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Board of Education Selects Six Candidates for District 5 Seat

(June 19, 2009)

Interviews to be Held on June 26, 2009 The Montgomery County Board of Education has selected six candidates to be interviewed from among the 19 individuals who applied to become the District 5 repr ...(more)

Conference Will Examine Important Issues in Secondary Education

(June 18, 2009)

Educators and Community Leaders To Focus on 21st Century Learners Nearly 800 school and community leaders with a stake in charting the future of Montgomery County middle and high schools will gathe ...(more)

Montgomery County Public Schools is Now Posting Information on Twitter

(June 16, 2009)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is now on Twitter, where news, information, and emergency messages are posted for those who choose to follow the school system, using this popular messaging ser ...(more)

Highland Elementary Honored at Maryland Blue Ribbon School Assembly

(June 15, 2009)

State Superintendent of Schools Nancy Grasmick visited Highland Elementary School today to honor the school for its selection as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School. She was joined by Montgomery County Boar ...(more)

Class of 2009 Earns More Than $185 Million in Scholarships

(June 10, 2009)

The Class of 2009 in Montgomery County Public Schools has earned approximately $185.9 million in scholarships reported to date. This is up by more than $32.4 million, or 21.1 percent, from that of the ...(more)

Board of Education Discusses Security Programs and Cybersafety

(June 10, 2009)

Board of Education Adopts FY 2010 Operating Budget, Discusses Safety/Security and CyberSafety The Montgomery County Board of Education met on Tuesday, June 9, and, among other items, adopted the ...(more)

Newsweek Ranks Four MCPS High Schools in the Top 100 in the Nation

(June 09, 2009)

All 23 Eligible High Schools Included in the Top 3.5 Percent in the Nation Newsweek magazine has ranked four Montgomery County public high schools in the top 100 high schools in the nation. All of ...(more)

Montgomery Board of Education Approves $2.2 Billion FY 2010 Budget

(June 09, 2009)

Final Plan Holds Line on Class Size; Pay Raise Eliminations Key to Budget Balancing Budget Includes $80 Million Appropriation to Pay Debt Service Costs on Bonds for School Construction, as Part of ...(more)

MCPS Graduation Rate Tied for First Among Nation’s Largest Districts

(June 09, 2009)

Nearly 81 out of 100 Seniors Graduate in MCPS with Regular Diploma, Education Week Study Finds A study released by Education Week today finds that the graduation rate in Montgomery County Public Sc ...(more)

Two Teachers Receive Inaugural Lowrie ‘Thank You for Teaching’ Award

(June 08, 2009)

Jaclyn E. Klueger, a third grade teacher at Sequoyah Elementary School, and Margaret K. Duffy, a second grade teacher at Clarksburg Elementary School, have been selected to receive the inaugural Shirl ...(more)

Wheaton HS Partnership with BSO To Expand Students' Musical Horizons

(June 08, 2009)

Partnership with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Designed to Expand the Musical Horizons of Wheaton High School and Loiederman Middle School Students This fall, student musicians at Wheaton High ...(more)

Board of Education To Meet on Tuesday, June 9, 2009

(June 04, 2009)

Agenda 8:30 a.m. 1.0 Acknowledgment of a Quorum 1.1 Closed Session Resolution (A) 10:00 a.m. 2.0 Pledge of Allegiance 2.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 2.2 Recognition of Distinguished Hispanic ...(more)

Riderwood Residents Donate Scholarships to Students

(June 03, 2009)

The Riderwood Village Retirement Community in Silver Spring has donated $294,000 in scholarship money to 49 graduating seniors in the Washington region, including $132,000 to 22 Montgomery County Publ ...(more)

African American Festival of Academic Excellence Celebrates 20th Year

(June 03, 2009)

About 4,000 students were honored for academic excellence during this year’s African American Festival of Academic Excellence, held May 23 at Comcast Center. More than 2,400 students attended the reco ...(more)

Student Named D.C. Region Youth Entrepreneur of the Year

(June 02, 2009)

Julie Cheng, a junior at Richard Montgomery High School, was named Youth Entrepreneur of the Year for the Greater Washington Region by Ernst & Young and Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area ...(more)