests students on critical global issues, international affairs and current events. Vivian Tarbert, Lalise Beyene, Vivian Bauer and Ben Hardin are members of the Blair […]

Five Montgomery Blair High School students will soon head to New York City for an national math competition that will take place on April 25. The students were chosen to participate in Moody’s Mega Math (M3) Challenge, a mathematics competition that includes over 5,000 11th and 12th grade students from across the country. Ethan Holland, Raymond […]

Here are your five things to know today, March 10, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger is heading to Annapolis today to meet with members of the Maryland State Senate to advocate for tougher DUI laws. 2. The Montgomery Blair High School PTSA will be hosting a winter social to honor […]

Fourteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have been named as semifinalists for the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search. The semifinalists are from four MCPS high schools; Montgomery Blair, Winston Churchill, Poolesville, and Quince Orchard. According to a news release, MCPS students account for, “all but four of the 18 semifinalists in the state of […]

A Montgomery County Police Department School Resource Officer has charged a Montgomery Blair High School student, William Keysar from Silver Spring, for distribution of a controlled dangerous substance on school property. According to a news release, the resource officer was notified by a nurse on the morning of Nov. 25th that two students were suffering […]

Our coverage of Friday night under the lights continues in Silver Spring where the Montgomery Blair Blazers take on the Northwest Jaguars. The Jaguars took an early lead and finished the game with a win over the Blazers with a score of 58 to 23. Great game tonight! Northwest takes home the win 58-23 🏈💕 […]

Residents in Takoma Park are coming together to save the Piney Branch Pool. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett did not allocate money to fund the facility in the FY 2016 Operating Budget. Funds for the pool were added on the County Council’s reconciliation list during the budget process. On July 9, Leggett recommended a $51 […]

James Schafer, a Montgomery Blair High School physics teacher, has been selected as a recipient of the 2015 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. He is one of just 108 winners from across the nation and one of two from Maryland, according to a White House news release. The PAEMST program, administered […]

For Oscar Rivera, 20, going to college was an “expensive” idea. He attended Rockville High School and then joined ACES- Achievement Collegiate Excellence and Sucess program designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college. Rivera will graduate from Montgomery College in 2016. Rivera will graduate from Montgomery College in 2016. On […]

The Achievement Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program was designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college. On Tuesday, June 16, educators, county officials, and relatives will gather to recognize these students’ hard work, dedication, and achievements at Strathmore in Bethesda. ACES, launched in 2013, is a collaboration is between Montgomery […]