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Hearing High School Students Present Sign Language Performance

(May 21, 2002)

Music in Motion, a performing troupe of hearing students from Thomas S. Wootton and Quince Orchard high schools will present "The Night Show," an interpretation of songs in American Sign Language (ASL ...(more)

Cornerstone Ceremony Marks Completion of Student-Built House

(May 20, 2002)

A Cornerstone Ceremony will mark the completion of a house built by students in the construction trades program at Thomas Edison High School of Technology in cooperation with the Montgomery County Stu ...(more)

Annual ESOL Awards Day to be Held on May 18

(May 16, 2002)

The annual English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Awards Day will be held on Saturday, May 18, from 9:30 a.m. until noon at the John F. Kennedy High School auditorium in Silver Spring. This ...(more)

Highlights of May 14 Board of Education Meeting

(May 15, 2002)

The Board of Education met yesterday [May 14] and, among other items, approved a Memorandum of Understanding regarding Educational Facilities Officers, tentatively approved a policy on Parental Involv ...(more)

African American Festival to Recognize Student Achievement

(May 15, 2002)

The thirteenth annual African American Festival of Academic Excellence will be held on Saturday, May 18, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Montgomery Blair High School. The focus of the festival is to ...(more)

Volunteers Needed for Summer Extended Learning Program

(May 15, 2002)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) needs approximately 400 volunteer tutors to assist teachers in a new program, “Summer Adventures in Learning,” which will be offered in 18 selected elementary s ...(more)

Board Appoints New Principals, Administrator

(May 14, 2002)

The Board of Education today [Tuesday, May 14] approved the following principal and administrative appointments: * Lawrence Chep, currently principal of Darnestown Elementary School, as principal ...(more)

Public Hearing on Computer and Network Security in Schools

(May 14, 2002)

A public hearing has been scheduled by the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to receive community comments on proposed revisions to the administrative regulation governing student and staff use ...(more)

Funding for Special Education Increases Significantly

(May 13, 2002)

A five-year review of budget initiatives to improve special education services for MCPS students shows that funding for special education has increased significantly during the period from FY 2001-03. ...(more)

Takoma Park Middle School Teacher is MCPS Teacher of the Year

(May 13, 2002)

Arlene Barte-Lowe, a sixth grade English and reading teacher at Takoma Park Middle School, has been selected to receive the MCPS Teacher of the Year award. Barte-Lowe will represent Montgomery County ...(more)

Board of Education Meeting Agenda for May 14, 2002

(May 10, 2002)

MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 10:00 a. m.* 9:00 a.m. Closed Session 10:00 a.m. 1.0 Roll Call 1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A) 1.2 Salute to Sch ...(more)

Enrollment Option Offered for Students Attending 10 Title I Schools

(May 10, 2002)

The Montgomery County Public Schools is proceeding with a consistent and comprehensive process to implement federal requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 regarding enrollment options ...(more)

Northeast Consortium Students Receive First Choice of Assignment

(May 09, 2002)

One hundred percent of eighth grade students moving into Northeast Consortium schools next fall will receive their first choice of school assignment for the 2002-03 school year. Students in the con ...(more)

Kennedy High School Leads Field in Technology Challenge

(May 07, 2002)

Seventy-eight teams of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) elementary and secondary students competed in the 2002 Technology Challenge on April 19 at the Germantown Campus of Montgomery College. ...(more)

CTBS Results Improve -- All Areas At or Above the 64th Percentile

(May 06, 2002)

Students in Grades 2, 4, and 6 performed at or above last year’s results on nationally normed tests in reading, mathematics, and language, with all subject areas at or exceeding the 64th percentile na ...(more)