thomas S. Wootton

May 12, 2015 | Staff Writer

photo of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda

14 MCPS Schools on the U.S. News ‘Best High Schools’ List

Fourteen Montgomery County Public High Schools made it on the 2015 Best High Schools list, published by U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday. Eleven MCPS high schools received a gold medal for being among the top 500 schools in the nation and three received a silver medal for being among the top 2,527, according to […]

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October 24, 2014 | Staff Writer

Sixteen MCPS Students Named Semifinalists in Siemens Competition

Sixteen Montgomery County Public Schools students have been named semifinalists in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology and three of those students have been selected as regional finalists. Hyunsoo Chung of Richard Montgomery High School, Matthew Yu of Montgomery Blair High School and Molly Zhang of Richard Montgomery High School were named […]

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September 10, 2014 | Krista Brick

Photo of Richard Montgomery High School

Thirteen MCPS High Schools Have National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Montgomery County Public Schools has 133 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists this year coming from 13 of the county’s high schools. The semifinalists will compete nationally for scholarships that will be announced in the spring. The competition is sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The MCPS semifinalists come from 13 high schools: Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Montgomery […]

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