Montgomery Community Media

Students from Sligo Middle School in Silver Spring hosted the first S’TEAM Sligo Community Day Festival on Sept 26. The S’TEAM field day was organized by 28 students in seventh and eighth grades who worked throughout the summer on multi-disciplinary projects that included science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Schools officials said students had hands-on experience while […]

David and Pamela Murk, the parents of 18-year-old Alex Murk who died in a car crash on June 25 in Potomac, released a statement on Sept. 21 in response to a Montgomery County police report. The crash also killed Calvin Li, 18, of Rockville. Murk and Li were both members of Wootton High School’s class of […]

Cuteness alert!  In this MyMCMedia Extra video (below), watch the Preschool Popemobile Parade that took place at St. Jude Regional Catholic School in Rockville at the same time as the Papal Parade in Washington, D.C. The parade was timed to coincide with the papal parade in Washington, D.C. In case you are wondering, that’s Maximiliano Hernandez […]

You have heard a lot about the papal parade on Washington, D.C. on Sept. 23rd but did you know there will be a preschool popemobile parade in Montgomery County at about the same time? That’s right. A class of three-and-four-year-old preschoolers at St. Jude Regional Catholic School will lead the parade for their school using […]

Montgomery County Board of Education met on Monday to discuss ten budgetary interests for Fiscal Year 2017. Among them: ensuring no child “falls through the cracks,” support challenging opportunities to all students, recruit staff who is culturally proficient, provide support to students before kindergarten, among others. These items are a way to guide the Montgomery […]

Over 600 students and faculty at St. Elizabeth School in Rockville have taken the #WalkwithFrancis pledge. The students and staff have also produced a video to welcome Pope Francis to the United States. Take a look:

Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro praised awardees at the Montgomery County Executive’s Hispanic Gala on Sept. 10 at The Fillmore in Silver Spring. In this MyMCMedia Extra, Navarro says the community’s young demographic is “our most precious jewels.” Take a look: Seventy-seven Maryland students were the recipients of the 2015 Maryland Hispanic Achievement Scholarships presented at […]

Yannick Diouf, a Rockville resident and business student at the University of Maryland College Park, shares his thoughts on Donald Trump and says the Republican presidential candidate is misinformed when it comes to the immigrant community. Take a look at this MyMCMedia Extra: Diouf was one of the awardees at the Montgomery County Executive’s Hispanic […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett shares open remarks during the Montgomery County Executive’s Hispanic Gala on Sept. 10 at The Fillmore in Silver Spring. Seventy seven Maryland students were this year’s recipients of the 2015 Maryland Hispanic Achievement Scholarships. It was a night of celebration where students received a one-time $2,000 scholarship award. But in […]

Seventy-seven Maryland students were the recipients of the 2015 Maryland Hispanic Achievement Scholarships presented at the Montgomery County Executive’s Hispanic Gala on Sept. 10 at The Fillmore in Silver Spring. It was a night of celebration where students received a one-time $2,000 scholarship award. One by one, they crossed the stage to accept this scholarship that […]