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15 Students Named Intel Science Semifinalists

(January 14, 2004)

Fifteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students - 13 from Montgomery Blair High School and one each from Rockville and Walt Whitman high schools - have been named among 300 semifinalists in t ...(more)

Board Approves Plan for Grading and Reporting

(January 14, 2004)

The Board of Education met on Tuesday [January 13] and, among other items, approved an implementation plan for the policy on grading and reporting, approved a policy on school trips, and tentatively a ...(more)

College Goal Sunday Scheduled for February 8

(January 13, 2004)

The Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Inc. (ASFAA) will host the third annual College Goal Sunday on Sunday, February 8, 2004, at Wheaton High School beginning at 2 p.m. The event a ...(more)

Student Transfer Season to be Held Feb. 1 - April 1

(January 12, 2004)

Montgomery County parents who wish to request a change in school assignment for their children from their home school may begin the process during the upcoming transfer season, which will be held from ...(more)

Board of Education Meets on Tuesday, January 13

(January 09, 2004)

Agenda for January 13, 2004* 9:00 a.m. Closed Session 10:00 a.m. 1.0 Acknowledgment of Quorum 1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 1.2 African American History Month (A) 1.3 Certificate of Apprecia ...(more)

Board Seeks Members for Spec. Ed. Committee

(January 09, 2004)

The Montgomery County Board of Education is seeking adults to serve on the Board of Education Special Education Continuous Improvement Advisory Committee. This new ad hoc advisory committee will reco ...(more)

MCPS TV Show Focuses on Topics of Teen Interest

(January 08, 2004)

“Keepin’ It Real,” a program for teens on Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Cable Channel 34, continues its second season with a discussion by students at Albert Einstein High School on the impl ...(more)

Rally to Support Full Funding of Thornton Act

(January 06, 2004)

A rally to support full funding of the Thornton Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act will be held in Annapolis on Monday, January 26, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. The rally will begin at the ...(more)

Weast Named One of Four Finalists for National Supt.

(January 05, 2004)

A blue-ribbon panel of education, business, and government leaders for the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) has selected Dr. Jerry D. Weast, who has led the Montgomery County Publi ...(more)

43 MCPS Teachers Earn National Certification

(January 05, 2004)

Forty-three Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) teachers, including eight from James Hubert Blake High School (the greatest number among MCPS schools this year), are among the 117 Maryland teacher ...(more)

Blake Principal Receives Arts & Humanities Award

(December 22, 2003)

The Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council, in conjunction with the Montgomery County Executive's Office, has announced that James Hubert Blake High School Principal Carole Goodman is the 2003 ...(more)

Meeting Scheduled on Student Assessments

(December 19, 2003)

The Gaithersburg Cluster of NAACP Parents’ Councils and the City of Gaithersburg will host a Parent/Student Assessment Information Night on Monday, January 26, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Gaithersburg H ...(more)

Public Comment Sought on Two Revised Policies

(December 18, 2003)

The Board of Education has revised two policies for public comment, one on student rights and responsibilities and one on legal services. Individuals are encouraged to respond in writing if they have ...(more)

Spec. Ed. Staffing Plan Available for Public Review

(December 16, 2003)

The special education staffing plan for the 2004-2005 school year is available for public review and comment as part of the process for considering the superintendent's recommended operating budget fo ...(more)

State Compliments System's Extensive 5-Year Master Plan

(December 16, 2003)

The Maryland State Department of Education has approved the five-year comprehensive master plan for the Montgomery County Public Schools, which filled 12 thick notebooks and included 10,000 pages of b ...(more)