Montgomery Community Media

Many parents often wonder how to teach teens to learn to manage money. Many children and teens get a weekly allowance. Some have to earn it by completing chores, whereas others simply get money regardless of what they do. Here are a few suggestions for determining how to structure an allowance system for your teen: […]

The Montgomery County Council hosted  its annual Town Hall meeting for students on Oct. 9. More than 100 students attended the meeting at the Council chambers in Rockville. After the formal part of the meeting, Councilmembers—including Councilmember Hans Riemer (right)—stayed to talk with the students.    

POTOMAC AFTER HOURS A fun packed evening each month filled with Live Bands by School House Rock, music dancing, sports and more. A special program for 6th-8th graders October 4, November 1, December 6, January 3, February 1, and March 7 Annual membership fee: $25.00 Course #366754 Guest Fee: $5.00 at the door Call 240-777-6957 […]

There’s a new type of journalist in town – the video journalist! Last week I was able to participate in one of the most amazing opportunities since I started working at MCM. I got the chance to teach a Video Journalism Camp at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair! For four days, well actually, three days […]

The following are available now for registration: Dramatic Kids for Ages 6-11 #347182 August 12-16 at Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm $275. Kids will learn about theater and fine arts as they participate in storytelling, character development, costume design and other educational topics. Horseback Riding Camp for Ages […]

Last night was the big event…. The Summer Backpack Journalism Academy Viewing Party!  We had a full house to showcase the work of our newest Backpack Journalists. I am so unbelievably proud of every one of them. Their stories were set to a high standard and they definitely delivered. Parents, siblings and friends were able […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) is recruiting high school students for its Teen Advisory Group (TAG) who are interested in promoting library programming for teens and advocating for teen library services. Teens, ages 14 to 18, who like to read, write, interview authors and public officials for the MCPL Teensite page, work with Facebook, and/or […]

Putting the Stories to Bed   Today is a bittersweet day, the final Summer Backpack Journalism Academy project was completed and all three sessions are done. What a whirlwind summer. I can’t believe how fast the past six weeks have passed. It seems like I was just getting the materials together for the first session. […]

We have had another busy day at MCM’s Summer Backpack Journalism Academy. Our reporters took a break from editing to help record a video for an upcoming project with Power2Give. If you haven’t checked out MCM’s first project, “Send a Kid to Camp” yet, you need to. What a great way to give back to […]

The heat did not deter our backpack journalists from getting their stories the past week. They all came in this morning with a ton of footage for their stories.  We started recapping their week and then dove right in to editing with Final Cut Pro 7.  What an experience!  Our journalist learned some new tricks […]