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Weast Wins National Award for Leadership and Reform

(May 06, 2008)

Dr. Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Schools, has been honored by APQC, a nonprofit benchmarking and best practices organization, with the C. Jackson Grayson Distinguished Quality Pioneer Medal. The ...(more)

Fifth Grade Students To Attend BSO Concert at Strathmore

(May 05, 2008)

Strathmore Student Concert Series Expands to Include All 10,000 Fifth Graders in Montgomery County Public Schools Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Performs Six Student Concerts in May On May 7, 8 ...(more)

Board Seeks Student Applicants for Family Life Committee

(May 02, 2008)

Board of Education Seeks Student Applicants for At-large Appointment to Family Life and Human Development Advisory Committee The Montgomery County Board of Education is seeking public high school s ...(more)

Three MCPS Students Named Presidential Scholars

(May 02, 2008)

Three MCPS students have been named Presidential Scholars, one of the highest honors given to U.S. high school seniors. Julie Zhu, a student at Montgomery Blair High School, received a double honor ...(more)

19 National Merit Scholarship Awards are Announced

(May 02, 2008)

Thirty Students Have Won National Merit Scholarships So Far This Year Nineteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have won $2,500 National Merit Scholarships after meeting rigorous ...(more)

Watkins Mill Junior Elected Student Board Member

(May 01, 2008)

Watkins Mill Junior Elected Student Member of the Board of Education Watkins Mill High School junior Quratul-Ann Malik has been elected student member of the Board of Education for 2008–2009. Ma ...(more)

New Guidelines Issued for Race and Ethnicity Data

(April 30, 2008)

Federal Government Issues New Guidelines for Collecting Data on Race and Ethnicity in Public Schools All students will update their information on ethnicity and race this fall The U.S. Departmen ...(more)

Board Approves Resolution on Non-recommended Cuts

(April 29, 2008)

Board Approves Resolution on Non-recommended Cuts, Reaffirms Support for FY 2009 Operating Budget Funding Resolution Requests the County Council to Close the Gap between the Requested Budget and Sp ...(more)

Parent Meetings at Two Title I Schools Address Options

(April 28, 2008)

Parent meetings will be held at two federally funded Title I elementary schools in May to describe the enrollment options which may be available next year in response to requirements of the No Child L ...(more)

Board of Education To Meet on Monday, April 28

(April 25, 2008)

Agenda (Revised) 5:30 p.m. 1.0 Acknowledgment of a Quorum 1.1 Resolution for Closed Session (A) 6:00 2.0 Pledge of Allegiance (A) 2.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 2.2 National Volunteer Week (A ...(more)

Wootton High School Focuses on Election Year Issues

(April 18, 2008)

Events Created to Promote Teen Civic Engagement and Political Awareness The Thomas S. Wootton High School Student Government Association is partnering with community groups to organize a series of ...(more)

Bethesda Chevy Chase HS Teacher is Teacher of the Year

(April 16, 2008)

Chris Orlando, mathematics teacher at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, was the big winner at this year’s April 15 Champions for Children Gala, receiving the Teacher of the Year award and a chance to ...(more)

April 15 Gala Honors Education Leaders and Supporters

(April 11, 2008)

Sixth Annual Champions for Children Gala to Honor Montgomery County Teacher of the Year Awards Ceremony Celebrates Staff, Teachers, Leaders, and Volunteers The sixth annual Champions for Childre ...(more)

Statement Issued on Einstein High School Gun Incident

(April 11, 2008)

Board of Education Officers and Superintendent Praise Cooperative Efforts of School and Safety Officials in Resolving Gun Incident at Albert Einstein High School Board of Education President Nancy ...(more)

Board Appoints Three Principals, Reviews High School Plus

(April 09, 2008)

The Board of Education met on Tuesday, April 8, and among other items, appointed three principals and discussed the implementation of High School Plus. In addition, the Board discussed the use of grad ...(more)