Montgomery Community Media

Parents, educators, and community members are invited to the fifth annual Special Education Summit on Saturday, April 28. The conference, hosted by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), takes place at Quince Orchard High School located at 15800 Quince Orchard Road in Gaithersburg. The summit will feature keynote speakers Robin and Wayne Evans, MCPS parents of […]

The Winston Churchill boys varsity lacrosse team topped cross town rival Quince Orchard Saturday in Potomac. The game was played on the Danver Field in Churchill’s Shepherd Stadium. The Churchill Bulldogs scored 12 goals to the Cougars’ 2. Churchill is currently ranked number 3 in the region by the Washington Post. The Bulldogs are on […]

Two high school principals in Gaithersburg are leaving. Quince Orchard High School Principal Carole Working is retiring and moving to Italy. Christine Handy has been elected president of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, in Reston, Va. Handy, in a letter to the Gaithersburg Mayor and Council, said she was taking a leave of […]

Here are five things you need to know today, Monday, Feb. 26 in Montgomery County: 1. Women in Politics: The League of Women Voters hosts a forum from 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. on Women in Politics. The event takes place at the Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Ave. 2. Council in Session: The Montgomery County […]

Update, 6 p.m.: Montgomery County police said Monday evening that detectives are investigating the death of Tyler Steven Terry, 17, of Gaithersburg. About 7:48 a.m. Monday, Jan. 29, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue personnel responded to a community basketball court located in the area of Hillstone Road and Timber Rock Road in Gaithersburg for the […]

Monday night saw a clash between rivals Quince Orchard and Northwest High Schools.  The contest can be best described as closely contested but low scoring for the first three quarters of the game.  Each team seemed as though they faced an invisible barrier on the basket which led to missed shots that normally fall.  The […]

Only vague details have been released about an incident that occurred near Quince Orchard High School in which a student was hospitalized. According to a letter that went home to the school’s parents, the school received a telephone call that a student was hurt about 7:55 a.m. at a basketball court in a neighboring complex. […]

With all the public safety news, the events happening in the school system and even the development announcements we’ve covered this year, our No. 1 story for the year was … drum roll please … sunflowers. Here are the Top 20 stories for the year for MyMCMedia.org:   UPDATED: Acres of Sunflowers Are Blooming in Poolesville […]

The Quince Orchard high School varsity football team hosts the Northwest Jaguars in the Cougar Dome in Gaithersburg for the 4A West regional championship game Friday night, Nov. 17. Northwest scores first with minutes left in the first quarter, making the score 0-7, Northwest. Northwest stops QO’s ground game and at the end of the […]

Quince Orchard Cougars advance in the 4A West regional football playoffs with a win over Albert Einstein Titans, 62-0, Friday night. The number one ranked Cougars finished regular season play with a 9-1 record, giving them home-field advantage in this first game of the regional semifinals. The Cougars scored first with three unanswered touch downs […]