Montgomery Community Media

The Wootton community is grieving the loss of principal Michael Doran. Montgomery County schools officials said Dr. Doran passed away on Wednesday. A memorial service is planned to celebrate Doran’s life on Friday, Aug. 21 at the school’s athletic field. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, MCPS spokesperson Dana Tofig says Doran left an impact “wherever he went.” […]

Montgomery County public schools officials say they are in shock about the death of Wootton High School principal Michael Doran. Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill and Board Vice President Michael Durso have released a statement about Doran’s death on Aug. 19th. You can read their statement below: “The sudden death of Dr. Michael J. […]

“It was one bad mistake that turned our lives upside down and I no longer have my son.” Those were the words from Alexander Murk’s father to the hundreds of his Wootton classmates who gathered to mourn Alex, 18 of Potomac and Calvin Jia-Xing Li, 18 of Rockville who both died when the car they […]

Damascus Elementary School Principal Bill Collins fondly recalls some of the incentives he and his staff used to have their students read during the school’s 2015 Read-a-Thon. When the students exceeded the ambitious goal of reading for more than 100,000 minutes in 14 days, he lived up to the ultimate incentive: He slept for a […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Gaithersburg Elementary School Principal Stephanie Brant stresses the importance of reading. She also explains how the school replaced homework with reading:

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Gaithersburg Elementary School Principal Stephanie Brant tells us how she keeps her students reading over the summer. Brant has created a book mobile that she drives to her students’ neighborhoods twice a week to make sure her students have books to read at home. If you would like to donate […]

Gaithersburg Elementary School students read over 37,000 books this school year. On June 12th, the nearly 900 students circled the school with a paper link representing all of the books they have read. Find out more in this MyMCMedia Extra video:

Parents at Rockville High School (RHS) are being informed of a case of active tuberculosis (TB) at the school. “The affected individual is being treated at this time and there is no risk of additional exposure to any students or staff at this time,” wrote Ulder Tillman, Montgomery County health officer, and Billie Jean Benson, […]

Monifa McKnight, principal of Ridgeview Middle School, has been named the Maryland Middle School Principal of the Year by the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP). Scott Pfeifer, executive director of MASSP, presented the award at a surprise event at the school on Feb. 26. MCPS shares this video of McKinght hearing the news. […]

UPDATED on Nov. 11 – Montgomery County Public Schools has approved a request to name the Media Center at Diamond Elementary School in honor of former principal Carol Lange. A dedication is scheduled for 6:30 p..m.  on Jan. 12. ORIGINAL POST The Diamond Elementary School (DES) PTA is requesting community support for its petition to […]