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Following recent incidents of violence, including a stabbing at a high school this week, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Interim Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight issued a message to the MCPS community. “In recent weeks, there have been multiple serious incidents on school grounds, including some that have involved weapons. Let me be clear: We will […]

A raíz de las peleas durante un partido de fútbol recientemente, y dos eventos que obligó a los estudiantes y personal a refugiarse  de emergencia en la escuela Seneca Valley High en Germantown, el director Marc Cohen sostuvo una reunión informativa de una hora, que en su mayoría incluyó respuestas a preguntas de padres preocupados. […]

In light of fights during a recent football game and two recent shelter in place events at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Principal Marc Cohen held a one-hour informational meeting that mostly included answers to questions from concerned parents. Speakers at the virtual meeting included Seneca Valley administrators, two representatives from Montgomery County Police […]

La escuela secundaria Seneca Valley en Germantown cerró de emergencia el miércoles y activó refugió en el lugar, tras recibir un mensaje de texto que “amenazaba la seguridad de la escuela durante el período del almuerzo”, informó el director Marc Cohen a los padres. Poco tiempo después, los estudiantes se refugiaron en el lugar durante […]

Seneca Valley High School in Germantown sheltered in place Wednesday after receiving a text message “threatening the safety of our school during the lunch period,” Principal Marc Cohen informed parents. A short time later, the students sheltered in place for about 15 minutes after a physical education teacher and some students thought they heard gun […]

Montgomery County Council Vice President Gabe Albornoz spoke about recent fighting during a Northwest at Seneca Valley high school football game and “other reported incidents of violence in our public schools” during a press briefing Monday. Albornoz stressed that the safety and security of everyone who attends or works at Montgomery County Public Schools “is […]

El director de Seneca Valley High School en Germantown emitió un comunicado sobre el partido de fútbol americano del viernes por la noche con Northwest High School en Germantown en el que hubo “una serie de peleas estudiantiles que crearon serias y significativas interrupciones a la seguridad del evento”. Un estudiante de 15 años fue […]

The principal of Seneca Valley High School in Germantown issued a statement concerning the Friday night football game with Northwest High School in Germantown in which there was “a series of student fights that created serious and significant interruptions to the safety and security of the event.” A 15-year-old student was hospitalized with non-life threatening […]

Monday was the first day of school for nearly 160,000 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students. MCPS is beginning the new academic year with in-person instruction five-days-a-week after 18 months of virtual and phased in-person learning due to COVID-19. While students live through a pandemic, leaders want to make sure they are supporting their mental […]

26 Montgomery County students have earned college and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the latest round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Awardees are selected by each sponsoring college or university from a group of finalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. The awards provide recipients between $500 to $2,000 annually for […]