Montgomery Community Media

It looked like the last hour of a home improvement show, when finishing touches are being applied, new furniture is moved to the right place, and painting is still fresh. The only thing left is the last segment when the owners of the house walk in. After 18 months of construction, the owners of the new […]

Montgomery County’s Office of Community Partnerships invites residents to participate in a free International Yoga Day event on Sunday, June 21, at Kids International Discovery (KID) Museum at the Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Boulevard in Bethesda. This year’s celebration will include two classes, at 2 and 3:30 p.m., designed for children ages 6-14 and their […]

Team of Starts, a program in Rockville part of the nonprofit Project Change, is offering a free summer camp program to teens who qualify for FARMS- Montgomery County Public School free and reduced meal program. Camp is from June 29 to July 30 and runs Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Debra […]

For Oscar Rivera, 20, going to college was an “expensive” idea. He attended Rockville High School and then joined ACES- Achievement Collegiate Excellence and Sucess program designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college. Rivera will graduate from Montgomery College in 2016. Rivera will graduate from Montgomery College in 2016. On […]

Damascus Elementary School Principal Bill Collins fondly recalls some of the incentives he and his staff used to have their students read during the school’s 2015 Read-a-Thon. When the students exceeded the ambitious goal of reading for more than 100,000 minutes in 14 days, he lived up to the ultimate incentive: He slept for a […]

The Achievement Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program was designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college. On Tuesday, June 16, educators, county officials, and relatives will gather to recognize these students’ hard work, dedication, and achievements at Strathmore in Bethesda. ACES, launched in 2013, is a collaboration is between Montgomery […]

Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman and the City Council honored the Gaithersburg High School baseball team on June 15th. The team was recognize for winning the 4A state championship game last month. It’s the first time the school has brought home the baseball state championship trophy. PHOTOS | Phil Fabrizio City of Gaithersburg @GburgMD honors MD […]

Emily Yang, a Richard Montgomery High School student who recently was named one of only 141 “Presidential Scholars” in the nation, talks about her experiences on June 9th as she was honored by the Montgomery County Council. Also at the ceremonies were, left to right: David Lopilator, an English teacher at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School […]

“Garfield, the Musical with Cattitude” is on stage at Adventure Theatre from June 19th – August 23rd at Glen Echo Park. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke went behind the scenes with Garfield creator Jim Davis before the production opened to get his thoughts on the show and the set before the world premiere. You can find information […]

The students and staff at Gaithersburg Elementary School are celebrating the number of books they read this school year. And even though school is now out, these students are expected to do a lot of reading this summer, too. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.