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Richard Montgomery HS After-School Activities Canceled

(February 10, 2006)

Rockville, MD -- All after-school and evening activities at Richard Montgomery High School are canceled today, February 10, 2006. Contractors will be performing plumbing repairs. ...(more)

MCPS Seniors Outperform Nation on AP Exams

(February 07, 2006)

African American and Hispanic Seniors’ Performance Tops National Average for All Students Walter Johnson High School Honored as the # 1 AP World History Program in the World Forty-four per ...(more)

Einstein HS Student Named Finalist for State Board of Ed.

(February 06, 2006)

Shaakira Raheem, a junior at Albert Einstein High School, is one of two final candidates for student member of the Maryland State Board of Education. She was selected as a finalist by Student Governme ...(more)

MCPS To Mark 30th Year of French Immersion

(February 06, 2006)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will celebrate 30 years of the French Immersion Program on March 25 at 2 p.m. at Montgomery Blair High School. Current and past students, staff, families, and f ...(more)

Rachel Carson ES Evacuated to Quince Orchard HS

(February 03, 2006)

Police are investigating a suspicious package at a church near Rachel Carson Elementary School. Students have been safely evacuated from the school and taken to Quince Orchard High School. Students ...(more)

20 Presidential Scholar Candidates are Named

(February 03, 2006)

Twenty Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) seniors have been selected as candidates for the 2005-2006 Presidential Scholars awards, one of the highest honors given to high school seniors in the Un ...(more)

MCPS Named Gold Medal School System 11th Time

(February 03, 2006)

Montgomery County Public Schools has been named a Gold Medal school system for the eleventh consecutive year by Expansion Management magazine as a measure of the attractiveness of the school system to ...(more)

MCPS Instructional TV Celebrates 20 Years

(February 01, 2006)

On February 3, 1986, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) began an educational television programming service called Instructional Television (ITV). That year, ITV offered only four hours of daily ...(more)

State Budget Leaves MCPS $17 Million Short

(January 27, 2006)

ROCKVILLE, MD – A report from the Maryland State Department of Education indicates a shortfall of $17 million in funding for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in the proposed education budge ...(more)

Two Students are Intel Science Search Finalists

(January 25, 2006)

Two Montgomery Blair High School seniors have been named finalists in the 65th Intel Science Talent Search. They are among 40 national finalists in the talent search, in which high school students ent ...(more)

Early Success Program Yields Dramatic Results

(January 24, 2006)

Achievement Gap Narrows; English Language Learners’ Scores Surge ROCKVILLE, MD – More students in kindergarten through second grade are meeting and exceeding the school district’s reading goals tha ...(more)

Construction Projects Face Possible Delays

(January 24, 2006)

Potential delays in school construction projects have been identified in a report to the Board of Education on the effect of insufficient funding for projects currently scheduled in FY 2007-2012 Capit ...(more)

Northwood High School Teacher Wins Awards

(January 24, 2006)

Northwood High School resource teacher Jill Coutts has garnered considerable recognition recently for her educational projects related to the environment. First, a grant she submitted for a school lan ...(more)

New Programs Provide Enhanced Opportunities

(January 23, 2006)

A new whole-school signature program integrating technology into all courses of study at Clarksburg High School and an International Baccalaureate program at Rockville High School will provide enhance ...(more)

Poolesville Magnet High School Scheduled to Open

(January 20, 2006)

A new high school magnet program is scheduled to open at Poolesville High School. Pending budget approval, the Poolesville Magnet High School will be available for incoming freshmen in the upcounty ar ...(more)