Montgomery Community Media

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 […]

A community meeting was held on Oct. 21 at Walt Whitman High School to discuss the scope of work for the Westbard Sector Plan. According to the Montgomery Planning website, the Westbard Sector Plan is one of the oldest plans still in use in Montgomery County having been last updated in 1982. You can find […]

The Quince Orchard Cougars defeated the Walt Whitman Vikings, 45-14, at home on Sept. 12. Paul Flickinger captured all the highlights from the sideline, including the moment a squirrel took the field. Take a look:

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 […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Walt Whitman High Principal Alan Goodwin addresses the crowd gathered at the Bring Back Our Girls candlelight vigil: Related:

Walt Whitman junior Talia Brenner reads an open letter to the families of the Nigerian 300 at a recent student organized vigil: Related:

UPDATED Dozens of community members turned out for a candlelight vigil at Walt Whitman High School on May 13 to show support for the school girls who were abducted by terrorists in Nigeria. Principal Alan Goodwin said the goal of the Nigerian 300 vigil was to highlight the community’s support for the missing girls and […]

UPDATED This is the 20th year that Montgomery County has celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a formal tribute and musical celebration at Strathmore. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can watch the entire two-hour program on the Montgomery Channel 21 beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 26. Here is […]

Walt Whitman students have created a video for a contest entitled, “Roar with Katy Perry” in hopes of winning a free concert with the chart topping singer at their school. The contest is sponsored by “Good Morning America,” which plans to broadcast the winning school’s concert live: You can watch the Vikings’ video here:

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) placed six high schools on a U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) schools in the country.U.S. News looked at the top 500 public schools from its latest Best High Schools rankings, and evaluated student participation and success on Advanced Placement science and math tests. The rankings are based […]