(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(January 20, 2006)
Achievement Gap Narrows; English Language Learner Scores Surge
A press conference at Twinbrook Elementary School on January 24 at 1:00 p.m. will highlight dramatic gains in reading skills of stu
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(January 20, 2006)
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Educational Foundation CollegeTracks program will be able to expand its services to students, thanks to a $95,000 grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. CollegeTracks is a
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(January 19, 2006)
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) welcomes qualified candidates to a Special Education Job Fair on Saturday, March 4, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Quince Orchard High School.
The follow
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(January 19, 2006)
A natural gas leak occurred at Farquhar Middle School this morning requiring the evacuation of the school. No one was injured in the incident and all students have been safely transported to Sherwood
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