Montgomery Community Media

It’s back to school today for more than 154,000 students in Montgomery County. Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will celebrate the start of the 2014-2015 school year with a news conference at the new Wilson Wims Elementary School, 12420 Blue Sky Drive in Clarksburg. Superintendent of Schools Joshua Starr and Montgomery County Board of Education […]

With the new school year almost here, Lucille Baur of the Montgomery County Police Department provides some practical safety tips for both students and parents. Take a look. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Parents of students entering the seventh grade are reminded of the new Maryland State immunization requirements. The county’s Department of Health and Human Services will provide free Tdap and MCV4 vaccinations during the MCPS Back to School Fair on Saturday, August 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information or to make an […]

School will soon be out but local library officials are hoping to keep Montgomery County youth reading over the summer months. Lorna Virgili reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Seven Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have earned college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the latest round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Each sponsoring college or university selected scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up […]

Hundreds of student members of the Minority Scholars Program hit the streets on April 27 to raise awareness about the academic achievement gap among Black and Hispanic students in the classroom. The  march brought local students, teachers, and leaders together through the streets of Rockville from the Carver Educational Services Center to the former Montgomery County […]

Students at Montgomery College took turns stepping up to the mic April 8 to tell the stories of victims of the Nazi persecution during the school’s annual Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony at the Rockville Campus. The Commemoration paid tribute to the millions who died as well as to Holocaust survivors both near and far. “I’m very […]

This winter the city of Gaithersburg High School Student Union partnered with the International Cultural Center (ICC) for JustArt, a unique social justice program addressing the issue of alienation. Using music, photography and spoken word-poetry-lyric, the students collaborated to produce digital public service announcements. Receiving Student Service Learning hours for their participation, 36 students participated […]

Rockville Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton recently visited some elementary schools to talk to fourth graders about the annual, “If I Were Mayor” essay contest. Rockville 11 has more. Visit our PEG partner Rockville11 to view more of its programming.

Montgomery County Public Schools students recently performed at the National Education Association (NEA) foundation gala. MCPS-TV has the highlights. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.